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andrewducker) wrote2013-04-15 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2013-04-15 12:00 pm
Entry tags:
- art,
- birthday,
- chemistry,
- clothing,
- commonsense,
- computers,
- creativity,
- dangerous,
- drugs,
- ebooks,
- economics,
- electricity,
- epicfail,
- happiness,
- history,
- hypocrisy,
- independence,
- johncleese,
- links,
- music,
- news,
- portugal,
- predictions,
- renewables,
- scotland,
- sex,
- society,
- technology,
- thefuture,
- uk,
- viafanf,
- wages
Interesting Links for 15-04-2013
- Jacquard Looms! I didn't know there were still working ones!
- Towards psychohistory - the limits of harnessing data to predict the future of society.
- Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride.
- Be careful on your birthday
- Financially speaking, how viable is an Independent Scotland?
- Brighton plans safe rooms for addicts to inject drugs. Huzzah!
- If you're going to insert an eel into your anus, pick one without teeth...
- Godel, Escher, Bach, and the gateway to hell. Some innovative uses for QR codes.
- Portugal manages three months with 70% of its power from renewable sources.
- New music is rewarding for the brain
- News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
Yes, I know this is somewhat hypocritical. But I also think it contains several very good points.
- UK Minimum wage to increase to £6.31
- E-Book Subscriptions Are Coming (I wonder what authors think of that)
- John Cleese on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative