Interesting Links for 17-03-2016
Mar. 17th, 2016 12:00 pm- Canine eugenics tournament hailed as a success
- (tags: dogs funny genetics )
- The godmother of manga sex
- (tags: sex manga comics art history freespeech censorship )
- Prepare to Try: IGN Noob Takes on Dark Souls (This is what it was like for me. Only without the help)
- (tags: games video funny )
- The Mesmerizing Process of Making a Glass Chandelier from Scratch
- (tags: glass light design video )
- Book idea: What if a disgraced Adolf Hitler was working as a lowly private eye in 1939’s London?
- (tags: books scifi writing hitler )
- Your regular reminder that if you don't block ads you're leaving yourself wide open to malware
- (tags: virus advertising security )
- Models, Metaphors and Analogies.
- (tags: writing analysis )
- What Students in Europe Learn That Americans Don't
- (tags: Education europe usa )
- How to secretly communicate with people on LSD
- (tags: lsd communication psychedelics consciousness psychology )
- This Rectal Thermometer Is the Logical Conclusion of the Internet of Things
- (tags: Technology OhForFucksSake )
- How hipster is your musical taste?
- (tags: music funny )
- Democracy is a joke, says China – just look at Donald Trump
- (tags: china democracy usa )
Interesting Links for 21-10-2014
Oct. 21st, 2014 12:00 pm- Ex-US Navy fighter pilot: Why drones beat humans and smartcars should be driverless
- Cheap African solar energy could power UK homes in 2018
- Human intestine grown in mouse for first time as scientists say there is hope to create spare parts for people
- Is Britain confused about Europe?
- Experimental archaeology is showing that Europe's first farmers were also its first carpenters
- A list of all of the new superhero movies between now and 2020
- Migration myths, reality and public opinion
- There are already multiple laws covering trolling - can anyone tell me what advantage the new one brings?
- UK convicts man over drawn manga sex images of children
- The power of anonymity
- The two-year sentence for trolls was announced back in March...
- They cancelled "Human Resources"! You'll pay for not backing it, come the apocalypse!
- Ukip does deal with far-right, racist Holocaust-denier to save EU funding
- We Need STV, Not “PR”
- When will there be more classical scholars than there were Classic Greeks?
- These researchers found a way to make calorie labels that actually work
- Spotify introduces family accounts
- America is Becoming Less Religious
- Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant
- Chair of House of Lords committee on drones is horrified to discover Google Maps exists...
Interesting Links for 29-08-2012
Aug. 29th, 2012 12:00 pm- Tarantula found in Glasgow street (That's me crossing Glasgow off my list of places to visit)
- On the Persistence of Climate Change
- I hadn't realised that anthology publishing had now moved in a Kickstarter direction.
- How Norway avoided the Oil Curse
- The Sun wins this week's prize for casual appalling sexism. I'm somewhat flabbergasted.
- Why different polling companies show different levels of support for different political parties.
- Why Decentralized Software Is 10x Harder
- What if fairy-tale characters were reasonable people?
- Heat-proof face paint to withstand bomb heat
- How to type as fast as a movie hacker
- Deaf three-year-old asked to change the sign for his name, because it looks like a gun.
- If you vote for Obama then THERE WILL BE NO PIZZA!
- Manga Artist Lets Anyone Use His Work, Royalty-Free
- Major Labels Claim Copyright Over Public Domain Songs; YouTube Punishes Musician
- Is There a Limit to How Tall Buildings Can Get?
- Another 40 years of copyright bullshit, but we'll have won long before then
- "A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of thermodynamics
- The Hidden Truths about Calories
- What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?
- Softer fast food restaurant lighting and music can cut calorie intake 18 percent (and increase satisfaction)
- Whedon to develop S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series
- Forensic Test Can Determine Person's Eye and Hair Color (only 85% accurate so far)
- 'Tatooine-like' double-star systems can host planets
- On both hating and loving Apple
- Towards a clear policy on the future of British aviation
- Stopping piracy the right way - ABC Australia to stream Dr Who within an hour of the UK (and a week before they broadcast it!)
- Great dads and awful dads