Interesting Links for 04-05-2012
May. 4th, 2012 12:00 pm- Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)
- I don't remember any company losing the vote on executive pay before. I wonder how they'll react...
- If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right
- Man has both legs amputated, applies for disability benefit & gets asked: 'So, how far can you walk?'
- How to report on Pinterest without coming across as horribly sexist.
- PE lessons put girls off exercise (and me. I hated them.)
- Have sleep problems? CBT significantly more effective than drugs, especially in the long-term
- Cover art and blurb for the new Iain M. Banks Culture novel. Mine is already on order.
- There are some things that do not require data to back them up.
- Kevin Shields interviewed on the My Bloody Valentine remasters
- Murdoch has been the bravest media owner in Britain in the last 40 years
Purely because it's worth hearing the other side of the argument sometimes.
- A fascinating series of posts on theatre, directing and improvisation
- What should we pay MPs? You won't like the answer.
- Less than half the seats at the last election had Labour and Conservatives in the top two positions
- Why is hazing so common, and what do people get out of it?
- E-Mail Confused Osama, and 5 Other Revelations From the Bin Laden Files
- One to Two and a half hours jogging per week increases lifespan by six years.
- To Hell With The Lot Of Them (A better post on the elections than I wrote, but much of the same thoughts.)
- Quiet Hands - on forcing people to conform.