Interesting Links for 19-12-2013
Dec. 19th, 2013 11:00 am- Bank of England switches to plastic notes with Churchill fiver
- Earning a PhD by studying a theory that we know is wrong
- Where Are the American Evangelicals Going?
- What do UKIP's poll figures actually mean?
- Internet Ettiquette Guidelines from 1995.
- One charger to power nearly every laptop coming from standards group
- Inside the software trojan that infects ATMs.
- Dogs recognize familiar faces from images
- Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. Why don’t all newspapers do the same?
- What are the best-paid jobs in 2013?
- Shia LaBeouf plagiarizes Daniel Clowes comic for his film, responds with plagiarized apology
- This is how my atheist friends seem to feel about the new Pope
- I don't even like footbal, but _damn_ this is good football
- Summing up my feelings on Facebook vs Tumblr
- How The Media Will Report The Apocalypse (sheer, unadulterated, genius)
- Marks & Spencer agrees to gender-neutral toy packaging
- An offline desktop app for Workflowy!
- A much funnier takedown of Love Actually.
59pm
- Porn filters block sex education websites (and rape/abuse support sites).
- Why WordPress bloggers were blocked by TalkTalk, and what it tells us about Internet filtering
- This is what it's like when Bill Gates gets you a Christmas present.
- Beauitful _live_ map of the wind across the whole world.