January 2010
68 posts
The iPad provides the ultimate browsing... →
The Flash Blog provide a collection of websites that won’t work on the iPad because of the lack of Flash. And I don’t use any of them.
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Latin Tattoos →
A latin graduate translates some latin tattoos back into English. Results: less than impressive.
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Steven Frank on Old and New World Computing →
He makes the case really strongly here that the ‘restrictions’ on what you can do with an iPhone (or an iPad) are actually key features showing the direction of travel for the industry. I think he’s right.
“To be well in your mind you have first to be free.”
– Chris Cleave, The Other Hand
Loosely organized initial thoughts on the iPad →
This post by Marco Arment summarises pretty much everything I think about the iPad. I definitely want one.
thomyk Podcast 60: Congo →
In which Thom and Michael react to the latest Apple innovation, the mighty iPad, as well as talking about their recent activities; going to see Avatar, working out at the gym, watching the first episode of the new series of Skins, and taking part in not one but two pub quizzes. Wait a second. No, only Michael did those activities… But both of them did go to see Adam Buxton’s Bug at BFI Southbank,...
This is the title of a typical incendiary blog... →
This sentence gives little in the way of useful description of the blog post linked above, but contains an air of moral superiority as means of persuading the reader to click through.
The Hugh Cudlipp lecture: Does journalism exist? →
Alan Rusbridger’s speech is full of reminders of how the Guardian came to be one of the best, most forward-looking newspapers in the world. It’s because they’ve got an excellent, intelligent, enlightened editor.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
The Rural Alberta Advantage (47)
The Very Best (13)
Girls (12)
The xx (11)
disinterested (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.”
– Voltaire, Oedipe
The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved →
Remember those anthrax attacks just after 9/11? Well, the people investigating still have no real clue who did it.
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WatchBlue Skies by Noah and the Whale
A great Black Cab Session. The song really suits being played this stripped down.
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WatchGeneral Motors, Detroit, America by Acid Washed
Watched this at BUG on Thursday. I think it was my favourite video from the night.
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Protecting teachers from faith schools →
More evidence why faith schools are unfair and discriminatory as well as being just wrong.
OK Go explain why you can't embed their YouTube... →
And it makes sense. Well, in some ways it makes sense. In a variety of pretty depressing ways, it makes sense.
Chris Mullin's letter to new candidate MPs →
This is fantastic. If only there were a few more Chris Mullins around the place, I imagine Parliament would operate slightly more effectively.
The idiotic debate over marriage tax breaks →
Great post on the FT blog about the tories’ ideas on marriage tax breaks
Charting the Beatles →
Some really great infographics on the Beatles that go into quite amazingly geeky detail.
The Director of Downfall Speaks Out on All Those... →
He likes the Billy Elliot and Michael Jackson ones.
Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass →
This is precisely why I like Tumblr more than Posterous.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Passion Pit (25)
The xx (24)
Bowerbirds (22)
Tinariwen (20)
Flight of the Conchords (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Clay Shirky on how a willingness to be a... →
I think he has a point here, although I’m not sure that the solution, of women behaving more like arseholish men necessarily follows.
Should we encourage self-promotion and lies? →
Tom Coates’s reaction to Clay Shirky’s post is spot on. The lesson is to teach people to understand the different skills people bring to a project.
Three things about Marco Arment →
I guess it’s appropriate that I’ve taken ages to post this because it’s been sitting on Instapaper, and I’m now going to post in on Tumblr. Great post.
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Loser from N-Dubz threatens to kill someone who...
The inanely named ‘Dappy’ of pointless repulsive losers N-Dubz has had to apologise to a woman he sent threatening text messages to. Not by itself very funny, but the more you read into it, the more hilarious it becomes.
Chloe Moody texted The Chris Moyles Show while the band were being interviewed, calling them “losers” and labelling Dappy “repulsive”.
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“Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.”
– H.L. Mencken, Prejudices
Coren lets rip at online commenters →
Good to see that journalists broadly realise that commenter loons are unrepresentative of readership.
If I hear another global warming joke, I’ll . . . →
Another Giles Coren article that I agree with. I’m not sure whether I should find this concerning.
Simon Jenkins talks drivel about Swine Flu in the... →
He doesn’t understand risk, science, virology and the words ‘worst case scenario’, and boy does he want everyone to know.
Sky's dreadful customer service →
Sometimes, in a moment of madness, I wonder about getting Sky, and then I read something like this and realise I don’t want to pay money to a company that has little other than contempt for its…
Haiti: the land where children eat mud →
Excellent article from the Sunday Times last year showing that the situation in Haiti was horrendously bleak long before the earthquake.
“Truth…never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of...”
– John Milton, The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643), Introduction
Heresy Corner on Banning Choudary and Islam4UK →
“The freedom to be obnoxious is not just an unfortunate side-effect of free speech: it is free speech.” Amen to that.
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thomyk Podcast 58: Paris →
In which Thom and Michael suggest that you only listen to the second half of this podcast, which is considerably better than the first. Not to say that the first is dull… but it is. Thom suggested most of the topics we talked about in the first half, maybe there’s a pattern. Topics include Vampire Weekend’s new album, the film and book of The Road, whether it snowed as much when we were younger,...
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