May 2010
42 posts
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May 31st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
The National (27) Plan B (27) Miracle Legion (17) Joanna Newsom (10) Flight of the Conchords (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 25th
Immigration mythology and Labours dilemma →
Excellent post by Anton Vowl on how politicians have failed to provide the facts when faced with anti-immigration stories.
May 23rd
Post-I/O Thoughts →
The Gruber on the Android/iPhone rivalry, which I agree is only likely to prove good news for consumers.
May 22nd
Come party with Lady Gaga →
Excellent, personal interview with the Lady Gaga by Caitlin Moran.
May 22nd
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What do you have to do to get some applause around...
Craig Venter holds a press conference where he announces that he’s synthesised life, and encoded the English language into the DNA of a cell, and right at the end he gets a lacklustre round of applause. Steve Jobs announces that he’s eventually worked out how to enable multi-tasking on a subset of iPhones, and the crowd goes wild. It’s a strange world.
May 22nd
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“Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of...”
– Carl Sagan, Cosmos
May 19th
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May 19th
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May 19th
The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield →
A great comic outlining the MMR problems that have beset science. An excellent introduction if you don’t know the issues.
May 19th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
– Albert Einstein, Letter to his son
May 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
The National (61) LCD Soundsystem (12) Joanna Newsom (11) Mayer Hawthorne (5) Flight of the Conchords (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 17th
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James Murphy on Guardian Music Weekly →
I love LCD Soundsystem, and really, LCD Soundsystem are James Murphy. However, I found the interview with Murphy on this week’s Music Weekly podcast rather annoying. Yes, things have changed since he put together his music collection, but that’s the way the world goes. Indeed, I find this whole obsession that DJs and men of a certain age have with vinyl to wear me down. I get the...
May 16th
Color Scheme Designer 3 →
Handy tool for putting together colour schemes for websites. Once you’ve chosen your colours it’ll even mock up a page.
May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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The defeat of the BNP →
A generally heartwarming article about what communities can achieve when they mobilize to get rid of idiots like Griffin.
May 14th
Death Star outfit →
“Insert the power core.”
May 14th
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May 13th
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May 13th
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May 13th
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Gulf Coast oil spill map →
Check out how big the Gulf Coast oil spill is compared to any place you choose in the world. The London option shows it to cover the whole of the city, stretching down to the south coast.
May 13th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
The National (18) Oscar Peterson (11) Jackie Wilson (4) Miracle Legion (4) World Party (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 11th
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May 11th
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May 9th
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May 9th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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May 6th
Interview with The National from Drowned In Sound →
The new album sounds fantastic. Can’t wait to see them live again.
May 6th
How Paul Krugman found politics →
Long article on the economist from The New Yorker.
May 6th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
Plan B (11) Jackie Wilson (10) Laura Marling (10) LCD Soundsystem (9) The Roots (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 4th
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May 3rd
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“Immigration, a subject so taboo in modern Britain that even fearless defenders...”
– Charlie Brooker
May 3rd
May 2nd
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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WatchWatch
Atlas by Battles: Great song, great video. Battles may be a bit of a one-trick pony, but it’s a really great trick.
May 1st