Charlie Brooker on the serfdom of creating and remembering passwords.
Did Gordon Brown throw a tangerine into a laminating machine in a fit of pique?
No. He didn’t. But that didn’t stop The Telegraph and The Sun reporting Robert Popper’s prank phone call to LBC.
The Economists New Clothes
Excellent post by Adam Curtis that questions quite how much economists really know about the system they comment on.
In the west, adultery isn't punished by stoning. Instead, the press will kick you until you beg for forgiveness
Brooker’s post on the high-minded prurience of the press is great.
Pet Feeder by Glennz
1982 Lamborghini Countach by Larwenz
Ahh, my youth. (via)
Wow. I’d pay rather a lot of money for one of those.
thomyk Podcast 64: Curling
In which Thom and Michael reveal their love of Winter Olympic sports. Michael enjoys watching the sport of curling where people toss stones down highly polished blocks of ice. Thom enjoys watching a different sport of curling in his bathroom.
They also discuss the BAFTAs, and whether or not Heavy Rain will be a load of old button-jabbing wank, or the answer to every gamer’s slightly damp dreams (0.757 inches).
No, it is *not* your technique – it’s time for “open source” LEGO design [Editorial]
Andrew from the Brother’s Brick makes a persuasive case that a Lego building technique is not something you own, or can require people to give you credit for.
Ten Rules for Writing Fiction
I’m definitely one for falling into Elmore Leonard’s adverb trap. Definitely.
This might be my favourite Gene song, but if I’m honest I prefer the version that stays piano-only.
One of the better proponents of the regularly godawful Britpop farce. Martin Rossiter didn’t do himself many favours by playing up the already pretty obvious similarities he bears to Morrissey of course.
