Great little rant: “It’s worth bothering to get angry because every single person who protests about crud like this is a little victory against this kind of scum-sucking filth polluting the national papers. It taints the press as a whole, not just the Express”
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→ It’s worth bothering to get angry at Express scum
→ Great since day one
Marco Ament on why he rates Apple products over their Android counterparts - they make things that are already good rather than promising future improvements.
→ Interview with Clay Shirky in the Guardian
Despite the best efforts of the rather inane interviewer, Shirky gets some great ideas across.
→ Interview with Jonathan Ive on the design of the iPhone 4
Not quite as in depth as I might have liked, but interesting nonetheless.
Sunset & LCD Soundsystem:
Seems kind of appropriate, what with this being their last album and all. Needless to say they were wonderful.
Deckchairs in St James’ Park:
A hot, sunny day, but the deckchairs remained underused.
Fluffy McCloud by Conor Finnegan:
The story of a slightly hapless cloud as it tries to do the right thing, or as Conor himself describes it: “A short film about man’s misunderstanding and mixed relationship with mother nature (barf!)” (via)
→ Joseph Stiglitz on Osborne's first Budget
It’s a week or so old, but still entirely relevant, worrying, and likely to be correct.
→ Darryl Cunningham Investigates: Homeopathy
Another great science-based comic from Cunningham.
Westminster Abbey & Black Cab:
Two of the more famous things in London dutifully pose for me on my lunchbreak.
→ thomyk Podcast 82: Jungfrau
In which Thom and Michael tell you how to climb a wall, how to hang off a crane, and how to spot Alfred Hitchcock, as well as other considerably less worthy celebrities.
Whether I really want to admit it or not, the bespectacled short-haired man talking about Lego in that video is myself. We’re on the wonderful Shift Run Stop this week talking about our podcast, Lego, role-playing games and many other things. Thanks to Leila and Roo for having us on!
