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June 4th, 2008 03:12 pmThe cognitive surplus. A very interesting article on why sitcoms are like gin and the internet is the growth of civil society. No really, go read it. Via ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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February 13th, 2008 10:22 amInteresting resource: C# for sharp kids and VB for very bright kids.
Having read a bit of the first one, I'm not sure how effective it would be - it strikes me that they've pitched the writing at a slighly younger level than those who're going to get the concepts but I could be wrong...
Having read a bit of the first one, I'm not sure how effective it would be - it strikes me that they've pitched the writing at a slighly younger level than those who're going to get the concepts but I could be wrong...
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January 4th, 2008 12:55 pmShould anyone on my friends list be interested in cute kitten icons (naming no names...) check out http://spikes-kitty.livejournal.com/21527.html (or indeed http://spikes-kitty.livejournal.com/tag/cat+icons)
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December 18th, 2007 12:24 pmRichard Dawkins is a cultural Christian he says. Still have not read Tims copy of Selfish Gene. Still planning to (honest!).
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November 21st, 2007 10:51 amSo, even I have a use for Vector magic - yes, I can now make legible icons out of Dilbert cartoons! Totally gankable, obviously.
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November 12th, 2007 01:26 pmI just have to check this with my American friends, after I haven't seen it being as roundly mocked as it seems obvious it deserves. I see from the internet that Bush said the following:
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but in that case can we campaign for Bush to resign one of his positions as well? I'm only going by the West Wing, but I suspect he may have missed something here!
You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but in that case can we campaign for Bush to resign one of his positions as well? I'm only going by the West Wing, but I suspect he may have missed something here!
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October 25th, 2007 09:48 amCan I just say "yay for the NHS"? Someone on my friends page linked to Project Erin today, in which a woman with 2 severe neurological conditions tries to raise money for surgery by getting people to download a text file (it's a rewards programme thing). I tried the download, and it's clean so I figure I'll stick it on my morning start up of my computer routine.
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September 26th, 2007 12:52 pmThe results are out for the UK monopoly board. I see Oxford fans got bored of voting before Cambridge supporters, but I'm sure we can spin that as having better things to do :)
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September 21st, 2007 09:27 amInteresting chart of the relative shares of mobile phone OS's in different markets in this blog post. Just confirms what damiancugley and I were saying in our chat about iPhone last night - the US is a weird & completely different universe when it comes to mobile phones. Via plasticbag
damiancugley and I were saying in our chat about iPhone last night - the US is a weird & completely different universe when it comes to mobile phones. Via plasticbag(no subject)
September 19th, 2007 01:52 pmPermission and passion: We so have this problem on LJ. 90% of news commenters are rabid-uber-fans.
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September 19th, 2007 01:20 pmshepline has had a fantastic idea for winter - solar powered fairy lights! I want! Seriously, something about this idea just instantly appeals to me. I am often a bit snobbish about outside lights but this is partly because I see so few that I think of as being tastefully done (we have a giant light up Homer Simpson that comes out for Christmas on my road) and partly because I feel annoyed that we should be wasting so much power when we're in the situation environmentally that we are so the prospect for solar powered lights seems like the ideal. Now I just have to decide where to tastefully drape them...Kittens are like internet hugs
September 11th, 2007 09:43 amHaving suddenly realised that some of my friends list actually haven't seen this! Encouragement kitten and friends.
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August 24th, 2007 02:05 pmI <3 this Glastonbury infographic from this post on flashboy.org - particularly the enjoyment over time. I could make a not disimilar graph with different band names if I was better with graphics packages!
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August 13th, 2007 12:47 pmI'm sure that someone on my friend list posted a "who will Dr Who meet next" poll with Agatha Christie as an option but either that person is not one of the usual suspects or they haven't tagged the post so I can't find it. Was it you? If so, link me! I want to see who managed to pull off spooky predictive powers :)
Another day of life
August 10th, 2007 09:49 amWell, I thought, what the hell, it can't be that hard to read and review a book in 6 weeks, plus, free book! So I signed up for Blog a Penguin Classic and have been assigned Another Day of Life. Sounds quite serious stuff, but the Amazon reviews are pretty positive (and indicate that it's only 144 pages) so I'm cautiously optimistic. Perhaps when I've read it I'll expand that Wikipedia article as well! It's first come first serve so if you want your freebie, sign up now!
