April 2009
28 posts
Yes Make The Small Child Touch The Dead Skin →
“Oooh. Is a baby efflant. What happened to it?” The baby wanders toward the water. She stumbles on the slippery riverbank and slides into a slurry of clay, sand, and fresh snowmelt. She…
Apr 30th
FLUPOCALYPSE: This Blew Up Fast →
Shared by Paresh It’s the end of the world; you heard it here first. Reuters: Tests have confirmed that eight New York City schoolchildren had a type A influenza virus, likely swine flu,…
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
Henry Behrens dancing with his cat. October 26th... →
Henry Behrens dancing with his cat. October 26th 1956. Photo by Harry Kerr.
Apr 25th
Slow beef →
Shared by Paresh ‘So…by “docile”, you really mean “mentally retarded”’. Er, no, I don’t think that’s what they mean. The cow genome has been published and the results show changes due to…
Apr 24th
I may have been a little overzealous with my leechblock settings…
Apr 20th
Vicious Imagery: Make Mine Metaphorical: Dollhouse... →
Apr 19th
WatchWatch
Oxford Circus Video on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Apr 17th
Apr 17th
Who Really Rules?: New Haven and Community Power... →
Book — Click on product link to check availability
Apr 15th
Cyberabad Days →
Book — £6.23
Apr 15th
Apr 15th
Overcoming Autism to Build Friendships →
Barbara Fischkin is a parent of a young adult who suffers from severe autism — a neuro-biological disorder that affects one’s ability to communicate. She has written extensively about her…
Apr 14th
How Technology Won the Presidency, Part I →
Command of the issues, cool confidence and disarming smile aside, Barack Obama might just owe his campaign’s success to his team’s ability to harness the technology at their fingertips. Social…
Apr 14th
NASA's early lunar images, in a new light - Los... →
Apr 14th
Reason #256 I Am A Better Coder Than You: Classnames like ‘DoStuffToAListOfIDs’. Genius.
Apr 9th
Drug company pushes jet lag as a medical disorder →
The Wall Street Journal’s health blog reports that drug company Cephalon are trying to get jet lag recognised as a ‘circadian rhythm sleep disorder’ in an attempt to promote their…
Apr 7th
The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World... →
Book — £11.58
Apr 3rd
by chotda on flickr →
by chotda on flickr
Apr 3rd
US to be 'pragmatic on climate' →
America’s lead climate negotiator tells the BBC that the US will only do what is politically and technologically achievable.
Apr 3rd
“What I’m trying to saying is our bedroom would be called The Situation Room and...”
– BONER PARTY!!!
Apr 2nd
About twice as many police as protestors (with giant game of Monopoly and hats) in Paternoster Square this morning.
Apr 2nd
Apr 1st
The SpiderMac Desktop [Featured Desktop] →
Reader zackshackleton’s desktop takes a comic book panel and blends system stats into text bubbles, adding a useful touch to a really fun desktop. This configuration is similar to his …
Apr 1st
WHAT’S A KETTLE - Hour 4: Pretty dead outside, everyone is wearing the same jeans. Also many helicopters.
Apr 1st
GRRR CAPITALISM - Hour 3: Twitter and hashtags.org blocked at work! Thanks for Guardian widget link, @pointyshinyburning
Apr 1st
CITY OF RAGE - Hour 2: Security people outside looking more bouncery today. Possibly implementing one-in-one-out policy.
Apr 1st
ANARCHY IN THE CITY - Hour 1: My jeans are overly tight and there is pie in the office.
Apr 1st