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…
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,…
Link →
Henry Behrens dancing with his cat. October 26th... →
Henry Behrens dancing with his cat. October 26th 1956. Photo by Harry Kerr.
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…
I may have been a little overzealous with my leechblock settings…
Vicious Imagery: Make Mine Metaphorical: Dollhouse... →
Oxford Circus Video on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Who Really Rules?: New Haven and Community Power... →
Book — Click on product link to check availability
Cyberabad Days →
Book — £6.23
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…
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…
NASA's early lunar images, in a new light - Los... →
Reason #256 I Am A Better Coder Than You: Classnames like ‘DoStuffToAListOfIDs’. Genius.
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…
The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World... →
Book — £11.58
by chotda on flickr →
by chotda on flickr
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.
What I’m trying to saying is our bedroom would be called The Situation Room and...
– BONER PARTY!!!
About twice as many police as protestors (with giant game of Monopoly and hats) in Paternoster Square this morning.
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 …
WHAT’S A KETTLE - Hour 4: Pretty dead outside, everyone is wearing the same jeans. Also many helicopters.
GRRR CAPITALISM - Hour 3: Twitter and hashtags.org blocked at work! Thanks for Guardian widget link, @pointyshinyburning
CITY OF RAGE - Hour 2: Security people outside looking more bouncery today. Possibly implementing one-in-one-out policy.
ANARCHY IN THE CITY - Hour 1: My jeans are overly tight and there is pie in the office.