August 2010
3 posts
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
3 posts
The comments sections on many general-interest news sites lack both the carrot...
– Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster - The Boston Globe
Unearthing the lost advertising of the sealed-off... →
May 2010
4 posts
The Swinger →
The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this be taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.
We had MBA students write down the last two digits of their social security...
– Dan Ariely: Human habits - Wired.co.uk
Because Every Country Is The Best At Something →
March 2010
2 posts
Michael Buble Being Stalked By A Velociraptor →
Do Movie Critics Matter? →
By offering an alternative deluge of fans’ notes, angry sniping, half-baked impressions, and clubhouse amateurism, the Internet’s free-for-all has helped to further derange the concept of film criticism performed by writers who have studied cinema as well as related forms of history, science, and philosophy…The Algonquin Round Table’s legacy of high-caliber critical exchange has turned...
February 2010
6 posts
Manipulative meow: Cats learn to vocalize a... →
Britain's rudest place names - Telegraph →
Dead End Thrills | Home →
Amazing screenshots. Better than that sounds.
21st-Century Shooters Are No Country for Old Men →
“David Walsh is the oldest player in Major League Gaming. The kids call him “Grandpa Walsh.” He is 25.”
43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life →
Remove your doors
January 2010
11 posts
[US] Football Games only Have 11 Minutes of Action →
via @fpshouter
Adam Buxton's Response to 'The Persuasionists' →
The Psychology behind Farmville’s success →
50 Incredible Film Posters From Poland →
Difficult languages: Tongue twisters | The... →
In search of the world’s hardest language.
In “Formal Theories of Mass Behaviour”, William McPhee noted that a...
– Media: A world of hits | The Economist
When Fear Makes Us Superhuman: Scientific American →
Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of... →
Blimey.
December 2009
14 posts
Andrew McDonald : A Pictorial Guide to avoiding... →
Bill Bryson: Everything that happens is amazing -... →
iStockHell →
A collection of the worst of the worst on iStockPhoto.
Homosexual selection: The power of same-sex... →
The burning question is why same-sex behaviour would evolve at all when it runs counter to evolutionary principles. But does it? In fact there are many good reasons for same-sex sexual behaviour.
Richard Cobbett > The Gamers Guide To Dating →
Disclaimer: Guys only. Everyone knows girls only play Tetris anyway.
My day with the mental health professionals | The... →
via Metafilter.
the framley examiner advert calendar →
Watch The Day of the Triffids 'Episode 1' Online →
I suspect the remake, described as “epic, fast-paced, futuristic” won’t be as good as this slow-paced but terrifying version.
The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia →
Also: 50 more of Wikipedia’s most interesting articles. Via @plasticniki.