August 2010
3 posts
Aug 27th
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July 2010
1 post
Jul 21st
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
Jun 26th
Jun 22nd
Unearthing the lost advertising of the sealed-off... →
Jun 17th
May 2010
4 posts
May 24th
1 note
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.
May 23rd
“We had MBA students write down the last two digits of their social security...”
– Dan Ariely: Human habits - Wired.co.uk
May 20th
Because Every Country Is The Best At Something →
May 19th
March 2010
2 posts
Michael Buble Being Stalked By A Velociraptor →
Mar 29th
1 note
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...
Mar 25th
February 2010
6 posts
Manipulative meow: Cats learn to vocalize a... →
Feb 24th
Feb 22nd
Britain's rudest place names - Telegraph →
Feb 20th
Dead End Thrills | Home →
Amazing screenshots. Better than that sounds.
Feb 12th
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.”
Feb 10th
43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life →
Remove your doors
Feb 8th
January 2010
11 posts
[US] Football Games only Have 11 Minutes of Action →
via @fpshouter
Jan 29th
2 notes
Adam Buxton's Response to 'The Persuasionists' →
Jan 28th
The Psychology behind Farmville’s success →
Jan 27th
50 Incredible Film Posters From Poland →
Jan 25th
Jan 12th
Difficult languages: Tongue twisters | The... →
In search of the world’s hardest language.
Jan 10th
“In “Formal Theories of Mass Behaviour”, William McPhee noted that a...”
– Media: A world of hits | The Economist
Jan 9th
When Fear Makes Us Superhuman: Scientific American →
Jan 8th
Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of... →
Blimey.
Jan 7th
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December 2009
14 posts
Andrew McDonald : A Pictorial Guide to avoiding... →
Dec 21st
Bill Bryson: Everything that happens is amazing -... →
Dec 20th
iStockHell →
A collection of the worst of the worst on iStockPhoto.
Dec 19th
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.
Dec 18th
Dec 17th
Richard Cobbett > The Gamers Guide To Dating →
Disclaimer: Guys only. Everyone knows girls only play Tetris anyway.
Dec 16th
My day with the mental health professionals | The... →
via Metafilter.
Dec 15th
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the framley examiner advert calendar →
Dec 12th
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.
Dec 11th
Dec 10th
The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia →
Also: 50 more of Wikipedia’s most interesting articles. Via @plasticniki.
Dec 8th
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