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    links for 2007-08-17

    Noodlings » Numbers and the Next Big Thing
    See? Someone wrote the Numbers/Improv post I was going to write
    (tags: numbers spreadsheets history programming development improv next osx apple multidimensional pivottables)

    Blackbeltjones/Work: » Dare Protoplay vs Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2007
    Matt at EIF. Need to go to this next year.
    (tags: EIF dareprotoplay edinburghinteractivefestival gaming interactive via:blackbeltjones bbc innovation […]


    links for 2007-08-16

    Variety.com - Satire sinks at Fox News
    Half-hour News Hour cancelled. Not a surprise, really. It was crap. The pilot was, at any rate.
    (tags: halfhournewshour conservative comedy fox foxnews cable news via:variety)

    Is dark energy lurking in hidden spatial dimensions? - space - 13 July 2007 - New Scientist Space
    Cool - experiments so far show that extra […]


    Om nom nom nom

    In honour of om nom nom nom and the fact that at present I have rather too much free time:


    links for 2007-08-15

    Japanese man leaves leg behind at crash scene | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
    Now that’s badass
    (tags: andfinally japan motorcycle crash accident leg amputation)

    Jellyfish closure is another blow for teen sector | Press&publishing | MediaGuardian.co.uk
    “As well as the closure of CosmoGIRL! in June, BBC Magazines has published It’s Hot! for the last time this […]


    links for 2007-08-14

    Broadcastnow.co.uk - Television, production, broadcast and radio industry news
    Tiscali, etc. freaked out over underprovisioning due to be exposed by iPlayer
    (tags: iplayer network provisioning uk broadband unlimited via:broadcastnow networkneutrality)


    links for 2007-08-13

    After Our Time
    Adrian’s new blog/wiki on R4’s In Our Time
    (tags: inourtime radio4 bbc adrianhon blog wiki commentary debate radio)

    the Geniant blog — Thinking and Leaping
    (tags: stats bullets armour planes criticalthinking design fallacy blackswan)


    links for 2007-08-12

    al3x.net: C4[1]: Shawn Morel on VMware Fusion
    Aero Glass coming (soon-ish) to VMWare Fusion
    (tags: twitter alexpayne c4[1] vmware fusion virtualisation osx apple aero glass 3d)


    Illiquidity

    Over the past couple of days I’ve been watching with (morbid?) interest what’s been happening in the credit/debt markets, hedge funds and the central banks. There’s quite a good few posts out there and tidbits of information:

    Metafilter - A New Kind of Bank Run led me to
    this really rather good comment in the Metafilter thread […]


    links for 2007-08-11

    hitherto.net » Blog Archive » Finance - clarifications
    (tags: finance money investing savings via:hitherto personal)

    The Parking Lot is Full Web Page
    (tags: cartoon comic humour theparkinglotisfull plif)

    Om Nom Nom Nom
    I still think lolcats will win, though
    (tags: omnomnomnom triforce comedy humour snowclone lolcat)

    Digital Urban: Ordnance Survey and Google Statements on Virtual London in Google Earth
    Sigh. […]


    links for 2007-08-10

    Apple (UK and Ireland)
    Apple’s UK site has finally been updated to match the look of the parent US site
    (tags: apple uk)

    Blade Runner (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Blade Runner was a fantastic game. Still have a physical copy somewhere.
    (tags: bladerunner gaming pointandclick fmv adventure westwoodstudios)

    AppleInsider | Apple files for external audio blending, wide touchpad […]


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