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links for 2010-05-24: Treskilling Expensive
BBC News – Rare stamp sells for record price in Geneva auction Treskilling Yellow. Isn't it a bit curious that the bidders aren't revealing what they bid, nor the buyer what they paid? This wouldn't be one of those naked … more…
links for 2010-04-17: David Cameron anecdote generator
Who has David Cameron been talking to? "Last week, I met an imaginary Iraq veteran, who told me that dubstep killed Diana." (tags: humour david-cameron politics election)
links for 2010-04-06: scrabble heresy, the behavioural sink
Escaping the Laboratory: the rodent experiments of John B. Calhoun & their cultural influence. – Free Online Library revisiting the behavioural sink (tags: social-studies rats John-Calhoun population density control) BBC News – Proper nouns come into play in Scrabble rule … more…
links for 2010-03-25: they’re made of meat
Meat Terry Bisson's short story, one of the first that ever came my way over the net, back in the early 90s, coming around again (they always come around) via the Daily Grail (tags: Terry-Bisson meat scifi story SETI consciousness)
links for 2010-03-24: vintage Marvin Minsky
Why People Think Computers Can't Marvin Minsky's 1982 article. In txt format! Read it like it's 1982! (tags: ai programming philosophy technology Marvin-Minsky)
links for 2010-03-20: $99 tablet
Marvell announces $99 Moby Tablet to Revolutionize Education – ARMdevices.net Am I a bad person for thinking that this gizmo looks considerably more enticing that the iPad? (via slashdot) (tags: tablet multitouch technology)
links for 2010-03-18: St. Patrick’s Day
The Secret Sun: The (Not-So) Secret History of Saint Patrick's Day fascinating occult history of St. Patrick's Day. No mention of Guiness. (via TDG) (tags: St.-Patrick's-Day Osiris Bacchanalia Freemasonry)
links for 2010-03-15: Red Squirrels
POV – Nutkin's Last Stand | PBS Eccentric northerners on a mission to keep the Greys at bay. Weird racist undertones. (via @bengoldacre) (tags: squirrels documentary PBS environment)
links for 2010-03-02
In Disobedient Rooms: On J.G. Ballard China Mieville on Ballard – at some length, in The Nation. (tags: jg-ballard china-mieville literature criticism)
links for 2010-02-02: a few words about risk
Error Gorilla (The reason people are buying fear so easily and…) A few words about risk, by Doug Stanhope on Charlie Brooker's Newswipe, helpfully transcribed at Error Gorilla: "The reason people are buying fear so easily and stockpiling it is … more…