January 2012
10 posts
“I am sorry, I was told this train was going to Richmond and the signal men have...”
– Going Underground
“In an interestingly archaeological story from the world of digital...”
– BLDGBLOG: Remnant Infrastructure (via iamdanw)
“Now comes the bad bit. In a knee-jerk response, the Education Minister has today...”
– Michael Gove and the computing curriculum: not thought-through « Yacapaca (via iamdanw)
“There’s one more change too, greeted with delirious cheers from the home...”
“Football’s governing body extends its influence with a successful nuclear test....”
– The 2012 news: read it here first | World news | The Guardian (via iamdanw)
News from the European Commission in the UK →
iamdanw:
“The European commission has a blog that corrects ‘mistakes’ made by British tabloids”
December 2011
8 posts
“Here’s a thought experiment: Everyone over age 12 when YouTube launched in 2005...”
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org (via iamdanw)
City of Victoria →
Victoria City expanded over much of what is now Central, Sheung Wan, and Wan Chai. However, the city name Victoria has been eclipsed by Central in popular usage. It is nevertheless retained in the names of various organisations in reference to the Victoria City, such as the Victoria City District of the Hong Kong Scout, and the Victoria Junior Chamber. The name Victoria District Court had been...
Steepest Street in the World →
Baldwin Street in a suburban part of New Zealand’s southern city of Dunedin, is considered the world’s steepest residential street.
The street is the venue for an annual event in Dunedin, the Baldwin Street Gutbuster. Every summer since 1988 (usually in February), this exercise in fitness and balance involves athletes running from the base of the street to the top and back down again....
Piracy Pays for Itself, Swiss Government Says →
blackbutshining:
if you want to make money off of music (without actually making music), the implication of all these studies is that legislation will not help you, building a better mousetrap will.
Take all that money you’d spend on lawyers, and figure out what makes Spotify great, and figure out how to expand that success.
As someone who pirates a ton of music - nearly as much as I buy -...
Updating UI data in Android from a Background... →
“Jon used a desktop computer attached to a GPS satellite simulator to create a...”
– Schneier on Security: GPS Spoofing (via iamdanw)
This is how the assassins do it in real life
How to make a Nutella hot chocolate →
US Budget Numbers Simplified To The Household...
From the $38.5 trillion number, that seems to refer to the budget cut deal that averted a US government shutdown in April 2011. In any case, it does make the numbers much more easy to grasp.
Some stats about the US government:
U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
Recent budget cuts: $...
November 2011
3 posts
restless peace.: I dislike people that waste my... →
alexlau:
My dad made me cancel plans with friends tonight so that I can have dinner with him. I’m meeting up with friends at 8 and he wants to eat at 6. At 6pm, he tells me he has to finish his damn tv show before he can go. I’m totally fine with it. Now, it’s 7:15 and he wants to go out to eat with my…
Just do something similar back to him. Hopefully he’ll get the message!
October 2011
5 posts
Three guys, an Englishman, a Frenchman and an American are out walking along the beach together one day. They come across a lantern and a genie pops out of it. “I will give you each one wish, ” says the genie. The American says, “I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in America.” With a blink of the genie’s eye, ‘FOOM’ – the land in...
Austrian Lake Is Also a Popular Hiking Spot
This is seriously amazing…definitely one of the places on my TOGO list.
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“BBC Radio 4 long wave, which transmits on the 198 kilohertz frequency, relies on...”
– m.guardian.co.uk (via iamdanw)
September 2011
13 posts
“My Call Of Duty has a glitch…whenever I press the crouch button, my player...”
“You got a lecture from a Scottish guy about drinking responsibly?? I’m...”
“Zuckerberg doesn’t code much for Facebook anymore, the same way that Steve Jobs...”
– “Zuck’s gonna write code” (via iamdanw)
“Fire brigade phones Arsene Wenger in the early hours of Sunday morning…...”
“Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger met in a pub, Alex goes up to buy pints for...”
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The Spork
fakescience:
August 2011
11 posts
“when Top Gear (in the 90s, before it became an international phenomenon with...”
– The BBC - Television Tropes & Idioms (via iamdanw)
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When a Football Manager player applied for the... →
“Quite frankly we were of the opinion your tenure with us would have been short-lived, as your undoubted talent would result in one of the big European Clubs seeking your services.”
“Given all the backslapping gusto with which the Premier League whispered its...”
What "WTF" things have you learned about other...
“For many Americans, apparently the idea of putting butter on a sandwich is disgusting. Read this question, for instance, where some Americans register their shock and disgust at Britons putting butter on a meat sandwich. As a Briton the idea of not putting butter or margarine on a sandwich is a little strange, never mind the idea that the practice may actually be disgusting.”
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“Let me explain. We’ve all heard how great it is that Google allows its employees...”
– Losing the HP Way « I, Cringely (via iamdanw)
