May 2012
1 post
April 2012
4 posts
Digested read: Skagboys by Irvine Welsh | Books |... →
Despair at the tragic attempt to capture Irvine Welsh’s written accents, then skim the comments for gems such as:
“Well done John [for] an article supposedly about Skagboys that makes Dick Van Dyke look like an expert on the Cockney Dialect”
Two Video Games. Two Age Ratings. What's the... →
Hull 0, Scunthorpe 3 | Christopher Priest, author →
March 2012
3 posts
Republican conservatism: an infantile disorder? —... →
Debt, hierarchy, and the modern university →
Martin Amis’ Guide to Classic Video Games →
February 2012
1 post
What's your perfect fitting top, skirt and dress... →
January 2012
4 posts
World building 302: Psychology, beliefs, and other... →
The US schools with their own police →
Language Log » “Not just any sale, it’s a #$&@^’... →
December 2011
5 posts
I Love a Man in Uniform — Crooked Timber →
Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits →
A wee conventional implicature →
Dinosaur Comics - December 2nd, 2011 - awesome fun... →
The immortal Pierre Vinken →
November 2011
1 post
Charlie Brooker | The trouble with video games... →
October 2011
5 posts
British government pulls down the shutters →
Libertarianism and Liberty →
Kanye West, don't ever change, you big uncool... →
Innovation Starvation →
Neal Stephenson writes about the need for hard SF to progress science.
September 2011
2 posts
David Graeber: On the Invention of Money – Notes... →
“Just in way of emphasis: economists thus predicted that all (100%) non-monetary economies would be barter economies. Empirical observation has revealed that the actual number of observable cases—out of thousands studied—is 0%.”
Quite long, but interesting. There is no record of any society developing a barter system as a precursor to money!
August 2011
2 posts
I blame the British government for the riots →
The UK riots: the psychology of looting →
July 2011
5 posts
Well, That's One Way to Combat Misogyny in Gaming →
Cookie Connections__Clever Cookie Cutters Cut... →
“Best of all, using a piece of quick-save technology known as a “finger”, you...”
– Choose Your Own Adventure Article | Eurogamer.net
I got my first lesson in the inefficiencies of breadth first search by running out of fingers during CYOA books. The Horror of High Ridge (pg 7) was the first one I read.
Language Log » Near thing in Sofia →
June 2011
1 post
Shove it! →
This popped into my head randomly today.
April 2011
2 posts
Language Log » Chinese typewriter →
March 2011
2 posts
Carrots! →
Maru knows. →
February 2011
1 post
Half Time | Science Professor →
January 2011
1 post
Segmented sleep →
December 2010
5 posts
“Just to underscore the climate of lawless initmidation that has been...”
– The lawless Wild West attacks WikiLeaks - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
What big teeth you have grandma! — Crooked Timber →
November 2010
4 posts
Ad campaign targets men who prey on drunken women →
The goats with a head for heights →
Flickr: U.S. Department of Energy's Photostream →
Picture 037
October 2010
4 posts
1 day old zebra foal born at Whipsnade zoo →