January 2012
8 posts
Why Twitter’s new policy is helpful for... →
Are 84 per cent of Today programme contributors... →
Simple and brilliant fact checking. Every newspaper should have a little column like this.
“We come in peace”
– Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom’s bizarre email to new neighbours.
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom refused bail (also: insane neighborhood watch retort) | BitterWallet
Gawker Will Be Conducting An Experiment, Please... →
This week, the writers of this site have all agreed to participate in an obnoxious, but worthwhile exercise. Each day, a different staff writer will be forced to break their usual routine and offer up posts they feel would garner the most traffic.
“Events on the Net occur everywhere but nowhere in particular”
– How Megaupload - which is based in Hong Kong - can be taken down by US authorities.
Explainer: How can the US seize a “Hong Kong site” like Megaupload?
“Binge-watching: It’s the crack of the couch potato”
– In Praise of Binge TV Consumption | Magazine
Watch(via How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source | Onion News Network)
November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
6 posts
The Israeli children who are suing for being born... →
Israeli children with birth defects are increasingly suing the medical authorities for ever allowing them to be born.
The rise in such “wrongful life” lawsuits, which the medical profession estimates at 600 since the first case in 1987, has prompted an investigation by the Israeli government.
Winstagram →
Solving a massive crisis in digital photography.
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September 2011
8 posts
“As the riots showed there is a strong demand for our products on the high...”
– Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman, JD Sports.
“Parents and teachers have reason to be alarmed if these similar protest actions...”
– Philippines congressman Winston Castelo explains the reasons behind his ‘Anti-Planking Bill’.
Yes, that kind of planking.
Quezon City Representative Winston Castelo files anti-planking bill | Sun.Star
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LUV & HAT: THE MOON →
luvandhat:
LUV - Ah, the moon. The thing about contemplating the moon is it don’t half make you feel all poetical and that…
(Feel free to insert your own magical-funk arty wibbly transitional effect at this point. Maybe you could hold your laptop up near a fan heater and read through the resultant…
August 2011
4 posts
Read, laugh, do: Liz Jones in Somalia →
London Could Soon Get Free Wi-Fi Everywhere -... →
A little while ago I predicted that, eventually, the internet will be free for all. I thought it would be Google - but looks like Virgin are making an early grab.
What It's Like to Interview a Celebrity: A GIF... →
Are gifs the future of longform journalism? I hope so - this is hilarious.
July 2011
19 posts
Test for Nearsightedness: Do You See Einstein or... →
“Here’s a clever test developed by Dr. Aude Oliva, a cognitive scientist at MIT. If you see Marilyn Monroe instead of Albert Einstein, you’re a bit nearsighted. I don’t see any indication that this what Oliva was trying to do, but it does serve that purpose nicely.”
Who reads the papers? | BBC Comedy →
A classic clip from Yes, Prime Minister. Who reads the newspapers?
Phone-hacking: The other news you might have... →
Plenty went on while we weren’t looking. Catch up.
Podcasts: Who still listens to them? | BBC News →
Great piece from @aj_hudson:
“Since becoming a buzzword more than five years ago, the term “podcasting” has largely disappeared from view as attention has increasingly turned to social media. So why has such a popular technology received such a small amount of attention?”
How Twitter tracked the News of the World scandal... →
This is the way the News of the World ends: not... →
‘“It’s been running for more than a hundred years,” sobbed a junior showbiz reporter into his mobile. “I finally get a job here and six months later they f***ing shut it.”’
Multimedia: The Maori Alphabet | Stuff.co.nz →
Learn a little Maori with this simplistic and enjoyable slideshow produced by a former student of mine, Luke Appleby.
Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Law In... →
“Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike’s handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.”
June 2011
28 posts
“That little dopamine squirt you get when you discover somebody has liked your...”
– One Per Cent: A five-point guide to getting your tweets retweeted
