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
WatchApple - Beast File (by Duncan Elms)
Evan Davis 'freerunning' at BBC Television Centre... →
Amazing trailer for what is a very interesting programme. Looking forward to following the series.
US crime figures: Why the drop? | BBC →
“For 20 years, crime in the US has been falling and new figures from the FBI show a sharp drop in the last two years, despite the recession. Why?”
“You can’t put an article into the print edition of the paper unless it’s been...”
– How To Run A News Site And Newspaper Using WordPress And Google Docs - 10,000 Words
Inside the anti-doping system: Week Two | BBC →
Interesting look into the daily headache anti-doping tests can cause athletes.
“This is week two of my month on the UK Anti-Doping whereabouts system, and the realities of my new responsibilities are starting to kick in.”
“The shorthand of it is that women run for office to do something, and men run...”
– Why Women Don’t Get Caught Up in Sex Scandals - NYTimes.com
U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors... →
Extremely fascinating stuff…
McDonald's Wine Pairings →
“Finding out what works with your Big Mac, and more!”
Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA | CNET →
Hideously long terms and conditions need not be so dull when dramatically read aloud. This is great.
Russian hacker claims he cracked Skype protocol... →
If true, will this de-value Microsoft’s pricey new acquisition?
“Russian hacker Efim Bushmanov has claimed that he has reverse-engineered the well-protected source code of the popular Skype software application.”
“He fixes on me, and tries to grab my pen and notebook. I hold on and he pulls my...”
– Spat at by a naked dancer: St-Pierre’s Un Peu de Tendresse | Stage | guardian.co.uk
A very short history of female national newspaper... →
Inspired by the NYTimes female editor back-slapping sesh yesterday, the wonderful Judith Townend has compiled a list of female editors, past and present, in the UK.
BBC News - Malaysia libel case 'settled by 100... →
“A Malaysian political activist has agreed to apologise 100 times on the social-media website Twitter in an unusual settlement of a libel case.”
WatchAce motion graphics work from BBC World - in seven languages!
UEFA Champions League Final (by Tom Hannen)
Hadley Freeman: Funny women do exist in the movies... →
“Female-centred comedies such as Bridesmaids are great, but male-run Hollywood and male-dominated audiences just don’t get the joke.”
Mideast Uses Western Tools to Battle the Skype... →
“When young dissidents in Egypt were organizing an election-monitoring project last fall, they discussed their plans over Skype, the popular Internet phone service, believing it to be secure.
“But someone else was listening in—Egypt’s security service.”
