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January 30, 2010
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Oh, Nokia. You mean well. It's like watching the most committed and brilliant minds in Scando telecoms design the best, most secure and efficient bicycle that any fish could possibly want.
(tags:phone tech awwww )The Apple Tablet?s Role in Emerging Markets
"The Apple iPad at $499 is already at the same price point of many netbooks sold here in Uganda. (I?ve seen $200 ASUS EEPC?s sold at the equivalent of six hundred dollars here!) So even if a...
Gjoll
There's actually an umlaut over the o in Gjoll, but I'm working on the fly here and can't reproduce it quickly on this keyboard. So, Gjoll. MySpace page. New doom ambience from Reykjavik. Longtime readers know I have a fondness for Icelandic music. Thanks to Bob Cluness for tipping me to them. You can find their work on eMusic and iTunes. Listen to this wintry ritual music:
The Mobile System
I tend to alter the way in which I start my day, every year or so. The details of it.
I still get out to the pub for at least an hour at the start of my day (for two reasons: one, I have a terminal allergy to house dust and it does me good to get out of the house for an hour a day and walk a bit; and two, I don't smoke in the house, so if I go to the pub I can sit down in the pub's open-air space and have a couple of cans of Red Bull with five or six cigarettes, and that's me all...
Station Ident: Something For The Weekend, Sir?
This is warren ellis dot com. warren ellis dot com is listening to Dignan Porch. warren ellis dot com is very tired. warren ellis dot com would really like to go back to bed. But it is a weekend, and life is not that kind to warren ellis dot com. Here is a pretty picture by Marta.
January 29, 2010
The Known Universe
By the American Museum Of Natural History:
Conan! What Is Best In Life?
AUGH CHRIST NO GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF THERE GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF THERE
What is best in life? That moment when your too-curious friend takes their goddamn fingers out of there, I would imagine.
Links for 2010-01-29
"…a very simple web-based API to detect and extract the main content from a web page, removing all of the clutter, such as headers, footers, advertising and so on. I guess it?s somewhat similar to Readability or Instapaper, but more suitable to building into your own applications…"
(tags:web )Prometheus: Over Easy
"Prometheus displayed its pockmarked, irregular surface for NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 27...
Been Around Too Long
First off, a favour for a friend. LONDON PEOPLE: my friend Rachael Gray, who is @Fauxred on twitter and blogs here, needs an internship. She designs shoes and latex clothing. Knows a lot about art, materials, and design. Twitter at her or ping her at her blog. This was a public service announcement for someone I've known since she was fifteen, which is kind of appalling for either of us to think about.
And now: SCIENCE!
Photo by Matt Jones of BERG, who are apparently now engaged in deciding...
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