Poetry
Poetry at Dessert-Point
Honeycomb sits in front of me, tempting, waiting. But the American insists I must write first, write, write and drink. So I am. But I am thinking of the honeycomb.
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks: 50th Anniversary Edition eBook
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks: 50th Anniversary Edition eBook [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BBA6FJ8/?pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1R5ER78HGP0GFSCCEAE8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_i=507846&ref=s9_newr_
Photo
Running wallpaper
I went running, and took a picture. Then, with my near-insignificant photo-fiddling skills, I made a wallpaper for iPhones 5.
Quote
Obesity as disease
> This is where the obesity-as-disease concept leads us—to a situation in which people demand that medicine shoulder the responsibility. Karen Hitchcock shares an honest and straightforward take on her experiences as a doctor dealing with obesity in The Monthly [http://www.themonthly.com.au/what-can-stop-obesity-fat-city-karen-hitchcock-7636] .
Politics
Whistleblowers in an Exciting Adventure with the Espionage Act
> The Obama administration has since used the Espionage Act to prosecute more whistleblower leaks to the media than in all previous administrations combined. Jesse Hicks, The Verge: Over 1,000 days without a trial: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the culture of secrecy [http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/26/
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The sight of this wheelbarrow thus loaded, was entirely new to me.
> The sight of this wheelbarrow thus loaded, was entirely new to me. I could not help remarking its singularity, at the same time that I admired the simplicity of the invention. I even think, that in many cases such a barrow would be found much superior to ours. — Andreas
Swedish Horror
Year Walk
Year Walk [https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/year-walk/id555916407?mt=8] The game equivalent of a spooky short story. A beautiful, moody puzzle game. Only takes maybe two hours, but worth the investment. iOS only, sorry. Check out The Companion [https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/year-walk-companion/id597879895?mt=
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The real way that I became a model is that I won a genetic lottery.
> The real way that I became a model is that I won a genetic lottery. Cameron Russell, model—I get what I don’t deserve [http://us.cnn.com/2013/02/17/opinion/russell-model-genetic-lottery/index.html?hpt=hp_c2]
Doctor Who
The Podcasts of Death
It’s the fiftieth anniversary year of Doctor Who, and podcasts are springing up like… um… things that… I’ll get back to you. I’m having a bad day for similies. Anyhow, podcasts are tricky things. I find I prefer them when there’s at least: 1. Someone who
Siri
Editing Siri commands
finerios [http://finerios.tumblr.com/post/43666743426/edit-siri-commands-dictation]: > After speaking to Siri, you can edit the recognized text before Siri processes it if you’re quick enough, or even after. When the text appears, tap it and you get the familiar iOS keyboard and the text becomes editable. You
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Communion wafer shock
> …it has now been revealed that communion wafers used in many leading Catholic cathedrals have been found to contain not only the body of Christ, but also the bodies of some of his apostles. Andy Zaltzman, The Bugle 224–Papal Proton Packs [https://soundcloud.com/the-bugle/bugle-224-papal-proton-packs]
Rant
Sent from my phone
Oh, was that email sent from your phone? Well, that changes everything. Thank god you mentioned it, even if it was tacked onto the end of your email like an afterthought. Perhaps I should go over the whole thing again in light of this revelation. Oh, right. You told me