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Geeks and Nerds
It turns out I fall in the middle of the Venn diagram on this one. Interestingly, xkcd’s definition [https://xkcd.com/747/] is pretty much exactly mine, except round the wrong way.
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Motivation
Really interesting stuff about motivation, both at work and at home.
Internet
Douglas Adams on the Internet
Douglas Adams on the Internet [http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/19990901-00-a.html] A very clever man wrote about the internet over a decade ago and unsurprisingly said very clever things. I read this after Chas Licciardello [http://twitter.com/chaslicc] linked to it, and forgot who it was by until
Science
How our Brains Make Memories
How our Brains Make Memories [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/How-Our-Brains-Make-Memories.html?c=y&page=1] Interesting stuff. Disappointingly, science has not yet determined why my brain forgets things that happened to me only months ago, but still thinks it’s worth remembering the name of the actor who
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Silurian Pessimism
There’s nothing more depressing than the moment you realise an already boring Doctor Who story is going to be a ‘base under siege’ story. Or in other words, not only is it really dull, but nothing can come to make it better. Here we see a massive forcefield stopping
Software
Windows Cleaning
So, I’m working with a PC with Windows XP, as usual, but I have slightly more control over it than last time. Thought I’d share my favourite three utilities for stopping me from going crazy: * xplorer2 [http://www.zabkat.com/]—Tabs! Tabs are all I ask for. And
TV
Choosing Amy
As I’m too badly organised to have watched this week’s Doctor Who yet, I may as well talk a little about last week’s while I’m on the train. It’s always gratifying to have an episode that tries to do something different. The old classic Who
Politics
In case anyone missed Tony Abbott yesterday. I like to imagine there’s an advisor in the wings somewhere swearing profusely from about...
In case anyone missed Tony Abbott yesterday...
Games
I am unutterably bad at Grand Theft Auto. I had forgotten, but it's all come crashing back to me.
I am unutterably bad at Grand Theft Auto. I had forgotten, but it’s all come crashing back to me.
Nothing is Perfect
You can’t have everything. Nowhere is this clearer than in web based email apps, where try as I might I can’t quite get what I want. It’s been forced home to me again with the new MobileMe beta. This is a whole lot of whinging, but I’
Nothing is Perfect
You can’t have everything. Nowhere is this clearer than in web based email apps, where try as I might I can’t quite get what I want. It’s been forced home to me again with the new MobileMe beta. This is a whole lot of whinging, but I’