May 2008
65 posts
Alton Towers theme park bans Blackberries →
The park’s management says: “We feel it’s so important for parents and kids to focus on nothing more than having the best possible time, we are prepared to take drastic action to ensure that parents really leave their work behind!”
Spoon - Panic
bijan says:
This cover brings...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-25) →
Neil Young
Jens Lekman
BBC 6 Music
Ivy
Dolly Parton
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
“Every day I play a sad game called ‘In The Future When All’s...”
– Morrissey
“Any piece of software reflects the organizational structure that produced it.”
– Conway’s Law - I think you could probably replace “creative work” for software (via didyouevernotice)
“Remarkably unremarkable.”
– Mark Kermode on the new Indiana Jones. Tomorrow I’ll see if he’s right. Sadly, he often is.
When Twitter is down... →
Jonathan enjoys an illicit nap from time to time. →
Over 36 years old? You might be a sex offender... →
At least that’s the implication of social network Faceparty, which has just deleted most of its users over the age of 36 because it claims they are more likely to be sex offenders.
WatchIgnore this. Or feel free to play around. I don’t really care about your feedback though; I’m just testing some nerdy tech stuff from interesting new site Crowd Sound ;-)
9 Months Later →
“Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday about 9 months ago?”
Good story. Well, I liked it.
Malcolm Gladwell
topherchris writes:
Apparently, Malcolm Gladwell’s third book is entitled Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don’t and is due on November 18, 2008. The publisher says: In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers” — the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes...
“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close...”
– Molière (via lifeasart and greatwhiteshark)
I’ve been blogging for long enough. I need a proper paid writing gig. Whatever that French bloke thinks of me.
“I am continually fascinated by the difference between top performers and the...”
– Simon Barnes, Chief Sportswriter for The Times (TimesOnline.co.uk, via ucayman)
I know precisely nothing about sports. But even I can understand the interesting metaphorical implications of the above. (Prententious, moi?)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-18) →
The Cure
The Smiths
Jurassic 5
Super Furry Animals
Radiohead
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Gordon Brown urges embryo bill support →
Forget economic troubles, my respect for the guy just increased tenfold. Brave (and necessary) move.
Text messages cost £374.49 per megabyte! →
WatchBBC: The Day There Was No News
Spiritualized - Soul on Fire
I’ve only got...
Jonathan is like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon",... →
Facebook "Game Day" →
Every company should organise a day of sporting fun for their employees. I love the fact that Facebook approach increasing the number of teams and games involved as “an engineering challenge” and “a scalability problem”. Nerds ;-)
Overhearing stuff is GREAT
Customer 1: I don't understand why your landlord won't let you have a dog, your asshole neighbour has a dog.
Customer 2: Paul is BLIND, Sara.
Jonathan gets confused using Facebook Mobile. →
Automatically Pausing iTunes From Firefox?
joelaz says: You know how the iPhone automatically pauses the music you’re listening to when a call comes in? I want a feature like that for my browser. Throughout the day, I’ll be listening to music and browsing the web. I click on a video or a link that initiates some sort of audio and I have to flip into iTunes to pause my music in order to hear the conflicting sound. I want my browser to...
“If you are ten years out of high school and you say, ‘damn, those were the...”
– Stephen King on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (via fascinated & mrgan)
I’m ever-so-nearly out of school (university), and it has been the most interesting period of my short life. But I do agree with King: I hope the next 10 years will be even more exciting.
“When Google went public in 2004, it had about 2,000 employees — now it has...”
– Mathew Ingram (via vasta) Great article, especially given that I’m reading The Google Story at the moment.
“It’s like a game of chess now: keep your cards close to your chest.”
– Footballer Jason Price, as heard on BBC Radio Sheffield, blogged and submitted to Colemanballs by errorgorilla
Are Vampire Capitalists About to Descend on Crisis... →
errorgorilla says: Although I haven’t picked up a copy yet, I’ve read and watched enough about The Shock Doctrine to know that has been both inevitable and insuperable to avoid bringing to mind to it these past days.
johnbrissenden says:
I urge anyone who hasn’t yet done so to read The Shock Doctrine. It didn’t just shock glassy-eyed Chomskyniks like me, but a former Masters student...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-11) →
Pelican
Voyager One
Jens Lekman
The Manhattan Love Suicides
French Kicks
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
BBC News: No jabs, no school says Labour MP →
Is it an over-reaction to suggest that this is only a few steps away from forcing truth serum and sedatives on the general population?
Seriously, a world where the government can pretty much make you ingest certain chemicals is somewhat worrying.
(See also: water fluoridation)
Jonathan normally enjoys visiting the South, but... →
The cheeseburger bill →
“…prohibits lawsuits against anyone engaged in the food industry on claims that the food caused obesity or weight gain to the plaintiff”.
BRILLIANT fact →
If true (it’s from Wikipedia, so…), this is actually the best thing I’ve ever heard: collective nouns for a group of weasels include the terms boogle and confusion.
Ace.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-4) →
The Smiths
Daft Punk
Amon Tobin
Jamiroquai
Jens Lekman
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr