denny | Entries tagged with interesting links

In the red corner, for science, weighing in at 17 miles of extreme technology, we have:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html

And in the blue corner, for ~~comedy~~ religion, weighing in at never-before-seen levels of misapplied imagination, we have:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt1Yo610lG0

Current Mood: impressed

http://www.nakedloftparty.com/journal/2008/07/09/470/there-is-no-such-thing-as-rejection (original version, surrounded by NWS images)

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/nakedloftparty/116979.html (syndicated version, WS)

Current Mood: tired

http://missilebases.com/

Current Mood: impressed

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

Current Mood: busy

http://latexiron.livejournal.com/433129.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmVaLp8icoU

Apparently a couple of people have already posted this (I saw it in

cavalorn's journal), but it's worth re-posting.

Oh yes: not striking, as you can see. The censorship issue was fixed swiftly enough that I think the point has already been made, even if they were disingenious about fixing it, and I have no problem with the move from 'basic' accounts to 'plus' accounts as the entry point for LJ - if you're not paying for the service, then you can tolerate some ads (or install an adblocker).

Current Mood: enthralled

David Braben (co-creator of the game Elite) uses the new BBC Micro exhibition at the Science Museum as an excuse to rant about how being geeky used to be fashionable in the early 80s, and how this affected our technical industries. I'm not entirely sure he's right*, but anyway:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7305699.stm

* although, contrast the heroes of Hackers with the hero of Wargames

Current Mood: busy

Making a valiant bid for Coolest Thing Evar... http://www.badscience.net/?p=622

Current Mood: impressed

Spotted this in the comments in someone else's journal and thought it was worth re-posting:
http://www.plausiblydeniable.com/opinion/gsf.html

Current Mood: contemplative

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U

Not sure if everyone else will have already seen this - sorry if it's all over TV, I wouldn't know as I don't watch it. I thought it was good anyway.

Current Mood: cynical

An article about stumbling on happiness, found via

cryx...

Rule 1. Bingeing is bad, except when it isn't.
Rule 2. Happiness often comes from what you don't know.
Rule 3: Keeping your options open won't necessarily make you happier.
Rule 4: The things you fear are not as bad as you think.

You really need to read the explanations for most of those to make proper sense. Not sure I'm convinced by all of it, but worth a read anyway.

Current Mood: actually, mostly happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYHPZgq_Kgo

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thegeekgroup

(found via

deathboy)

Current Mood: impressed

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_52/b4064048925836.htm

Current Mood: geeky

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3138352.ece

Current Mood: busy

Taken from the end of this post about addiction in Stephen Fry's blog.

Current Mood: busy

http://www.freerice.com/

Current Mood: bored

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3061121.ece

Current Mood: tired

http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/09/7-amazing-holes/

Work safe ;)

Current Mood: busy

Most non-geeks have outbound tact filters: they filter what they want to say and add polite noise as it passes through. Geeks have inbound tact filters: they take bare communication with no politeness and just wrap it in assumed politeness as they interpret it.

When non-geeks talk, geeks think the polite sounds they make are redundant.

When geeks talk, non-geeks just think they’re being incredibly rude.

http://geeketiquette.com/archives/2007/08/19/geek-to-geek-communications-with-michael-schwern/

Current Mood: miserable

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,987172,00.html

Current Mood: shocked

I accidentally in your base

...is this dangerous?

LHC SmackDown!

Rejection vs seduction

Time to start saving my pennies...

Hrm.

Big Bada-Boom!

BigDog

Geeks and the Beeb Micro

Phun

Geek Social Fallacies

Neat video

The pursuit of happiness...

Electrifying music

Cloud computing

I knew I should have eaten more pies.

New journal title...

Timewasting game + food aid = website

Legalise all drugs, says chief constable...

Big Holes

Geek communication

Better Manners Through Sadism

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