Entries by tag: technology
- The Curious History of the Clothespeg
- The Economist investigates.
(tags: technology )
- Is There Any Precedent For A Trump Comeback?
- Er, not really.
(tags: ) - How brothers became buddies and bros
- Changing words.
(tags: linguistics english ) - English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
- The future is here! But it doesn't work yet.
(tags: technology )
- Should You Tinder While You Travel?
- Dating apps in London, Berlin, Sweden and Brooklyn.
(tags: travel internet sexandgenderandsexuality ) - All Those New Dinosaurs May Not Be New — Or Dinosaurs
- Insider nomenclature baseball of paleontology.
(tags: fossils ) - Crossing the border
- My Cypriot friend @esraaygin explores the Franco-German frontier.
(tags: cyprus france germany eu ) - Follow the money: Apple vs. the FBI
- @cstross has a theory about the real agenda.
(tags: technology internet economics ) - An Open Letter to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-Defector
- Extraordinary testimony by former Trump insider @SCegielskiPR.
(tags: uspolitics ) - 4 Reasons Why You (Yeah, You) Are Qualified To Nominate for the Hugos
- Rock on!
(tags: sf ) - Why we think terrorism is scarier than it really is (and we probably always will)
- Very sensible.
(tags: psychology waronterror )
- Jo Swinson: Why I now back all women shortlists
- Exactly.
(tags: libdems ukpolitics sexandgenderandsexuality ) - NMBS to launch wi-fi pilot project on Ostend-Eupen line | Flanders Today
- At long last! (And on my line!)
(tags: Belgium rail technology ) - Razzie Awards 2016 “Winners” Announced
- The worst of 2015 cinema.
(tags: films ) - The 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational
- Yep. #fb
(tags: psychology )
- Six Lies Told By Nigel Farage About The EU
- Only six?
(tags: eu ukpolitics ) - This can’t be left to the Tory party – it’s everyone’s country at stake
- Andrew Rawnsley nails it.
(tags: eu ukpolitics ) - How the Euro Crisis was successfully resolved
- Important to counter the narrative that the Euro as such "failed".
(tags: eu euro greece ) - Peak paper
- Also Peak Oil, Peak Coal, Peak Steel and maybe Peak People?
(tags: economics technology )
- So what does Europe really think about the Brexit debate?
Mostly accurate!
- 1 Island, 2 Days and 3 Themes to Remember
My colleague @steve_salvador looks at the future of storytelling.
- Johan Wets: ‘De toekomst brengt meer migratie of nog meer migratie. Of een politiestaat.'
My friend Johan speaks out. (In Dutch.)
- BBC Two announces The City And The City, an adaptation of China Miéville's novel
Hooray!
- A 21st-Century Migrant’s Essentials: Food, Shelter, Smartphone
New solutions for a very old problem.
- Ways to think about cars
The future of motoring.
- I looked at the best evidence for banning prostitution. It's absolutely terrible.
Interesting!
- Greek elections: a new opportunity to refresh the political body
A view from Athens.
- Worldcon: Winning and Losing
GRRM comments in advance: watch for the Campbell result!
- In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made him hide it.
Progress.
- Why Western Sahara matters, by Jeremy Corbyn
I deeply respect JC as the most engaged UK politician on this issue.
- What Would Happen If the U.S. Congress Killed the Iran Deal?
Bad for the U.S. and for international order.
- Sad Puppies, Rabid Chauvinists: Will Raging White Guys Succeed in Hijacking Sci-Fi’s Biggest Awards?
A good summary.
- Ukip to lose funding worth £1m as Farage’s European group collapses
ohdearwhatapitynevermind.
- How to mark the 20th anniversary of the Netscape Navigator?
When did you last hear static? Does 7-year-old know what it means?
- Iain Duncan Smith used false statistics to justify disability benefit cuts
British govt's war on the disabled, justified by lies.
- Don’t Diss Cheap Smartphones. They’re About to Change Everything
The next stage of the revolution.
- Parliament to sanction nine MEPs over Azeri mission
Good.
- New connected car standards put Europe into top gear
Safer roads are coming.
- Europe map quiz
Not too difficult!
- The Best of BBC One's Walk On The Wild Side
From 2010. Hilarious.
- Car-to-car talk: Hey, look out for that collision!
What my brother is working on.
- Letters on women in science fiction
The young Isaac Asimov wanted to keep women out.
- The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D.
A bit optimistic...
- Potent Pro-Israel Group Finds Its Momentum Blunted
AIPAC in trouble?
- Merkel makes U-turn, backs Juncker for Commission job
Enda Kenny as dark horse?
- Former UKIP spokesman was kidnapping gang 'boss'
You couldn't make it up.
- Gagauzia Voters Reject Closer EU Ties For Moldova
It's a tough sell in Comrat.
- Holding Sri Lanka to Account
New York Times calls it right.
- Irvine Welsh: Scottish Independence and British Unity
"Better together? Yes, certainly, but better independent and free together."
- Advantages of social media are poorly understood
My grandfather began school at a time when trust was defined by physical locality, and often marked by the boundary of the parish. In the spring of 1879, aged seven, he was part of the first generation of Irish kids to attend national school in Fanad, Co Donegal. It was his first lengthy engagement with the English language; and it’s likely that the main technology he used during the six years of his formal education was a stone slate. Three generations – and 120 years or so – later and, at half that age, his great grandson’s favourite educative tool is already an iPad.
- 22 Stairways That Lead Nowhere
I think we all feel like that sometimes.
- Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax
Good reporting.
- Why an exit from EU would be bad for British business
Richard Branson speaks.
- What happened to netbooks? Apple’s iPad and Macbook Air killed the $400 former future of computing.
And a good thing too.
- My bustle’s stuck!: Women vs. Victorian values in “The Snowmen”
“What’s wrong with Victorian values?” asks Dr. Simeon as the Doctor faces him down, and for once the Doctor (and the show) spell it out.
- X-rays reveal hidden secrets of Tudor portraits
Walsingham more iconic than he realised!
- Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of Doctor Who
Penguin to publish an ebook each month from January to November.
- Top 10 skywatching events not to be missed this year
Two naked-eye comets, one of them very bright!
- The Law of War and The Lord of the Rings
Do the Geneva conventions apply in Middle-Earth?
- Euromyths and Letters to the Editor: Holiday season bumper Euromyths special
More examples of lies told by the British press.
- Brussels sprouts 'overdose' hospitalised man
Of course "too many" sprouts are bad for you - that's what "too many" means!!!!
- Mobile Technologies and Empowerment: Enhancing human development through participation and innovation | E-governance and Access to Information
UN: how mobile phones are transforming the developing world.
- Elizabeth II, Queen of the South Pole
"It’s a question on the minds of many, this gift-giving season: What do you get someone who already has everything? The problem gets a bit more pressing if you’re the British Cabinet, and the Queen is coming round to visit. Their solution? Clever: two gifts - 60 table mats, and a chunk of Antarctica, henceforth forever known as Queen Elizabeth Land. At least on British maps."
- Gobsmacked in Cambridge
"While strictly speaking I had another hour and twenty-seven minutes allotted to book shopping, I found myself unable to go on. After you find the book at the top of your Life List just sitting there, what's the point of trying to beat that in a second venue?"
- Lord of Film – an interview with Randal Plunkett
The current Lord Dunsany: "I think if I wasn’t a film maker, I would have to be a writer. The writer I would be, would have to be Philip K. Dick."
- iOS Google Maps: If it's great, thank Apple's strategy.
Well, that's one way of looking at it...
- Voting systems around the world
Neat map.
- The Shore part 1, Conleth Hill, Ciaran Hinds
Lovely Oscar-winning short film set in Northern Ireland. (First half.)
- The Shore part 2
Second half.
- Sir Patrick Moore interviews Neil Armstrong in 1970
Armstrong predicts permanent moonbases in their lifetime; alas, it was not to be.
- The Truth About Wi-Fi [Pic]
So true.
- Lice in the Locks of Literature
Christopher Priest on Robert McCrum.
- Paul Krugman: Asimov's Foundation novels grounded my economics
#fb "I grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation. OK, economics is a pretty poor substitute; I don't expect to be making recorded appearances in the Time Vault a century or two from now. But I tried."
- 11 sounds that your kids have probably never heard
Ah, old tech.
- An alternative source of the UK’s EU-scepticism: politico-scepticism
@jonworth puts it down to general suspicion of institutions.
- Towards A Grand Unified Theory Of Time-Travel In Doctor Who
@stealthmunchkin is working on it.
- America's 50 Worst State Legislatures
*shakes head in despair*
- The Real and Unreal: Ursula K. Le Guin, American Novelist
Julie Philips (Tiptree biographer) on UKLG.
- The rise of UKIP: what does it all mean?
Not necessarily success!
- The days the #EUCO hashtag was born (and starting the #eu14 hashtag)
@ronpatz reveals all.
- Despite Bob Dole’s Wish, Republicans Reject Disabilities Treaty
Harry Reid: “It is a sad day when we cannot pass a treaty that simply brings the world up to the American standard for protecting people with disabilities because the Republican Party is in thrall to extremists and ideologues."
- Theresa Christy of Otis Elevator: Making Elevators Go
The world expert on elevator mathematics. "I feel like I get paid to play videogames. I watch the simulation, and I see what happens, and I try to improve the score I am getting."
- UK's 'last typewriter' produced
End of an era.
- Vittoria, la petite fille que l'on voit grandir au Parlement européen
The youngest participant in European Parliament sessions, now aged two.
- Gaza abacus
The Economist looks at the numbers. Number of Israelis killed by fire from Gaza between January 1st 2012 and November 11th 2012: 1 Number of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli fire during the same period: 78
- Monty Python fans block women directors
The General Council of Monty Python have today rejected moves to enable women to become directors of Monty Python films. This comes twenty years after it was agreed that women could attempt to tell jokes on screen, but were not allowed to ascend to the position of director.
- Un Namurois créé une application qui comptabilise les trains en retard
On iOS and iPhone, waiting for the Android version...
- The Neglected History of Women in the Early Church
"One of the best-kept secrets in Christianity".
- George Eliot writing desk stolen from Nuneaton museum
- Texas threatens to arrest international monitors sent to watch US election — RT
Russia Today reports.
- Thomas Edison Audio: Recording From 1878 Unveiled
Tinfoil secrets revealed by digital scanning.
- FACEBOOK: I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK
How Facebook is screwing up the monetization of its users.
- Cameron threat to defy European court on prisoner votes 'risks UK's standing'
Tory attorney-general is right.
- It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too
Rebecca Watson: "I spoke out, then came the rape threats."
- Internet Win
Shereen's success.
- Rosi Sexton says, 'I'm out!'
My favourite cage fighter speaks out against drugs.
- Nick Clegg insists on speaking Dutch at Cabinet Office meeting - Telegraph
From @telegraph so it may not be true, but I hope it is!
- Memorabilia Antonina: Richard III
Tony looks at the Princes in the Tower.
- Marissa Mayer Just Gave Every Yahoo Employee An iPhone 5
Strictly speaking, anything but a Blackberry!
- Mitt Romney’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Campaign
"If [Obama] ends up winning, the skeptics—of whom I have been one—will have to acknowledge that the Obama team understands something important about twenty-first century politics that we don’t."
- Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbled
The post-mortems begin!
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