May 2013
1 post
Farewell Ray Harryhausen
My grandad introduced me to Ray Harryhausen when I was about 5 and I was obsessed with his films as a kid. His was the first filmmaker’s name I ever knew, and his work was the first thing that ever made me wonder about the process of making films.
His movies are a big part of why I grew up with such a love of film. I introduced my daughter to them when she was 3, we watched Clash of the...
April 2013
4 posts
Stephen Lawrence 20 years on: 'I thought there was... →
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Grad Student Who Shook Global Austerity Movement... →
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Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger" - HBS... →
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Dangerous: an in-depth investigation into the life... →
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March 2013
1 post
The Return of Superfly →
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January 2013
8 posts
How much salary is enough? Apparently,... →
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Luke Moore: Wycombe's youngsters put on a show,... →
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FBI's Scientology investigation: Balancing the... →
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Archers Early Warning System
I made a little thing. I totally love Radio 4, but I also totally hate The Archers, so I figured I would hack together a little bot that would warn me whenever The Archers is about to spoil my day. Then I realised I’m probably not alone in hating The Archers so I made it announce its warnings on Twitter.
Follow it for your own peace of mind.
PS. This sketch by John Finnemore is exactly...
Monopoly Is Theft | Harper's Magazine →
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Runner-Up: Tim Cook, the Technologist | TIME.com →
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What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web? | Arts &... →
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December 2012
4 posts
The Web We Lost - Anil Dash →
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The Anarchist Soccer Mom: Thinking the Unthinkable →
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Microsoft Insiders On Windows Head Steven Sinofsky... →
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Subcompact Publishing â by Craig Mod →
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November 2012
13 posts
Sleeping With Weapons [longform.org] →
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2012's Christmas adverts: horrible singers,... →
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Stargate and Ester Dean, Making Music Hits : The... →
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BBC News - Fergie time: Does it really exist? →
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The Travel Guide | Who is McAfee? →
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Linux Visionary Accused of Murder ... →
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Confessions of a Big-Agency Top Digital Exec |... →
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Netflix's lost year: The inside story of the... →
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Relativistic Baseball →
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Secrets, Schemes, and Lots of Guns: Inside John... →
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David Simon | Barack Obama And The Death Of... →
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THE FIFTY-NINE-STORY CRISIS, The New Yorker,... →
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October 2012
12 posts
Dallas Innocence Lost - Dallas Observer →
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The Man Who Broke Atlantic City - Magazine - The... →
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The Quietus | Opinion | Black Sky Thinking | Oh... →
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Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? - Edward... →
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A Splash of Red →
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Print - The Honor System - Esquire →
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http://jeremyduns.blogspot.se/2010/10/007-in-depth-... →
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The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue | History &... →
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Dealing with Recruiter Spam
If you’re anything like me you probably get several unsolicited emails per day from black-hat recruitment consultants. If you’re like me you’ve probably tried lots of ways of dealing with this, from replying to them asking to be removed from their database to publicly calling them out on Twitter. None of this works though, they keep emailing you, and new ones pop up on a regular...
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Errol Morris, forensic epistemologist.
Just in case you needed any more reasons to love Errol Morris, this is a fantastic interview.
Discovered via the wonderful Longform.
September 2012
1 post
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August 2012
9 posts
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Daily Mail Safety Net
You know that feeling you get when you accidentally click on a link to an article on the Daily Mail website? You know that red mist that descends when you see that sidebar full of pictures ridiculing celebrities for having cellulite or being overweight? You know how your blood pressure goes through the roof when you accidentally read one of the comments? Well, here’s a safety net for your...
The Heretic - The Morning News →
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Hitchcock’s girl - FT.com →
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End Game: Inside the Destruction of Curt... →
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America:... →
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Developer has no regrets after angry letter to... →
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