- Did the tube strike improve London’s economy?
Interesting article, making the point that tube strikes have more of an effect on commuters than simply annoying people on the day, and that effect may not be entirely negative.
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Links for Wednesday October 14th 2015
- Astronomers may have found artificial structures orbiting a distant star.
Well, this should be interesting.
Links for Saturday October 10th 2015
- Raspberry Pi Bluetooth In/Out Board or “Who’s Home”
I want to be able to have my Raspberry Pi track my presence in the house – this has a load of links to useful libraries. - uncannymagazine.com
An interesting deconstruction of nerd masculinity.
Links for Friday October 9th 2015
- Light
A new kind of camera, that alleges it can replace about $6000 worth of DSRL gear (in terms of body+lenses) for about $1200. If this is true, and they live up the quality claims they're making, than I will be getting one ASAP, because it looks superb.
Links for Thursday October 1st 2015
- Edward Snowden: we may never spot space aliens thanks to encryption | US news | The Guardian
I missed this a couple of weeks back, but this is a fantastic solution to the Fermi paradox. Any sufficiently advanced communication is indistinguishable from cosmic background radiation…
Links for Thursday September 24th 2015
- Frankfurter Brett :: The kitchen workbench – Frankfurter Brett
I've a feeling I've linked to this before, but I can't find it. In any event: *want*.
Links for Thursday September 24th 2015
- For the first time, a paraplegic has walked without a robotic suit
I love stories like this. In between the dead-pig-fucking, and the corruption, and the banal advance of technologies that basically exist to sell us more stuff, and the impending grim death of everything good, I do like the occasional story that reminds me that all this science and tech bollocks has a point.
Links for Tuesday September 22nd 2015
- Seth’s Blog: Ad blocking
All worth reading, but here's the killer line "More data isn't the point. Data to serve explicit promises is the point."
Links for Friday September 11th 2015
- HannahMitt/HomeMirror
I may have to make one.
Links for Wednesday September 9th 2015
- Every southern gothic novel ever
I would read many of these.