Shelf Pod is Both Bibliophile’s and Cat’s Dream House →

February 18th, 2011

Maybe you could have a room like this, William.

Irina Werning’s Back to the Future Project →

February 16th, 2011

fredsherbet: At the BVE exhibition – 360 view: http://occip.it/pt405cf4 http://twitpic.com/405cf4

February 15th, 2011

fredsherbet: At the BVE exhibition – 360 view: http://occip.it/pt405cf4 http://twitpic.com/405cf4

Adactio: Journal—Erase and rewind →

February 12th, 2011

Makes me sad 🙁

This guy has crawled them and is hosting a torrent http://178.63.252.42/ It's only 2 GB!

Yummy recursive documentation (for Pocket Informant – a todo list app)

February 10th, 2011

Terminology
Events – These are appointments, meetings, and Calendar items.
Task – These are the task or “to do” items.
Calendar Item – This refers to something that is either an Event or a Task

Un-Not-Lovable How can you not love that guy? I ask you…. →

February 9th, 2011

Anyone know how to get that sidebar in gmail? Looks like it's pulled in his Google Profile and Twitter feed.

Photos: ‘Snow monsters’ of Japan →

February 9th, 2011

Clever followers; I come to you with a question.

February 7th, 2011

Do you need a frame of reference against which to measure rotational velocity?

Or, is there such a thing as 'not spinning'? (What I mean is, you might say there is no such thing as 'not moving' (referring to linear velocity) since you need to provide a frame of reference to say what it isn't moving relative to.)

Finally, is it a valid question to ask 'how fast is the Sun rotating?' without providing (or implying) a frame of reference?

“Fancy cheaper tube fares? They’re yours if you have a Gold Card. That’s the special bonus bit of…

January 31st, 2011

Useful for any railcard holder (like 16-25 young persons railcard). You can get it linked to you oyster for lower daily caps. But you have to have some difficult conversations with ticket office workers. Instructions here for the ticket office man http://www.oyster-rail.org.uk/railcard-discounts/

"Fancy cheaper tube fares? They're yours if you have a Gold Card. That's the special bonus bit of cardboard given to everyone in London and the southeast who buys an annual travelcard for their train journeys. A Gold Card saves one-third off all off-peak fares on National Rail (mine saves me a packet every time I head out of town to the seaside or somewhere). And now, as of this month, it saves one-third off all off-peak fares on London Underground too. Who knew?"

The Times's Dealings With Julian Assange – NYTimes.com →

January 31st, 2011

A long piece but interesting to see how the Wikileaks stuff unfolded, and some discussion on the role of the press and government.