I think this article resonates with my sentiments over the riots, although it doesn't say anything very concrete about what the long-term solutions are.
Of course, the riots themselves are a problem that need dealing with promptly and with a balanced degree of force, but they are certainly also a symptom of a bigger problem.
It's not a problem I can pretend to understand (not being that read up on politics and social affairs), but that our society has produced so many people capable of these atrocious acts is a reflection of our society.
London riots: the underclass lashes out – Telegraph →
August 9th, 2011Weird experiment
August 9th, 2011You can follow the community starbucks card's progress at http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard
London riots →
August 9th, 2011
HOWTO beat high pram-repair costs by 3D printing replacement parts →
August 8th, 2011
The Void Trilogy (no spoilers)
August 6th, 2011
I just finished reading Peter F Hamilton's Void Trilogy. It's taken a long time!
Despite the story being extraordinarily long (and perhaps drawn out, though not nearly as bad as Lord of The Rings) it's pretty epic. It's set so far in to the future that some of the technology is hard to get your head around. It introduces quite a few ideas, such as what if we could share emotions directly? As with many of his books, he kind of puts ideas in there, but doesn't dwell on discussing pros/cons. However, this story does do some exploration of how good ideas can go pretty 'wrong'.
There's a fair bit of morality, and techno-spirituality even.
A comic about the real scientific process →
August 5th, 2011
Color video from Hiroshima – Boing Boing →
August 5th, 2011Pluvialis: Neat tune, fun video, AWESOME dancing :P http://t.co/gGVUdXH
August 5th, 2011A French song, remixed by a 17-year-old, then some goofy Americans picked it up and made a video for it.
And, amazing leap at 3:27!
Pluvialis: Neat tune, fun video, AWESOME dancing 😛 http://t.co/gGVUdXH
When the tiger cub met the chimpanzee →
August 3rd, 2011
Gmail Snooze with Apps Script →
July 31st, 2011Wow. I didn't know you could script in Gmail. Seems pretty powerful, but convoluted, too – you have to open google spreadsheets (!) and write the script in Java (I think)…
