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Write it down! 26 Aug 2013 | 02:52 pm
To disapprove of writing is something of a tactical mistake, from a memetic point of view. Most of the ancient arguments against writing must have been lost because, well, nobody wrote them down. Soc...
Think of my aging mother, m’lud 23 Aug 2013 | 02:16 pm
You’re a money launderer. You’re keen that, even if you get caught, you should get off with a minimal sentence. Here’s how to arrange your life: Remorse Good character and/or exemplary conduct Seri...
Some Monday snippets 19 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
The New York Times hilariously manages to claim the US has “limited options” about Egypt. The reason they’re limited is that cutting of the annual $1.3 billion of military aid is inconceivable. Sigh. ...
Place names of Shetland and Orkney 4 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am
Fitful Head, Tongue of Gangsta, The Trip: Shetland and Orkney have some wonderful place names. Steve Goldman has done a wonderful job of collecting them. Strange Maps picks out some of the best of th...
Choosing forgotten fights 31 Jul 2013 | 08:56 pm
Aaron Swartz on leaving a legacy. The gist is that you should achieve something which, in your absence, would not have happened: So what jobs do leave a real legacy? It’s hard to think of most of the...
Why RSS 27 Jun 2013 | 02:06 pm
Marco “Instapaper” Arment in praise of RSS: The true power of the RSS inbox is keeping you informed of new posts that you probably won’t see linked elsewhere, or that you really don’t want to miss if...
Arendt and the drones 28 May 2013 | 02:17 am
What would Hannah Arendt think about Drones, and should we agree with her? Much distrust of drones, argues Abu Muqawama, comes from the same tradition as Arendt’s horror at the ‘banality of evil’. Its...
Roadkill evolution 15 May 2013 | 03:45 pm
Swallows have evolved to better dodge cars, according to an article in Current Biology. They are gradually getting shorter wings, which help them fly up from the road and swerve around cars. During a ...
Bits and Pieces 12 May 2013 | 04:01 am
Intriguing (and comprehensible) article on the ABC Conjecture, a famous mathematical problem that might — or might not — have been solved last year. After 10 years of quiet work, Shinichi Mochizuki du...
Finding things to read 15 Apr 2013 | 04:05 pm
I love reading about how people manage their information consumption — especially when they have managed to jump out of the social-media ghetto: I now subscribe to about 800 individual feeds, and this...
