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• August 21st, 2019, 03:38 pm

Interesting Links for 21-08-2019

A Party Room and a Prison Cell: Inside the Friends writers' room

(tags:friends TV writing )

Another really clear explanation of why HS2 is vital for improving Britain's railway infrastructure

(tags:UK trains hs2 )

World's oldest webcam to be switched off

(tags:webcam history )

Saudi Arabia implements end to travel restrictions for Saudi women

(tags:women saudiarabia )

Rabies is utterly terrifying. No, really, scarier than that.

(tags:disease viaSwampers brain death terrifying )

'Matrix 4': Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss & Lana Wachowski to Return

(tags:movies wtf )

Disney-Sony Standoff Means Spider-Man leaves the MCU

(tags:marvel movies Disney Sony spiderman business )

How to Make Friends, According to Science

(tags:friendship psychology )

A Future Message From Generation X's Reverse Mortgage Pitchman, Trent Reznor

(tags:TrentReznor funny Doom satire )

Scotland's finances: What is Gers and how is it calculated?

(tags:Scotland economy money statistics )

Maybe Your Zoloft Stopped Working Because A Liver Fluke Tried To Turn Your Nth-Great-Grandmother Into A Zombie

(tags:drugs biology Parasites evolution immune_system )

Practice doesn't always make perfect (and only accounted for 1/4 of the skills difference for violinists)

(tags:practice )

Channel 4's response to ridiculous complaints is fantastic

(tags:channel4 complaints funny video )

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• Tags

  biology, brain, business, channel4, complaints, death, disease, disney, doom, drugs, economy, evolution, friends, friendship, funny, history, hs2, immune_system, links, marvel, money, movies, parasites, practice, psychology, satire, saudiarabia, scotland, sony, spiderman, statistics, terrifying, trains, trentreznor, tv, uk, viaswampers, video, webcam, women, writing, wtf

• December 25th, 2015, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 25-12-2015

• Minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland: Not yet dead but outcome too hard to call
  • law alcohol Scotland
• John Lewis and Asda accused of being sexist as girls buy sports kit marketed for boys
  • sexism sports shops
• A Christmas Computer Bug, and the Future of Files
  • virus computers files video
• These Are The Most-Streamed Beatles Songs So Far
  • Beatles music streaming
• The evolution of Christmas over the last 20 years (funny, because true)
  • Christmas technology funny
• Artists Share "Before and After" Evolution of Their Drawing Skills with Years of Practice
  • practice art
• Incredibly impressive (and unorthodox) dance to the Nutcracker Suite
  • dance music video
• This Star Wars-related advert actually made my eyes damp
  • starwars advertising video

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  advertising, alcohol, art, beatles, christmas, computers, dance, files, funny, law, links, music, practice, scotland, sexism, shops, sports, starwars, streaming, technology, video, virus

• August 23rd, 2015, 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 23-08-2015

• Watchmen - made with newspaper comic-strip characters
  • (tags: comics watchmen calvinandhobbes dilbert )
• The Washington Post shares photos of the TSA master keys...
  • (tags: lock security fail )
• There have only been 70 years where you could consider locks completely trustworthy
  • (tags: lock technology history viaSwampers )
• Mother wondering if she is to blame for Edinburgh Fringe show
  • (tags: parenting Edinburgh fringe funny )
• 6 Links Jeremy Corbyn Doesn’t Want You to Know About (Oh dear, this doesn't look good)
  • (tags: Labour politics funny satire )
• Why Does Tap Water Go Stale Overnight?
  • (tags: water taste )
• The Fundamental Limits Of Knowledge About The Start Of The Universe
  • (tags: physics knowledge )
• 40 leading economists point out that Jeremy Corbyn's policies are not actually extreme
  • (tags: economics Labour )
• The Interleaving Effect: Mixing It Up Boosts Learning
  • (tags: learning practice )
• What the alternate Hugo Ballot would likely have been
  • (tags: Hugo awards )
• More and more women are identifying as bisexual and 'no label' rather than lesbian
  • (tags: LGBT identity )
• A footsoldier's equipment, from 1066 to the modern day
  • (tags: military history )

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  awards, calvinandhobbes, comics, dilbert, economics, edinburgh, fail, fringe, funny, history, hugo, identity, knowledge, labour, learning, lgbt, links, lock, military, parenting, physics, politics, practice, satire, security, taste, technology, viaswampers, watchmen, water

• January 27th, 2014, 11:00 am

Interesting Links for 27-01-2014

• Secret papers show extent of senior royals' veto over laws
  (tags: monarchy politics uk secrecy )
• From one cell to many: How did multicellularity evolve?
  (tags: evolution )
• BeWifi lets you use your neighbor’s bandwidth when they’re not using it
  (tags: technology networking )
• Don't practice the same thing over and over - shuffle it up to learn more efficiently.
  (tags: practice learning )
• UK Government launches consultation into future of civil partnerships
  (tags: relationships uk law viaJennieRigg )
• What if natural products came with a list of ingredients?
  (tags: food chemistry )
• Here’s some Star Trek the Next Generation Valentines
  (tags: valentines_day StarTrek )
• A great explanation for why the Spider-Man musical was such a train-wreck
  (tags: spiderman musicals fail )
• Reasons not to get a dog. Or to get a dog, depending on your preferences. (I nearly fell off my chair laughing)
  (tags: dogs sex funny )

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  chemistry, dogs, evolution, fail, food, funny, law, learning, links, monarchy, musicals, networking, politics, practice, relationships, secrecy, sex, spiderman, startrek, technology, uk, valentines_day, viajennierigg

• November 27th, 2011, 11:00 am

Interesting Links for 27-11-2011

• US giving the president the power to demand indefinite detention without charge for any civilian anywhere in the world.
  (tags: military law usa )
• Why our brains make us laugh - I don't entirely agree, but some interesting ideas
  (tags: psychology humour )
• Fantastic article on what makes top performers better, and how we could all use coaching.
  (tags: Coaching education teaching practice experience medicine )
• How to use a regex to parse HTML
  (tags: regex html funny )
• Occupy Edinburgh gains backing from Edinburgh Council
  (tags: politics edinburgh )
• When big companies are a good idea
  (tags: companies business economics )
• Whistleblowers working for mortgage companies were ignored and then punished for finding fraud.
  (tags: fraud EpicFail business )
• Victims of press hacking have a support meeting - press turns up uninvited, and then makes shit up about it.
  You know, every time someone tells me the media is dying, I think of things like this. And then I think "Good."
  (tags: media journalism uk )
• Scientists create killer flu virus in the lab.
  (tags: virus H5N1 )

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  business, coaching, companies, economics, edinburgh, education, epicfail, experience, fraud, funny, h5n1, html, humour, journalism, law, links, media, medicine, military, politics, practice, psychology, regex, teaching, uk, usa, virus