Category: Links
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6 of the Best Newsletters
I used to read almost everything online via RSS in Google Reader. I love RSS; all those websites collated neatly in the one place, easily readable on mobile. Not many other people felt the same way (or at least, only an unprofitable number of people), and as a result Google Reader died a very sad…
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Links to things, all the things
Transcience of All Things in Life The 2013 Hugo Awards were announced this week. Tansy Rayner Roberts won for Best Fan Writer, which I found exciting as I’m a fan of her blog writing and podcasting, as well as her published work. She is also the first Australian woman to win a Hugo. Ken Liu’s…
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Wings
These Top 14 Astronomy Pictures from 2010 are incredible – I particularly like shots of the moons of Saturn, and the dunes of Mars. A couple of very thought provoking posts about intellectual property. I really liked this post by Flinthart about lifelong learning. A couple of interesting videos from TED – Brene Brown’s talk…
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Because it’s raining
– 15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee – This is an interesting and disturbing doco about Wikileaks. – I want to see “The War You Don’t See” by John Pilger. – xkcd on Wikileaks. – Uncomfortable Moments with Putin is terribly funny. – I had listened to Dan Carlin talk about Gaius Marius on his…
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Links & things
– I love this site of literary tattoos – some of my favourites are Alice in Wonderland inspired (including a Jabberwocky quote), and this Iliad quote. – Be still my heart. The Beatles Complete on Ukulele. A new song every week, to be finished in July 2012. Two of my favourite obsessions combined. – Typography…
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Stars
Some stuff I’ve come across while browsing online for Christmas present ideas. My problem is that I keep discovering stuff that I would like, and not necessarily things for the people that I’m shopping for: – For photographers, mugs that look exactly like Canon and Nikon lenses. And the Nikon one zooms. Too cool. –…
o frabjous day! 