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Paul Merton: The Series

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:09:55 +0000

… is all on YouTube, for free. When I was a nipper I had these hilarious shows on VHS, recorded from the TV. Imagine that — being able to record what you like, when you like, to view whenever you like, from your own TV. Truly we were kings among men.

King's Cross to Beijing in two days on new high-speed rail network - Telegraph

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:47:19 +0000

King's Cross to Beijing in two days on new high-speed rail network - Telegraph

Wonders of the Solar System...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:38:00 +0000

… was slick, beautiful, interesting and exciting.The first episode, which was about the Sun, reminded me a lot of Danny Boyle’s film Sunshine. The presenter of the show, Brian Cox, was the science adviser on that film. Watch the episode here.

Retweeted by Andrew WK. Yesss.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:04:46 +0000

Retweeted by Andrew WK. Yesss.

davelee: Thick of It fans will love this. Save BBC 6 Music (via...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:44 +0000

davelee:

Thick of It fans will love this.

Save BBC 6 Music (via CowbagTV)

Note to self: April 17, Record Store Day

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:29:00 +0000

Note to self: April 17, Record Store Day

The Guardian talks sense on iPad speculation

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:32:41 +0000

The Guardian talks sense on iPad speculation

Writer donates $20,000 cheque he received from reader for ‘magnificent’ New Yorker article on healthcare to charity

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:08:47 +0000

Writer donates $20,000 cheque he received from reader for ‘magnificent’ New Yorker article on healthcare to charity:

Everything about this story is good.

New York in Miniature… But not really.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:40:15 +0000

New York in Miniature…

But not really.

Alas, 6music. Alas.

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:48:39 +0000

Alas, 6music. Alas.:

Alas, 6music. Alas.

Hydrofloors’ adjustable swimming pools appear as if from...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:57:00 +0000

Hydrofloors’ adjustable swimming pools appear as if from nowhere

The slight margins of Olympic gold represented by sound

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:52:15 +0000

The slight margins of Olympic gold represented by sound

Photo

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:12:02 +0000

New Favourite Twitterer

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:14:00 +0000

“Esme’s Porridge — Every morning my girlfriend texts me to tell me about how her porridge was that morning. This is what she says.”

http://twitter.com/esmesporridge

Satellite Car Chase ‘filmed’ on Google Maps

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:11:32 +0000

Satellite Car Chase ‘filmed’ on Google Maps

The Martin Jetpack is going in to production!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:08:27 +0000

The Martin Jetpack is going in to production!

acatalepsy

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:01:55 +0000

wordjournal:

noun • incomprehensibility of things; the state of being impossible to understand; the skeptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be certain.

From the Greek α̉- (privative) + καταλαμβάνειν (‘to seize’).

From today's HoC Sci and Tech committee 'evidence check' report on homeopathy

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:33:00 +0000

154. We welcome the Government’s acknowledgement that there is no credible evidence of efficacy for homeopathy, which is an evidence-based view. However, the Government’s view has not translated into evidence-based policies.

155. The NHS funds homeopathy and has done so since 1948. We were disappointed that, in light of its view on evidence for homeopathy, the Government has no appetite to review its policies in favour of an evidence-based approach. The Government was reluctant to address the issues of informed patient choice or the appropriateness and ethics of prescribing placebos to patients.

157. By providing homeopathy on the NHS and allowing MHRA licensing of products which subsequently appear on pharmacy shelves, the Government runs the risk of endorsing homeopathy as an efficacious system of medicine. To maintain patient trust, choice and safety, the Government should not endorse the use of placebo treatments, including homeopathy. Homeopathy should not be funded on the NHS and the MHRA should stop licensing homeopathic products.

Download the report here.

Wes Anderson and Futura Font

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:10:00 +0000

Wes Anderson and Futura Font:

“Typographically, Wes Anderson uses Futura (and altered versions of Futura) as his house font… Unlike the ubiquitous and easily adaptable Helvetica, Futura can often be challenging to use. It was one of the first sans-serif fonts developed, and it was a radical departure from typography’s past. Developed by Paul Renner in 1928, Futura was a study in geometry. The characters are based on perfectly proportioned squares, triangles and circles, and the stroke is almost perfectly even throughout. These geometric shapes, however, coupled with exaggerated ascenders and descenders often create awkward spaces and can be problematic from a readability standpoint. As a display typeface, though, Futura evokes the modern and often goofy spirit of the ’60s. It seems the perfect companion to the endearing characters in Anderson’s films who take themselves a tad too seriously. The idiosyncrasies that the typeface makes when the nearly perfect characters combine to form words and sentences somehow matches that of the characters and experience of a Wes Anderson film. Simultaneously perfect and imperfect.” (via reactions/MSLK)

As far as the Internet now knows, I can kickflip.

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:58:21 +0000

As far as the Internet now knows, I can kickflip.