January 2012
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An Issue in Sherlock That Annoys Me and Why
shuofthewind:
Just some thoughts about perspectives on intelligence in Sherlock. I get the feeling this will be a long post, so I’m going to stick it under a Read More so I don’t inflict it on all of you. Still, I think it might be interesting, so….
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WatchThis album is teh awesome. Eat it all up like my bone soup…
deeganand:
This album is awesome. Get it down your bones before I grind them and make some soup for my flatmate.
Innovation, Hollywood-Style →
Oh god. Do studios just not get how people view media these days?
parislemon:
Get ready for this one — it’s huge. In fact, you better sit down.
You know the 28-day window* that studios now impose between when a DVD goes on sale and when it can be made available to rent?
It’s about to made 56 days, reports Peter Kafka.
Boom.
Hollywood is saved. DVD sales are going to flow like wine again....
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Open source projects spawned from Humble Indie... →
This is fantastic news :)
humblebundle:
Ryan Gordon has open sourced three libraries that he created while porting Shank to Mac and Linux!
MojoShader (Effects support) TheoraPlay MojoDDS
Hopefully these help the game development community and make it a bit easier to effectively develop video games on all platforms.
All the details can be found here.
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December 2011
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Linkin Park (30)
Skrillex (22)
Frank Turner (21)
Nero (18)
Magnetic Man (15)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Gui Boratto (24)
Porter Robinson (16)
Frank Turner (14)
Justice (13)
Fiddlers’ Bid (13)
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must4ches:
adventure time, come on tell your friends
we’re going to very, distant lands
with jake the dog, and finn the human
the fun will never end
it’s adventure time
November 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Gui Boratto (26)
C418 (23)
Nero (16)
Frank Turner (15)
Ellie Goulding (10)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Skrillex (41)
Nero (19)
Ed Sheeran (12)
Malcolm Middleton (10)
Scooter (10)
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October 2011
1 post
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Rodrigo y Gabriela (11)
Vitamin String Quartet (10)
Tiësto (9)
Mr. Scruff (9)
Alabama 3 (8)
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September 2011
5 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18) →
Idlewild (22)
Ellie Goulding (18)
The String Quartet (11)
The Section (9)
Leftfield (3)
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Oops
It has to happen at one point in your life. As you spin off an American Interstate, completely helpless in the passenger seat, you get a chance to prioritise some things. Very quickly.
Obviously, the first thing that goes through your head is how do I stop this. Once that’s out the way, things become much more organised and calm.
Next up, you get a chance to focus on who you love and how...
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Not the Mexicans!
Since it last occurred to me to muse on my American expedition, an awful lot has happened. It’s been months since I was in Dayton at the Air Force Museum, and that scares me a bit.
Life seems to move quickly.
So as I sit here with a chilled Chenin Blanc, my favourite music warming my ears, I feel it might be nice for completeness if I continued my self-important ramblings about what I did...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-4) →
Netsky (8)
Franz Ferdinand (3)
Kanye West (1)
Duck Sauce (1)
Here Comes Everybody (1)
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August 2011
5 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-21) →
William Waite Wright (8)
“Weird Al” Yankovic (3)
Dev (3)
Duck Sauce (2)
The Fratellis (2)
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Seeing things from the other side
It’s not often that I get a chance to see things from a different perspective. It’s a funny thing to consider, but I got confronted by this on our trip to the US Air Force museum. That in itself is an amazing place, and in my about the visit I guess you can see my excitement and enthusiasm for all the planes.
There was one thing that struck me. They fought a war out here, known to us as...
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Dayton Days
The business end of a big old jet.
Dayton, Ohio, is merely 40 miles up the road (as we say in Scotland), and it is the place credited with the development of the first practical aircraft.
That’s a bit of a mouthful.
Suffice to say, the Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville lived there and used their bike shop to develop the world’s first heavier than air aircraft that could...
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Made In America
“The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products.
Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials...
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The Kindness of Strangers and taking a Leap of...
“So, let me get this straight. You’re going to Detroit, which is 6 hours away, by car, with people you’ve never met before?” “Yes, Mother…” “And you’re planning on spending the weekend with them, these people who you’ve never met?” “Yes, Mother…” “And you think this is a good idea?” “Why...
July 2011
4 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
Daft Punk (37)
deadmau5 (14)
Magnetic Man (12)
Boyce Avenue (11)
Ellie Goulding (10)
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The Land of Plenty
I’m not much of a photographer, y’know?
I like taking pictures, but I’ve never been consistently good at it. I’m drawn to take pictures of things that I find interesting, amusing and attractive, but they’re rarely techically good photos. I only know the basics, rule of thirds, the basics behind depth of field, the importance of focussing on the subject and whatnot. Regardless, I keep a flickr...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-10) →
deadmau5 (13)
Editors (11)
Tiësto (4)
Lady Gaga (4)
LMFAO (3)
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Audacious, Scrobbling and like.fm
It’s late, invariably I’m awake doing nerd things… Tonight, it’s getting worked up over the fact that I can’t submit to like.fm (my new favourite replacement for last.fm) from Audacious, my media player of choice on this wee machine.
First port of call, checkout the code on git… After poking around, it turns out that I can transform the address that the program...
June 2011
3 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-26) →
Roger Hodgson (1)
Alestorm (1)
B.o.B (1)
Supertramp (1)
Sbi Chart Tributes (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-12) →
Alestorm (7)
iLiKETRAiNS (2)
Freestylers (2)
Mogwai (2)
B.o.B (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-5) →
B.o.B (1)
Fiddlers’ Bid (1)
Snoop Dogg (1)
LMFAO (1)
Freestylers (1)
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May 2011
3 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-15) →
Simian Mobile Disco (11)
65daysofstatic (8)
Randolph’s Leap (6)
Audioslave (5)
The Glitch Mob (3)
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BBC News - Big Mac attack: US man eats record... →
Doctors have said they do not recommend Mr Gorske’s diet.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-1) →
Daft Punk (55)
The String Quartet (28)
Linkin Park (21)
The Glitch Mob (18)
Coldplay (16)
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April 2011
20 posts
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Alex Metric & Steve Angello feat. Ian Brown ‘Open... →
Peter Serafinowicz as the star in a classic Rocky styled music video! :)
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30 Day Geek Challenge - Day 4: Favorite Book
My favourite geek book has to be, without a doubt, V for Vendetta.
I think the characters are brilliant. I think the story is brilliant. I love the way that Moore uses other people’s conflicting opinions and beliefs to leave you to decide how you feel about V.
I love Moor’s perspective on it…
“The central question is, is this guy right? Or is he mad? What do you, the...
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30 Day Geek Challenge - Day 2: Favorite Geek
Favourite Geek? This is pretty tough.
Actually, it’s not… It was kinda cemented a while back. My favourite geek has to be a guy called Darren Kitchen… Host of weekly podcast Hak5 which I quite enjoy, hacker in the “old school” sense of playing with things to make them do new, fun things and general do-er of nerd things and taker upper of projects.
My favourite...
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30 Day Geek Challenge - Day 3: Geek Crush
This one’s easy…
Felicia Day
Web video/video games/sense of humour/ginger/Doctor Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, amongst other things.
I won’t go much further.
:)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-17) →
The String Quartet (86)
Daft Punk (30)
LMFAO (23)
Armin van Buuren (21)
The Section (19)
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WatchWonderful summary of an album I hold very dear :)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-10) →
Daft Punk (44)
Magnetic Man (20)
The Glitch Mob (13)
Frank Turner (10)
30 Seconds to Mars (7)
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30 Day Geek Challenge - Day 1: First Geek you ever...
Believe it or not, this is quite difficult for me. I’ve not always been heavily into technology/interwebs/so on. I didn’t always have direct access to the information superhighway and things to play with, but I did have a TV. And TV was the portal to Star Trek. And Star Trek (TNG) is the portal to…
Wil Wheaton!
Not only did he play the nerdy kid in Star Trek (yes, it’s...
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30 Day Geek Challenge - Intro
So my facebook has been pretty busy with “30 day song challenges” and so on, but I spotted this on a fedora planet blog, here, and figured it’d be quite fun to try and do.
Day 01 - Very First Geek You know (Or heard of)
Day 02 - Favorite Geek
Day 03 - Your Geek crush
Day 04 - Favorite Book / Book Series
Day 05 - Geek you feel you are most like (or wish you were)
Day 06 -...