Despite working an exhausting 65 hours last week, somehow I found time to knock off two books, both thrillers. One thrilled, one disappointed.
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Parking, by Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
25 August 2008 in Human Nature
Dear Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, the signs on Newtown Square saying “NO ENTRY” and “COUNCIL POLICE AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES EXCEPTED” do not mean you can park on the lawn. They mean the exact opposite.
There is legal parking only metres from where I took this photo last Tuesday 19 August. Please tell your driver that walking [...] -
Links for 23 August 2008 through 24 August 2008
25 August 2008 in Daily Links
Stilgherrian’s links for 23 August 2008 through 24 August 2008, with shaved parmesan:
Medals per mil. Population by Country | Swivel: Sean Carmody continues his data mining on the Beijing Olympics that discover that the Bahamas is the highest medal winner per capita, followed by Jamaica, Slovenia, Australia and New Zealand.
Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error [...] -
Stilgherrian Live returns Thursday 4 September
25 August 2008 in Stilgherrian Live
Yesterday I spent some time thinking about Stilgherrian Live, my “live on the Internet” program. Here’s what I’ve decided…
I’ll start another series of eight “regular” programs at 9.30pm (Sydney time) next Thursday 4 September. One-hour programs, like the “extended” episode 8 of Stilgherrian Live Alpha, with some new regular segments as well as “Cnut of [...] -
eBay: Not Australia? Let’s try the US!
24 August 2008 in Business, Internet
eBay couldn’t force its Australian sellers to use its wholly-owned PayPal payment service, but that’s not stopping them from trying the same trick in the US.
I wrote about this previously, though I didn’t mention that eBay gave up in face of such clear opposition — the 700+ submitters and the ACCC, that is, not me! [...] -
Links for 23 August 2008
23 August 2008 in Daily Links
Here are the web links I’ve found for 23 August 2008, posted automatically with mirth and cabbage.
Boston Dynamics’ BigDog | YouTube: An amazing video showing of the capabilities of a 4-legged robot. Impressed.
Liu Xiang Sent to Olympic Death by China’s £1 Billion Image-Building Exercise | China Digital Times: An example of how China’s Internet users [...]
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