Over at the New Yorker Nicholas Thompson has written a short article to preface the announcement of the new Sony PlayStation later on this evening: Sony’s Moment of Truth (Nicholas Thompson) [reading time: 2 minutes] It’s short and makes all the right points: […] The company also kept putting its money on crippled horses. “3-D [...]
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Selling Gene Data
Here’s a piece from the Guardian on how the NHS is setting up a database for genes and going to be selling the data they collect: Sale of personal gene data condemned as ‘unethical and dangerous’ [reading time: 3 minutes] It’s summed up in the first paragraph: Private firms will soon be able to buy [...]
Finding Background Music
I like to listen to ‘background music’ whilst on the computer. It helps me stay focused when I’m working, and relaxed when I’m just browsing the internet. And most of the background music I listen to is classical, as it’s beautiful, not distracting and rarely contains vocals. However finding new content can be difficult. Especially [...]
How to find out if an Apple online service is down
Apple is known for being awful at online services. Everything it creates seems to have problems. And as a result it’s very handy to know wether one of its services is having any difficulties. Luckily Apple has a webpage which lists them all and says if they are experiencing any issues. So go to http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/ [...]
Wikipedia find: Newtonmas
Newtonmas is the atheist version of Christmas. From Wikipedia: As an alternative to celebrating the religious holiday Christmas, some atheists, skeptics, and other non-believers have chosen to celebrate December 25 as Newtonmas. Celebrants send cards with “Reasons Greetings!” printed inside, and exchange boxes of apples and science-related items as gifts. The celebration may have had [...]
Wikipedia find: Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary, “was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs.” He was also described by Richard Nixon as “the most dangerous man in America”, despite never committing a single violent crime. Some of my favourite bits from his Wikipedia page: When Leary arrived in prison, he was given psychological tests [...]
