Interesting Links for 01-12-2011
- The BBC asks if a family can really live on £40,000 in an article that makes me _really_ angry.
(tags: income uk salary spending bbc ) - Landlords Use Computers to Arrive at the Right Rental Fee
(tags: rental housing computers ) - Evidence at the inquiry into journalistic practices shows that some journalists are just scum.
(tags: journalism uk ) - How to report a strike -- a guide for the British press
(tags: uk journalism strike unions media ) - A petition on the Government website to have MP pensions brought into line with the rest of the public sector.
(tags: pension government uk ) - Fast jet stream winds cannot contribute much renewable energy after all
(tags: renewables energy electric wind ) - Fahrenheit 451 becomes e-book despite author's feelings (Is that the smell of melting plastic?)
(tags: RayBradbury Farenheit451 ebooks thefuture ) - Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps (Android, Blackerry and Nokia affected)
(tags: android carrieriq surveilance privacy smartphones ) - UK Government opens up more data for free. Met Office, House Prices, Public Transport and more
(tags: data open uk government ) - Rail line to be reopened between Oxford and Bedford. Nice to see new lines being opened!
(tags: trains transport uk ) - Warren Ellis does an awesome Alan Moore impression
(tags: alanmoore WarrenEllis ) - 11 Celebrities Who Were Secretly Total Badasses
(tags: celebrities movies ) - A brief history of the universe.
(tags: everything visualisation time ) - Researcher shows how to "friend" anyone on Facebook within 24 hours (and then steal their identity)
(tags: facebook hacking Social_Engineering ) - Boy, 6, Charged With Sexual Assault for Playing Doctor, Parents Sue D.A.
(tags: wtf usa sex law ) - The 5 Best Toys of All Time. I've played with all of these, and they're awesome.
(tags: toys fun children play ) - HELLO THIS IS LIVEJOURNAL (a spoof of the current password phishing issues)
(tags: livejournal funny passwords security BenWerdmuller ) - 'Aliens on Ice': The Review. Dammit, not playing in Scotland!
(tags: aliens ice movies ) - Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments
(tags: italy law freespeech ) - The psychological effect that having a high security clearance can have
(tags: politics knowledge intelligence security secrets psychology information ) - Spiritual practice as performance/art. That's something I can live with.
(tags: religion belief science rationality art )
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