Interesting Links for 21-12-2012

[andrewducker]

• A success story from a magazine moving from print to digital.
  (tags: media printing computers web business )
• Now the KKK are picketing the Westboro Baptist Church. My brain just exploded
  (tags: viaJennieRigg EpicWTF usa homophobia racism lgbt )
• The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey - A welcome visit to the alternative sources
  (tags: history

Comments

[major_clanger]

Re the KKK/WBC spat, I am reminded of the famous description of fox-hunting: "the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible".

[andrewducker]

Yes. I'm boggled by the whole thing. Phelps has a history of anti-racism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_phelps#Civil_rights_cases
which makes no sense to me, but then I don't live in the twisted structures inside in his head.

[nancylebov]

Hypothesis: Phelps is (or became) a naturally pugnacious, abusive person who figured out there was more money in real life trolling than in a normal law career.

[andrewducker]

It's an interesting theory - how would we formulate a test to differentiate between that, mental isssues, and genuine belief?

[drplokta]

One suspects that Scotland's use of renewable power is heavily dependent on being able to import fossil-fuel-generated electricity from England when the weather is dry and calm. Quite apart from Scotland's geographical advantages, I doubt that this would scale to the whole UK.

[andrewducker]

Oh, absolutely. You need more reliable sources to balance things out.

However, there was a recent study that showed that aiming for over-production allowed for renewable energy to be used 99% of the time (presumably with gas to cover the gaps):
http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/dec/renewable-energy-121012.html

[joexnz]

I wish vogue bloody knitting and interweave press would get with the digital magazine trend, or they'll be left behind