The cognitive surplus. A very interesting article on why sitcoms are like gin and the internet is the growth of civil society. No really, go read it. Via copperbadge.

Guitar Hero with real guitars!

I see T-Rex wants to date you, cleanskies!

Interesting resource: C# for sharp kids and VB for very bright kids.

Having read a bit of the first one, I'm not sure how effective it would be - it strikes me that they've pitched the writing at a slighly younger level than those who're going to get the concepts but I could be wrong...

Check out these awesome chalk drawings!


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Should anyone on my friends list be interested in cute kitten icons (naming no names...) check out http://spikes-kitty.livejournal.com/21527.html (or indeed http://spikes-kitty.livejournal.com/tag/cat+icons)

Richard Dawkins is a cultural Christian he says. Still have not read Tims copy of Selfish Gene. Still planning to (honest!).

So, even I have a use for Vector magic - yes, I can now make legible icons out of Dilbert cartoons! Totally gankable, obviously.

I just have to check this with my American friends, after I haven't seen it being as roundly mocked as it seems obvious it deserves. I see from the internet that Bush said the following:

You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time
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Can I just say "yay for the NHS"? Someone on my friends page linked to Project Erin today, in which a woman with 2 severe neurological conditions tries to raise money for surgery by getting people to download a text file (it's a rewards programme thing). I tried the download, and it's clean so I figure I'll stick it on my morning start up of my ( Read more... )