Interesting Links for 20-12-2012

[andrewducker]

• The nearest Sun-like star has five planets, including one in the habitable zone.
  (tags: astronomy )
• Developer of FB Purity is banned from Facebook for making it too usable.
  (tags: facebook )
• Director of Prosecution states that rudeness and offensiveness should not be prosecuted.
  (tags: law freespeech uk )
• Apocalypse confirmed for 4.59pm this

Comments

Siteswap

[danieldwilliam]

I wonder if anyone has done an experiement where they compare videos of the many different people performing the same Siteswap notation having not seen the trick done before.

Re: Siteswap

[andrewducker]

That would be fascinating to see.

Re: Siteswap

[andrewducker]

I took a look at the actual site, and found it pretty clear:
http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/SiteSwap.html?HN0

[lizzie_and_ari]

I have my own tag!!!

[andrewducker]

I try and remember to give credit, even if I don't always remember where a given link came from!

[philmophlegm]

I can't quite work out if that parties-for-introverts is meant to be satirical or not. Much of it seems sensible to this introvert, but then there is the seemingly serious suggestion "If you have Microsoft Office, try Visio, as you can use the connector tools and then shuffle nodes around without breaking links."

Really? That seems a little over-engineered even for the sort of person who uses Excel for most decision-making.

And anyway, Visio doesn't come as part of Office, you have to buy it separately.

[del_c]

On the other hand, Excel itself (or rather, Office) has shapes and connectors, so you don't need Visio. No argument on the "over-engineered" part.

[apostle_of_eris]

The NAME "facebookpurity" is banned from facebook! It isn't permitted in a post.