2011-08-15 (Monday)
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Martin Woodhouse - Telegraph
“Martin Woodhouse, who has died aged 78, was a psychologist and medic, but worked variously as a novelist, scriptwriter, engineer, programmer, government planner, artificial intelligence researcher and perfumer.” That’s a life. (via Infovore)
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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.com
Billionaire Jim Andrews in ‘Doonesbury’ won’t be pleased when he reads Warren Buffett’s latest article.
Tweets
Watching the Beyoncé droid at Glastonbury for the third time (recorded). It won't be the last.
When the 1990s revival comes around, Google's going to be raking it in with its line of retro StarTAC phones.
@hondanhon @antimega I was really hoping it would end with "You must KNOW UNIX!"
On plus side, Poliakoff is still the best at shooting lazy late English summer country afternoons. He practises with every film. #glorious39
@JamesWallis We only lasted half an hour of Glorious 39. Such a terrible script. Every plot point was explained in great, stilted, detail.
@blech Does chip and pin work with checks (sic)?
@minor9th That’s funny. Only James and Denise seem to realise it’s not an escalator.
@newspaperclub None at all. Ordered from Marks & Spencer, addressed to “Mr The lovely people at N”.
@newspaperclub, a nice plant has arrived for you from someone anonymous. flic.kr/p/adb3YX
@denisewilton I’m a gentleman amateur at everything. I have a licence to dabble.
@denisewilton Stop writing! You’re a designer and only writers should write! Back to your drawing!