2012-01-09 (Monday)

Photos

1. Monbiot

   
   • 2012-01-09

Links

1. Kettling 2.0: The Olympic State of Exception and TSG Action Figures | Games Monitor

   For the large bit on the portable steel cordons the UK police originally acquired for “Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear” situations and are now using to contain protestors. I’d be a bit shocked if I saw police in, say, a Middle Eastern country using these against peaceful protestors, and now…

2. Financial independence / early retirement / lifestyle design

   While I’m at it, the newish Financial Independence SubReddit is full of this stuff.

3. Simple Living in Suffolk

   Another UK-based early retirement type blog but, it seems, with very, very long posts.

4. Monevator — Make more money, invest profitably, retire early

   A UK-based blog along the Early Retirement Extreme lines.

5. Mr. Money Mustache | Putting the Cash in your Stash

   Along the lines of Early Retirement Extreme, but a bit more lively (for good and bad).

6. Skratchdot/github-code-search.user.js - GitHub

   “This is a user script that adds a search box to repository pages which allows you to search the code in that repository.” That’ll save me a lot of downloading just to search through a project’s files. (via Brett Terpstra)

7. Pumpkin risotto with gorgonzola and chestnuts | Angela Hartnett | Life and style | The Guardian

   Tasty, but you’d have to try really hard to make this much butter, parmesan and gorgonzola taste otherwise.

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