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  1. Remembrance of Links Past (Pinboard Blog)

    “About a quarter of [pages linked to from bookmarked URLs disappear] every seven years.” Not an exhaustive survey, but an interesting quick look at how quickly linkrot takes hold.

  2. Difference between geo and coordinates in status - Twitter Development Talk | Google Groups

    Coordinates vs geo vs place in the Twitter API. It’s not good when you have to read email threads to work out how to use a company’s API.

  3. Reeder for Mac (made@gloria!)

    This is the first feed-reading app I’ve ever got on with. Now Helvetireader is ceasing development this has won me over. It’s as lovely as the iPad version.

  4. Django-treebeard

    “A library that implements efficient tree implementations for the Django Web Framework” (as used by Simon on Lanyrd). Possibly faster/better than django-mptt, which I had problems with.

  5. How to Merge Two Airlines - Graphic - NYTimes.com

    A post-it timeline from Delta Air Lines’ headquarters outlining its gradual merger with Northwest. (via Cal)

  6. The New Aesthetic

    James Bridle is accumulating a lovely collection of images/videos/ideas here. Both vague and very specific.

  7. A Complete Guide to Seinfeld’s Sneakers | Complex

    Not that Jerry’s style is one to be emulated, but top marks for obsession. (via Kottke)

  8. Helicopter Routes in the London CTR and London/City CTR (PDF)

    London’s helicopter sky roads.

  9. Who Is Happy and When? by Thomas Nagel | The New York Review of Books

    Subjective vs objective happiness; day-to-day happiness vs life evaluation; happiness as a measure vs GDP; how inequality affects happiness and, therefore, which aspects of inequality it is right for government to try to change. (Subscribers only)

  10. LRB · Christopher Tayler · Short Cuts

    Mainly for this phrase about the School of Life: “My friend said that it was like watching people marooned on a desert island doing their best to re-create Radio 4.”

  11. LRB · Donald MacKenzie · How to Make Money in Microseconds

    A look at algorithms used in stock market trading, their effects, and including an explanation of why the market fell by 6 per cent in five minutes in May 2010.

  12. LRB · Howard Hotson · Don’t Look to the Ivy League

    A good account of why the US’s market-based university system (admired by Tories) harms the public system and isn’t as good as a first glance at league tables suggests.

  13. Stewart Lee - Officially the 41st Best Stand Up Ever - Latest News

    Scroll down the newsletter for “More from the message boards”, nearly 500 web comments and press reviews describing how awful Stewart Lee is. Brilliant press. (not a permalink)

  14. Certain Productions - The Special Effect

    Here’s a short film I was in about 18 months ago, which has just appeared online. I wear pig mask.

  15. Unabomb08 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    The Unabomber’s cobbled-together shoes, designed to leave fake, wrong-sized footprints. (via @GreatDismal)

  16. Who Invented the Avant Garde v.3

    Oh, this is a nice painted timeline which I want to spend lots of ink on printing out and putting on the wall to ponder. (Via @mildlydiverting)

  17. Overhere

    Listen along with any last.fm user in real time, using Spotify. So simple.

  18. Silicon Roundabout Roundup

    Alex is tracking the ups and downs of events in the area via Tumblr.

  19. Copyright (One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age)

    top geocities copyright graphics gif archives archiving

  20. Welcome to alpha.gov.uk

    A prototype version of a future comprehensive UK government website. So nice that you can’t believe it came from anywhere within government. Well done folks!

  21. LRB · Stephen Sedley · Plimsoll’s Story

    Some interesting bits about the development of laws and reforms in 19th century England.

  22. Paul Ford on interacting with his archived self

    On what it’s like to search his archive of email since 1995, and what he may or may not have been like then. (via Waxy)

  23. FT.com / Arts / Film & Television - Joking apart

    Stewart Lee on things being what they are, on the wrongness of turning one thng — a book, performance, etc — into another. (via Tom Taylor)

  24. LRB · Will Self · The Frowniest Spot on Earth

    A critical look at the “breathless,” airport-centered vision of how we’ll live in the future, according to the book ‘Aerotropolis’.

  25. LRB · James Meek · In the Sorting Office

    A long, interesting look at the problems facing the Royal Mail and how the privatised Dutch and German postal services are managing.

  26. Topsify - Top 40 chart playlists for Spotify

    Exactly what I was after — I feel I should listen to the Top 40 once in a while and maybe this will help me do it. But the charts are in the “wrong” order, with number 1 first.

  27. A beginner’s guide to freelancing (Phil Gyford’s website)

    I’ve updated and expanded my lengthy guide to freelancing (originally written 2006). More stuff about limited companies, other tips, and mentions of Twitter.

  28. Locks that work - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

    Looks like a nicely comprehensive list of the good bike locks. (via tomtaylor)

  29. Generation PC, 1964-73 - Brainiac - The Boston Globe

    A guide to the names of different generations. Generation X etc. (via Kottke)

  30. The FactCheck Blog - FactCheck: How does the world rank FPTP vs AV?

    First Past The Post is mainly used by ex-British colonies. “What does seem worth noting however is that not one European country, apart from the UK, uses FPTP.” (via @JamesWallis)