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LRB · David Runciman · I Could Fix That
All interesting, but I particularly like the bits where Bill Clinton gets obsessed with details of things like Hubble and Dolly the sheep.
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Shift Run Stop – Episode 7: New Year’s Special – Adam Curtis and Avery Edison
Not to put down Avery Edison, but the Adam Curtis bits of this are fascinating and really worth a listen.
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Express & Star
“Britain’s biggest selling evening newspaper”, their website now powered by WordPress.
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Robhudson’s django-debug-toolbar at master - GitHub
Looks very handy for showing what’s happening under the hood on your Django pages.
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Notes on using pip and virtualenv with Django « SaltyCrane Blog
A handy guide. What am I getting into…
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Tools of Pro Django developer – aka What powers dinette and almost every app we write.
Some useful things to have a look into.
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Dallas Clayton - An Awesome Book
If you need a little inspiring, this is like a lovely “think something big!” pill. (via Haddock)
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Flat rate VAT « Online accounting software news from Xero
Xero added support for the Flat Rate Scheme for VAT last month. I don’t use Xero, but this is another reason to try it.
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John Graham-Cumming: Utter crap reporting from The Daily Telegraph
Also read the previous post about the CNN story. Come *on* journalists — it’s not difficult to at least be adequate at your job.
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Flights - Search Data from Hundreds of Travel Sites for Cheap Flights at KAYAK
A good way to filter lots of flight search results.
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Whole Earth Discipline
Online, annotated version of Stewart Brand’s book. Annotations aside, seems to Instapaper quite well.
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Schneier on Security: The Comparative Risk of Terrorism
Some examples of how many Americans will die from different causes each day. eg, 50 murders, 85 suicides, 120 in traffic accidents. Every day.
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HomeAway Vacation Rentals: Beach Houses, Condos, Cabins, Villas & Vacation Rental Homes
Could do with “sort by distance from a given point” and better maps of each place’s location, but handy otherwise.
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TinEye Reverse Image Search
Supply it with an image and it will look for other uses of that image on the web. (via Meish)
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The Jane
Cheap West Village / Greenwich Village hotel in New York. Small but cute-looking rooms like ship’s cabins.
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Walking Off the Big Apple
“A strolling guide to New York City.” I’m planning a few days there in March, and I like walking around cities. Looks like a good place to start.
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Why Leslie Harpold’s Sites Disappeared | Workbench
Sad-making. For the record, I would love it if everything I’ve ever put online remains available after my death. (via Haddock)
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Dave’s Mechanical Pencils: Uni Kuru Toga
A pencil in which the lead rotates when you press down so you don’t get a sloping point. Plus: a blog about mechanical pencils! (via Crackunit)
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Knitwear from House of Bruar
Also recommended in some forum for Scottish wool jumpers.
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Pakeman Catto and Carter
Recommended in some forum for Scottish wool sweaters.
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Incentra Village House - Official Homepage - Incentra Village House, built in 1841, occupies two red brick landmark townhouses in New York’s Greenwich Village Historic District.
Not too expensive Greenwich Village hotel/rooms, good Guardian review.
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Hotel 414 | Official Website
Cheapish Midtown West New York hotel, recommended by Leslie.
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Manhattan New York City Budget Hotels - Hotel 31 - Hotels in Manhattan, NY
Cheapish Lower East Side, recommended by Leslie.
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Chelsea Lodge - Official Home Page - Budget Hotel in New York City, cheap lodging/rooms and budget accommodations for budget minded travellers.
Cheapish Chelsea hotel, New York. Recommended in a Guardian review.
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Design 1968 Journal - VADS: the online resource for visual arts
A favourable period review of Britannic House, since revamped as City Point.
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BLDGBLOG: Remnants of the Biosphere
Wow. Amazing to think this could be part of suburbs - I visited in 1997 and it was in the middle of nowhere.