- Lecturer censored in Spanish University (UPV) for defending P2P networks This is a terrible story where someone talking about what is legal is forced out of his job by organisations putting pressure on the University. This is not an intellectually free environment. Terrible.
- 4815162342 – “Lost” Numbers Reference Guide A big page collating the incidence of the important numbers in the awesome TV series “Lost”
- Fossil of Ice Age Armadillo Found in Peru It’s huge and awesome! Size of a Volkswagen Beetle! I want one!
- The essential books a programmer or designer should have… Being banal for a moment, I’d really recommend the O’Reilly “Web Design in a Nutshell” as a back-up reference work for emergencies…
- I may have to get this carefully weighted blank keyboard for work if only so I can look unbelievably posey when touch-typing and to stop other people using my desk when I’m out…
- Locket is a custom iChat widget that shows you when your special someone is online It’s kind of neat. It’s kind of dumb. He’s charging for it, which seems a bit OTT. But he’s also distributing unsexy versions for free…
- NASA science uncovers texts of Trojan Wars, early Gospel More on the use of multispectral imaging to read the hoard of papyrus from Oxyrhynchus
- The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects Lovely, lyrical, flavourful and fun categorisation system for tiny little things
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2 replies on “Links for 2005-05-23”
Regarding the armadillo: isn’t there one of those in the entrance hall of the Natural History Museum?
Thanks for the keyboard link! Fantastic.
Am I the only one who was reminded of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?