Bookmarks for July 12, 2011
- Project Meteorite – Matroska / MKV Repair Engine
Been having some trouble with dodgy .mkv files (seriously, what's bloody wrong with .avi?), so hoping this will fix them.
Month: July 2011
Bookmarks for July 11, 2011
- BBC – Adam Curtis Blog: RUPERT MURDOCH – A PORTRAIT OF SATAN
Well worth a read in these deeply pleasing times.
Bookmarks for July 8, 2011
- Monkey Business: Can A Monkey License Its Copyrights To A News Agency? | Techdirt
Mostly linking this because if you haven't seen the photo in question, you really should. But it is an interesting question…
Bookmarks for July 7, 2011
- The iPhone SLR Mount
OK, I quite want this. (As I do half of photojojo's stuff.) If only it were about half the price, I'd buy it like a shot.
- Google Ads Preferences
If you're currently logged in to Google (or if you log in), this page will tell you what ads Google currently things it should show you based on the sites google knows you have recently visited. And if you prefer that their sinister robots *not* spy on you while you browse the web, there's a handy button to opt out.
- A field guide to bullshit – opinion – 13 June 2011 – New Scientist
Oi! Hippies! Read this!
Bookmarks for July 6, 2011
- US anti-piracy body targets foreign website owners for extradition | Technology | The Guardian
Here we go again with my blood pressure spiking. The US is basically saying that it considers it acceptable to attempt to extradite foreign nationals who have never set foot on American soil, who do not own anything in the US,and who have not committed any crime in the country they live in. Basically, it's saying that it believes the world to be subject to it's law. This is exactly why anti-US terrorist movements get traction in other countries, you know.
Bookmarks for July 5, 2011
- Notes for a Young Gentleman | The F Word Online | Granta Magazine
"A gentleman should have as deep a familiarity with the great religious texts of the world as is commensurable with not having read them." These made me laugh.
Bookmarks for July 1, 2011
- BBC News – Ed Miliband: 'These strikes are wrong'
Look just go and watch this, if you haven't seen it by now. And please bear in mind that this is, allegedly, someone who would quite like to run the country. Because I don't know about you, but this reminds me of nothing so much as a lightly concussed goldfish.
- Justice: RIP? | Beneath The Wig
An absolutely sterling article of the recent trail of Levi Bellfield, in defiance of the recent round of Tabloid mentalism over the fact that Bellfield was, in essence, entitled to as full a defence as the next person. Was it sad, and painful for the parents? Yes, and of course they deserve compassion. Was it also in the best interests of justice? Yes. We should not let shoddy tabloid journalism encourage us to think otherwise.