Digitalia – Page 15 – Alasdair Watson

Links for Wednesday December 16th 2015

Ehsan Abdulaziz: Saudi millionaire who said he ‘accidentally tripped and penetrated’ teenage girl cleared of rape | Crime | News | The Independent
What the actual stuttering fuck? OK, I am reading the reporting, I wasn't in the court, but jesus christ almighty. 30 minutes for 12 people to agree on this, what the hell? The poor girl.

Science has spoken: ending a text with a full stop makes you a monster | Technology | The Guardian
This is some weapons-grade bullshit right here. If my texts are every improperly spelled or punctuated – including a full stop at the end – then these are mistakes that I am shamed by, not a lack of sincerity.

London Underground Station Design Idiom
One to read in depth when I have the time. Because I'm a nerd.

Study Finds Quitting Facebook Makes You Happier and Less Stressed | HUH.
I would generally agree with the results of this study, but I definitely differ in some specifics – the finding that people without Facebook have a more active social life is definitely not my experience, although I would agree that the *quality* of my social life improved without it.

wordpress – WooCommerce show custom column – Stack Overflow
How to add a custom column to a woocommerce orders page. Move along really nothing at all to see here.

Cope « Nerdcon, authorship, and the problem with games
This is of some interest to me, almost from the point of view of my own internal monologue. I have a number of friends who are professional writers of one stripe or another, and I tend to in some sense, mentally rank myself "below" them as a creator, because what I mostly create these days is narrative games – LARP. (NB: this is *entirely* about my view, not theirs, and *entirely* about the media we work in, not us as people.) I have an internal sense that my storytelling medium is less "prope…

Did the tube strike improve London’s economy?
Interesting article, making the point that tube strikes have more of an effect on commuters than simply annoying people on the day, and that effect may not be entirely negative.

Raspberry Pi Bluetooth In/Out Board or “Who’s Home”
I want to be able to have my Raspberry Pi track my presence in the house – this has a load of links to useful libraries.
uncannymagazine.com
An interesting deconstruction of nerd masculinity.

Light
A new kind of camera, that alleges it can replace about $6000 worth of DSRL gear (in terms of body+lenses) for about $1200. If this is true, and they live up the quality claims they're making, than I will be getting one ASAP, because it looks superb.