Transition

Posted on by Alasdair

Transition

Here’s a salutary little lesson for me. Snapped this on a whim the other day, ran it through the plastic bullets randomiser for 365 bullets, saw it on the iphone screen, filled it under “eh, it’ll do”, and got around to blogging it today. Thought no more of it – really hadn’t thought it was anything more than a just-about-acceptable shot – until a nice person on Tumblr reblogged it. And then I came to look at it on a decent sized screen, and realised that it was much better than it looked on the iphone screen, or at least, I liked it much more.

Seriously, folks, if you like this, click through to flickr and view it at the largest size you can.

Links for Tuesday July 12th 2011 through Wednesday July 13th 2011

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  • Computer reads manual, wins Civ – Edge Magazine
    Yes is pretty much exactly what you might think. Scientists at MIT have built a computer that is capable of teaching itself to play (and win) a moderately complex computer game. I know plenty of people who can't do that.
  • An Eye-Opening Adventure in Socialized Medicine | NeuroTribes
    I don't imagine there's anyone I know reading this who doesn't think that socialised medicine is a basic human right, but just in case I do know anyone who is actually daft enough to believe that the American "system" of health care is better than a British (at least at the moment, before the current pack of jackals have finished chopping it's legs off), then I invite you to read this cheering little narrative. The rest of you should read it just because it'll make you feel good.

Links for Thursday July 7th 2011

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  • 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!

Links for Wednesday July 6th 2011

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  • 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.

Links for Friday July 1st 2011

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  • 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.