Alasdair Watson

Yes. This. Get to it, news organisations.

Go here. Sign this. Now. It is almost certainly the most important and useful thing you will do today.

Another really cunning bit of product design, although I think I can do without actually owning this one myself.

A short film about RFID and NFC. It is very pretty.

Some lovely installations here.

There are absolutely inspired bits of design genius. I want them. Of course, I would also need a garden, so my plan falls down, but still, these are just fucking magic…

In future, I shall employ alien space bats in all things. Just because I want to be able to answer the question "how're you going to do that" by shouting "WITH ALIEN SPACE BATS" at people.

I know that this is just words. It's an easy thing to say, and it costs him nothing. Of course it was bound to happen. But still: it has taken such a very long time for it to be said, and it is absolutely right that it should be said. And as cynical as I am about politics and politicians, it still makes me happy when they do something that I agree with 100%, however easy and simple it is. And it's this simple "we’re sorry, you deserved so much better."

I may have to go and look at these, if I can find the time.

The rejected pitched by Morrison, Millar, Peyer and Waid from 2000, when they were told they'd never be allowed to writer Superman. Quite a lot of this clearly showed up in All Star Superman, but still – it's a fun read.

I have heard of this guy before, but this is a truly amazing talk.

A spreadsheet listing all the various TED talks to date, and providing a brief summary of each. Really nice way of finding talks by smart people that you may have missed.

I really do enjoy watching Mr Stross think about the near future. I have no idea if he's right or not, but he's smart, shows his working, and never fails to make me think in turn. Which is all I can ask.

I love old maps. I especially love old maps of London.

"Cities are wonderful places, and everybody finds different things in them. Some of us like to take pictures of interesting, unusual, or beautiful things we see, but many of use are moving so fast through the urban landscape we don't take in the things around us.

Noticings is a game you play by going a bit slower, and having a look around you. It doesn't require you change your behaviour significantly, or interrupt your routine: you just take photographs of things that you think are interesting, or things you see. "

I intend to start playing at some point in the near future, when I have time to organise myself a little. Join me.

This one's done the rounds like a bastard over the last few days, but just in case you haven't seen it. Stuff on systems, American healthcare, and Project Cybersyn, all of which are worth learning about.

Alan Moore pays tribute to Robert Anton Wilson. The sound isn't perfect, but it's still, well, it's Alan Moore, talking about Robert Anton Wilson. It is therefore very good for you.

Nice article. Also worth noting that I'd never seen the accompanying photo before, the Olympic logo suddenly makes much more sense when it is seen pained on brick walls like graffiti. Really, *much* more sense. I really hope I'll start see it thrown up like tags all over London in the run-up to the games, because then it'll do it's job so much better…

It is exactly what it says on the tin. It even has a couple of five-star reviews. I really don't know what else to say.