nyc – Alasdair Watson

Bookmarks for May 1, 2012

Welcome – The Data Journalism Handbook
Interesting stuff, and that I will have to read when time permits.

Tags: journalism, data
Visiting NYC? Where to Eat in New York | Serious Eats : New York
I really do want to go back to New York. I haven't been since I was 18, and I really want to go and do the place properly.

Tags: food, nyc, travel

Metropolitan Police Service – New campaign to urge Londoners to report suspicious activity
Be Afraid! Your Neighbour Is Not Like You, And You Should Fear Them! If Someone Deviates From The Norm, They Must Be Investigated. Do Not Watch The Cameras, The Cameras Are For Watching You. Be Afraid! (fucksake)

Tags: evil_empire, police, uk, civil_liberties, evil_empire, civil_liberties
Neutron tracks revive hopes for cold fusion – physics-math – 23 March 2009 – New Scientist
This may or may not be the real deal, but the fact that at this stage they're just saying "look we found this" rather than claiming 100% certainty now makes them a bit more plausible than the previous bunch. Here's hoping, eh?

Tags: science, fusion
Beautiful Data | O'Reilly Media
This is simultaneously a massively nerdy book, a notion of staggering genius, and an instant must-read.

Tags: data_design, data_design
Rands In Repose: The Makers of Things
"Yes, halfway through this project we'll discover the impossible, but we know how to build through the impossible. Impossible is when we do our best work."

Tags: design, history, nyc
Warner Bros launches made-to-order DVD service | Technology | Internet | Reuters
About bloody time. There is no reason why any cultural artefact produced since we started using computers should be ever be out of print.

Tags: pod, media, pod%2C