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  • Reasons to be cheerful

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    Reasons to be cheerful: People on Metafilter liked my post about aerogel (inspired when I saw these pretty photos). I’m very pleased about this – Metafilter is being swamped with too much news culled from CNN, Slashdot, Kuro5hin and other web news portals these days, so I thought the readers might like a change and…

  • Hamid Karzai

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    Ask a question to Hamid Karzai – this is why BBC Online is the best news website.

  • Shake phone

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    Transmit a handshake through your phone – while I have the utmost respect for the guys at MIT Media Lab, I fail to see the point of this invention.

  • Fay Weldon and Sims

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    Fay Weldon – a fan of The Sims and Civilization – Call to Power?

  • For Freedom!

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    8 comments on For Freedom!

    Within all computer games exists an eternal struggle: how much freedom should you give to players, at the sacrifice of a storyline? Both freedom and a good storyline are extremely valuable traits for a game, but exactly why are they mutually exclusive, and what implications does this pose for mmoe?

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    1% tax on all space and SF related goods to fund NASA, proposes Republican candidate. Unless total sales of those products add up to $1.5 trillion, which I sorely doubt, that guy has to check his figures.

  • Libertarian Thought Experiments

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    Libertarian Thought Experiments – highly amusing stuff.

  • Introduction to the European Union

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    Introduction to the European Union – a good article from K5.

  • Police 24/7

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    One of my favourite arcade games (besides DDR) is Police 24/7. It’s your standard gun-shooter game, a bit like Virtua Cop with decent graphics, except for the fact that it uses sonar to detect your posture. So, when you’re playing the game, if you duck then your viewpoint in the game will duck, and you…

  • Nobel Prize

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    Nobel Peace Prize for Afghan Nuclear Scientists Petition – for hiding radioactive material that could have been used for a nuclear bomb by Al Qaeda. I know I’ve said that online petitions don’t achieve much, but they can serve to bring attention.