Poignant, chilling and heartbreaking. An interesting slant on how to do documentary.
Month: July 2014
✩ Want You To Know: Berlin Alexanderplatz
Oireland
Our glorious leader Enda Kenny is in Berlin today. Amongst other things, he shall be opening a Primark store on Alexanderplatz. This is one of his official duties as laid out in the constitution of the Irish Republic*.
*may not be true
Internets etcetera
Want to really unfriend a friend? What better way than to send all your tweets to them as text messages. Someone on IFTTT has created a recipe just for you.
Octopus Raft, in third person. The video is more than a little unnerving.
Grumpy Cat is richer and more successful than you.
The squidlike Goldman Sachs got itself in a bit of a tizzy over an email and wants Google to unsend it. Due to the wonderfulness of the Streisand effect, everybody knows about it now.
Meanwhile, this happened.
Of course, this led to many many more people reading the article in question than probably read it in the first place. Also, it still shows up in DuckDuckGo searches.
Worth Pondering
Totally Confused
Turning off autocorrect, airport horror stories, fish in a shopping mall, Yo has an API and some words are older than you think.
Football Corner, And General Sportsing
- WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Change the name of Washington National Airport (DCA) to "Tim Howard National Airport" - Tim Howard's beard now has its own Twitter account, of course. @timhowardsbeard
- "your opponent can do things in the match that you're not expecting." Defeated Wimbledon champion Andy Murray shares his sportsing insights.
- Sportsing can be dangerous to local wildlife.
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✩ Want You To Know: Yo, Hodor
Oireland
Government announces that a referendum on same-sex marriage will be held early next year. The bottom half of the Internet responds by ranting about the very real problem of people marrying horses.
Meanwhile, people had to be rescued from a genuine tunnel of goats situation in Tramore.
Eye Candy
Tables with lakes and rivers in 'em. Historical figures' letterheads. World War II fighter plane graveyard.
What the Internet of Things has been building towards. A tweeting couch. This is the future we have dreamed of, friends.
Schools in the US attempt to block Internet access, poorly. Turns out the kids have next to no problem in getting around the blockade. There's a non-surprise.
Steve Wozniak was so unimpressed by the Galaxy Gear that he sold it on eBay shortly after he bought it. Wearables shmearables, for now at least.
Trolling has become so devalued these days that it's nice to occasionally see it being done well. Hats off to @SCOTUSBlog.
Worth Pondering
Real World Uber-Rich Update
Hundred dollar drawers, as no doubt worn by some participants in this billion-dollar divorce case.
Totally Confused
Trademarking doge, Doctor Zhivago in Russian, why mosquitoes bite you, a cycling sprint finish and a history of the Walkman.
Football Corner
- A Century Of American Soccer Anxiety. The New Yorker on American misgivings about soccer. Seven points for a goal!
- A terrifying US soccer photo shoot from 2002
- Lionel Messi is impossible
- World cup themed haircuts
Adgame of the day: kill some vintage Windows icons.
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✩ Want You To Know: Phone > Deodorant
Another piece about the improbable but obviously excellent comeback of email newsletters. This is obviously today's most important link.
Anyway, once more unto the breach, dear friends!
"Ninety-one percent said their phone is as important as deodorant and their car."
A kidney dies only hours after removal. You can do nothing with one stolen from a stranger, except stir fry it
So says Chinese police officer Wang Haiding, who debunks rumours and urban myths online. Amazingly, it's an official account.
The Obama administration has admitted that the FBI searches for Americans' private communications in a database assembled using the NSA's warrantless spying program.
World Of Brocraft
Coming as a surprise to nobody, Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe is suing the company for harassment.
Taking a leaf out of GitHub's book, Tinder is conducting an internal investigation. Bros investigating bros always works out well, doesn't it?
Facebook. 'Nuff said.
Hello There, Buy Now Button
Worth Pondering
Totally Confused
Spy suitcase, the Bayeaux Tapestry completed, the royal houses of Europe, robojournos and Dolly didn't mime.
Today's music pick: They Might Be Giants' 'First Album Live'
Football Corner
More match fixing.
A compendium of diving excellence from the Telegraph.
Still serious business. So serious that Google has a World Cup war room.
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