Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-20-2008

Hah, managed to fiddle around and get a better method, and it works, yay! These are all links from June that never got posted...

• FactCheck: are we drinking less? - Channel 4 - News
  Yes, yes we are. Well, I'm not, I'm drinking loads more than I used to, but even though I'm officially a binge drinker I don't think it's an actual problem. Stupid neo-puritan moralising nannies
  (tags: alcohol politics)
• synecdochic: Announcing Dreamwidth Studios. Coming Summer 2008.
  This could be interestingâ”a full fork of the Livejournal code platform, making it easier to install and doing many of the things I've had on my wishlist for a long time. Definitely a project to watch.
  (tags: blogging livejournal)
• Why price-gougers should get a knighthood | FT.com | The Undercover Economist
  Those garages that put their prices up? Did the RIGHT thing. Supply, demand and panic buying. It's hard to face off against a mercantilist 'fair-price' arsehole or three, but it needs to be done.
  (tags: economics)
• Bad Science » Money money money money money
  Dr Ben with research on our approach to value and enjoyment. We prefer expensive stuff even if we know it's the same as the cheap stuff. WTF?
  (tags: behaviour economics research)
• nihilistic_kid: Sorry green-skinned dudes, he's taken
  Our George that is. Innit cool?
  (tags: george+takei equality)
• Mars lander may have found ice at polygon's edge - space - 16 June 2008 - New Scientist Space
  How cool is this?
  (tags: science mars)
• Hazel Blears, Her Computer and 42 Days - An Apology at Beau Bo Dâ™Or
  Neil has an interesting take on 42 days detention taking into account the Blears case
  (tags: Hazel+Blears politics detention+without+charge)

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 12 June 2008

• "To the beloved memory of Harriet Mill" | OneHourAhead
  Brilliant. One Hour Ahead visited JS Mill's grave. So very cool.
  (tags: js+Mill gravestones Pictures)
• halcyon_shift: I took today off, pretty much. I did a l
  Don Doll has scripted a little trick to let you display a random LJ userpic, useful for all you layout creators. Could also be used for sites that allow you to post off site avatars I guess.
  (tags: livejournal code icons)
• antipholus: Big Dick Spam Email Haikus
  That nice Mr Papps writes haikus out of spam subject headers. Sure, it's not an original idea, but it is a funny one.
  (tags: humour spam poetry)

Linkspam for 20-6-2008

• Do you know how much of your porn is extreme? | The Register
  Here's a cunning plan. Change the law so that some stuff that was perfectly legal will now become illegal, and then NOT TELL THE POLICE how to deal with it or make the judgement. You can't even ask what you need to destroy. FFS
  (tags: labour law porn stupidity)

Linkspam for 20-8-2008

New stuff! The new plugins work! Excellent! I promise to post with links soon (honest), in the meantime thanks to andrewducker for the new gizmos to get it working, sort of.

• UK bank chief stung in ID theft scam | The Register
  Um, oops? Several friends of mine work for HBOS, nice to know their security procedures don't even cover their own cheif exec.
  (tags: oops hbos banks fraud)
• drjon: Ruining your flist for the lulz...
  An argument between churches: do dogs go to heaven? SRSLY, it's fun, go look.
  (tags: humour religion dogs)
• Petition to: cancel the proposed ban on deactivated firearms. | Number10.gov.uk
  Done no extra digging, but this would hit several friends of mine directlyâ”deactivated firearms include muskets for civil war re-enactments, the wannabe history teacher in me is appalled they're even considering it. The politico in me is used to New Labour's bansturbating crap already :-(
  (tags: firearms labour bans history)
• SB's Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards - Phase 2 - The Voting Phase
  She keeps whinging I haven't plugged this enough. Given I've barely posted anything this surprises who, exactly? Anyway, a proper write up may follow, in the meantime, go vote already.
  (tags: polls livejournal blogging blog+awards)
• GMail security updateâ”essential reading
  If you use Gmail, read this and do what it says. Those more technically inclined than me will understand why it was daft for them not to default to HTTPS instead of insecure HTTP, but they have now let you always force that, which is a step in the right direction.
  (tags: gmail Google security)
• Terry Pratchett on the NHS co-payment stupidity | News Of The World
  Ignoring the stuff about the 'postcode lottery' (essentially media bollocks: different spending priorities in different areas is localismâ”the problem is Scotland has democratic accountability, England doesn't), but the co-payments policy is daft. Well meaning, but daft.
  (tags: localism NHS alzheimers terry+pratchett)
• MapMSG.com - Play Statetris
  Very pointless, but at the same time. Play Tetris with maps. Not bad for learning a bit of geography, there's no way I'm playing on hard though.
  (tags: flash games maps)