Philip Palmer on Faster-Than-Light travel in science fiction. For at this very fast speed, one’s mass will be infinite (i.e. even greater, so the equations prove, than my mass and the dimensions of my arse on Boxing Day) and this makes travel of any kind difficult. ► Faster Than the Speed of Light | Orbit Books
An interesting article on the use of mass transit in psychology. A pregnant woman appears: Who will give up his seat first? A blind man slips and falls. Who helps? Someone appears out of the blue and asks you to mail a letter. Will you? ► Psychologists have been watching us on the subway. Here’s [...]
Matt Curran has some interesting things to say about remaindered books over at his blog.
Scott Pack replies to a Guardian piece by Stuart Jeffries that (according to Scott; I haven’t read it) is another ‘why can’t bookshops be like the old days’ article. Among other things, Scott writes: Less than a decade ago it would have been possible to walk into a branch of Waterstone’s, especially some of the [...]
Here’s an interesting presentation by Dutch Internet strategist Freek Bijl on how vertical integration between the iTunes music store and the iPod might be applied to publishing, with reference to the fabled Apple tablet device. ► How Would Apple Change Publishing? Here’s One Theory | Cult of Mac
Well, I uploaded to YouTube the video of myself, my girlfriend and her God-daughter ‘going ape‘. The status of the video is described as ‘matching third party content’. In other words, YouTube has detected that I’ve used the Raiders theme, but the video is still available. Apparently, it could be removed at any time by [...]
This week, we’ve had a young visitor from Germany. We took her to the Go Ape! attraction at Leeds Castle on Sunday. Being that kind of person, I filmed some of the swinging about, added a soundtrack using music I’d purchased form iTunes, and tried to upload the video to Facebook. The music in question [...]