Interesting Links for 01-02-2017
Feb. 1st, 2017 05:00 pm- Interview with a designer of MMO Asheron's Call, turned off today
- Despite never having played a minute of the game, AC has a particular space in my heart as my wife has played it since it began. She is very sad today and some of the stories here might explain why.
(tags: MMORPG Asherons-Call sadmaking ) - SUGAR!!!
- (tags: xkcd webcomic sugar )
- Trump Is Doing What He Said He’d Do
- (tags: politics usa via:andrewducker )
- 50 signs you are a grown-up
- (tags: adulting )
- The Forgotten 'China Girls'
- (tags: film history )
- Feeling Unsafe at Every Size
- WARNING: Triggers herein
(tags: stories memoir abuse women men ) - Visualising the emotional arcs of US inaugural addresses
- (tags: speech emotions data visualisation USA politics )
- Four Column ASCII
- (tags: computers code wow )
- Childrearing Beliefs Were Best Predictor of Trump Support
- (tags: wtf politics psychology parenting USA )
- We May Already Know The Cliffhanger Coming In 'Game Of Thrones'
- SPOILERS
(tags: GRRM game-of-thrones spoilers exciting TV literature )
Interesting Links for 30-01-2017
Jan. 30th, 2017 05:00 pm- MOCAS, the oldest computer program to still be in use turned 58 in 2016
- (tags: software history via:andrewducker )
- 900,000 Brits Sign Petition to Block Trump's State Visit Due To 'Misogyny and Vulgarity'
- (tags: UK USA politics )
- Text to speech for International Phonetic Alphabet
- (tags: speech language programming )
- Notable Quotables
- (tags: literature quotes )
- Using rational numbers to key nested sets
- (tags: database mathematics )
- Statistical Breakup
- I'm now choosing to believe all my previous relationships were part of control groups
(tags: science relationships funny webcomic ) - The dirtiest things in your home
- (tags: data cleanliness wow )
- Designing a financial product with mental health issues in mind
- (tags: design finance mental-health )
- New parents and sleep
- (tags: data stats sleep parenting babies )
- Internet Discussion Error Codes
- (tags: facebook twitter discussion )
- Prime of Life: The Story of My 20s, as Told in Amazon Purchases
- (tags: Amazon funny )
- UN denounces Trump's travel ban as 'mean-spirited' and illegal under human rights law
- (tags: politics USA UN )
Interesting Links for 12-01-2017
Jan. 12th, 2017 05:00 pm- Understanding 'Puppy talk'
- (tags: dogs science speech language )
- Playful people are at an advantage
- "Playfulness isn't humor..." Sounds like someone needs a tickle!
(tags: psychology play via:andrewducker ) - Conservatives prefer nouns, liberals prefer adjectives
- ...unless it's "great"?
(tags: language politics psychology via:andrewducker ) - How it felt to leave China for Britain
- (tags: culture China UK )
Interesting Links for 30-11-2016
Nov. 30th, 2016 05:00 pm- Art for the French editions of the Discworld books
- (tags: discworld art books WANT )
- How I Hacked Tinder And Became The Most Hated Woman In Toronto
- (tags: hacking internet dating )
- Did the speed of light used to be faster?
- (tags: science physics universe light )
- "Twin Peaks" Lego
- (tags: WANT lego Twin-Peaks )
- Google's Timelapse has been updated
- (tags: maps Google wow )
- How to Master an Accent
- (tags: speech acting accents )
- But Seriously, Let’s Talk About Millennial Poverty
- (tags: poverty millenials )
- Tory MP Jeered As She Tries To Coin 'Smexit'
- (tags: Brexit OhForFucksSake UK politics )
- A Plague On The Modern Man
- (tags: feminism gender society )
- On Newt Scamander, Toxic Masculinity, & The Power Of Hufflepuff Heroes
- (tags: feminism gender-inequality acting Harry-Potter )