Science Blogging 2008 in London by Nature Network (2)
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Looks like this August is the center of my science related social life in 2008: starting with the bottom-up BioBarCamp unconference in Palo Alto followed by the top-down Sci Foo Camp unconference in Mountain View and now The Science Blogging Conference in London on the 30th. This conference is an interesting mix: on one hand it is organized solely by Nature Publishing Group and held at The Royal Institution of Great Britain (”the oldest independent ...
Science blogging at the Royal Institution, London (1)
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Nature Publishing Group are organising a workshop on science blogging, this Saturday 30th August 2008 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. Why would you care? Because there are: Lots of interesting people... ...talking about a range of interesting subjects ... .. in a distinguished venue that has recently been refurbished. It is also home to the fantastic Christmas lectures and much more besides. To cap it all, I think it will be ...
Target the Kremlin Pocketbooks (1)
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Further escalating the crisis in the Caucasus, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia yesterday; their annexation by Russia is likely to follow shortly. Russian promises to withdraw troops to pre-conflict positions ring increasingly hollow. Russian officials have threatened to use nuclear weapons against Poland and Ukraine. All signs point to the Kremlin's decision to launch a new Cold War.
Jargon Watch: "Terminal Gentrification" (2)
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Richard Florida talks of the creative and spiky cities, those places that attract the best and the brightest in an idea-driven economy. They are thriving, but one can have too much of a good thing. National Post columnist Kelvin Browne visited Venice and writes that it has become "a highbrow Disneyland. A "living museum city" is the euphemism often used. People will still own homes in Venice, but they will be mostly foreigners. The homes ...
The Manifesto Club: why I love Britain (1)
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In some countries, protests are an excuse for fundamentalism, an exhaust pipe of pent up anger. Some of them exist purely to fuel anarchists’ brainless belief that nations can prosper without governments. It’s a lovely idea, but about as desperately hopeful as me ever hitting a century at Lord’s. Britain has its own nutters, like anywhere else, but we also do a very fine line in polite protesting. Admittedly these are all too rare, but ...
Greased lightning! (1)
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Notting Hill Carnival 2008 - Children's Day (10) (1)
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kayodeok posted a photo: Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, UK each August, over two days (Sunday and the following bank holiday). It has continuously taken place on the streets of Notting Hill since 1965. It is led by members of the Caribbean population, many of whom have lived in the area since the 1950s. The carnival has attracted up to 2 million people in the past, ...
Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 22 (2)
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Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 22 from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo. This week we’re bringing you an absolute WHOPPER of a show. A veritable whopper. 1. We’re committed to bringing you our show from different, unusual and picturesque locations around London. I think we’ve beaten everything so far by filming from the Tower of London. Special thanks to Tim at the Historic Royal Palaces publicity department. As you might imagine, with almost 1,000 ...
Johnson makes another gaff (1)
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♫ It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming, ping pong's coming home ♫ Yesterday Boris Johnson gave his London Olympics handover speech and told the watching world that: "ping pong is coming home". He said ping pong was invented...
How safe is your area? Met police launch electronic crime mapping trial (1)
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The Metropolitan police force has introduced its first trial crime map showing burglary, robbery and vehicle crime for the whole of London.The Met online crime mapping project, which uses data up to the end of June this year, is an initiative launched by the London mayor, Boris Johnson.The crime mapping project uses Google Maps technology combined with Met Police crime data, highlighting London boroughs with above- or below-average crime rates and comparing rates for different ...
Sony Earphones Make Attractive, Useless Subway Maps [Sony] (5)
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In order to prove how far Sony has come since ATRAC3 and long-playing MiniDiscs, a new ad attributed to the company shows a NYC subway map traced in its entirety by black Sony earphones, accompanied by a Network Walkman. As if it wasn't enough to try to retake ownership just one iPod-saturated public transit system, a search revealed similar designs for both the London Underground and Sydney's Metro. That last one makes sense, since Sony ...
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Simon-K posted a photo: 24th August, London - People watch the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Trafalgar Square, where London became the new official Olympic host city ahead of the 2012 Games.
Beijing Olympics London 2012 handover blow to British pride (1)
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For the past couple of weeks it has been possible to feel an unaccustomed glow of pride at the achievements of our athletes at the Beijing Olympics. All those gold medals fourth place in the league table - who would have dreamt it?
London Olympics 2012. Poor buggers. (1)
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As the Olympics comes to a close, I remember seeing the frolics of the opening ceremony, and thinking about how the London contingent must have felt as they are reminded “oh yeah, we are following China.” To think that London will be mainly hosting in the beauty that is Stratford and the like. I hope the workers are getting paid overtime to make it happen! China was a coming out. An East meets West. London ...
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نمیدونم چی جوری شد این مرد . خیلی هم مواظبش بودم و توی آفتاب بردمشون و کم آب دادم . اما چاره نکرد . حالا میترسم اون سه تا باقی مونده هم چیزیشون بشه . تو کادویی . باش و بمون خواهشن . دوستتون دارم . بعد از مسافرت مرد و هنوزم دلم نمیره این عکسش این جا باشه . کاکتوسم . مامانی .
Chelsea set to sign £32m Robinho (1)
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Real Madrid's Brazilian winger poised to complete £32 million move to Stamford Bridge after declaring Premier League ambition.
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/08/bus_stop_seating_just_got_swin.php (2)
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Bruno Taylor modified a London bus stop with a swing (and, quite possibly, a MacBook Air ad). But just one, so you'll have to wait your turn or double up and have a stranger's privates dangerously close to your butt. As you can see, there's a cute girl on the swing, and based on the angle of her dangle and facial expression, she's having a good time. So, yeah, whee. Add a slide and a ...
Bus Stop Swing (3)
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Vancouver Sun blogs (2)
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It's always amusing when people in Canada's secular culture dismiss all churches as backward, retrograde and old-fashioned. Even though it's true of some denominations, it blinds a lot of observers to how far churches can be ahead of the cultural curve...(read more)
