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21 Dec 2013 Happy Wet Solstice!
London Sunrise 08.03, Sunset 15.53, Solstice 17.11 UTC/GMT. I would have spent the day down the wood but it's windy, wet and miserable. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 21-Dec-13 8:05am ] 20 Dec 2013 Scientific Data Disappears At Alarming Rate, 80% Lost In Two Decades. Another data point in the weirdness that is exponential growth.
So. Data generation is rising exponentially. Total long term storage is rising exponentially, but slower. So it's no surprise that the rate of forgetting data is also rising exponentially. Yes, folks, we're forgetting more data than ever before. And that's before you hit the problems of obsolete data formats and data storage mechanisms; EBCDIC data on 8" CPM floppies? Displaywrite 4 on Zip disks? And then there's storage that self destructs. Silent movies on celluloid is one thing, but even CDs degrade eventually. http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/12/20/0314239/scientific-data-disappears-at-alarming-rate-80-lost-in-two-decades   Scientific Data Disappears At Alarming Rate, 80% Lost In Two Decades - Slashdot »cold fjord writes "UPI reports, 'Eighty percent of scientific data are lost within two decades, disappearing into old email addresses and obsolete storage devices, a Canadian study (abstract, article paywalled) indicated. The finding comes from a study tracking the accessibility of scientific data ... [from: Google+ Posts] [ 20-Dec-13 9:10am ] 04 Dec 2013 [ 04-Dec-13 2:33pm ] [ 04-Dec-13 2:32pm ] [ 04-Dec-13 2:32pm ] [ 04-Dec-13 2:31pm ] 29 Nov 2013 Massive London Cycling Protest, 5pm today, TFL Blackfriars rd. Lie Down and Die for Cycling Safety. http://stopthekilling.org.uk/ #TfLDieIn
https://www.facebook.com/events/568751353179586/575917182463003/ http://lcc.org.uk/articles/cycling-protestors-organise-die-in-outside-transport-for-london-office-in-southwark-on-friday-29-november   197 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NJ, United Kingdom - Google Maps »Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 29-Nov-13 8:30am ] 28 Nov 2013 Gosh, is it that time again?
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer John Dillinger died for somebody's sins but not mine. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 28-Nov-13 5:47pm ] 24 Nov 2013 Ping
[from: Google+ Posts] [ 24-Nov-13 8:46am ] 20 Nov 2013 Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013 http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Seriously. I've repeatedly tried and failed to find anything as good as Winamp Pro and it's one of the very few bits of PC software I've ever paid for. So what now? Looks to me like that's another bit of software I'm going to be carrying on using long after it's died until it finally no longer runs because Microsoft broke some backwards compatibility with Windows 9.5 or something. It looks like 5.66 is the last release, so download a copy now. The next question. What are the alternatives and are they any good?   Winamp in Other Languages Español 한국어 Svenska 简体中文 繁體中文 ... »Winamp in Other Languages. Español · 한국어 · Svenska · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · Français · Nederlands · Türkçe · Italiano · Polski · Português Brasileiro · Deutsch · 日本語 · Русский · Limba Românã · English · Winamp. Web|; Add-ons|; Blog|; Forums|; Help. Home · Homepage · My Profile ... [from: Google+ Posts] [ 20-Nov-13 8:14pm ] 13 Nov 2013 BoingBoing points to a website that auto-generates descriptions of imaginary pieces of Art based on the dataset of the Tate's catalogue metadata.
http://boingboing.net/2013/11/12/88-nonillion-imaginary-artwork.html http://www.shardcore.org/cgi-bin/getArtwork.pl?id=18c_1d6_5e_1b_45_3b_1_2_1b_105_20b_147_e_3_15_ http://www.shardcore.org/shardpress/index.php/2013/11/06/tate-data-explorer/ http://www.shardcore.org/shardpress/index.php/2013/11/12/machine-imagined-artworks-2013/ Well, how very Borgesian! We can perhaps imagine the Museum of Babel; (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel) viz. an enormous expanse of interlocking hexagonal rooms, each of which contains the bare necessities for human survival and one example of the universe of all possible art objects. Even though most of these look like a 3D model of a cat designed by Picasso, some say that every existing piece of art is curated somewhere within the museum. However if the museum is itself an Art, we must postulate the Museum of all possible Museums in a Cantor-ian redux. What troubled Russell and Whitehead and as Godel ratified, this leads us inexorably to the conclusion that all museums must contain Art that cannot be described using the system of artistic analysis implicit in their catalogues.   88 nonillion imaginary artworks for the Tate »Shardcore writes, "The Tate recently released a 'big data' set of the 70k artworks in their collection. I've been playing with it and finding all sorts of fun to be had. [from: Google+ Posts] 10 Nov 2013 That's 2 years without cigarettes. And pretty much zero nicotine.
[from: Google+ Posts] 'Good-morning; good-morning!' the General said
When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. 'He’s a cheery old card,' grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Siegfried Sassoon, 1918 Remember, today; "Never again". Never. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 10-Nov-13 8:17am ] 08 Nov 2013 BT Sport covering mon-tue testing.
And there's a hint that Julian Ryder has jumped ship from Eurosport to BT as he's written a preview for them. http://sport.bt.com/moresporthub/motogp/motogp-showdown-expect-the-unexpected-S11363846885196 http://sport.bt.com/moresporthub/motogp/bt-sport-to-cover-live-motogp-testing-S11363847629122  [from: Google+ Posts] [ 08-Nov-13 8:05am ] 05 Nov 2013 Some helpful advice for fireworks night
Never pick up or throw a firework at someone. If you want to do something like that join the army and/or become a terrorist. Always light your Guy at arm's length in case he tries to bite. http://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2013/11/bonfire-night-in-scarfolk.html   Bonfire Night in Scarfolk »As tonight is Bonfire Night, instead of a postcard from the mayor's pharmaceutical collection, we thought we'd post an image of a 1975 box of fireworks that we just found in the cellar. Back in 1970s Scarfolk, fireworks weren... [from: Google+ Posts] [ 05-Nov-13 9:01am ] 04 Nov 2013 OI! Google! Where's my Custom URL? https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2676340?p=claim_url&rd=1 SeeAlso: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100035762233109552669/posts/Ki4A8JDc2h4 about trying to get a better one, if Google's offered choices don't suit.  Getting Started with Google+ Custom URLs - Google+ Help »A custom URL is a short, easy-to-remember web address that links directly to your profile or page. For example, YouTube's Google+ page can direct people to Google+ Posts] [ 04-Nov-13 7:49am ] 01 Nov 2013 Always use after a full stop. You know it makes sense.
  xkcd: Third Way »< Prev · Random; Next >; >|. Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/1285/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/third_way.png. Selected Comics. Search comic titles and transcripts: RSS Feed - Atom Feed. Comics I enjoy: Three Word Phrase, Oglaf (nsfw), SMBC, ... [from: Google+ Posts] [ 01-Nov-13 8:39am ] 31 Oct 2013 NoMuzak Campaign
As we head into the shopping season, I've decided I'm going to wage a one-man-war against background music because I'm heartily sick of it. The deal is this. If you play background music in your establishment, I shall leave and refuse to buy anything from you. This applies to restaurants, pubs and bars as well as shop, supermarkets and malls. The exception is if you have an actual musical performance going on. So Ronnie Scotts is fine, but Robin Thicke in a Next or even Lianne De Havas in a hip Hackney bar is not. And don't get me started on Bing Crosby in the Pre-Christmas Tescos. We'll see how long I can keep this up! To make the protest fully authentic, I will also be pausing my music player while doing internet shopping. This is where I fantasize about an aerosol product (MuzakOff) in a convenient pocket size for spraying a quick setting foam over the loudspeakers in lifts and toilets. [from: Google+ Posts] [ 31-Oct-13 9:33am ] 28 Oct 2013 So farewell then, Lou Reed.
You were never early. You were always late. First thing we learnt at your gigs was we always gotta wait. Twenty-six dollars in my hand. Just waiting for me mam, To get back from the shops with the steaks. We put them on the grill, till Keith said, "Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done" Keith's mum used to like Wild Side. Especially the bit that goes doo-do-doo-do-doo. She said it was about Sinatra. But you can't always trust your mother. Some people, they like to go out dancing And other peoples, they have to work, I put on the radio in Berlin but There was nothin' goin' down at all And certainly not Metal Machine Music. (with a nod to) e.j.thribb (19) [from: Google+ Posts] I don't have a beard, but if I did, I'd certainly have a Metal Detectable Beard Snood in a red non-woven fabric.
http://www.detectamet.com/images/detectable-beard-snood-red.jpg SeeAlso: http://www.detectamet.com/beard-snoods.htm http://goo.gl/xLDRT0 I'm a little puzzled by this image but like the poster. http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/files/image/608b0fedacabedbe-7.jpg "Keep Calm and Wear a Beard Snood"  [from: Google+ Posts] 
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