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Ikea and cats

Genius idea...release 100 cats in an Ikea store - in the name of science and making an advert.



After seeing this I'm applying for a grant to make a psychological study of cats and humans in very much the same situation ... at an Ikea, on a Saturday, using big cats: Lions, Tigers etc ... hungry ones as well ...

Homeopathy Awareness Week, 14 – 21st June 2009 | The Quackometer

Homeopathy Awareness Week, 14 – 21st June 2009 | The Quackometer

BBC Documentary about Richard Feynman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/archive/feynman/

Vertigo...

If you didn't suffer from vertigo, you will after this....climbing a transmission tower...

Reflections on Ubuntu, Canonical and the march to free software adoption

Superb post by Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu:

Reflections on Ubuntu, Canonical and the march to free software adoption

What do we do for free software? And what do I do myself?

For a start, we deliver it. We reduce the friction and inertia that prevent people trying free software and deciding for themselves if they like it enough to immerse themselves in it. Hundreds of today’s free software developers, translators, designers, advocates got the opportunity to be part of our movement because it was easy for them to dip their toe in the water. And that’s not easy work. Consider the effort over many years to produce a simple installer for Linux like http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/08/massive-changes-coming-to-ubuntu-1010.html which is the culmination of huge amounts of work from many groups, but which simply would not have happened without Canonical and Ubuntu.

There are thousands of people who are content to build free software for themselves, and that’s no crime. But the willingness to shape it into something that others will find, explore and delight in needs to be celebrated too. And that’s a value which is celebrated very highly in the Ubuntu community: if you read planet.ubuntu.com you’ll see a celebration of *people using free software*. As a community we are deeply satisfied to see people *using* it to solve problems in their lives. That’s more satisfying to us than stories about how we made it faster or added a feature. Of course we do bits of both, but this is a community that measures impact in the world rather than impact on the code. They are very generous with their time and expertise, with that as the reward. I’m proud of the fact that Ubuntu attracts people who are generous in their contributions: they feel their contributions are worth more if they are remixed by others, not less. So we celebrate Kubuntu and Xubuntu and Puppy and Linux Mint. They don’t ride on our coattails, they stand on our shoulders, just as we stand on the shoulders of giants. And that’s a good thing. Our work is more meaningful and more valuable because their work reaches users that ours alone could not.

Emphasis by me. Isn't this the important point of Ubuntu, that they popularise free and open software?

Barbara Dennerlein plays Bach

Researchers discover how to conduct first test of 'untestable' string theory

Researchers discover how to conduct first test of 'untestable' string theory

http://conta.cc/a3IOGw

http://conta.cc/a3IOGw

Train timetables

A useful and interesting service from Finland's Ratahalintokeskus (RHK)...the ability to generate graphical timetables for any stretch of track and date in Finland (regular traffic only):

Säännöllisen liikenteen aikataulujen haku (Regular Traffic Timetable Search)

Trains v People

In the "war between people and trains", trains inevitably win....occasionally even ghost trains win...especially when they turn out to be real trains.

Not sure if this guy qualifies for a Darwin Award, but....

Amateur NC ghost hunter looking for 'ghost train' hit and killed by real train

By Jeff Rivenbark - email

STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) - A man who was with about a dozen people who were looking for a legendary "ghost train" in Iredell County was hit by a locomotive and killed early Friday morning.

If only....

Noam Chomsky to become new X-Factor judge

 Professor of linguistics and political campaigner Noam Chomsky has been confirmed as the new judge on TV talent show The X Factor. ‘Cheryl Cole was still recovering from malaria and we needed someone who could fill the intellectual void,’ said programme creator Simon Cowell, ‘Professor Chomsky is perfect and the audience just loves him.’

 ....now go read the rest of it on Newsbiscuit.

 

Warning: Journalism

This is a great idea: Journalism Warning Labels

I particularly like this one....

and here's the full set to print out: Warning Labels

Can't wait for the next installment about Sipoo written by that most esteemed bastion of fiction Helsingin Sanomat...did I tell you the one about a metro line to some fields...?

Bass

Probably the coolest bass player in the World!   :-)

Satans Rørmokarë

available for weddings, funerals, christenings and bar-mitzvahs....'


(apologies for the shameless self publisiation!)

Mathoverflow

Questions and answers for mathematics....enjoy!

Seems to have quite many posts about topology...maybe just me