Mike’s Room

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Entries from May 2007

links for 2007-05-31

May 31st, 2007 · No Comments

How to dispose of a body
(tags: body dispose metafilter worrying)

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links for 2007-05-29

May 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Hungry House
London-based site to order food from places without online systems
(tags: food delivery)

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links for 2007-05-28

May 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Live Coding Videos
A whole batch of different live music coding tools shown off
(tags: music livecoding programming)

Rejected WiiPlay Games
(tags: wii video)

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links for 2007-05-27

May 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Cheese Curry
Hopefully similar to the lovely cheese curry the Kohinoor does!
(tags: curry cheese food)

Fun with Your Cat Science Kit
(tags: cats science)

Hamsta Voucher
“Can I haf a hamsta too?”
(tags: hamster voucher)

For your entertainment
Hostel, Grindhouse, Slither, Devil’s Rejects: Welcome to ‘gorno’
(tags: horror guardian grindhouse film)

Baby Treeson (5-Pack)
Bag o’ Baby Treesons
(tags: treeson)

Freestyle Holgaroid Manual
Handy PDF link at the bottom […]

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links for 2007-05-26

May 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Alabama Boy Kills 1051-Pound Monster Pig
(tags: news giant pig)

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos for Rednecks
(tags: video family guy)

Sixteen Across: Short Story Crossword
(tags: puzzles crosswords stories fiction)

Facebook Video Launches
(tags: facebook video)

BB8: The Art House
Much as Big Brother is Extreme Pantomime, the new house has some interesting artistic influences. Check out the Hirst, Barak, and Warhol nods - as […]

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links for 2007-05-25

May 25th, 2007 · No Comments

dawdlr
(tags: twitter social art)

Boing Boing podcast with Jane McGonigal
(tags: podcast mcgonigal)

Doll Face
(tags: video 3D beauty)

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Impromptus: Music on the Fly

May 20th, 2007 · No Comments

One of the highlights of my trip to Italy in March was the last day: we’d just finished our final concert, and really wanted to sing a few pieces that we hadn’t been able to (as they were too secular). So, we headed to the square near the hotel with our music in the drizzle, […]

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The (Bayesian) Advantage of Youth

May 20th, 2007 · No Comments

When I see students or startups trying something crazy, and I want to explain why that won’t work, couldn’t possibly work … I have to remind myself to shut up, because it may be me who will be surprised when I see what color comes out of the bag next.

An interesting read by Clay Shirky

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Bizarro Fiction

May 17th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve just ordered two books from Eraserhead Press, publishers of Bizarro Fiction: Ocean of Lard and Kafka Effekt. The synopses? Glad you asked…

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Codex Seraphinianus

May 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Warren Ellis has posted a couple of articles about the Codex Seraphinianus, a book created by Luigi Serafini (who is still around, but elusive). No-one’s yet deciphered the writing, although it appears the page numbers are in base 21. Have a look at the flickr scans - it’s an amazing creation.

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