links and things – sunday 23rd november 2008

November 23rd, 2008

Congrats again to Damien for his Golden Spider for best blog. Doesn’t he look so happy:

I’ve shown this comic to everyone lately. Just so apt.

Excellent composition.

Seriously, woman, are you completely stupid? I agree with Alex in this week’s Diggnation, anyone who buys from spam should have their internet shut down.

Outliers, by Malcom Gladwell, seems to be getting a bit of promotion lately. It sounds great and I might have to make a little purchase.

This is modern life.

The 11-plus exam, which determined whether children get into a secondary or grammar school in Northern Ireland, has been scrapped. But still no plans for how the decision will be made for entering the next level of education.

I’ve been enjoying the Life Magazine photo archive courtesy of Google. Here’s a pic from the 1950′s collection in the Disney-MGM Studios

I’ve been playing this ‘game‘ for a few weeks now, it’s tough, but fun.

I don’t have enough geek t-shirts, and Lee has a great list of shops. Isn’t it Christmas soon?

So many things sound awful with a Northern Irish accent. Daleks sound hilarious.

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Mr. Gladwell is speaking at UCD this Thursday at 7pm. Should be good.

Posted by Nick on 23 Nov 2008 at 11:34 am

For a balanced perspective, you might read what JoelOnSoftware has to say about Malcolm Gladwell.

Posted by Bernie Goldbach on 24 Nov 2008 at 7:04 am

@Nick – Would love to be able to go on thurs, though i can’t.

@Bernie Goldbach – Thanks for that, reading now.

Posted by Phil on 24 Nov 2008 at 7:16 am

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