January 24, 2012
Apple nearly has $100 billion in cash. More ridiculous numbers and graphs here. Another interesting stat is that Apple’s $13.06bn profit last quarter is the 4th largest quarterly earnings ever reported by any company… and all the other companies concerned spend their time digging up crushed prehistoric animals.

Apple nearly has $100 billion in cash. More ridiculous numbers and graphs here. Another interesting stat is that Apple’s $13.06bn profit last quarter is the 4th largest quarterly earnings ever reported by any company… and all the other companies concerned spend their time digging up crushed prehistoric animals.

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January 22, 2012

“30 Japanese Giant Hornets kill 30,000 Honey Bees”. For an alternate ending, watch this: “Japanese Giant Hornet Scout Killed by Asian Bees”.

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January 18, 2012

“Introducing the next revolution in beauty.” (Via Kottke.)

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A compilation of actual UK cinema intermission films. (Compare to Peter Serafinowicz’s version.)

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Hello.

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“A Brief History of Computing Platforms.” More on this (more graphs, indeed) from Horace Dediu.

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January 16, 2012

UK Christmas TV adverts from 1983. Includes Hugh Laurie advertising Kestrel lager at 7m07s.

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Intermission! (Made for Look Around You 10th Anniversary at the BFI, 12th January 2012.)

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Who Killed Economic Growth? More on this here. (Via midnight revue.)

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Matthew Engel writes about the state of the London Underground in the FT: “Are you ever going to sort this place out?” I asked Bob Fleming, an amiable Geordie in charge of modernising the six lifts and 15 escalators that serve Bank and Monument. “By 2021,” he said. “It’ll be fantastic then.” The weird thing is that he seemed to be telling the truth.

Matthew Engel writes about the state of the London Underground in the FT:

“Are you ever going to sort this place out?” I asked Bob Fleming, an amiable Geordie in charge of modernising the six lifts and 15 escalators that serve Bank and Monument. “By 2021,” he said. “It’ll be fantastic then.” The weird thing is that he seemed to be telling the truth.

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Over at Planet Hunters you can literally help in the search for new planets. BBC story here.

Over at Planet Hunters you can literally help in the search for new planets. BBC story here.

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January 14, 2012
“ The unmistakably jarring sound of an iPhone marimba ring interrupted the soft and spiritual final measures of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 at the New York Philharmonic on Tuesday night. The conductor did something almost unheard-of in a concert hall: He stopped the performance.
NYTimes story. The culprit was confusion over what the “ring/silent” switch does on the iPhone, in that while it stops the phone from ringing and making various other noises, it doesn’t silence alarm clocks that you may have set to go off. (Via Daring Fireball.) (1 week ago)
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January 13, 2012
"Shit the Republicans say" | Lizz Winstead

midnightrevue:

Never a plainer speaking Guardian article was written.

Oh, America. I’m scared for you.

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“Britain is on the road to a transport revolution”. This short film about roads and trains is both terrific and terrifying in equal measure. There are “even Venetian blinds”.

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January 10, 2012
Awkward silence: one Central line train has been redone in pink to remind people that the analogue TV signal is being switched off in London in April. More photos here.

Awkward silence: one Central line train has been redone in pink to remind people that the analogue TV signal is being switched off in London in April. More photos here.

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