October 2010
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is there any way of running ssh on a Kindle? -
AmazonI think I'd buy one if there was...
moving a large project from CVS to Git is non-trivial -
LWNRussian troops to return to Afghanistan?! -
Guardianthe trial of Kaing Guek Eav aka Duch -
NYRBthe long-delayed efforts for justice against the Khmer Rouge
why food regulation is important -
LondonParticularsand check out the letter from Brunel complaining about railway coffee!
Tony Blair's memoirs nominated for "Bad Sex in Fiction" award -
Guardianthe dangers of proprietary software for activist NGOs -
ZonaM [via OSWALD]a steampunk cartoon: "Lovelace and Babbage" -
MHSa dehumidifier is more efficient a heater than a bar radiator -
IWillTrypolitical/literary sex scenes and penguin feeding -
Australian [via RipOffRed]the state of social networking in South Korea -
Economistgovernment cuts in the UK will hurt the poor hardest -
Guardianthe Tale of Genji: Waley, Seidenstucker or Tyler? -
ANUa story of changes in the life of a Dutch farmer -
The Twin [my review]Oxford has the highest proportion of public sector workers in the UK -
Bloombergnot surprising, given the prominence of the universities and the hospitals
never heard of before: Claire Rayner obituary -
Guardiangay sex versus straight sex in the US -
OKcupid [via RosanneB]Israel's non-Jews will have to pledge loyalty to Jewish identity -
EIUK-French military cooperation "about being sex buddies rather than marriage" -
Economisthardware rootkit on "open" Android phone -
NewAmerica [via OSWALD]I might have to wait for MeeGo
I thought the common rail was a bird -
Wikipediawhy you shouldn't tell children they're smart -
NYmagchange management considered harmful -
Crikeyconfessions of a used-book salesman -
Slate [via RW]an analysis of the complement of Atlas Shrugged -
Shtetlwhat happens when a star violinist busks in New York? -
WP [via TTao]report on Israeli attack is damning but ignored -
Harpers [via RW]"The circumstances of the killing of at least six of the passengers were in a manner consistent with an extra-legal, arbitrary and summary execution."
humanity as the appendage of asset markets -
MonthlyReview"In a society bound by property contracts, the road to serfdom goes through finance."
I still can't get files onto or off my iPod touch
I'm definitely going with Android or MeeGo if I ever get a smartphone, as Apple's crippleware is just too painful to deal with
genius and mathematics -
TTao2/3 of 64GB iPad cost is in the memory and display -
Fortuneabout the new Madame Bovary translation -
NYmag [via CR]Ngugi wa Thiong'o on "tribe" -
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