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Fox doing what they do best

I saw this video posted on joystiq.com today. It’s the kind that makes every gamer grind their teeth. But these kind of reports are not uncommon for Fox, so obviously it should be taken with a large amount of salt. The channel is well-known to thrive in fear-mongering and poor journalism. Let’s look at this video as another case study.

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TED

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I came across this website some time ago, or rather I stumbled upon a series of really clever and inspiring talks on youtube. I could hand out quite a number of superlatives on this website and it’s origins, but instead I will just recommend you take a look yourself.

To make myself brief, TED is an annual conference in California where smart and talented people gather and talk about smart things and a large number of them are available free on their website.

After the break are some of my favourite talks, to name but a few.

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Not dead, just exercising my right to do nothing

Thanks goes to Kvist for reminding me to update this blog. Admittedly, doing “nothing” might be a bit misleading since I’ve actually been up and about quite a bit.

I had about three posts I wanted to write during the holidays but I guess my lazyness got the best of me. So here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to since december.

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