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By R Mutt (Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 02:43:52 AM EST) MLP (all tags)
Toys? Cello challenge. Maim that tune gets songs out of your head. [X. :o]

Articles. Why no Bach cult? Too many flats in UK? How economists undermine community: book, extract. [:(]

YouTube. Time-lapse Venus fly-trap, vines. Destruction: wind turbine, Niki Lauder crash. [:o]

Nice comments. On the placebo/SSRI meta-analysis. Better ending for "No Country...". Lifehacker. [:(]

Tech. Watch users don't listen to them. How Pakistan took down YouTube worldwide. Chinese censorship. [:(]


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Print Story Goodnight hoppers, goodnight hustlers
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By R Mutt (Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 02:29:18 AM EST) MLP (all tags)
Articles. Richard Tarlton: Elizabeth's jester, Shakespeare's clown. Texas beyond history. [:(]

Pics. Junkie pancakes. I love my appliance. Mummy makeup [MC :o]

Software. Joel: Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? [:(]

Socioeconomics. Why do we have fewer friends? Flat tax reduces evasion in Russia. Kaletsky on Northern Rock [:(]


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Print Story Everyone sing his name
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By R Mutt (Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 02:19:42 AM EST) MLP (all tags)
Socioeconomics. Technology spreads faster now. People could like some diversity after all: abstract, paper. [JN SM :(]

Science. Why Prince Rupert glass teardrops explode. Sarcasm and aggression [:(]

Nerd. Lone Wolf gamebooks online. Click "forward". [) :o]

Pics. Lego sculptures [:o]

Polish migration peaks? [(UK) :(]


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Print Story Brain
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By R Mutt (Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 02:28:07 AM EST) MLP (all tags)

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Print Story It's just the ghost of a long long dead affair
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By R Mutt (Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 02:20:06 AM EST) MLP (all tags)

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Print Story Exploding Preachers - New Sighting
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By R Mutt (Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 02:06:16 AM EST) MLP (all tags)
Code. Long methods are natural. [:(]

Video. Puppy vs. robot [2min :o] Grill skills. [15min :o] Frontier psychiatrist music video [4min :o]

Random. Evening Standard random headline generator [:o (UK)] Daily Mailinator. [;) (UK)] Sexy Cleaners [NSFW :o (UK)] Great tunnels. [:o]

Articles. Orwell on bookshops. Fictional character [:(]

Economics. Taxation and growth (via). "Within OECD countries a one percentage point rise in the share of government spending in GDP cuts growth by 0.13 percentage points a year." [:(]


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Print Story Hulk Smash
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By R Mutt (Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 03:10:30 AM EST) MLP (all tags)

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Print Story Nota bene
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By R Mutt (Wed Jan 09, 2008 at 02:31:46 AM EST) MLP (all tags)

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Print Story I'm not a fugitive on the run
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By R Mutt (Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 01:24:54 PM EST) MLP (all tags)
SF. Physics World interviews Alastair Reynolds. Brian Aldiss: SF is redundant. Bryan Appleyard: Oh no it isn't. [:( LL]

Joel on Software. College speech parts 1, 2, 3. Gnarly problems are what pay. [:(]

Dan Savage trolls readers by reissuing their advice, causing outrage. [:) NSFWFUP]

Random. Letter from the Government. Star Wars tattoos [NSFW]. YouTube: Max Headroom ad, Evolved Virtual Creatures [:)].

Economics. US trade gap. [:(]


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