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Links for Sunday 24 October 2010

Facebook News Feed Settings: Random or Not, Biggest Secrets Revealed - The Daily Beast: Reverse engineering how Facebook’s Top News feed decides what to show you. (via Kottke)
Some thoughts on Lightroom Keywords – Chuqui 3.0: I’m fascinated, amused and horrified that people have to spend so much time on thinking about the kind of thing that was once a relatively obscure part of a small profession. (via John Beardsworth)
Will Bad CGI Breath Cost The Social Network a Visual Effects Oscar Nomination? | Movieline: Glad it wasn’t just me that found that weird CGI breath distracting. It looked like some weird Harry Potter-esque evil spirits escaping from their mouths.

Photos taken 24 Oct 2010

01:58pm: First joint cycle with @maryloosemore (Barbican to Angel) a success!
03:03pm: Branches of Patisserie Valerie: all the delight and pleasure of cake-stuffed cafes with none of the delight and pleasure.
03:20pm: I love paying more than ten quid for the cinema and then having to sit through 10-20 adverts. GREAT! Such good value for money!!!
06:27pm: @gwire I was indeed watching a French documentary, and it was quite good in a slow way.
06:29pm: Running a fan site for a director who hasn't made a film in years is one thing. Keeping up when they finally start filming again is another.