2011-05-20 (Friday)
Links
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LRB · Christopher Tayler · Short Cuts
Mainly for this phrase about the School of Life: “My friend said that it was like watching people marooned on a desert island doing their best to re-create Radio 4.”
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LRB · Donald MacKenzie · How to Make Money in Microseconds
A look at algorithms used in stock market trading, their effects, and including an explanation of why the market fell by 6 per cent in five minutes in May 2010.
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LRB · Howard Hotson · Don’t Look to the Ivy League
A good account of why the US’s market-based university system (admired by Tories) harms the public system and isn’t as good as a first glance at league tables suggests.
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Stewart Lee - Officially the 41st Best Stand Up Ever - Latest News
Scroll down the newsletter for “More from the message boards”, nearly 500 web comments and press reviews describing how awful Stewart Lee is. Brilliant press. (not a permalink)
Tweets
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@pixellent 'Size Zero Smallholdings: Minimal Farming Techniques for a Supermodel Figure'
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@Zoonie They're still not diaries though.
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@spaceboy Maybe you could just reply "It's an acronym" and move on, leaving them wondering.
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@Zoonie Yup, and weblogs are still around 10 years later.
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One year to go.