Some people are gay. Get over it!
That’s a class campaign slogan, there’s obviously some seriously smart people working with/for Stonewall!
(via thephotofairy)
"Last week, I met a _______, who told me that _______…"
“Last week, I met a devout Muslim couple, who told me that communists in the BBC shouldn’t be allowed to stay in a B&B when the owner doesn’t want them to.” Who has David Cameron been talking to?
Our Digital Future (4+ important articles to read)
In the past few weeks The Guardian has published a few articles that I generally refer to as ‘Our Digital Future’. These are important takes on the future of digital consumption, archiving, and rules, which, in my opinion, everyone should read and consider. Why did Ofcom back down over DRM at the BBC? Cory Doctorow [...]
Just got the Special 30th Birthday Anniversary issue of Creative Review
Just got the Special 30th Birthday Anniversary issue of Creative Review with a printed replica of their first ever issue, Spring 1980.
That’s a great way to celebrate!
BBC – h2g2 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
BBC – h2g2 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
The first online social encyclopaedia (copied by Wikipedia) and the first online journaling system (copied by Blogger).
I found my user from 1999. Shame I lost the password or email address.
The Social Map of Haiti
If you want to find an up-to-date map of Haiti, then there is only one place to go. It is not Google Maps or any of its competitors. It is the admirable OpenStreetMap.org (OSM), which is being updated even as I write by volunteers all over the world.
(via Meet the Wikipedia of the mapping world at The Guardian)
The Overground Guidelines
Whoever created these guidelines obviously wasn’t scared of going into (pretty) details, my inner nerd is well impressed.#traininsights
Thanks to Kathryn Corrick for discovering them.
Chris Ware – The Whitney Prevaricator 2002
Chris Ware – The Whitney Prevaricator 2002
(via TATE ETC. issue 9 – The Real Comic Book Heroes: Large Image)