Photos posted Tuesday 27 September 2011
Links for Friday 23 September 2011
- The Army Rumour Service
- Next in my occasional series titled “I love good forums dedicated to particular careers.” This one's about the British army. (via Soldier Systems)
Recent YouTube Favourites
Best Intro Book
Best Intro Book is a site that suggests the best book to read on any chosen topic. It’s a nice and simple approach to a Septivium-like problem, although it seems like it’s not quite there.
At Septivium on 15 Jul 2011
Being wrong about now
Wearing my increasingly tattered futurist’s hat, I was struck by this otherwise not hugely exciting article at the Guardian about the IMF’s forecast for the UK’s economy. The IMF has changed its forecast for 2011:
In Writing on 21 Sep 2011
Two more ‘Damsels in Distress’ reviews
In case you haven’t read enough reviews of Damsels in Distress yet, here are a couple I haven’t yet linked to.
At Whit Stillman on 22 Sep 2011
Cool Tools: Rush 72 Backpack
I have the Rush-24 version and am pleased with it so far, although I haven't used it for much yet other than a few short (and very un-rugged) trips. I'm a sucker for lots of pockets and this didn't disappoint. I haven't felt the need for anything bigger - often the 24 feels too big for my needs - but that's a very individual choice.
A comment on another site on 22 Aug 2011
New BBC Pepys radio drama
The BBC Radio 4 show, Woman’s Hour is soon going to be featuring a drama based on Samuel Pepys’ diary. There will be five 15 minute episodes, broadcast at 10.45am (UK time) from Monday 15th to Friday 19th August. Here’s the press release from this page:
At Pepys' Diary Site News on 4 Aug 2011