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The illusion of control
“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” - Mario Andretti
Control is a slippery thing. It’s important to our lives; we need it to rationalise and justify our decisions, but sometimes it’s simply beyond our influence. The well-known fundamental attribution error is a clear example of how we overstate human involvement in [...]
Wolfenflickr 3D
Some mashups are unlikelier than others. However, none as unlikely as the collision of Flickr and id’s classic shoot-em up Wolfenstein in Wolfenflickr 3D.
The Web truly is a mysterious place.
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Vive la FIP
At last I have broadband. Too many stories to relate, but there’s one I’d particularly like to share.
While setting up my bedroom basics (alarm clock, airbed - thankfully now usurped by a real bed) I chanced upon a French radio station playing some very listenable French hip-hop. I stuck with it, and over the next [...]