This Is Where I Live
CAMPAIGNERS protesting over cuts to their jobs and services were branded “f**king idiots” and told to “get real” by a mayor last night.
Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock’s foul-mouthed outburst came after he was heckled by protestors at a Mayor and Cabinet meeting in Lewisham Town Hall.
*sniff* I'm so proud of my neighbourhood...
Dancing to the Productivity Tune
Research from University of Windsor in Canada showed the effect of music on the work performance of software developers. According to the study, without background music the designers’ quality of work was lowest and it took them more time to complete tasks. With background music, participants reported positive mood change and enhanced perception while working. Plus, the researchers noted that this positive change in mood correlated with increased curiosity — an excellent thing to have when doing creative work.
Fire up your iTunes or Spotify - and get busy. :)
Feeding Your Doctor Who Addiction
For the first time in 13 weeks, no Doctor Who, and there won’t be new episodes on television until Christmas. But if you’re not sure whether you’re going to cope, ask yourself if you need to see the Doctor, because you can listen to him courtesy of Big Finish.
Handy guide to enjoyable Doctor Who audio plays to keep you entertained until Christmas…
Quitting apps in iOS 4
There's actually a much simpler approach for quitting apps, and that's to use your recent app list. Double-click the home button to display the recently accessed applications. Press and hold any of the icons shown, then navigate to the application you want to quit and tap the red circled minus button.
via www.tuaw.com
Useful to know - this had been bothering me since I struggled to get the TomTom app to go away once I arrived at my destination…
The Secret Powers of Time
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This is a really fascinating look into the psychology of time and the rough grouping people fall into.
There's a whole load of cultural and communication issues bound up in this stuff...
Superhero Sexy-Time
Given that superhero comics tend to be about beautiful people in skin-tight outfits engaging in rigorous physical activity, it's only natural that there's often a strong sexual undercurrent to their adventures, and every now and then, it bubbles up to the surface.
I'm guessing that the majority of people who read this blog aren't comics readers. The link above will confirm your every prejudice.
Enjoy!
Scenes from Southwold
Had a single day off yesterday, and spent it in Suffolk, for various reasons. Here are a few captures from an afternoon by the sea:
Pre-Pandorica Reading (Dr Who linkage)
Ah, the Doctor Who season finale two parter looms close. The Pandorica will open and silence will fall...
I've been really enjoying Andrew Rilstone's Fish Custard series, which starts here:
Seasons 3 and 4 were so bad, and the End of Time was so jawdroppingly shameful, that one is tempted to rave about Steven Moffat on general principles – to give him the Nobel Peace Prize simply because he is not George W. Bush. On the other hand, the degeneration from Dalek and the Satan Pit (as good or better than anything in the Original Series) to, say, the Stolen Earth (literally beneath contempt) happened so quickly that one feels one should err on the side of caution.
Suffice it to say that he gets a lot more positive as the Fish Custard flows on, right up until some interesting speculation about the finale.
And this look at disability in the current series of Who is worth a read, too:
I don’t mind telling you that I’ve spent a lot of time watching the new series and cringing, waiting for something to go terribly, horribly wrong. We’ve had two characters show up on the screen with a disability, and neither of them have been evil or horrible, and neither has died valiantly so that more worthy folks can live. It’s been kinda awesome.
Yes, I know this isn't going to fill much of the week's wait, but it's a start...