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October 2010

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is there any way of running ssh on a Kindle? - Amazon
I think I'd buy one if there was...
Cosma Shalizi and the Babbage Engine
moving a large project from CVS to Git is non-trivial - LWN
Russian troops to return to Afghanistan?! - Guardian
the trial of Kaing Guek Eav aka Duch - NYRB
the long-delayed efforts for justice against the Khmer Rouge
why food regulation is important - LondonParticulars
and check out the letter from Brunel complaining about railway coffee!
Tony Blair's memoirs nominated for "Bad Sex in Fiction" award - Guardian
A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Financial Stress - Coherent Stress Testing [my review]
the dangers of proprietary software for activist NGOs - ZonaM [via OSWALD]
a steampunk cartoon: "Lovelace and Babbage" - MHS
a dehumidifier is more efficient a heater than a bar radiator - IWillTry
political/literary sex scenes and penguin feeding - Australian [via RipOffRed]
The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked [my review]
the state of social networking in South Korea - Economist
government cuts in the UK will hurt the poor hardest - Guardian
the Tale of Genji: Waley, Seidenstucker or Tyler? - ANU
a story of changes in the life of a Dutch farmer - The Twin [my review]
some thoughts on - statistics
Oxford has the highest proportion of public sector workers in the UK - Bloomberg
not surprising, given the prominence of the universities and the hospitals
never heard of before: Claire Rayner obituary - Guardian
gay sex versus straight sex in the US - OKcupid [via RosanneB]
Israel's non-Jews will have to pledge loyalty to Jewish identity - EI
UK-French military cooperation "about being sex buddies rather than marriage" - Economist
How Mining Shaped Britain - The Riches Beneath Our Feet [my review]
a weekend trip to the Welsh border - Hay-on-Wye and Blaenavon
hardware rootkit on "open" Android phone - NewAmerica [via OSWALD]
I might have to wait for MeeGo
I thought the common rail was a bird - Wikipedia
why you shouldn't tell children they're smart - NYmag
a daytrip from Oxford - Brill + Otmoor
change management considered harmful - Crikey
confessions of a used-book salesman - Slate [via RW]
an analysis of the complement of Atlas Shrugged - Shtetl
what happens when a star violinist busks in New York? - WP [via TTao]
report on Israeli attack is damning but ignored - Harpers [via RW]
"The circumstances of the killing of at least six of the passengers were in a manner consistent with an extra-legal, arbitrary and summary execution."
humanity as the appendage of asset markets - MonthlyReview
"In a society bound by property contracts, the road to serfdom goes through finance."
I still can't get files onto or off my iPod touch
I'm definitely going with Android or MeeGo if I ever get a smartphone, as Apple's crippleware is just too painful to deal with
there's wildlife in Singapore - Independent
genius and mathematics - TTao
2/3 of 64GB iPad cost is in the memory and display - Fortune
about the new Madame Bovary translation - NYmag [via CR]
Ngugi wa Thiong'o on "tribe" - Transition [via CR]
is Finland starting a housing market bubble? - CreditWritedowns

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