The Null Device, being a stream of links and commentary on culture, technology, current events and whatever the author finds interesting.
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This site makes no pretense of being objective and no guarantees of accuracy.
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is aboard a diesel train for Derby (29m ago)
is at Tamworth (not the country music one), waiting for a train (40m ago)
is aboard a train at Euston, waiting to depart (2h ago)
Overheard in Shepherd's Bush: mother to small boy: "Asriel! Come quick! Your McDonald's is getting cold!" (7/10)
just preordered the (limited-edition) next Los Campesinos! record. (7/10)
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2007/10/7
Adam "Ape Lad" Koford, author of The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats has posted a graphical argument against the teaching of cursive writing in schools :2006/10/6
Despite being on indefinite hiatus, Melbourne/Brisbane krautesque art-pop combo Minimum Chips are following the likes of The Lucksmiths, Sodastream and Architecture In Helsinki into Europe, having just released a retrospective album . Titled "Lady Grey", it2003/10/7
Bruce Sterling on 10 technologies that deserve to die ; which includes the usual Viridian hot buttons (coal, internal combustion and incandescent lighting), as well as nuclear weapons, prisons (apparently people can be controlled easily enough