The Null Device

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2009/3/24

The Null Device, being a stream of links and commentary on culture, technology, current events and whatever the author finds interesting.

The Null Device is maintained by acb, in his copious spare time.

This site makes no pretense of being objective and no guarantees of accuracy, reliability or posting frequency.

As this blog is produced in a facility that processes sarcasm, individual posts may contain traces of sarcasm.

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One year ago:

2012/5/21

Robin Gibb, one of the members of long-running pop group the Bee Gees, has died, aged 62 . While they're best known for some overexposed disco-pop from the 1970s, Robin, by all accounts the eccentric of

Two years ago:

2011/5/14

Some atheists in the US have found a unique niche for making money from evangelical Christianity: by offering to care for pets left behind when their Christian owners are raptured : Centre, an atheist, guarantees that

Five years ago:

2008/5/20

The City of London Police are prosecuting a teenager for calling the Church of Scientology a "cult" during a demonstration: The incident happened during a protest against the Church of Scientology on May 10. Demonstrators from