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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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)
is getting over a cold, working from home and listening to http://tinyurl.com/4y4r6f (7/10)
preferred The Love Letter Band before they turned into The Decemberists. Srsly, Casio-and-glockenspiel indiepop > faux-rustic folk (7/10)
Actually, it seems only two trains a day run straight to Brighton; the others change at Clapham Junction, for what it's worth. (7/10)
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2007/10/3
A physics professor and university chair from Pakistan writes about the position of science in today's Islamic world : Science finds every soil barren in which miracles are taken literally and seriously and revelation is considered2006/10/6
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
Welcome back, loyal readers, and thanks for returning. If you can read this, then the routing woes have finally abated and The Null Device is back for good. Anyway: some photos taken last Thursday afternoon