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On a similar note George Orwell got shot once in the Spanish Civil war. This article documents his thoughts on it - http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/soldiers/george-orwell-shot.h...

I've come across things like this before. I’d say it’s part of localisation as well as UX design. We were making a flash sales page, it had red stars on as part of the key GUI desi…

Here's the article - Expedia on how one extra data field can cost $12m (silicon.com) - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1859871

I agree. The BBC have more analysis here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010... The figure also includes Apple iTunes Store App purchases and Kindle subs…

The difference is that the Times and Sunday Times are aimed at the public. There's plenty of competition and free on-line quality alternatives in the UK from the BBC News Website a…

From what I've heard it's because the buttons and the case are made by different companies and they can't get the colours to match. http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/15/white_ipho…

I love this quote - "We talked a lot about how perception leads reality and how if you are going to create a reality, you have to be able to create the perception." It sounds like …

This way of memorising things is called Chunking - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_%28psychology%29 Chess champions use this technique too. I remember seeing a TV documentary…

If this was in the EU it would be a case for Protected Geographical Status - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Geographical_Status

I like it. It would be nice if the buy button was more prominent. I found a book I was interested in buying, or at least finding more about. I tried clicking on the book cover and …

Don't forget to mention Ben Goldacre's own website too which has more of the same stuff - http://www.badscience.net/

TweetDeck on iPhone is the same. The multi account feature was what won me over in the first place. I liked it as I could use it for managing both my personal and websites twitter …

I remember seeing a documentary about these foxes last year. IIRC they were part of a science experiment to see if it was nature or nurture that was the key factor in the domestica…

Borrow money on the internet? Isn't that what start-ups like http://www.zopa.com/ are all about? Disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with them in anyway.

Baker Tweet uses the Arduino - http://www.bakertweet.com/ The official Arduino blog always has lots of interesting examples too - http://arduino.cc/blog/