Links for 22-08-2007
Biodiesel from fungus, virtual epidemic research in WoW, surveillance goes back to school in the UK, masses of music hackery…
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1 – Fungi Make Biodiesel Efficiently at Room Temperature
“… the chemical engineers pass sunflower oil and methanol through a bed of pellets made from fungal spores. An enzyme produced by the fungus does the work — making biodiesel with impressive efficiency.”
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2 – In the Cut and Paste Era, Traffic Happens Elsewhere
“The Long Tail of content and increasing demands for our attention have created a perfect storm where traffic to brand sites may soon shrink. It’s simple supply-and-demand economics at work.”
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3 – Researchers Want To Test How The Plague Would Spread In World Of Warcraft
“They hope that by seeing how real people react, with virtual characters whom they’ve invested a lot of time in, they’ll get a better idea of how people react to certain situations such as quarantines.” There’s a story in there, I think.
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“It isn’t for the money,” explains Paul McAuley.
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5 – Pupils face tracking bugs in school blazers
“A school uniform maker said yesterday it was “seriously considering” adding tracking devices to its clothes after a survey found many parents would be interested in knowing where their offspring were.” So, so wrong.
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“This site is primarily for providing information about the Hugo Awards, and an historical record of past nominees and winners.” About time too.
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7 – How physics can explain why some countries are rich and others are poor
“Two physicists and two economists have been drawing unusual pictures of economic “space” that promise a deeper understanding of the biggest question in economics: why poor countries are poor.”
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8 – A Place To Bury Strangers – A Place To Bury Strangers
Strap yourself in for a blissful and deafening return to the saturated shoe-gazer sound of the early nineties. (This is a seriously excellent record, as far as I’m concerned.)
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9 – Album review: Stanton Warriors – The Remixes
Bristol break-beat champs work their dancefloor magic on other people’s records to great effect
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10 – Album review: New Model Army – High
Veteran arch-Luddite folk-rockers deliver their tenth studio album
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11 – Album review: C-187 – Collision
Technical brilliance and sheer brutality stand side by side in this extreme metal super-group
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12 – Album review: Spheric Universe Experience – Anima
French prog-metal wizards combine technical brilliance with cheesy cliché … fetch your broadsword!
