Got a bit of spare time and want to read something good? Well, the following links are to the best things I’ve seen on the web over the last few days. Again, all the sources mentioned are well worth following on Twitter.
A video collection of all the nicknames issued in spite during the entire run of The Thick Of It. (via @simonblackwell)
Hugely pleasing news of the week – the landlords who evicted tenants in the hope of making fat profits for the Olympics have failed to rent their properties out. (via @timeoutlondon)
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AIDS research has long concentrated on treatment rather than cure. But, as the Independent explains, one man has given hope that a cure may be possible.
A dotcom head honcho explains why he won’t hire people who use bad grammar. (via @nerdseyeview)
The BBC explores why newspapers have, by and large, given up outing gay politicians.
How far can you take £100? Five Guardian writers are given one hundred quid each, and see what they can turn it into using their knowledge and contacts.
In 1987, a number of writers from San Francisco were asked what they thought the world would be like in 2012. The results aren’t too wide of the mark. (via @cherilucas)
The legendary Cassette Boy presents Boris Johnson’s Olympic welcome to London.
Genetic scientists manage to create a jellyfish that is actually a rat. (via @legalnomads)
Twitter is a developing a tool that will allow you to download every tweet you’ve ever made. That should be a supremely tedious read… (via @Marilyn_Res)
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