Phligm Phlagm Olympics Special

What the French think of Bradley Wiggins

Olympic tax breaks

How to get around Olympic merchandising rules with bad spelling and bad geometry.

Whose idea was it to let Rod Liddle and James Delingpole design the opening ceremony?

Just in case you haven't seen this: divers gurning in mid-dive.

Pedants please note: it is perfectly acceptable to refer to our flag as 'the Union Jack'.

Almost every Olympic sport in ZX Spectrum form (and special bonus: British gold medal winners as screen$)

Interesting graphic showing every men's 100M medallist and how they compare.

(As an aside, Olympic trivia especially for fans of LibDem sprinting: when Alan Wells won Scotland’s last 100m gold in 1980, his time was actually slower than Menzies Campbell’s former British record.)

Five science lessons from the Olympic cycling.

45-year-old salesman apologies for closing ceremony.

Game theory and track sprint cycling.

Economics Phligm Phlagm

What would Keynes do?

Game theory and cash-in-hand payments

Friedman completed Keynes

New economic thinking and the potential to transform politics

The economics of "politics by panic".

We've tried Plan B; shall we try Plan A now?

Phligm Phlagm Technology Special

Annoyed by Apple fanboys who think their latest MacBook is ace and so much better than a PC? You need one of these.

25 really bad computer gaming setups.

Thirty years of the Commodore 64. (And what do today’s children think of it?)

Steampunk - A Modder's Guide.

Managing email realistically.

Anyone want to buy EA?

Getting online while on holiday. (The article isn’t actually that interesting. However, the flame war in the comments is quite funny. Seemingly there are two kinds of people in the world: those who can’t understand why someone would need or want to be online while they’re on holiday and those who can’t understand people who can’t understand why someone would need or want to be online while they’re on holiday.)

Age distribution of users of various social networks.

More Phligm Phlagm

The top 100 strangest, suggestive and steamy vintage comic book panels of all time!

Fantastic collection of pre-1925 sports photographs.

Sid Waddell, classicist and darts commentator has died. "When Alexander of Macedonia was 33 he cried salt tears because there were no worlds left to conquer. Bristow's only 27."

Google's "tax dodging". (Thanks king_pellinor.)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who won't mourn Virgin Trains. I've used First and Virgin, and believe me, First are much better. At least the toilets don't stink.

Obamacare will massively increase the demand for healthcare services, but won't actually train any more doctors. How's that going to work then? (Importing foreign doctors perhaps?)

The amazing random dungeon generator!

For Traveller fans, but especially knirrir: "You know it's going to be a long week in JumpSpace when, as soon as you Jump, your Vargr Navigator leans over and says..."

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Kinder Eggs are illegal in the United States. Who knew?

Discussion on the cinema shootings in the US. (Thanks gwendally)

And another. (Thanks bart_calendar).

  

A History of Wooing Women. (In musical form.) (Thanks ozisim).

  

A story from America to depress you...

...and one to inspire you.

Which current and recent cars are future classics? (Number 1: I totally agree, but then I am biased.)

Seven foot long (minifig scale) Lego model of Serenity.

The christian priest who "cures" people of cancer...by kicking them in the face.