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A version of The Hobbit for those who complain that the film trilogy is too long.

Streaming Doctor Who on a 31 year old TRS-80. From floppy disks.

There are now about 100,000 bushmen on Earth. For most of humanity's existence as a species, most humans were bushmen.

Comets did not bring water to Earth.

"How I defeated the Tolkien Estate"

One in seven people arrested in Britain last year was a foreigner.

I love this black velvet Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Am I the only one who thinks that all eight of these "amazing workplaces guaranteed to give you office envy" look like awful environments to work in?

Why Brazil changed the names of two characters in Star Wars Episode II.

Clever comparison chart for anyone looking to buy a new smartphone.

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Nick Hewer won't be on The Apprentice next year. This is a massive shame.

His greatest moment. "Anyway, I'll leave it with you..."

Examining "poverty" claims.

An explanation for Russell Brand that does actually make sense.

How important is climate change really?

The KGB thought about trying to recruit Tony Benn, but decided against because he was too "stupid".

Spreading lies on social media. Depressingly easy.

Finding love on social media. Heart-warmingly possible.

Deborah from Pulp's 'Disco 2000' has died.

A cautionary tale about building ultra high-end PCs. (Thanks to wellinghall)

The Super Bowl's Ten Worst Halftime Shows.

Open plan offices. Bad idea.

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Christmas trees are "like catnip" to lions.

So you've spent thousands on gold-plated network cables and power leads, but there's still something not quite right about your hi-fi. Could it be your NAS drive?

The bows of The Hobbit.

The Yamural Curse - most residents of this Colombian village have dementia by the age of 40.

KILLER NAZI SUPER-COWS!!!!!!

How do dragons get their hoards to where they want them?

Red hot nickel dropped in water. You need the sound turned on to appreciate this.

Billy Joel playing harmonica looks like dying Anakin Sywalker

The Israeli government has had enough with anti-semitic LibDem MP David Ward.

Here's a great time-sink - side by side historic maps and modern maps.

“Horrible HR Policies to Nuke in 2015”

I came across this article on Linkedin. If you’re on Linkedin, here’s the link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/horrible-hr-policies-nuke-2015-liz-ryan If you aren’t, well sorry but I couldn’t find it anywhere else (including the author’s blog) so I assume it’s a Linkedin exclusive.

Clearly I’m not going to copy it, but I think it’s reasonable to discuss it here.

Basically, it’s a list of terrible HR policies that are nevertheless common. One of the best things about being your own boss is not having HR policies. And I suspect that these, despite being terrible, are very common, especially among larger organisations. Put it this way, my previous employer, the giant professional services firm referred to on these pages (for reasons that are sort of apparent to anyone who has seen or read ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’) as ‘JOLF’ was regularly in the top five in the Sunday Times ‘Best Big Company to Work For’ Survey. And I’ve encountered maybe nine of the ten practices listed here at that paragon employer.

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