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Impressive #Glasto2015 set from @Jon_Hopkins_ worth a watch/listen.
Impressive #Glasto2015 set from @Jon_Hopkins_ worth a watch/listen. See also recent interview where he explains his live performance kit: http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/14/jon-hopkins-interview-brian-eno-coldplay-twin-peaks/ ... & also recent involvement with TM :( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02v3hl4/glastonbury-2015-jon-hopkins#group=b007r6vx
Brilliant PAotD (@bowiesongs) blog post on #Bowie, WaWN, recording for The Next Day & Berlin recollections.
Brilliant PAotD (@bowiesongs) blog post on #Bowie, WaWN, recording for The Next Day & Berlin recollections. You could read all the articles in all the arts/culture sections of all the Sunday papers & you won't find a piece as well researched & written as this. Looking forward to his upcoming entries on the rest of TND. https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/where-are-we-now/
Father's Day T-shirt (via @soverybritish)
Father's Day T-shirt (via @soverybritish) https://verybritishproblems.teemill.co.uk/product/bloody-hell-t-shirt/
Nice piece from Jon Naughton (@jjn1) on AI & (shockingly) the Mail Online contributing something progressive to the world.
Nice piece from Jon Naughton (@jjn1) on AI & (shockingly) the Mail Online contributing something progressive to the world. You won’t believe what the smarter robot is reading these days… http://gu.com/p/4avdt?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google+ http://gu.com/p/4avdt?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google+
Happy Father's day to my lovely Dad Bill Adams.
Happy Father's day to my lovely Dad Bill Adams . He's had a tough 2015 so far but things looking better now. :) Here's a photo from a couple of weeks ago. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow Dad.
Lon Chaney, Jr. rests with a friend between takes, on the set of The Wolfman (1941).
Lon Chaney, Jr. rests with a friend between takes, on the set of The Wolfman (1941).
I love the newly revealed West Ham kit for the final season at Upton Park. #traditional
I love the newly revealed West Ham kit for the final season at Upton Park. #traditional http://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=128673 http://www.kumb.com/gallery/news/150619-01.jpg
Fun fact: Beats by Dre are made mostly of plastic... plus a few metal weights to give the illusion of quality.
Fun fact: Beats by Dre are made mostly of plastic... plus a few metal weights to give the illusion of quality. https://goo.gl/Diq28E
KFC maintains that the item is, in fact, chicken.
KFC maintains that the item is, in fact, chicken. http://on.mash.to/1eoiOoz
All of these images were computer generated!
All of these images were computer generated! For the last few weeks, Googlers have been obsessed with a internal visualization tool that Alexander Mordvintsev in our Zurich office created to help us visually understand some of the things happening inside our deep neural networks for computer vision. The tool essentially starts with an image, runs the model forwards and backwards, and then makes adjustments to the starting image in weird and magnificent ways. In the same way that when you are staring at clouds, and you can convince yourself that some part of the cloud looks like a head, maybe with some ears, and then your mind starts to reinforce that opinion, by seeing even more parts that fit that story ( "wow, now I even see arms and a leg!" ), the optimization process works in a similar manner, reinforcing what it thinks it is seeing. Since the model is very deep, we can tap into it at various levels and get all kinds of remarkable effects. Alexander, Christopher Olah,...
Premier League Fixtures are published. West ham's final match at the Boleyn Ground vs Swansea City
Premier League Fixtures are published. West ham's final match at the Boleyn Ground vs Swansea City http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33141588 Full list: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fixtures "West Ham United will bid an emotional farewell to the Boleyn Ground with a Barclays Premier League fixture against Swansea City. The Swans will provide the final league opposition in E13 on 7 May, prior to the Club’s exciting move to the new Stadium on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park." http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/June/17-June/Swansea-to-provide-final-Boleyn-Ground-opposition http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/June/17-June/Swansea-to-provide-final-Boleyn-Ground-opposition
Google on privacy & security:
Google on privacy & security: "Does Google sell my personal information? No. We do not sell your personal information." Lots of my (smart, savvy) friends & contacts still think/worry that Google sells on their private data. They never have done. Worth checking tho: your bank; credit card provider; supermarket; ISP; mobile network; local authority; Govt Depts... https://privacy.google.com/
Take control of your Google privacy settings with a quick Privacy Checkup. In just a few minutes you can make sure your privacy settings are right for you.Start your check up at https://goo.gl/XDTmlU.
Take control of your Google privacy settings with a quick Privacy Checkup. In just a few minutes you can make sure your privacy settings are right for you.Start your check up at https://goo.gl/XDTmlU .
I agree with Shami (@libertyhq): Edward #Snowden is a hero
I agree with Shami (@libertyhq): Edward #Snowden is a hero This is a great summary (relatively short, easy to read) of the current efforts to misdirect our attention and paint a whistleblowing hero as a villain. Don't fall for it. Shami Chakrabarti: Let me be clear – Edward Snowden is a hero http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/14/edward-snowden-hero-government-scare-tactics It's all good, precise and to the point commentary. For me, this paragraph in particular is key: "In March, the discredited, and now largely retired, intelligence and security committee produced a report into the legal framework covering surveillance. This was the same toothless committee that failed to spot the dodgy dossier, expose extraordinary rendition or pick up on the sheer scale of blanket intrusion outside of the law – which Snowden did a great public service in revealing." http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/14/edward-snowden-hero-government-scare-tactics
Whale meat again. The 1970s, when schoolboy thinking set policy for beach clearance. #Dynamite #DidntThinkItThrough
Whale meat again. The 1970s, when schoolboy thinking set policy for beach clearance. #Dynamite #DidntThinkItThrough https://youtu.be/pAW4mntPM-w https://youtu.be/pAW4mntPM-w
A Beautiful Moment As Pirlo And Xavi Say Goodbye To Each Other On The Pitch #Sob
A Beautiful Moment As Pirlo And Xavi Say Goodbye To Each Other On The Pitch #Sob http://www.balls.ie/football/gif-xavi-pirlo-beautiful-moment/296190
Good piece from John Naughton (@jjn1) on our out of control surveillance state: ‘Undemocratic, unnecessary, intolerable' - The official verdict on Britain’s state snoopers
Good piece from John Naughton (@jjn1) on our out of control surveillance state: ‘Undemocratic, unnecessary, intolerable' - The official verdict on Britain’s state snoopers http://gu.com/p/49yny http://gu.com/p/49yny?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google+
Another "creation" from https://photos.google.com :)
Another "creation" from https://photos.google.com :)
Charlie & Minei :) Been uploading a bunch of old photos into the (new) Google Photos. Some nice rediscoveries.
Charlie & Minei :) Been uploading a bunch of old photos into the (new) Google Photos. Some nice rediscoveries. Raymond Gorman
RIP Ornette Coleman*
RIP Ornette Coleman* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRWfRsb4dU8 Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/arts/music/ornette-coleman-jazz-saxophonist-dies-at-85-obituary.html Jazz great Ornette Coleman dies aged 85 http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/jazz-great-ornette-coleman-dies-aged-85 https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=-ii4C4X6crg&u=/watch?v%3DDRWfRsb4dU8%26feature%3Dshare
Everything is awesome - but this cake is especially awesome. These newlyweds must make one cool team. LEGO Wedding Cake by Cupcakes by SJ: http://j.mp/1S30D66
Everything is awesome - but this cake is especially awesome. These newlyweds must make one cool team. LEGO Wedding Cake by Cupcakes by SJ: http://j.mp/1S30D66
Our friends at Jalopnik put together a very useful graphic to warning lights on your dash--funny, but useful!
Our friends at Jalopnik put together a very useful graphic to warning lights on your dash--funny, but useful! Check it out below, or head here for more: http://jalopnik.com/heres-your-handy-chart-to-the-most-confusing-warning-li-1709782677
Desired smartwatch feature: If user attempts to play video on smartwatch, smartwatch forces user to slap himself in face.
Desired smartwatch feature: If user attempts to play video on smartwatch, smartwatch forces user to slap himself in face.
Man wins tennis match despite having to wear mismatched kit out of the lost property bin after forgetting PE kit.
Man wins tennis match despite having to wear mismatched kit out of the lost property bin after forgetting PE kit. http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/476232076-switzerlands-stanislas-wawrinka-returns-the-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QcaK7ps2SEmx/aYJ5MZmsGaIrQRwoB7xoG9LZmT3PVZflJ7AsDhJx/UEbWbHX7ecoA%3D%3D
Just in case you didn't know it: walking is hard. (Some of the falls are quite funny.)
Just in case you didn't know it: walking is hard. (Some of the falls are quite funny.) http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/darpa-robotics-challenge-robots-falling
Promising: Cold War Thriller from Spielberg & Coen brothers
Promising: Cold War Thriller from Spielberg & Coen brothers https://youtu.be/mBBuzHrZBro Via: Here's the first trailer for the movie Steven Spielberg made with the Coen brothers http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/5/8735855/bridge-of-spies-trailer-steven-spielberg-coen-brothers https://youtu.be/mBBuzHrZBro
Wisdom: Johan Cruyff - The inventor of modern football
Wisdom: Johan Cruyff - The inventor of modern football http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/9eb4d622-0a31-11e5-a6a8-00144feabdc0.html http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/9eb4d622-0a31-11e5-a6a8-00144feabdc0.html
Really looking forward to the #UCLFinal this evening. Hopefully reminding us why we love this game (despite the flaws, greed & corruption).
Really looking forward to the #UCLFinal this evening. Hopefully reminding us why we love this game (despite the flaws, greed & corruption). Interesting contrast of styles & some great players selected. #Messi #Pirlo And 2 classic Euro kits on show! I predict a Barca win 4-1 in 90mins.
Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds - great documentary about James Randi just on BBC4.
Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds - great documentary about James Randi just on BBC4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ndsb3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ndsb3
‘Xavi is eternal. He is football. He has made Barcelona what it is today’
‘Xavi is eternal. He is football. He has made Barcelona what it is today’ http://gu.com/p/49c5j Lots of great quotes, I love this: Julen Lopetegui, Porto manager, coach of Spain’s Under‑19s, Under-20s and then Under‑21s between 2010 and 2014 “Xavi changed football. He helped us to build, or to see, a new player profile that ended up running through all levels of the national team. He killed off the myth of physicality being above all else and opened people’s eyes to the qualities of small, technical players, proving that you can attack and also defend with the ball. There are lots of players who win things, but few who lay down concepts, ideas, who change the way we think, and Xavi did that. At club level, the idea already existed and he perfected it; at international level, he imposed it. Possession, the speed of pass. He made it simple, and that’s difficult. The intensity with which he played was vital and it showed that intensity is not what people often think it is. It’s the rhythm...