Sunday Links

They Don't Call 'em Puffins for Nuthin' Zooborns

Time Lapse Photographs of then and now, and what happened in the intervening years

THE TERRIFYING GANGS OF ENGLAND Being frightened of 'Da Yout' is nothing new, says Adam Curtis

How the FBI investigates the hacktivities of Anonymous

Best optical illusion video ever? Richard Wiseman's Blog

The Oneiric Ocelot Wallpaper Shortlist Pool Some great pictures as potential candidates for the next Ubuntu release

The 50 Best Websites of 2011 From Time Magazine

The Ten Year Drip

What is the speed of smell?

Digital serendipity Be careful what you don't wish for -- Aleks Krotoski

Ineffective Pick-Up Lines for the Modern Internet Persona.

50 Trippiest Drug Hallucinations in Films Whoah, dude!

The 50th Anniversary of the Building of the Berlin Wall In pictures

Happy 91st Ronald Searle

Where's Wall-E Simply brilliant!

For Richer, for Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker by Victoria Coren

For Richer, for Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker by Victoria Coren

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


From early games where she was fleeced by her elder brother, to the swankiest of French casinos via the dazzling lights of Vegas and games in dodgy boozers before coming home to the comforting security of Tuesday games at The Vic, Victoria Coren has mapped out her life in poker. It is a looking glass world, inhabited by characters going by names like Devilfish, J.Q. and The Elegance, who bandy words like big blinds, buttons and flops and are always looking for the turn of the final river card that could win or lose them a fortune. It's not about the money though - a big win can just as easily disappear in a flash with an ill advised dice game on the way out of the casino.

This is an intriguing and moving view into the world of a professional gambler, during the turbulent years where the game moved from something played in smoky back rooms of dubious legality to a brave new world of internet millionaires and poker superstars.



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Short Lean Cuts by Alex M. Pruteanu

Short Lean Cuts by Alex M. Pruteanu


My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Razor sharp snap shots
America dissected
Into short lean cuts



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