“From my close observation of writers … they fall into two groups: those who bleed copiously and visibly at any[…]
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Author: Geoff
Why do people buy books?
Back in 2010, a survey of book buying behaviour in the US returned the following figures: Author reputation 52% Personal[…]
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Browsing with a Badger
Just like fingerprints at a crime scene, your browser leaves its fingerprints on every website you visit …
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The Dark Side of Facebook
“The biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind.” In a hugely popular post titled The Ultimate Retaliation: Pranking my[…]
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The 8 longest words in English
The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]
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Smartphones: The Abuser in Your Pocket
The first three questions in the Am I In An Abusive Relationship questionnaire take on a whole new meaning if[…]
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Real words: anatidaephobia
“Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching you. Not attacking or touching,[…]
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The Spyingest Windows Ever
Windows 10 is without doubt the “spyingest” Windows ever. Visit Settings > Privacy and you’ll find 25 separate privacy settings,[…]
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J K Rowling: On failure
Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you[…]
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Web of Spies
How to check out who is secretly checking you out Lightbeam is a simple browser add-on for Firefox that lets[…]
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