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Our paper is finally out. Looks like the most popular one yet:

Our paper is finally out.  Looks like the most popular one yet:

* http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/medicine/article3562188.ece
* http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prostate-cancer-barcode-test-detects-1368517
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19873166
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2214853/Barcode-cancer-test-Blood-check-reads-genes-boost-hopes-prostrate-treatment.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/news/archive/cancernews/2012-10-08-Gene-barcode-blood-test-can-predict-aggressive-prostate-cancers

Long exposure firework pictures. Some of these are amazing.

Long exposure firework pictures.  Some of these are amazing.
http://www.daveyjphoto.com/tagged/long-exposure

Does what it says on the tin.

Does what it says on the tin.
http://www.ewg.org/goodfood/

Manchester City has released a huge amount of data on every player in the Premier League last season. If I had time...

Manchester City has released a huge amount of data on every player in the Premier League last season.  If I had time this could be an interesting data set to play around with.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/aug/21/premier-league-2011-12-performance-data-interactive

Dan's Fabulous and Implausible Monkey Blog: Blog test to Google+


http://blog.brewer.me.uk/2012/08/blog-test-to-google.html

Blog test to Google+

This is just a a test to see whether blog posts will appear in my Google+.  If yes, then I might start using Blogger a bit more than I have recently!

Stopping your bike from squeaking


http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/stopping-your-bike-from-squeaking/

Just how good are Google maps for cyclists?


Originally shared by The Guardian

Just how good are Google maps for cyclists? Laurie Tuffrey roadtests the new biking directions feature for environmentguardian 

www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/jul/12/google-maps-uk-cycle-routes?CMP=SOCNETTXT8763I

Brilliant animation to accompany an expert discussion that makes the Higgs Boson understandable to the educated...

Originally shared by Simon Phipps

Brilliant animation to accompany an expert discussion that makes the Higgs Boson understandable to the educated layman.
http://webmink.com/2012/07/05/bosonics/

Very useful stuff.

Very useful stuff.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/top-linux-monitoring-tools.html

Upgrading ubuntu servers from 10.04 to 12.04

Upgrading ubuntu servers from 10.04 to 12.04

I've had to upgrade three servers from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 in the last few days and normally this is a pain free process:
1) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2) sudo do-release-upgrade -d
3) Fix a few config files
4) reboot

Not this time though.  Stuck in package dependency hell and the general refusal of the system to configure any packages.  Two commands that are useful:
* sudo apt-get -f dist-upgrade
* sudo dpkg --configure -a

Anyway, to avoid all this just delete the directory /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d before step 2 and everything works fine [He says as the final server fails to boot for a completely separate reason].

Mmmmmm pancakes

Mmmmmm pancakes
http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/2012/03/flour-egg-and-millk.html

Wow. Capello resigning. That is a surprise.

Wow. Capello resigning. That is a surprise.

Oh no. That means Harry Redknapp will leave Spurs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/08/fabio-capello-resigns-manager-england

Just found this program today which is a bandwidth monitor but splits bandwidth down by program.

Just found this program today which is a bandwidth monitor but splits bandwidth down by program. This combined with iotop really helps to track down cheeky resource hogs on your server. Available on Ubuntu.
http://nethogs.sourceforge.net/

Delicious!

Delicious!

Pasticcio
A huge dish of meatballs, tomato sauce and bubbling cheese is about as welcoming and cheering a dish as I can think of. Making meatballs is a great family activity, but a sausage version is a brilliant timesaver – simply fry up some of your favourite sausages, cut into chunks and stir into the passata. Serves eight to 10.

1 litre passata
60ml red wine
500g dried penne
200g parmesan, grated
3 balls mozzarella, sliced
1 handful basil leaves, roughly torn
A little olive oil
40g butter

For the meatballs
600g minced beef
600g minced pork
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced

50g parmesan, freshly grated
A pinch of cayenne pepper
A dash of lemon juice
A few sprigs of oregano, parsley and/or basil, chopped
Olive oil, for frying
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the béchamel sauce
1 litre whole milk
1 bay leaf
100g butter
100g plain flour

Heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Combine all the ingredients for the meatballs, and roll into small balls. In a large frying pan, heat a little oil and fry the meatballs in batches until nicely browned all over. As they are ready, transfer to a bowl containing the passata. When all the meatballs are browned, deglaze the pan with the wine, scraping up any bits, and tip into the bowl.To make the béchamel, warm the milk with the bay leaf until barely simmering, then set aside and keep warm. In a separate pan, melt the butter and stir in the flour. Cook gently, stirring, for a couple of minutes, then slowly whisk in the warm milk. Simmer gently for five minutes, stirring, until thickened, and season to taste.Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling, salted water, and drain when still nicely al dente. Mix thoroughly with the béchamel.Grease a large casserole dish with olive oil. Spread a third of the pasta mixture over the bottom, sprinkle over a quarter of the parmesan, then ladle over a layer of meatballs and tomato sauce. Make a layer of mozzarella slices (one whole cheese's worth), top with some basil, season with black pepper and trickle on some olive oil. Repeat the layers twice more. Dot the final layer of mozzarella with a little butter and sprinkle on the last quarter of the parmesan. Cover tightly with foil.Bake for 30 minutes, remove the foil and cook for another 15–20 minutes, until the top is crusty and golden brown.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/09/favourite-recipes-crowd-fearnley-whittingstall

Interesting stuff. If I remember I take 25 micrograms a day.

Interesting stuff. If I remember I take 25 micrograms a day.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/01January/Pages/vitamin-d-medical-advice-and-supplements.aspx

Useful bit of info.

Useful bit of info.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-how-to-determine-find-out-file-system-type/

The history of hiphop in comic:

The history of hiphop in comic:
http://boingboing.net/tag/hip-hop-family-tree

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree.html
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/17/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-2.html
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/24/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-3.html
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-4.html
http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html
http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-6.html

Adam Brewer
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree.html

'Focus on the User' swaps Google+ for the entire social web when searching


http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/23/2727194/focus-on-the-user-google-plus-search-results

Matt Kempton finds fame. Whoop.

Matt Kempton finds fame. Whoop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMwtPYq_WU

£35,000 on the speaking clock? Spend the time reporting real data


http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jan/19/police-speaking-clock-35000

We are a bit surprised by Twitter's comments about Search plus Your World, because they chose not to renew their...

Originally shared by Google

We are a bit surprised by Twitter's comments about Search plus Your World, because they chose not to renew their agreement with us last summer (http://goo.gl/chKwi), and since then we have observed their rel=nofollow instructions.

Read this.

Originally shared by Simon Phipps

Read this. It has the breakthrough insight that DRM, filtering, blacklisting and the rest is actually the first stage in a war on general purpose computing. It's a war that's unwinnable because, like the "war on drugs", it's based on a false premise that to be true requires a completely different world.

The War on Computing can't be won by those who want to wage it, because we live in an age of networks, not an age of factories. In the process of waging that war - just as with the war on drugs - its proponents will corrupt and eventually destroy society and culture.
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag+(Boing+Boing)&utm_content=Google+Reader

Interesting ...

Interesting ...
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2693325/netflix-uk-ireland-launch

Via Adam Brewer

Via Adam Brewer
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/-bCrZpS_7hk/obliteration-room-a-stark-whi.html

apt - Generating list of manually installed packages and querying individual packages - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange


http://askubuntu.com/questions/2389/generating-list-of-manually-installed-packages-and-querying-individual-packages

Interesting Charlie Brooker has reached the USA.

Interesting Charlie Brooker has reached the USA.

Originally shared by Chris DiBona

Charlie Brooker's coverage of the media is as brilliant as we've come to expect. His Wipe 2011:

Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe

While his Google bit seems a bit forced, some of the segments are jaw dropping. I don't want to spoil the watching of it, but listen for the use of the gloriously maudlin This Mortal Coil about half way in.

I'm really looking forward to watching his Black Mirror program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4coGerRh4ZI