#research

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton,_Wiltshire

Reasonable community model for an idea I've had.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/16/sex-...

Apparently looking at lots of porn really *isn't* healthy for human relationships. Who knew?

http://berglondon.com/blog/2009/10/12/the-ghost-in...

Ever wondered what your oystercard really looks like? The Ghost In The Field shows us the hidden si...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_Accident

Well, this is crying out to be recycled into some nasty bit of horror/mystery fiction or something.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4062/125/

Hands up if you find this surprising. Right, you, you and you clearly haven't been paying attention...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_mythology

I know only a little about Slavic myth, chiefly just the bits where it brushes up against other myth...

http://brdfdr.com/pres/iptps-fethr-talk.pdf

Proposal for an open, distributed set of protocols to run a (better) version of Twitter, and a compe...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schelling_point

Must remember this on in future - the basis by which two parties that are unable to communicate will...

http://www.192021.org/

By the end of the 21st century, there are predicted to be 19 cities with a population of over 20 mil...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage

This looks like a fairly decent starting point, anyway. Of course, that's probably just what the go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_cycle_ma...

Today is "everything you didn't need to know about intelligence, and weren't afraid to ask" day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois-Jo...

Just an aide memoire so I don't forget the name or era.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4357829/...

"Stars nearly aligned" says Professor Angell. On the other hand, maybe this will finally give us a...

http://irdial.com/blogdial/?p=806

OK, just two links on the subject, then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gangs_in_Lon...

Probably a few of these today