Best of
The 8 pages that I, in my great wisdom, have decided have something to do with ‘Best of’. Whatever that is
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How Antonin Scalia compared with other Supreme Court justices
Visualisations
Charting the swing vote in the US Supreme Court, and finding a flaw in the New York Times while we’re at it
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The Age of Greater Reykjavík
Maps
The age of buildings in Iceland’s capital city, dating back to the 18th century
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The future of control
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A revolution in publishing means companies will have to learn to relinquish control
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There are some things the internet can’t do
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A eulogy to the printed word
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Leith Walk botanical cottage, demolished and risen again
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The campaign to bring a small eighteenth-century building in Edinburgh back to its former glory
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If we’re not careful we’ll lose the web
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The ephemeral nature of the contempory Web means our time will be seen as a second dark age
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The unintended consequences of Isaac Newton’s pursuit of counterfeiters
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How the Wikipedia article on an obscure architectural style came to be
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The film festival and me
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The camera shutter snapped open. The flash fired. Darkness. And that was that: we had taken the photograph that would become the front cover of the programme for the Edinburgh International Film Festival