Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle series 3 begins on BBC2 on 1st March
And just as exciting is the news that Chris Morris will be appearing as the interviewer. He did a charming off-the-cuff intro for Stewart at last week’s Royal Festival Hall show and I was hoping he might be involved in the TV series. A perfect replacement for Armando Iannucci.
Update: The Guardian (or at least the headline-writer) goes so far as to say that the Chris Morris “comeback starts here”.
Browser, operating system and screen resolution data for GOV.UK
For people (like me) who develop services where most of the audience is UK-based and non-technical, the GOV.UK OS and browser usage statistics are especially interesting to read.
The growth of mobile/tablet share vs desktop isn’t a surprise but it’s the continuing strong growth of iOS, despite the handset dominance of Android, that is worth noting. We clearly echo the behaviour observed in the US where iOS users browse more.
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How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love
Entertaining story behind how someone hacked/engineered his OkCupid profile to be compatible with as many women as possible. But it didn’t guarantee him success in the real world: only after 88 meet-ups did he progress beyond a third date.
I’m also pretty sure he breached OkCupid’s terms of use by doing this :)
Ghost stations of the London Underground on the classic Tube map
I’d love to be able to jump on a tube here in Windsor and pootle along all the way to the Essex coast at Shoeburyness. A few stops in between though.
We’ve been trying out Slack in the globaldev office. It’s the best alternative to Campfire I’ve seen and is free for now (with an invite), but the standard post-beta pricing ($8/user/month) looks steep for our team of ~50 compared to our unlimited $99/month with Campfire.
