Richard Westenra

The fourth group of 25 links from my linkblog. To see all linkblog retrospectives, click the tag ‘links’.

• Style versus design: Why understanding the difference is what it’s all about. – “Not enough designers are working in that vast middle ground between eye candy and usability where most of the web must be built.”
• Kiwiright (video) – A 12 minute documentary about how NZ’s copyright laws have been contorted to benefit the financial needs of corporate rights holders and no longer benefits the public nor the artists who create the work itself.
• The Physics of Space Battles
• Inside Afghanistan – Fighting Alongside Stoned Afghan Soldiers (video)
• Best Man Rigs Newlyweds’ Bed To Tweet During Sex. Not Kidding.
• How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell
• Atheist bus ad campaign hits a nerve
• The climate denial industry is out to dupe the public. And it’s working.
• Google Chrome – Features (video)
• Everything is OK Montage (video)
• Canadian record industry faces massive liability over copyright infringement – Ah, sweet sweet irony.
• Photos Taken From Unusual Angles
• Dutch scientists grow artificial meat in lab, see end to the need for factory farming within a decade.
• ikea lamp (video) – Hilarious ad directed by Spike Jonze
• Macho Trap Shooting (video)
• Link This Bookmarklet – Hooray! Quick linking ahoy!
• Is Global Warming Unstoppable? – Scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions cannot be stabilized unless the world’s economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day.
• The Zoomquilt II – A trippy flash animated collaborative art project
• IEBlog: An Early Look At IE9 for Developers – Check out all the hilarious vitriolic comments from pissed-off developers.
• 38 Ways To Win An Argument — Arthur Schopenhauer – Advice for budding Sophists (or forum trolls) from one of the philosophical greats.
• Algae and Light Help Injured Mice Walk Again – Optogeneticists are figuring out how to control brain neurons with viruses that carry genes taken from pond scum, activated by beams of light.
• The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”
• I’m Doing My Inconsequential Part For The Environment
• Most. Realistic. War Game. Ever. – A sneak peak at Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, currently in development.
• New Zealand was a friend to Middle Earth, but it’s no friend of the earth – The Guardian blows the whistle on NZ’s ‘100% pure’ reputation.