Linkblog

• Guy has a level created in Portal simply to propose to his girlfriend (video)
• 5th Grader Accidentally Makes Explosive in Class, Gets Co-Authorship on Subsequent Paper
• BANG! - A desk lamp with a gun-shaped remote controller. User can fire the “gun” to turn the light off.
• "Let there be retards" - The hilariously un-PC story of the ‘Creationist Museum’ launch and the undercover reporter who trolled it.
• Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus (video)
• To My Old Master - A former slave politely and eloquently replies to his former owner’s request to return to the farm.
• Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here
• WHAT were you raised by wolves? (comic) - In a word, poignant.
• Between the Lines - Parking is expensive to create – up to $140,000 per space in an underground garage – but is low-cost or even free to use, which results in strange economic situations and irrational human behavior.
• The Human Lake - How the ecology of lakes can inform how we think about human health.
• What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.
• You Say You Want a Devolution? - For most of the last century, America’s cultural landscape—its fashion, art, music, design, entertainment—changed dramatically every 20 years or so. But these days, even as technological and scientific leaps have continued to revolutionize life, popular
• Fotoshop by Adobé (video) - Fotoshop is a new beauty product from Adobé (say aah-DOE-bay) that slims, gets rid of wrinkles, and can even lighten your skin color.
• The Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire Became a Videogame Hit
• Visualizing the World's Food Consumption - plug
• MOON8: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in 8-bit
• The Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are Bad, Bad Ideas - In case anyone was still harbouring any doubt.
• That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger - Inside the mind of Jure Robic, the Slovene soldier who might be the world’s best ultra-endurance athlete.
• Ordering the vegetarian meal? There’s more animal blood on your hands - This vigorous riposte to ethical eaters of the Peter Singer school is intriguing food for thought. (Yes, it’s a pun and no, I’m not proud of myself.)
• Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole)
• Getting Bin Laden - What happened that night in Abbottabad.
• The Apostate - Paul Haggis Vs. The Church of Scientology
• Smoke Screening: Does airport security really make us safer? - Bruce Schneier argues that the post 9/11 tightening of security is “so much inconvenience for so little benefit at such a staggering cost”.
• The dark side of Dubai - Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging.
• Anti-Piracy Movie Ads Caught Using Pirated Music - Schadenfreudetastic