Links for February 4th, 2010

  • Hello Kitty chainsaw
  • How cute. And scary.

  • 10 Worst Sandwiches in America
  • Check out this jaw-dropping list of the 10 Worst Sandwiches in America for a lineup of disastrous handheld mega-meals that'll bloat your belly and call for a loosening of belt buckles

  • Why Amazon Cannot Afford To Lose The eBook Wars To Apple
  • The coming battle between Apple and Amazon will occur on many fronts, but place where Apple can really hurt Amazon is on pricing. Just as Apple initially did with 99-cent songs on iTunes, Amazon imposed a uniform $9.99 price on bestsellers in the Kindle Store. A single price helps to establish markets for new product categories, especially when that price is at a discount to the physical alternative.

  • The Hidden Art of Camouflage Photography
  • The Hidden Art of Camouflage Photography. Amazing form of protest #pb

  • Buzz Aldrin: President Obama's JFK Moment
  • Thank you, Mr. President.

    That's what we should say to President Barack Obama in light of his Fiscal Year 2011 space budget for NASA. The President courageously decided to redirect our nation's space policy away from the foolish and underfunded Moon race that has consumed NASA for more than six years, aiming instead at boosting the agency's budget by more than $1 billion more per year over the next five years, topping off at $100 billion for NASA between now and 2015.

  • On the claimed "war exception" to the Constitution
  • RT @mattyglesias: POTUS can order US citizens killed unilaterally but needs 60 Senators to put a price on carbon emissions

  • Don’t Play With Your Food! (Or Do.)
  • Don’t Play With Your Food! (Or Do.)

  • Gays in the military: Fisking Bill Kristol
  • Although it is not too hard, this fisking of Bill Kristol in The Economist is fantastic

  • Akinator, the Web Genius
  • Scary how uncannily accurate it can be.

  • iPad to Test Zittrain's "Future of the Internet" Thesis
  • Jonathan Zittrain famously argued in his book "The Future of the Internet, and How to Stop It" that we were headed for a future in which general purpose computers would be replaced by locked-down computing appliances. Apple's new iPad will put Zittrain's thesis to the test.

  • Stop the World
  • I’m told that Twitter is a river into which I can dip my cup whenever I want. But that supposes we’re all kneeling on the banks. In fact, if you’re at all like me, you’re trying to keep your footing out in midstream, with the water level always dangerously close to your nostrils. Twitter sounds less like sipping than drowning.

  • Sun’s Chief Executive Tweets His Resignation
  • Sun’s Chief Executive Tweets His Resignation. At least he didn't leave to spend more time with his family

  • Top Hollywood Earners of 2009
  • Top Hollywood Earners of 2009. Daniel Radcliffe earned more than Tom Hanks and Jerry Bruckheimer?


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