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Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-4-2011
Aug. 4th, 2011 06:01 pm-
It's a picture of a spider. Don't click it if you don't like pictures of spiders. Am using this to check if the delicious glue is being sticky again.
Aug. 4th, 2011
Delicious Catchup
Aug. 4th, 2011 06:25 pmMy delicous linkposter was malfuntioning, probably some interaction with the DDoS attacks on LJ, so various links failed to upload.
I stopped adding stuff when I noticed it, and I was at Maestrom for a fair chunk of it so it's less than it would normally be, so here it is all as one. Normal service should resume tomorrow.
New York says 'I do' to gay marriage - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples wed on the day New York state legalises same-sex marriage
Three iPad Apps Critical For Tabletop RPGs | Roleplaying Tips
Three useful apps. I use the diceroller on my iPhone, and love it; I'll admit I've largely abandoned real dice for it.
Breivik sent 'manifesto' to 250 UK contacts hours before Norway killings | World news | The Guardian
Anders Behring Breivik sent his 1500 page manifesto to 1,003 email addresses at 2.09pm on Friday – less than an hour and a half before he detonated a bomb in Oslo.
BBC News - Austrian driver allowed 'pastafarian' headgear photo
An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
The Humble Indie Bundle #3
Pay what you like for five games, which are all multi-platform, and DRM free (and you get steam codes for them too). You also get to pick where the money goes; how much of it to the games-makers, how much to two charities (EFF and Child's Play), and how much to Humble (the people who run the promotion).
YouTube Video: How The Media Plays With Muslims' Emotions
Australian TV station shows a shot of an angry Muslim shouting at the camera… without showing all the harrasing and provocation from the cameramen beforehand.
Little Yellow Duck: An Experiment in Fluid Dynamics, or, How Not to Open a 4L Winebox
"Since this is your first foray into applied fluid dynamics (outside the environs of the shower or swimming pool), it is important to remind yourself that there is no right or wrong way to respond. Be spontaneous! Exercise the mysterious creative power of human ingenuity, a power which has engendered some of the most felicitous scientific discoveries, and wonders of civil engineering, even as it continues to baffle scientists!"
RAND report: Threat of homegrown jihadism heavily exaggerated, Zero U.S. civilians killed since 9/11 | loonwatch.com
Europol Report: All Terrorists are Muslims...Except the 99.6% that Aren't | loonwatch.com 'Islamophobes have been popularizing the claim that “not all Muslims are terrorists, but (nearly) all terrorists are Muslims.” Despite this idea becoming axiomatic in some circles, it is quite simply not factual.'
At Border, Teacher Becomes Unwitting Drug Smuggler : NPR
A teacher at an El Paso school spent more than a month in a Juarez jail after Mexican police found drugs in her car at the Mexico-U.S. border crossing. But FBI agents uncovered a complex drug operation that involved tracking Ford cars and copying their keys.
Drunken Expat Writer - Amy Winehouse
"When you are in the music business and like drugs or alcohol, the industry makes a very cynical decision - they decide whether or not to surround you with people charged with keeping you alive or with people who will make it easier for you to die."
I stopped adding stuff when I noticed it, and I was at Maestrom for a fair chunk of it so it's less than it would normally be, so here it is all as one. Normal service should resume tomorrow.
New York says 'I do' to gay marriage - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples wed on the day New York state legalises same-sex marriage
Three iPad Apps Critical For Tabletop RPGs | Roleplaying Tips
Three useful apps. I use the diceroller on my iPhone, and love it; I'll admit I've largely abandoned real dice for it.
Breivik sent 'manifesto' to 250 UK contacts hours before Norway killings | World news | The Guardian
Anders Behring Breivik sent his 1500 page manifesto to 1,003 email addresses at 2.09pm on Friday – less than an hour and a half before he detonated a bomb in Oslo.
BBC News - Austrian driver allowed 'pastafarian' headgear photo
An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
The Humble Indie Bundle #3
Pay what you like for five games, which are all multi-platform, and DRM free (and you get steam codes for them too). You also get to pick where the money goes; how much of it to the games-makers, how much to two charities (EFF and Child's Play), and how much to Humble (the people who run the promotion).
YouTube Video: How The Media Plays With Muslims' Emotions
Australian TV station shows a shot of an angry Muslim shouting at the camera… without showing all the harrasing and provocation from the cameramen beforehand.
Little Yellow Duck: An Experiment in Fluid Dynamics, or, How Not to Open a 4L Winebox
"Since this is your first foray into applied fluid dynamics (outside the environs of the shower or swimming pool), it is important to remind yourself that there is no right or wrong way to respond. Be spontaneous! Exercise the mysterious creative power of human ingenuity, a power which has engendered some of the most felicitous scientific discoveries, and wonders of civil engineering, even as it continues to baffle scientists!"
RAND report: Threat of homegrown jihadism heavily exaggerated, Zero U.S. civilians killed since 9/11 | loonwatch.com
Europol Report: All Terrorists are Muslims...Except the 99.6% that Aren't | loonwatch.com 'Islamophobes have been popularizing the claim that “not all Muslims are terrorists, but (nearly) all terrorists are Muslims.” Despite this idea becoming axiomatic in some circles, it is quite simply not factual.'
At Border, Teacher Becomes Unwitting Drug Smuggler : NPR
A teacher at an El Paso school spent more than a month in a Juarez jail after Mexican police found drugs in her car at the Mexico-U.S. border crossing. But FBI agents uncovered a complex drug operation that involved tracking Ford cars and copying their keys.
Drunken Expat Writer - Amy Winehouse
"When you are in the music business and like drugs or alcohol, the industry makes a very cynical decision - they decide whether or not to surround you with people charged with keeping you alive or with people who will make it easier for you to die."