Interesting Links for 18-02-2013

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• Inside the Battle of Hoth: The Empire Strikes Out | Danger Room | Wired.com
  'How did the Galactic Empire ever cement its hold on the Star Wars Universe? The war machine built by Emperor Palpatine and run by Darth Vader is a spectacularly bad fighting force, as evidenced by all of the pieces of Death Star littering space. But of all the Empire’s failures, none is a more spectacular military fiasco than the Battle of Hoth at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back.'
  (tags: geeky Apologies; I have forgotten who I got this link from posttofacebook Star Wars amusing fiction films interesting tactics war )
• PULP-O-MIZER: the custom pulp magazine cover generator
  (tags: geeky SCIENCE!!! posttofacebook awesome amusing scifi images clever pretty culture jamming design )
• Teenage Girl Blossoming Into Beautiful Object | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
  'in the span of 14 months, the high school junior underwent a staggering metamorphosis from a young girl with thoughts, feelings, and aspirations into a truly stunning commodity.'
  (tags: sexism posttofacebook parody amusing The Onion women )
• Techno Viking and the curse of internet celebrity | Fruzsina Eordogh | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  'Finding yourself at the centre of a meme sensation should be lucrative – but a Berlin lawsuit shows fame doesn't always pay'
  (tags: law geeky memes amusing interesting internet )
• Politwoops - All deleted tweets from politicians
  So, what are they changing their minds about…
  (tags: twitter politics posttofacebook amusing image interesting via Emily Randall internet Westminster )
• There Are Giant Camera Resolution Test Charts Scattered Across the US
  (tags: photos technology via andrew ducker interesting photography )
• Neil Gaiman on Alan Moore's life
  (tags: posttofacebook comic amusing via andrew ducker )
• A Parliament without transparency has no accountability | Unlock Democracy
  There's a push for the MEPs to have a secret ballot on whether they accept the EU budget. Doesn't that make them unaccountable to their constituents?
  (tags: politics europe fail admission of interest; i work for unlock democracy money EU government unlock democracy )

Comments

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

The comments section on the Battle of Hoth one are priceless. Absolutely priceless