Education paradigms

http://www.wimp.com/educationparadigms/

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/helicopter-governments-promote-an-illusion-of-safety-20101023-16yhe.html

Diminished Reality - live alteration of video feed.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/10/21/diminished-reality-impressive-video-manipulation-in-real-time-video/

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-real-cost-of-free/

"The sad truth is that almost everything almost every artist tries to earn money will fail. This has nothing to do with the internet, of course. Consider the remarkable statement from Alanis Morissette’s attorney at the Future of Music Conference: 97% of the artists signed to a major label before Napster earned $600 or less a year from it. And these were the lucky lotto winners, the tiny fraction of 1% who made it to a record deal. Almost every artist who sets out to earn a living from art won’t get there (for me, it took 19 years before I could afford to quit my day job)"

http://www.science20.com/evolutionary_economics/return_karl_popper_social_science_really_different_natural_science

Demanding Gamers

http://creativeuncut.com/webcomic/pixies-pub-comic0060.html

An amusing music video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6107593548912231229&q=anime+cute&pl=true#docid=69896983390415169

A conversation on privilege.

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=129379

Censorship can be weird.

http://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/sperm-trumps-vagina-wtf

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-social-thinker/201010/have-scientists-finally-discovered-evidence-psychic-phenomena

A neat looking game in the making.

http://4playerpodcast.com/2010/09/05/pax-2010-swarm-as-it-was-and-as-it-is-now/

The first vid looked like a neat concept, though I was concerned that it could get boring quickly. The second vid was more like a different game, with a new inventive method of managing life, and controlling the "character".

The trouble with genes

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/3401/the-trouble-with-genes?page=0%2C0

Murphy's Laws

http://www.xs4all.nl/~zira/murphy.html

A possible reason for why hot places liked hot food.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/98/3.5.98/spices.html

Some Thoughts on Teemo in League of Legends

I'm starting to think that the reason Teemo is seen as weak, is due to him not meshing well with the team fight heavy metagame. He actually seems more like an anti-team-fight character. With well placed shrooms, and his nuke potential with blinding dart and poison passive, he can ensure any enemy that is out of position gets torn apart. Done well, the opposing team should never be ready for a team fight, which is why I call him anti-team-fight. He helps prevent team fights from happening.

In general, I'd say Teemo works best in combo with good gankers who can pounce on vulnerable enemies, and run before enemy backup arrives.

Tip: Once your team has taken down a few towers, it can be very helpful to put mushrooms in the enemy forest.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lja_10-resonant-chamber_fun

The 5 Why's.

http://www.eielson.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123142308

The modern human condition.

http://www.willwilliams.co.uk/interesting-psychology/whats-wrong-with-people/

"Social networking sites like myspace and facebook are great for feeling that instinctive sense of “being sociable” but once the novelty wears off, you start to realise its no substitute for face to face contact. Technology may be very good at tricking the conscious mind, but it doesn’t trick the subconscious mind and instincts, which soon catch up."

I'm pretty sure this isn't actually true. From what I know, people had the same problem even before the internet. The issue isn't not seeing people face to face, but the content of the conversation. When conversations are shallow, people become miserable over time. People need to forge meaningful connections not mere chat buddies, to speak of things that truely matter to them, and feel that they are heard.

Lots of pretty anime style art.

http://iamgeeky.us/tag/patchwork/

The Egg

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/how-to-make-non-linear-reactive-stories/

Why do men play as female characters?

http://thieves-guild.net/forum/showthread.php?t=835

AMV - Alone

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8330789424740410610&q=anime+music+video&pl=true#

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2010/09/street_harassment1.jpg

http://www.thesecretknots.com/2010/09/17/walkthrough/

Nun excommunicated for OK’ing lifesaving abortion

http://www.campusprogress.org/articles/weekly_pulse_nun_excommunicated_for_oking_lifesaving_abortion

The Bible, on Abortion.

http://mwillett.org/atheism/abort.htm

Data Visualization is a powerful tool.

http://www.disinfo.com/2010/11/facebook-can-predict-your-break-up/

A Facebook Nightmare

http://infolution.com.au/?p=112

http://pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/09/16/news/green/doc4c9110c5c774d553356019.txt

http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showArticle/?objectID=297

"The FDA does not require any safety tests on genetically modified foods. If Monsanto or other biotech companies declare their foods safe, the agency has no further questions."

That does not sound good.

Sex Slavery is still around.

http://www.johannhari.com/2008/03/15/my-journey-into-the-twenty-first-century-slave-trade

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/01/25/traffic.ART_ART_01-25-09_B1_VFCLSF9.html?sid=101

http://www.bobjust.com/womenincombat/

http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/breakingbipolar/2010/09/stop-minimizing-mental-illness-worst-things-to-say/

Bleach AMV - Dancing for Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X9Yf7cbBoM&feature=video_response

The song doesn't really start until 00:32 or so. Darn intros annoy me.

[guide] The MFing Cho'Gath

http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=28942
An amusing guide to playing as Cho'Gath in League of Legends.

The need for a house manager.

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/04/10/advice-from-the-top-marry-a-stay-at-home-spouse-or-buy-the-equivalent/