Delicious LiveJournal Links for 1-31-2009
Jan. 31st, 2009 03:30 pm-
What if video game covers looked like Penguin Classic covers. A fantastic forum thread with some very cool images
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Now, do I buy it separately or wait for the ultimate, combined with Watchmen, edition?
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Nice comment on guantanamo
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A conversion from the time when Valve software _said_ something would be ready to when it actually was. Funnier than you might think.
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Doesn't surprise me. I found that ceasing conscious thought helped with bowling too!
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When he interviewed 26 convicted Texas murderers for a small pilot study, he discovered that most of the killers, including Whitman, shared two things in common: they were from abusive families, and they never played as kids.
Brown did not know which factor was more important. But in the 42 years since, he has interviewed some 6,000 people about their childhoods, and his data suggest that a lack of opportunities for unstructured, imaginative play can keep children from growing into happy, well-adjusted adults.
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Date: 2009-01-31 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 05:15 pm (UTC)I'm fascinated by the long list of things you can do to fuck kids up - since I started spending time with Noah I've been paying attention to research into this kind of thing. And thank goodness kids are very resilient, considering how much we put them through!
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Date: 2009-01-31 05:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 08:11 pm (UTC)