Delicious LiveJournal Links for 6-3-2009

[andrewducker]

• Apple's app approval system is batshit crazy
  They ban an RSS reader because one of the stories it listed had a link to a video that had swearing in it. Oh, the stupidity.
  (tags: Apple iphone censorship)
• Like Water for Money
  âœThere's something there you've really got to see,â
  
  âœIt's utterly fab. Just brilliant. The Phillips machine â” it uses water to predict the economy.â
  (tags: science economics technology)
• The Math Gender Gap Explained
  Mertz and Hyde looked for evidence of this imbalanceâ”more boys than girls at the extremes of math abilityâ”in international data, too. Again, they found that in some countries as many girls as boys score above the 99th percentile, and in others more girls than boys are extreme math dunces or math geniuses. In both cases, countries with as many or more girls at the upper extreme tend to be those with the greatest gender equality
  (tags: math education science women gender)
• Presidential Proclamation - LGBT Pride Month
  NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
  (tags: gay Obama politics usa)
• GameScience Dice
  I just twenty minutes watching a video about die weighting. Julie watched with me. And then we went and bought some new dice. Geek couple FTW!
  (tags: gaming dice rpg)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic Jedi Vs Sith Cinematic
  OMG! More Like This!
  (tags: starwars games trailer video)
• The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
  Ooooooh. Is that the sounds of a very excited Julie I hear?
  (tags: games adventure monkeyisland remake)

Comments

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Phillips Machines are great! Especially when twisted by Pratchett into the Glooper in the basement of the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

And there's a whole new game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Monkey_Island
http://www.telltalegames.com/store/talesofmonkeyisland

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

Apple - think different, so long as its within the framework of what we allow you to think

[e-halmac.livejournal.com]

Um, wow, I think. LGBT month in America. Who'd a thunk it.

[vereybowring.livejournal.com]

Having more random dice might be nice, now you just need a perfectly even, level surface to roll on otherwise it's a bit of a waste.

[andrewducker]

I can't see how a non-level surface would affect what number came up...

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
He rocks. :)

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah!