Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-2-2009

[andrewducker]

• An explanation of yesterday's GMail outage.
  It's the Northeast Blackout of 1965 all over again!
  (tags: google email network gmail)
• Urinal protocol vulnerability
  In which the person behind XKCD looks into the way men stand in toilets, and how to maximize and minimize their efficiency.
  (tags: math toilets funny)
• Trailer: Astonishing X-Men "Motion Comicâ
  Based on Joss Whedon's run. I'd love to know how much cheaper this is than doing a proper cartoon of the comic...
  (tags: comics animation x-men Marvel joss_whedon)
• Ben & Jerry's rename Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby in support of gay marriage.
  Nice of them to make a stand.
  (tags: marriage rights equality)
• A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
  Fascinating lecture on what success means, and how to reframe it in order to be happier.
  (tags: philosophy video success psychology)
• Birth drugs cut breastfeeding
  They found use of the drugs oxytocin or ergometrine to cut the risk of haemorrhage was associated with an overall 7% decline in the proportion who started breastfeeding within 48 hours of giving birth.
  
  Among women who were not given the drugs, two-thirds (65.5%) started breastfeeding within 48 hours of giving birth.
  
  But among those given a shot of oxytocin the breastfeeding rate was 59.1%, and among those who were given an additional injection of ergometrine the rate fell to just 56.4%.
  (tags: children breastfeeding drugs oxytocin)
• LED Faucet Lights
  How have I lived without this???
  (tags: LED water faucet geek wishlist)
• Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens
  Transitioning from sci-fi to reality as we speak...
  (tags: augmentedreality electronics hardware interface technology future)
• Tales from the recession
  When things get bad, even the cocaine dealer starts cold-calling...
  (tags: cocaine drugs funny marketing)
• You know that family in the US who have 18 kids?
  Number 19 is on the way!
  (tags: children usa EpicFail)
• Wire writer says adverts kill TV
  I wish more shows were produced by pay-TV.
  (tags: advertising television tv business)
• Wanting and Liking are two different things
  Which might explain why sometimes you crave things you don't even like...
  (tags: psychology neuroscience motivation pleasure)

Comments

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

OK, those contact lenses are possibly the most stunning tech I've seen in a long time!

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

In reponse to the family with 18/19 kids:

[andrewducker]

That site doesn't allow hotlinking.

Flickr does though:

[the-locster.livejournal.com]

They appear to have been arranged by cluster analysis.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

doh! ty.

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

Define "Proper cartoon". How much cheaper than '70s Hanna Barbera-style limited animation? Not much. How much cheaper than Beauty and the Beast? Quite a lot.

But I can probably give you some idea if you point me at things you're comparing to.

[andrewducker]

The current run of X-Men cartoons would probably be the best comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_and_the_X-Men