Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-21-2009

[andrewducker]

• Carl Jung and the Holy Grail of the Unconscious
  The book which he used to describe his breakdown is finally published.
  (tags: psychiatry psychology books jung)
• Amazon flexes its muscles against third party data users
  LibraryThing talks about the Amazon policy change, and how they're responding.
  (tags: amazon books publishing)
• The lawyer who could squelch the Disney/Marvel deal | SCI FI Wire
  The estate of Jack Kirbyâ”co-creator of Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, The Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, The Silver Surfer and Thorâ”has sent notices terminating copyright to publishers Marvel and Disney, as well as film studios that have made movies and TV shows based on characters he created or co-created, including Sony, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures
  (tags: comics Marvel disney law)
• Clonehenges: 20 Creative Recreations of Stonehenge
  (tags: sculpture Architecture stonehenge)
• Alan Moore Reflects on Marvelman - Part 2
  (tags: comics alan_moore Marvelman)
• Alan Moore Reflects on Marvelman - Part 1
  (tags: comics alanmoore Marvelman)
• The World Without Us
  A timeline of life without humanity
  (tags: environment science earth TheFuture world human)
• An Inside Look At The Universe Of Warcraft
  75,000 CPU cores, 1.5million art assets, 7650 quests and 2 million words. It's big!
  (tags: games WorldOfWarcraft management scalability technology software mmo gaming)
• Jedi Thrown Out of Grocery Store
  The store's response is _fantastic_
  (tags: starwars Jedi business funny)
• The vulture funds that feed on the world's poor
  Buying up third world debt and then taking the countries to court to claim aid payments.
  (tags: poverty debt regulation UK usa)

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

The lawyer who could squelch the Disney/Marvel deal

The title of this seems a little misleading...

[andrewducker]

It does a bit. Although Marvel's value would drop vastly if they lost the rights to all of those characters.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I just pre-ordered The Red Book for my dad :)

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

Tesco's response to the Jedi could be applied to Muslim women wearing burkas or veils as neither of those are specifically mentioned in the Koran itself. They're just supposed to dress modestly.