Leaping Tiger

[Poll #1520617]

(if you can't see the picture then let me know)

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 2-3-2010

• Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected
  Well, those reasons and bullies are evil bastards.
  (tags: kids social parenting sociology)
• France refuses a man citizenship because he forces his wife to wear the full Islamic veil
  (tags: islam France)
• Pregnancy baby brain lapse a myth
  (tags: women pregnancy memory)
• Inventor unveils $7,000 talking sex robot - Dr Who fans might be surprised by a certain resemblance...
  (tags: robot sex robots DrWho)
• Possibly the finest infographic in the history of mankind
  Warning. Contains Mega-Shark
  (tags: visualization funny sharks infographic)

Stupid Designs

Just left a comment on BenWerd's blog post here and was surprised to notice that there's no way to receive email notifications whenever a reply is left to it.

Which strikes me as the quickest way to discourage discussion I can think of.

The alternative it provides is an RSS feed, which is staggeringly less efficient - it means that I have to have an RSS feed for each discussion I want to pay attention to, and that each person who wants to scan discussions has to set this up (which is a lot of clutter) - and then the server will get hit on an hourly basis (or more often) on discussions that aren't generating any new comments.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Persimmon

From the persimmon harvest in China.

More questions for the crown

I know that when Titanic was nearing the end of its production James Cameron offered to give back his share of the profits and directors fee in order to keep the studio happy.

Does anyone know if they accepted, and if he actually made any money off of it in the end?  I mean, I assume so - but I don't _know_.

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

via nancylebov

Make sure you watch until 3:00...

And now bed.