Interesting Links for 12-1-2011

• Is Mental Illness the Explanation for What He Did?
  (tags: aggression illness schizophrenia violence)
• Christopher Lee says he'll return for The Hobbit IF he's healthy. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.
  (tags: thehobbit ChristopherLee movies)
• Super PSTW Action RPG - I can't honestly think of a better use of ten minutes of your time.
  (tags: flash games funny rpg)
• Possibly the finest review in the history of mankind (video, about three minutes long, utterly hilarious)
  (tags: funny animation flash review games video)
• How to make your shopping cart suck less
  (tags: usability webdesign funny shopping ecommerce design)
• Why Twitter Was the Only Company to Challenge the Secret WikiLeaks Subpoena
  (tags: twitter wikileaks law usa)
• Female physical arousal during rape - a defense mechanism?
  (tags: rape arousal psychology)
• Google just removed support for h.264 from Chrome. This is going to be...interesting.
  (tags: html5 chrome video google internet browser h264 h.264)
• Finally, proof that Keanu is Jesus!
  (tags: funny KeanuReeves Jesus photo)
• SteamyPunk - Being the Fanciful Erotica of a SteamPunk World (I just love the domain name)
  (tags: steampunk erotica)
• New glass stronger and tougher than steel
  (tags: glass physics TheFuture)
• Antimatter caught streaming from thunderstorms on Earth
  (tags: science physics weather)
• Apparently your iPhone warranty is void if you use it below freezing.
  (tags: apple iphone wtf)
• The Daily Star, Express and OK! are now excluded from the Press Complaints Commission for not paying fees
  (tags: media uk)
• The rarely reported heroism of women (particularly the woman who stopped the gunman who shot Congresswoman Gifford)
  (tags: heroism women media)

The last ten years

Larger version over here.

Interesting that US power consumption has actually dropped over the last ten years. And that 76% of the planet now has a cellphone. I assume that mobile broadband is more popular in developing countries, as they have less fixed infrastructure.

Modern life is awesome