Interesting Links for 22-5-2011

• Scottish independence: a brave new world
  (tags: independence scotland)
• Amazon to accept ePub files. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
  (tags: ebooks open amazon)
• Vincenzo Natali is making Neuromancer. (I adore his earlier movie "Cypher". "Cube" was good too.)
  (tags: movies WillamGibson Neuromancer VincenzoNatali)

Who knew that Star Wars and Metallica went so well together?

via bart_calerndar

Thankfully, I've never had to come out about anything

But I'm sure it's exactly like this:

(via lsanderson)

Creating a daily google news search report

1) Go to http:/news.google.com
2) Search for stuff you like
3) Scroll to the bottom and click on "Create an email alert for stuff"

I have this for a couple of subjects (like Miracleman, for instance), and it's very handy.

Dr Who: The Rebel Flesh

Enjoyed this quite a lot. Unpleasant and horror-like without being too intense or unpleasant. I think that horror aimed at British children is probably about the right level for me :->
( spoilorz )

Why have I not heard of this?

Amazing impact-resistant material:

More here

and used for motorcycle-safe jeans here.

And I assume the military will be all over this.

Happiness

I've just gone through the first few pages of Mimi and Eunice. Tis genius.

(via peoppenheimer)

Edit:
This one sums up DRM nicely:


There's a whole series on Intellectual Property here.

Important question of the day

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