Interesting Links for 28-6-2011

• Hidden card charges for travel tickets to be banned
  (tags: travel money epicwin)
• Movie/TV/Distribution networks finally get together to do online TV properly
  (tags: technology media drm digital streaming)
• Higher state pension would not cost more and would help more poor people, while encouraging savings
  (tags: pension welfare uk)
• Addiction is a situation, not a disease
  (tags: addiction drugs health rats science happiness psychology)
• Competition really does improve the NHS
  (tags: healthcare competition nhs uk)
• Chinese Democracy - Coming Soon?
  (tags: democracy china economics politics)
• Wormworld creator goes full-time. Awesome, I want part two now!
  (tags: wormworld comic writing art)
• E-reader ownership doubles in six months - now at 12%. Tablets at 8%
  (tags: ebooks books technology tablet usa)
• California violent video game law struck down by US Supreme Court
  (tags: law usa games freespeech)

I agree with this thesis

I love the first half of this video:

via eatsoylentgreen

Socially speaking

[Poll #1756913]

Livejournal just added a new piece of social functionality

Which is what I was using in the previous post. (over here on LJ if you're reading this elsewhere.)

By putting <lj-like buttons="fb,go,tw"> in the post it automatically creates the correct buttons for facebook, google and twitter.

I wonder how big an outcry this will get...

More details here.