I'm fairly sure I've danced to this

(Dial-up sound, slowed down by 700%)

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Interesting Links for 30-6-2011

• The most amazing Lego LOTR constructions I've seen
  (tags: lego lotr awesome)
• The tale of OpenGL and Direct3D
  (tags: history programming graphics windows)
• Why is European broadband faster and cheaper than America's? Blame the government
  (tags: usa internet economics government business uk)
• IBM develops 'instantaneous' memory, 100x faster than flash. It'll be while until we have it though.
  (tags: technology memory ibm)
• Organizational Charts for IT companies
  (tags: funny business google apple organisation)
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs not actually a hierarchy.
  (tags: happiness society)
• Lesbians banned from world cup
  (tags: football lgbt)
• Are you living in The Filter Bubble?
  (tags: internet google)
• The School: A commentary on science fiction
  (tags: sf story)
• Why it's worth having your own domain (I've had mine since 1999)
  (tags: culture web internet)
• Is the tide turning in favour of gay marriage?
  (tags: lgbt marriage politics)
• Judging Johann Hari’s Journalism
  (tags: johannhari journalism)
• Is Cars 2 scifi or fantasy?
  (tags: scifi fantasy funny pixar movies)
• Optimal taxation of revenue - apparently the top rate of tax should be 67%, if we want to extract the maximum
  (tags: tax)
• R.I.P. Cheque guarantee cards
  (tags: money payment banking uk)
• Amazing New York apartment, inside a clock tower. I want to live here!
  (tags: clock nyc apartment housing)
• Some data on why caloric intake has increased by over 25% since 1977
  (tags: food health weight)

Plot Device

I enjoyed this:

I know what you were thinking

You were thinking that 300 was okay, but it was a little too understated.

(And also that what we really needed was an action movie from the director of The Fall.)