Some videos to start the day

Kurt Vonnegut talks about the shapes of stories:

Dr Who series 6 part two trailer:

The original opening to Superman Returns. Slow, but would have set the scene nicely:

Interesting Links for 29-7-2011

• Brain waves can cut braking distances. Mandatory braincaps for all!
  (tags: brains cars technology)
• Torrent of abuse hindering ME research
  (tags: abuse research healthcare medicine)
• San Francisco circumcision ban struck from ballot
  (tags: circumcision religion usa)
• An English as a Second Language student describes odd pictures. Endearing and funny.
  (tags: english writing odd)
• Why Have Hackers Hit Russia's Most Popular Blogging Service?
  (tags: russia censorship livejournal politics)
• Gollancz releasing thousands of classic SF novels as ebooks
  (tags: books scifi ebooks)