Interesting Links for 23-8-2011

• The Zero-Carbon House: It’s Just Around the Corner
  (tags: housing energy)
• Spain decides that the US deadlock was so much fun it ought to limit its borrowing too!
  (tags: spain finance)
• Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not - anyone got more info on this?
  (tags: iceland finance)
• Boys believe discussing problems is a waste of time
  (tags: men conversation)
• Judge OKs Unlicensed Cloud Music-Storage Service
  (tags: music law usa EpicWin technology)
• The people that check benefit claimants to make sure they're ill (and have a 40-70% error rate) are shutting down dissenting websites
  (tags: welfare benefits uk atos EpicFail)
• Astronaut Suicides
  (tags: space astronauts suicide art photos)
• Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge (114% for one show, 189% for another)
  (tags: piracy tv usa)
• Vodafone Germany looks to migrate its internet customers from phone lines to 4G
  (tags: adsl internet mobile germany)
• Why The Hugos Should Have A “Best YA Novel” Award
  (tags: awards scifi hugo fandom writing books)
• Woman jailed over her friend's looting freed on appeal
  (tags: crime law uk riots)
• Happier youths commit less crime. Also, the Pope is apparently Catholic.
  (tags: happiness crime psychology)