Let me pick your braaaaaains

All of the following is assuming a slow-zombie apocalypse that doesn't start terribly close to you. If it started too close you'd probably find out via the screaming. And if it's a fast-zombie apocalypse then survival probably isn't an option.

[Poll #1774487]

Interesting Links for 31-8-2011

• George Osborne and Vince Cable at war over bank reform
  (tags: banking conservatives libdem uk)
• Conservative MPs come out against Nadine Dorries’ plans for abortion providers
  (tags: abortion conservatives law uk politics)
• How one woman became the face of the crash.
  (tags: photos germany finance media reporting)
• Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ as a children’s book
  (tags: DavidBowie children book comic)
• Students vs Prisoners - a comparison of Michigan spending priorities
  (tags: spending usa prison school children money government)
• Apple ejects Financial Times app from iTunes - FT moves to HTML5
  (tags: newspapers media apple html5)
• Flickr introduces geofences for privacy. Very nice bit of functionality.
  (tags: flickr privacy tagging mapping)
• The Joyce Project - a Hypermedia companion to James Joyce's Ulysses
  (tags: JamesJoyce hypertext internet)
• Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells: Chemists develop way to safely store, extract hydrogen
  (tags: hydrogen power fuel)
• Studies question effectiveness of sex offender laws
  (tags: sex abuse crime law usa)
• Alternate History Postcards
  (tags: art postcard history scifi)
• The internet movie firearms database. Wow. Detailed!
  (tags: guns movies database internet weapons firearms wiki)
• World’s 7 billionth person about to be born
  (tags: population)
• Who is the UK's favourite Harry Potter character? Neville Was Robbed!
  (tags: harrypotter)
• In economics, who are the parasites?
  (tags: economics society)
• Short jail terms not the answer to stop reoffending
  (tags: crime punishment prison recidivism scotland)
• Lens Wind Turbines Magnify Power
  (tags: wind power technology TheFuture)
• Two new methods of disposing of bodies. Which to choose?
  (tags: death)

SEWIWEIC

I am _sure_ that I did not invent the above acronym for "Something Else Which I Will Explain In Comments". I am 100% convinced that I first encountered it on someone else's journal, in a poll.

And yet, Google insists that I created it.

[Poll #1774607]

Alex Salmond kicks arse

I've never seen Alex Salmond giving an interview before, and I've never seen someone shoot down an interviewer so well before. Damn, that was impressive.

The internet has failed me

I was _sure_ that someone would have written crossover fic between Dexter and Castle.

But no, it seems that I have lost that bet.