Morning videos

What if Mario had a portal gun?

And I'd play a game like that - it looks like it would be a fun puzzle-solver.

And a trailer for Inception, in the style of Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trailer:

Thanks to marrog for the latter.

I really do wish I'd liked Inception more than I did.

Rainbow Kitteh!

Other social networking sites

So, having spotted a trend of people who used to post on LJ, went quiet for a long time, but are now posting on G+, Facebook, etc. I'm curious - what is it that makes you happy posting there, but not here?

If you do post on LJ (or crosspost to LJ) then don't answer the poll. If you want to see the results then just click on "submit" without clicking any of the options.

[Poll #1774801]

Interesting Links for 1-9-2011

• Cloud Atlas being made into a movie (in Glasgow). Why did no one tell me?
  (tags: CloudAtlas movies glasgow)
• Superman, Zod and Lex Luthor on Facebook. I laughed.
  (tags: superman comics facebook funny)
• The Best "Out Of Office" response ever.
  (tags: holidays email technology funny)
• Alice and Kev - a story of homeless sims
  (tags: sims homeless gaming games sims3)
• The gender differences in spatial manipulation vanish in a matrilineal culture
  (tags: gender nurture maths india psychology)
• This article rather hits home that Libya's rebels are just ordinary people who weren't going to take their oppression any more.
  (tags: libya people)
• Tories and Lib Dems at odds over reform of human rights law
  (tags: humanrights libdem conservatives politics uk)
• Stabbing, Fleeing, Heroism, Incompetence, Drama Captured in One Shot. Lucky photographer - made excellent use of his placement
  (tags: photography london police crime violence)
• German city of Bonn taxes prostitutes with meter
  (tags: prostitution germany tax)
• MARVEL One-Shot: The Consultant. A short that fits somewhere between The Hulk and Thor, I think.
  (tags: marvel IronMan video)
• Helen Mirren's Magic Bosom
  (tags: HelenMirren video funny breasts)
• 6 Reasons Professional Poker Is Way Harder Than It Looks
  (tags: maths poker money)
• When your standup comedian is quite possibly a rapist.
  (tags: comedy rape culture)
• New study pinpoints areas of the brain used exclusively for language
  (tags: language brains psychology)
• New chemical reagent turns biological tissue transparent
  (tags: biology)
• FixMyTransport - now you can report problems with public transport to the right people online.
  (tags: transport uk)
• An obituary for the 60w light bulb
  (tags: lighting technology)
• Edinburgh trams: SNP to back city centre route. Aaaand thank fuck for that.
  God, I wish I could stop being interested in a fucking tram system. Gah!
  (tags: trams edinburgh)
• Paving Edinburgh's tramway with gold would have been cheaper than the current project
  (tags: edinburgh trams funny)
• When open source is illegal
  (tags: open_source software law)

In your dreams it will come for you

Looks like someone finally brought the nemeses of Justice League Antarctica to life!

Interesting Links for 1-9-2011

• Exercise boosts health by influencing stem cells to become bone, not fat. (in mice)
  (tags: health exercise stem_cells)
• Hubble Captures Time-Lapse Videos Of Stars Being Born (well, heading for the birth canal)
  (tags: stars astronomy hubble)
• Solar panel prices down 20% so far this year. Grid parity in some places by 2016, apparently.
  (tags: solarpower)
• The future for Britain's finances - not actually doom and gloom
  (tags: economics uk)
• Germany lifts Doom sales ban after 17 years
  (tags: germany censorship computer_games doom)
• London stripper teacher Benedict Garrett defends porn work
  (tags: porn teaching uk)
• The Leak at WikiLeaks: A Dispatch Disaster in Six Acts
  (tags: wikileaks EpicFail TransparentSociety)
• Bacteria discovered that can turn paper/cellulose into butane.
  (tags: power bacteria bioengineering energy recycling)
• Cloud Atlas being made into a movie (in Glasgow). Why did no one tell me?
  (tags: CloudAtlas movies glasgow)
• Superman, Zod and Lex Luthor on Facebook. I laughed.
  (tags: superman comics facebook funny)
• The Best "Out Of Office" response ever.
  (tags: holidays email technology funny)
• Alice and Kev - a story of homeless sims
  (tags: sims homeless gaming games sims3)
• The gender differences in spatial manipulation vanish in a matrilineal culture
  (tags: gender nurture maths india psychology)
• This article rather hits home that Libya's rebels are just ordinary people who weren't going to take their oppression any more.
  (tags: libya people)
• Tories and Lib Dems at odds over reform of human rights law
  (tags: humanrights libdem conservatives politics uk)
• Stabbing, Fleeing, Heroism, Incompetence, Drama Captured in One Shot. Lucky photographer - made excellent use of his placement
  (tags: photography london police crime violence)
• German city of Bonn taxes prostitutes with meter
  (tags: prostitution germany tax)
• MARVEL One-Shot: The Consultant. A short that fits somewhere between The Hulk and Thor, I think.
  (tags: marvel IronMan video)
• Helen Mirren's Magic Bosom
  (tags: HelenMirren video funny breasts)
• 6 Reasons Professional Poker Is Way Harder Than It Looks
  (tags: maths poker money)
• When your standup comedian is quite possibly a rapist.
  (tags: comedy rape culture)
• New study pinpoints areas of the brain used exclusively for language
  (tags: language brains psychology)
• New chemical reagent turns biological tissue transparent
  (tags: biology)
• FixMyTransport - now you can report problems with public transport to the right people online.
  (tags: transport uk)
• An obituary for the 60w light bulb
  (tags: lighting technology)
• Edinburgh trams: SNP to back city centre route. Aaaand thank fuck for that.
  God, I wish I could stop being interested in a fucking tram system. Gah!
  (tags: trams edinburgh)
• Paving Edinburgh's tramway with gold would have been cheaper than the current project
  (tags: edinburgh trams funny)
• When open source is illegal
  (tags: open_source software law)