Interesting Links for 07-01-2012

• Iran Mounts New Web Crackdown, aims for a Halal Internet
  Looking at the context, it seems that the government is scared of the amount of dissent out there. One wonders whether they're heading for a revolution too.
  (tags: iran internet censorship )
• Brain function can start declining as early as age 45. Yay, something to look forward to.
  Ok, something to be somewhat terrified of. They'd better find a cure for this soon...
  (tags: brain memory age )
• Who is actually responsible for the NDAA's appalling civil rights amendments?
  (tags: politics barackobama usa )
• Steam has 40 million registered users. And looks to be the standard for PC gaming
  (tags: steam valve Technology computer_games )
• Oxford Must Be Destroyed!
  (tags: oxford academia education uk )
• Microsoft gives customer extra XBox by mistake, tells him to donate it to charity.
  (tags: microsoft )
• Russian woman sneaks into rocket facility, takes amazing photos. (I think, it's all in Russian)
  (tags: russia technology photographs )
• China’s deserted fake Disneyland
  (tags: china disneyland )

A long day of not very much

I was ill on Friday. In work, but feeling quite groggy with a cold. This has continued on to today - I got some things ticked off my to-do list, but I've mostly spent it feeling sniffly, and not up to much.

Hoping tomorrow is nicer - I'm meeting up with lproven in the afternoon as he's up in Edinburgh for a bit, and I really need to dig some books out for lizzie_and_ari.

I keep hanging on, hoping that something happens today that cheers me up and gives me a sense of achievement*, but I think it's definitely time to take a look at Julie's latest Sims house and then go read in bed for a bit. Tomorrow, as they say, will be another day.

*I've managed a few things in Terraria, but I hardly think that counts.