Interesting Links for 14-01-2012

• Circumventing the No-Fly list in thirty seconds
  (tags: usa transport securitytheatre )
• Google stealing people's customers in Kenya. I hope it's just a local group fucking up.
  (tags: google kenya fraud africa )
• RF MEMS enables auto-tuning, single-radio, anti-death-grip smartphones.
  (tags: radio technology mobilephones )
• A checker to find out when Virgin will be doubling broadband in your area
  (tags: broadband virgin uk )
• Paypal denies its own service exists, or that anyone there knows anything about it.
  (tags: paypal customerservice EpicFail )
• The figures the media industries use to justify tougher laws are blatant lies.
  (tags: copyright money usa law )
• America's decade of terrorism? Try the 1970s
  (tags: usa terrorism )
• Against assimilation
  I'm not in favour of assimilation. I am against Culture.
  (tags: culture Jews )

What the Scottish independence debate looks like from the outside

Specifically, in Taiwan, where their animated TV spots have never been better:

thanks to khoth for that one.

Also, have a crow sledging:

Although, frankly, to me it looks like it wants to stay at the top, but keeps sliding down.

I'm stuffed full of food

We're just back from dinner at Chop Chop, where we had their unlimited banquet. It was fantastic, and we ended up having everything twice. Right now my stomach is sore from eating so much, but it was so amazing that I was having real problems not having one more dumpling, or a little more crispy northern chicken.

The conversation was also very good, ranging from how to fix cairmen's whipper (don't ask), to the predictions of farming in Diablo III. All in all a good evening out. Many thanks to werejud for organising it.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to lie down and groan a lot.