Interesting Links for 15-02-2012

• When will experiences replace movie theaters?
  I think people enjoy passive entertainment a lot, so I don't expect movies to go anywhere. It would be nice to see more "experiences", but I suspect that their cost is going to remain a chunk higher than a movie ticket.
  (tags: movies experience life fun museums culture )
• Some detail on what people who identify as "Christian" in the census actually believe
  (tags: religion uk census poll )
• Dutch government calls for loosening of copyright law. Could the tide be turning?
  (tags: copyright netherlands law government )
• Online RPGs WILL DESTROY YOUR RELATIONSHIP. Unless you play together, of course.
  (tags: relationships mmorpg )
• Some common sense on prayer and councils.
  What occurred to me, when reading someone else's journal, was that atheists are merely going to be irked by compulsory Christian prayers - but think about the effect it has on a Muslim, Sikh, etc. that in order to represent their constituents they have to sit through the prayers of a different religion.
  (tags: religion politics uk )
• Game of Thrones Valentine's Day cards
  (tags: gameofthrones valentines_day )
• The UK devolved rights to Antarctica to Scotland - by mistake. Now they want them back.
  (tags: scotland antarctic uk oil )
• The BBC replaces the word "Palestine" with the sound of breaking glass. No, really.
  (tags: bbc palestine israel censorship )
• Firefox Roadmap for 2012
  (tags: firefox web 2012 )
• This video is genius. Horrific, hilarious, genius. I can't say more than that without spoiling it.
  (tags: horror funny nsfw video )
• What If All the Cats in the World Suddenly Died?
  (tags: cats )
• Chocolate + Apple = best valentine's present evar.
  (tags: valentines_day apple chocolate ipad )
• Shitstorm 'best English gift to German language'
  (tags: english german language )
• Being left/right-handed affects your preferences
  (tags: handedness psychology )
• Game Developer Gives 7-Year-Old Best Birthday Present Ever
  (tags: awesome children computer_games )
• 9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn
  (tags: children development )

Only the end of the world again

10 years ago, probably at the instigation of Ed* I watched Last Night, about the end of the world. It's not about the people out there saving the world, but about a few average** people trying to live the few days they have left. I love it to bits, and it's better than this trailer makes it look:

I've seen trailers for things like Melancholia (which I fancy), which seems to riff on the same idea. But this seems to be so close that I wonder if they aren't going to end up taken to court over it:

As I like both Steve Carell and Kiera Knightley, I'm still rather tempted though.

*Who loves Callum Keith Rennie, Don McKellar, and canadian film/TV in general.
**Presumably for Canadians.

A poll about my posting style

There are two ways I can do commentary on the posts I write.

The first means putting footnotes at the bottom with an asterisk* or two**.

The second uses a bit of HTML jiggery-pokery so that I can have underlines under bits, which then pop up some extra text when you hover over them.

*like this.
**or this.


[Poll #1819191]

A poll about my posting style

There's a poll over on LJ if you fancy joining in.

The cute and the funny

I laughed at this:


And I want lion cubs:

Alan Moore makes me laugh

octopoid_horror emailed me that, and I laughed enough that my cold-inflamed throat turned into burbling sounds. Which got me a concerned question from Julie in the next room.

If you don't get it, then you haven't read Watchmen. Which is ok, as nowadays Alan Moore doesn't want you to.

(Me, I'm looking forward to seeing what the reviews are like for the prequels, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth as various bits of comics fandom tear themselves apart.)

Two brief thoughts inspired by the works of Chuck Lorre

1)It was nice, a few weeks ago, to see a Settlers of Catan joke made on broadcast TV.

2) Ashton Kutchner looked much better with a beard.

That is all.