Interesting Links for 18-04-2012

• Scotland's wind expertise is paying off - now selling turbines to the USA.
  (tags: wind power scotland usa )
• Scotland's wind expertise is paying off - now selling turbines to the USA.
  (tags: wind power scotland usa )
• Moore's Law hits cinema cameras - a 2.5K Cinema Camera with 12bit RAW for $3000
  (tags: movies cameras video )
• A message to application programmers (these things piss me off too)
  (tags: ux apps programming )
• 10 films that were rumoured to be ghost-directed
  (tags: movies )
• Boston, 1967: When marathons were just for men
  (tags: usa sexism marathon Sports )
• At last, a use for homeopathy!
  (tags: comic funny homeopathy )
• An explanation of tech terms through the medium of breakfast cereal
  (tags: Technology ui ux visualization computers )
• The 501 Developer Manifesto - valuing life over your job
  (tags: development work life family happiness )
• Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert
  (tags: water wind power desert )
• The BP oil spill, two years later: Natural recovery far greater than expected
  (tags: oil mexico nature )
• Twitter Vows To Sue For 'Defensive' Patent Purposes Only. Fantastic. Can we see a trend please?
  (tags: twitter patents epicwin )
• Talking to yourself has cognitive benefits
  (tags: sanity thinking talking )
• Half-siblings of autistic children have 50% the chance of having autism as full-siblings
  (tags: genetics autism )
• Neil Gaiman Interviews Stephen King
  (tags: neilgaiman stephen_king writing books )
• What Happened to the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic? (I'm looking forward to The Berg Strikes Back!)
  (tags: titanic ocean iceberg )
• Now that consumer IP is non-rivalrous and non-excludable, what does that tell us about its price?
  (tags: copyright price )
• Further evidence found of disturbed immune system in autism
  (tags: immune_system autism )
• Operators think Nokia would sell better with Android - Windows smartphones still not selling
  A shame, as I'd love there to be more competitors in the phone space, to keep everyone on their toes. I'd actually be tempted by a Windows phone, if they weren't locked to the MS app store.
  (tags: windows nokia microsoft mobile_phones )
• We Don't Need Game Publishers, Hardware Makers or Retailers
  (tags: computer_games publishing technology internet disintermediation )

*I am tired*

Today consisted of being woken up too early (about 6:45) by bastard car alarm going off outside, working until 6:45pm on process improvement gubbins, going to Ikea for meatballs and mattresses, and then arriving home to go thud at about 10pm.

I am now about to proof-read Julie's latest thesis chapter (20 pages of results. Thankfully I can skimread the actual numbers) before going to bed. I have 430 emails in my inbox. If one of those is from you and you are expecting a reply then I am terribly sorry, but you shall have to wait.