Interesting Links for 18-07-2012

• Xkcd is prepared to go a long way for a punch line.
  (tags: starwars electricity funny physics )
• Scotland’s languages, Scotland’s people
  (tags: scotland language nationality history )
• The laser-powered bionic eye that gives 576-pixel grayscale vision to the blind
  (tags: lasers eyesight bionic technology blindness thefuture )
• Your geek nostalgia for the day. Anyone using computers in 1990 should feel an odd mix of emotions from this.
  And the command prompt works! Awesome!
  (tags: history windows microsoft )
• Naked rambler walks free from Perth Prison after 657 days behind bars
  (tags: nudity law uk )
• Marissa Mayer on the day she broke Google.
  (tags: EpicFail google )
• If you enjoyed yesterday's link about infinities, you'll also enjoy this.
  (tags: funny mathematics infinity )
• How to tell if a woman loves you
  (tags: viaLovelyAngel love funny )
• The real reason Marissa Mayer left Google: She had to
  (tags: google software business )
• Texting overtakes talking in UK
  (tags: uk communication phones )
• Users prefer Google+ over Facebook (probably _because_ less people are using it)
  (tags: facebook google socialnetworking )
• If you're a man and your partner earns more than you, then being less macho about it will make you happier
  (tags: men women relationships money masculinity )
• Why is Earth so dry?
  (tags: earth water astronomy solarsystem )
• "Shoot on sight" appeal issued for muntjac deer in Scotland
  (tags: scotland deer wildlife )
• New information about the ancestry of Native Americans pushes back the first known examples
  (tags: america history )