Interesting Links for 26-07-2012

• Does sunshine make us happier? No, it does not. Finland's suicide rate is also not that high (same as France). Gosh.
  (tags: suicide happiness sun )
• Stress hormones switch off areas of the brain for goal-directed behaviour leading people to slip back into habits.
  (tags: stress cortisol adrenaline habits behaviour )
• Scotland to legalise marriage between a man and his Mars bar
  Presumably battered.
  (tags: scotland funny marriage viaJohnSmith )
• National Citizen Service is popular with teenagers - 30,000 volunteers this summer.
  (tags: teenagers NationalService volunteers )
• You can give evidence on how Atos/DWP have treated you for DLA. If you can, do so.
  (tags: welfare disability uk )
• The making of Warcraft part 1
  (tags: WarCraft games design )

Pic Dump

Via Monique on FB.


via Kirsty on FB


via Neil on FB


Via Charlie Stross, over on his own website.

Cloud Atlas and Life of Pi are both coming to the cinema. And they both look gorgeous.

Cloud Atlas looks amazing, even if I am wondering how they will fit all of this into the running time without it being a mangled mess. On the other hand, it will at least be an ambitious, interesting mess:

Life Of Pi also looks glorious, and I am wondering how they are going to handle the themes of the book, about which I shall say nothing: