Interesting Links for 17-09-2012

• So, why is it ok to print pictures of Prince Harry naked, but not Kate Middleton?
  Also, I am amused that people still refer to her as Kate Middleton, on the grounds that nobody knows who "Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge" is.
  (tags: uk media privacy )
• Don’t Tell Anyone, but the US Stimulus Worked
  (tags: economics usa )
• Bad Children's Books -- Visual Parody of Classic Children's Books From the 1940s Through 1960s
  (tags: viaSkreidle funny children bks )
• One baby, three parents: how donated DNA could eradicate inherited diseases
  (tags: Technology babies genetics )
• It saddens me to know that, even adjusted for inflation, Die Hard is the third most successful film in its series
  (tags: money success movies )
• Tax Cuts Don't Lead to Economic Growth
  (tags: tax economics growth )
• French privacy law, media cynicism and the likely penalties for publishing the Kate Middleton pics
  (tags: france privacy law nudity royalty uk )
• Tooth patch could be end of decay
  (tags: teeth technology thefuture dental )
• Everything's broken and nobody's upset (it's true. Nobody hates computers like someone who works with them)
  (tags: computers technology EpicFail )
• Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbled
  (tags: viaNWhyte usa politics )
• Mitt Romney’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Campaign
  (tags: viaNWhyte politics usa )

Pretty much all movies would be improved by having headcrabs in them

Valve recently released their movie-making software, complete with a bunch of their models/animations, allowing you to make your own short films.

And, of course, people decided to have fun. With headcrabs.

I first encountered the phenomemon when Nick sent me this video, wherein a headcrab is trying to enjoy a nice cup of tea:

And then this one appeared, with the singing, and the dancing:

And this one learns how computers work!