Interesting Links for 27-04-2013

• Open Your Mind to the New Psychedelic Science
  (tags: psychedelics psychology )
• How under-funded is lung cancer research?
  (tags: uk cancer )
• Schools should educate children about porn, realistically.
  (tags: porn children education media )
• Shatner vs Lindelof vs Braga: Twitter Fight!
  (tags: twitter william_shatner StarTrek funny DamonLindelof )
• Severus Snape Does Not Deserve Your Pity
  (tags: harrypotter )
• Anyone got an opinion on 3D rendering software?
  (tags: software 3d graphics )
• Iron Maiden fans somehow immune to self-consciousness epidemic
  (tags: IronMaiden viaDraxar funny Irony )
• Star Wars Inspired BDSM Toys
  (tags: bdsm starwars )
• Imagine a Future of Movies That's More Inclusive and With Clearer Ratings
  (tags: movies )

Living in the future #35513 - Just when I'd become used to the internet being advertised on TV

I remember how odd it was the first time I saw the names I was familiar with from the internet appearing in the real world. Giant billboards for Yahoo, TV ads for online shopping, all of these felt slightly unreal to me.

I just felt a flood of that old feeling when I saw an advert for Candy Crush on the TV. For some reason it seems wrong that a Bejewelled clone should have its Facebook, Android and iOS apps advertised on the television. And this despite the fact that I know that it's the most popular app on all of those platforms.

Julie's comment: "I didn't know they were allowed to advertise crack on the TV."