Interesting Links for 06-02-2014

• What would life be like on a torus planet?
  (tags: physics earth gravity planets )
• Majority of cuts still to come, says IFS
  (tags: uk finances government austerity )
• Should Netflix bring back channel-surfing?
  (tags: netflix streaming television )
• Why Mom's Time Is Different From Dad's Time
  (tags: gender parenting time )
• Netflix ISP Speed Index
  (tags: netflix network speed )
• Your memory rewrites the past and edits it with new experiences
  (tags: memory )
• The comforting tone of the hourly radio pips
  (tags: radio bbc time )
• A Side By Side Look at How I Met Your Mother’s Excellent Use of Flashbacks
  (tags: tv )
• Metatextual art
  (tags: art text meta )
• On Harry, Ron and Hermione
  (tags: harrypotter )
• If you have anything cuter than this then I demand you send it to me at once!
  (tags: cute )
• Cervical cancer vaccine inventor to target herpes
  (tags: cancer sex disease vaccination )
• 11 Emotionally Repressed Valentine's Cards For British People (I'm hoping to get #6)
  (tags: funny Valentine )
• LOL and/or Lol! The Internet Has a Style Guide Now
  (tags: language internet viaJennieRigg )
• How a mammoth effort first brought clean water to Edinburgh
  (tags: edinburgh water history )
• HBO Makes More Money Than Netflix — For Now
  (tags: netflix streaming tv business )
• What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers
  (tags: brains psychology neuroscience animals )
• What do women want? Men with wide faces.
  (tags: psychology attraction relationships )
• Artificial arm plugs into nerve endings, giving amputees the ability to feel.
  (tags: prostheses cybernetics technology thefuture )

How I spent my evening, by Andrew Ducker, age 41 and ½

"Rayman Legends : Eye of the Tiger" (Watch on YouTube)

You don't get to have much more fun than that. Although the level with the 50-foot-tall Luchador is also pretty impressive.