Interesting Links for 15-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• A suggested for selling books/comics online, with no setup costs. It's actually pretty smart.
  (tags: writing marketing publishing comics online business distribution selfpublishing ebook)
• Swine flu gives its survivors supercharged immunity
  (tags: medicine science health swineflu virus)
• Putting food labels on restaurant menus does not affect customer choices even a tiny little bit.
  (tags: food law)
• $1,000 reward offered for stolen cancer research laptop. WILL SOMEONE TEACH RESEARCHERS TO BACK UP!!!!!!!
  (tags: research theft EpicFail OhForFucksSake)
• Researchers Use MRI to Predict 60% Of Your Gaming Prowess
  (tags: psychology games computers brain neuroscience)
• Woman claimed to have cancer and burns in order to have a relationship with another woman while claiming to be a main.
  (tags: relationships wtf)
• How drug classification really works
  (tags: drugs satire funny)
• Fantasy names: a rant.
  (tags: writing scifi fantasy language)
• Government not able to limit RBS bonuses, due to contract signed by Labour
  (tags: rbs bonus banking uk government finance)

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I think 'giving up' on a large chunk of modern media is fashionably cynical. It's an expression I'm sure you've heard me use before.