Interesting Links for 25-4-2011

[andrewducker]

• Nintendo confirms Wii successor arriving 2012 - will be shown off at E3
  (tags: nintendo consoles games wii)
• Leaked Guantánamo files show utter stupidity, torture and lies
  taxi
  (tags: guantanamo politics usa torture)
• Air pollution is so bad in London that they are going to be a £175m fine from the Olympic committee without drastic measures...
  (tags: olympics london pollution EpicFail)
• A series of open letters to humanity. Touching and funny.
  (tags: comic philosophy religion science funny god)
• Why the whole Eostre/Easter thing is just plain wrong.
  (tags: easter paganism religion)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Hurrah, yet another version of Mario Kart.

... I'm a bit cynical about Nintendo machines, in all the years the Wii has been around, it's only seemed to manage about 3 games I'd ever want to play.

Be interesting if they do ban cars from London during the Olympics though. Though I imagine they will be praying for rain instead.

[andrewducker]

The Wii is pretty much the only place I get to play coop multiplayer games on console. As this is what Julie and I like doing, I'll be sticking with it for the moment.

(Lara Croft on the 360 being an awesome exception)

[sigmonster.livejournal.com]

London is already threatened with unlimited fines from the EU, too: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/25/london-air-pollution-europe.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

That comic made me so happy. Thanks!

[crm.livejournal.com]

"A contrary position comes from Professor Ronald Hutton, who needs no introduction"

That dude is a god among men, he has single handedly straightened out most of the mess the folk revivals did to the indigenous history of these islands.
you could do a lot worse then picking up either 'Stations of the Sun' (concerning the traditional festivals of the archipelago) or 'Druids' (concerning... actually, ill let you work that one out) for a no nonsence, cleenley reserched expose on 'this sort of thing'

im aware that as a reasoned thiest in the 21rst century im 'arming the enemy', but frankly, id rather grease the good professor's pockets. Good scholarship trumps ideological warfare and all that.