Interesting Links for 2-5-2011

[andrewducker]

• Gay asylum claims not being counted despite pledge
  (tags: lgbt uk asylum)
• The Vatican comes out on the sensible side in its reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death
  (tags: OsamaBinLaden catholicism)
• Man unknowingly tweets the raid on Osama.
  (tags: twitter OsamaBinLaden alquaeda usa military)
• A Rough Guide to Social Skills for Awkward Smart People
  (tags: psychology intelligence geek)
• How to raise a child who doesn't bully
  (tags: bullying children parenting)
• Is Honeycomb Android's Vista?
  (tags: android google operatingsystems mobile_phones)
• What it actually costs to provide internet access
  (tags: internet money usa)
• Osama Bin Laden is dead.
  (tags: terrorism us afghanistan pakistan)
• A 1.15 gigapixel photo of the royal wedding crowd that you can pan and zoom around. I remember when this tech was hard to do.
  (tags: photography wedding royalty photo)
• The Map of Metal. Here be...dragons.
  (tags: music metal map history flash maps design)
• Ten ways that America is #1! (Closely followed by the UK at #2 in too many cases)
  (tags: America EpicFail)
• Greens would pick up most Lib Dem 2nd preferences under AV
  (tags: libdem green voting AV)
• Fascinating piece on Marcia Lucas, George's ex-wife, and a strong influence on the original movies.
  (tags: starwars georgelucas movies)
• 20 Classic Pin-Up Girls Before And After. How adverts were made before photoshop. (slightly NSFW)
  (tags: art illustration photography pinup advertising)
• What to do when your characters won't do what you tell them to?
  (tags: comics funny writing)

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Interesting that the most common second preference for LibDem _members_ (not voters) is arguably the second least liberal party (beaten only by the BNP of the alternatives given).

[andrewducker]

Yup. I suspect it largely comes from not being happy voting Labour or Conservative.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

You know you're living in the future when...

... A commando raid is liveblogged.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Awww... I hate it when you post links to stuff about social skills for geeks.

I can *do* social skills. But I just sometimes think, what's the damn point of being smart if you *can't* tell people they're morons?

[andrewducker]

I dunno. I prefer to use my intelligence to boost the things that make me happy, rather than making other people feel bad.

[broin.livejournal.com]

Making other people feel bad doesn't make you happy?

Avoid tumblr. ;)

[andrewducker]

I don't have a problem with stuff on a persons own blog talking about how they feel. Want to take the piss out of awful grammar on AwfulGrammar.com? Fine - and frequently hilarious. Shouting directly at people because you didn't like their grammar? Just mean.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

I must read more about Marcia Lucas. I sometimes think she was also written out because she was a she and thus more easily overlooked by our culture. Some of my friends have speculated that it is too bad she didn't help in the last three films. They might have all been better.

May the Force Be With You Marcia. Always.

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

Yes, that article was fascinating!