Interesting Links for 11-5-2011

[andrewducker]

• Google forms alliance to ensure all Android phones get 18 months of updates
  (tags: android google mobile_phones)
• The epic AV Referendum post-mortem blog: Evil triumphs when the good are led by incompetent halfwits
  (tags: uk politics voting av)
• Google Lobbies Nevada To Allow Self-Driving Cars
  (tags: google TheFuture usa law cars)
• BMI Says A Single Person Listening To Their Own Music Via The Cloud Is A Public Performance
  (tags: copyright stupidity)
• iFlowReader shuts down because Apple's 30% cut of ebooks makes it unprofitable.
  (tags: business apple ebooks)
• Nine out of 10 Free School applications fail to pass first test
  (tags: education uk government)
• Spelling out, in very big letters, something the LibDem leadership don't seem to understand
  (tags: libdem government uk)
• Mind/body program to reduce stress increases pregnancy rates in IVF treatment
  (tags: stress pregnancy)
• The six stages of movie geek evolution
  (tags: movies geeky)
• YouTube starts renting movies. The end is nigh for Cable.
  (tags: movies youtube vod)
• How not to Raise Spoiled Brats
  (tags: psychology education children money parenting)
• One Professor’s Attempt to Explain Every Joke Ever
  (tags: psychology research humour funny jokes)

Comments

Re: Chores and Clambering

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

my daughter is autistic, loves to help and is heartbroken when she thinks she hasn't


this generally involves asking her to do something, letting her crack on with it, then checking everything *very carefully* afterwards to make sure no-one will die.

watching her sheer joy at doing / fixing stuff is totally priceless. We drive each other completely nuts.