Interesting Links for 22-7-2011

[andrewducker]

• Foxes on a trampoline
  (tags: funny foxes trampoline video)
• Four ways to sort out the Euro finance crisis (and why they are all illegal)
  (tags: euro europe finance)
• An audit of the US federal reserve uncovers some startling things.
  (tags: politics usa finance banking)
• Working mothers and the effects on children (hint - not actually bad for them)
  (tags: parenting children)
• Some reasonable analysis on privatisation and the NHS
  (tags: nhs privatisation uk)
• The new movie from the director of Gattaca looks fascinating and fun
  (tags: life time JustinTimberlake movies scifi)
• Living with a writer - what it's like to be married to Charlie Stross
  (tags: charlesstross writing relationships)
• An amazing piece of graffiti
  (tags: graffiti art)
• Baby Voldemort toy is the most horrifying thing to come out of the Harry Potter world
  (tags: harrypotter dolls baby terrifying scary)
• Russia classifies beer as alcoholic. No. Really.
  (tags: russia alcohol beer)
• Why Finland has the best education system in the world (no testing, highly respected teachers with Masters degrees)
  (tags: education teaching learning finland)
• When Nerd Worlds Collide: Lego Announces DC AND Marvel Licenses
  (tags: lego dc marvel comics)
• Every atom in your body is replaced over the course of a year.
  (tags: human bodies science awesome)
• Chris Eccleston reveals the true reasons why he left Doctor Who
  (tags: christophereccleston drwho bbc politics)

Comments

[cheekbones3]

The baby Voldemort was the thing that made me grumpiest about the film, among all the simplifications and changes. It didn't need to be explained - in the book it wasn't After some thought, I worked it out. In the film they just told the audience. The gits.

Quite apart from all but ignoring a large part of the motivation behind the events of series (i.e. the Deathly Hallows and their story) and changing a very good ending to the book. Hmph.

[meaningrequired.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of similarities to living with a writer and a PhD student in the writing up phase :)

[andrewducker]

I HADN'T NOTICED.

:->

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

or anyone in their creative 'zone'. I am thoroughly horrible, snappish and resent eating, peeing, sleeping or any interruptions at all. I can put up with bass playing muted by 2 doors and a hallway though, even if it's (other) music that I am in the mode of.

[meaningrequired.livejournal.com]

YES! Getting up to get a damned drink when I'm on a roll is really frustrating. Even if its tea.

Every atom in your body is replaced over the course of a year

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

What about the DNA?

Re: Every atom in your body is replaced over the course of a year

[andrewducker]

I believe that that, too, is made of atoms.