Interesting Links for 27-09-2012
Sep. 27th, 2012 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
- Today we celebrate Petrov Day - the man who decided not to destroy the world (No, really)
- 10 most overused opening sentences in personal statements for university applications
- London's surnames overlaid on a map. (Useful for finding all the Cohens)
- A High Resolution Desktop 3D Printer for $2500. Damned impressive stuff.
- Obamacare Raises Taxes on Highest Earning American by $114 Million
- How the mere presence of a mobile phone harms face-to-face conversations
- Italy upholds rendition convictions for 23 Americans
- Manufacturers know their drugs don't work, but they hide it from doctors and patients
- If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?
- Can Etsy Go Pro Without Losing Its Soul?
- IQ correlated with happiness
- Researchers uncover biochemical chain of events needed to maintain an erection
- I Know That Feel, Bro: comic/cartoon characters empathise with each other. Terribly cute/sad.
- Buy a christmas present for someone who's taken refuge from abuse.
- A Conversation With Randall Munroe, the Creator of XKCD
- Douchebag attempts to shame woman, gets put in his place _and learns from it_.
- Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from space
Headline of the day!