It’s that time of the week! Here are a bunch of interesting links to things on this internet this week…
Let's start with a surprisingly frank talk by a supermodel on the power of image...
TO CALL Aaron Swartz gifted would be to miss the point. As far as the internet was concerned, he was the gift. The Economist remembers Aaron Swartz.
Obama’s move on gun control – will this be the time “real” change is made in this area? (I still believe that the argument for focusing on gun control is slightly misguided as surely mass shootings are an indication of a greater ill in the society?)
What is happening in Mali? French troops deployed…
Another question on the internet and privacy generally posed by this article: Is your data really your data?
So why have the Boeing Dreamliners been grounded? It's all in those lithium batteries...
An interesting article on “10 simple body language tips for the workplace”. I find these sorts of articles interesting. Do they always work? Perhaps not, but it’s food for thought.
The Washington Academy of Science is doing something really cool – giving science seals of approval to mystery books! Now you can know whether the book you are reading is scientifically accurate…
Great article by a mate on the deeper reasons behind why there is such an outcry this time over the Indian woman’s rape.
Well, we’ve known this for a while but now Cambridge has dug up proof: There is more to intelligence than just your IQ!
A great article about a man who delved into the underbelly of the internet; Chasing the Cicada: Exploring the Darkest Corridors of the Internet. Follow the thought process of someone who undertook the process: Clevecode
I caved and joined Reddit (there goes all the productivity in my life…). Found an intriguing comment string by people who have gotten shot…Worth a random peruse.
It was my worst moment, recorded for posterity's sake. What does it feel like? It felt like a cut. A deep, white cut. It felt like all my memories and my personality and what I was or would be were draining out of a hole I couldn't plug.
Also, don’t forget what was published on this blog recently, including a review of Adam Parr’s “The Art of War”, and the question of whether pay imbalance is because women take the lower paying jobs.