Today's favorite links...(a few minutes late)

It has been a long day so I will limit this to the favorite links of the day (with as much commentary as I feel like noting at the moment).

Is It Time to Just Live With Climate Change?

I’m not ready to give up yet. I have read some of Lomborg’s work (The Skeptical Environmentalist) and I like his analysis but I’m not sure it is complete or an excuse to do nothing.

Stores Know You Don't Like Christmas Marketing In October, But Don't Care

Just thought this was kind of interesting. Other than that it doesn’t really affect my life. (and I’m tired and don’t feel like wasting any of my juice on this story)

RIAA Misinformation Campaign Apparantly Works

Well, I have been anti RIAA since around 2001. These guys are ruthless and yet to the people who watch what is going on, we all realize that they still really aren’t getting anywhere. People are not going to conform to RIAA’s wishes and they need to stop wasting money and either A.) give up, or B.) find a way to distribute affordable music online in a way that is easier than getting it for free (and unfortunately I realize that this probably isn’t going to happen).

The New Power Plants: Human Crowd Farms?

My instinct tells me this probably isn’t going to happen anytime in the near future…but who knows.

A Peek at Halloween Celebrations Throughout the World (Pics)

I love Halloween and as a geographer I am always interested in how different cultures celebrate this differently. Have a look (although some of the North American stuff I am not familiar with).

Ig Nobel awards won by....

Just a fun one here. But find the one about the airforce…maybe we should drop one of those on Iran since they “don’t have that problem.”

Zero Punctuation: Tabula Rasa

If you aren’t an MMORPG’r then you won’t get it…but its funny if you are.

Democratic-Led Congress Breaks Record For Highest Number Of Roll Call Votes

Just interesting statistics…although I’m glad it is led by the Democrats, I would rather see some effective stuff coming out rather than just a bunch of numbers. At least I’m more optimistic now than in the past (even though the approval rating is still terribly low).

The Life of Buddha - Documentary

If you have 49 minutes to learn a little history then take a look…if not then this one can be skipped.

Was A McConnell Staffer Behind The Campaign To Smear The 12 Year Old Boy?

Oh I don’t even feel like getting into this (eyes getting bloodshot)…it’s clear the slander is sinking low (even for Republicans) but let’s just all admit that anybody in politics is going to try to discredit the other at some point. Unfortunately the victim of this one is a 12 year old boy…ugh…I guess this is what I always hear about “good morals.”

The Worst Thing about Macs

If you know somebody that is a huge Apple fan then you will definitely relate to this one. I am a PC user but will concede that Microsoft does a lot of stuff wrong and Apple does some stuff right…but I agree that it’s the kind of people that are Mac fans that are the biggest turn off. I personally wish Microsoft and Apple would both invent a device that made all of their products disintegrate (of course this would be shortly after they were automatically programmed to save all the data to something open source)…

Rudy Resoundingly Booed by New Yorkers at Yankee Game

I could care less about the fact that Rudy doesn’t know the words to “God Bless America.” I just can’t believe that I agree with so many Yankee’s fans…

Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

Good tips…I have read a lot of “Top 10s” but this is one of the best in a while. I think I will try some of these (I really need to work on the exercise/eating/screen usage ones)…

50 Quick, Painless Ways You Can Help the Environment Today

I think I read one of these every day…this one is the best so far. Please read and act!

'24' actor Kiefer Sutherland gets 48 days in jail

And yet another reason that I vote Chuck Norris higher in the ranks…although Jack Bauer is still pretty cool.

Essay: What if Internet Bandwidth Was Infinite?

Interesting thoughts to ponder…but not much to spend daily chats discussing.