Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-14-2009: andrewducker

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-14-2009

The real reason why developers are awkward.

An interesting thesis that has some merit. I don't think it's more than part of the story though.

(tags: psychology coding geek people)
Amazon calls mistake 'embarrassing and ham-fisted'

"Many books have now been fixed and we're in the process of fixing the remainder as quickly as possible, and we intend to implement new measures to make this kind of accident less likely to occur in the future."

(tags: amazon amazonfail)
What happens if you drop a cannonball into Mercury?

Watch and see

(tags: science video physics)
Da Fug? Jeff is Enslaved by Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye

I've been looking forward to volume 2 for a long time. I must dig out volume one for a re-read while I wait for the trade to come out...

(tags: grantmorrison comics)
Alistair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders

A Mike Resnick short story. That manages to read like a holdover from 1950s SF, but seems somehow much more modern. Recommended.

(tags: sf short_story)
How the government uses dirty data to legislate morality

Or, in some cases, no data at all.

(tags: research government statistics UK censorship law morality)
Attempted rape used for laughs

I had felt tempted by The Boat That Rocked. I now feel rather revolted.

(tags: movies RichardCurtis rape)

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-14-2009