Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-2-2009

It's the Northeast Blackout of 1965 all over again!

(tags: google email network gmail)

In which the person behind XKCD looks into the way men stand in toilets, and how to maximize and minimize their efficiency.

(tags: math toilets funny)

Based on Joss Whedon's run. I'd love to know how much cheaper this is than doing a proper cartoon of the comic...

(tags: comics animation x-men Marvel joss_whedon)

Nice of them to make a stand.

(tags: marriage rights equality)

Fascinating lecture on what success means, and how to reframe it in order to be happier.

(tags: philosophy video success psychology)

They found use of the drugs oxytocin or ergometrine to cut the risk of haemorrhage was associated with an overall 7% decline in the proportion who started breastfeeding within 48 hours of giving birth.

Among women who were not given the drugs, two-thirds (65.5%) started breastfeeding within 48 hours of giving birth.

But among those given a shot of oxytocin the breastfeeding rate was 59.1%, and among those who were given an additional injection of ergometrine the rate fell to just 56.4%.

(tags: children breastfeeding drugs oxytocin)

How have I lived without this???

(tags: LED water faucet geek wishlist)

Transitioning from sci-fi to reality as we speak...

(tags: augmentedreality electronics hardware interface technology future)

When things get bad, even the cocaine dealer starts cold-calling...

(tags: cocaine drugs funny marketing)

Number 19 is on the way!

(tags: children usa EpicFail)

I wish more shows were produced by pay-TV.

(tags: advertising television tv business)

Which might explain why sometimes you crave things you don't even like...

(tags: psychology neuroscience motivation pleasure)