Around the Web

As always, my (mostly successful) attempts to find the worthwhile material underneath all the crap of Lolcats and YouTube video of people being injured. 

A moving letter by Mother who lost her son to an illegitimate war.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/i-have-become-uncomfortably-numb  


Roughly my opinion: 
http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2009/12/e091207-pett.jpg

Some amazing artwork.
http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

A humorous take on a distinctly interesting subject:  
http://www.churchhopping.com/ten-verses-never-preached-on/


The pathetic thing is, this list probably isn't comprehensive. At least the bible isn't just full of crap; it's also full of contradictions.
http://www.evilbible.com/Biblical%20Contradictions.htm

Evidence that yes, uranium is a non-renewable resource, but that there isn't quite the shortage that the anti-nuclear corner seems to believe in.
http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeAvailabilityOfUsableUranium

More corporate exploitation. (Wow, there seems to be a theme somewhere!)
http://rabble.ca/news/2010/09/hidden-costs-canada%E2%80%99s-banana-market

In my opinion, likely the best XKCD ever. 
http://xkcd.org/792/

It does sound as if there is some truth to the claim.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/canadian-tar-sands-industry-government-maintains-higher-water-toxicity-natural.php?campaign=th_rss

If you haven't seen the tower being free-climbed, then I'll direct you over to Boing-Boing. I have a fear of heights that however inconveniencing, still made watching this in full-screen quite an adventure. 
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/15/free-climbing-a-towe.html 

Sarah Palin + EFF + bullshit TOS.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/sarah-palin-revisited 

Great Wired article. 
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/obama-epa-investigations 

Nothing but good news on here, eh?
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/148169


Just because I want to stop explaining this to the employees at electronics stores. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_Myth


If you don't know why America has a lacking system of public transportation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Streetcar_Scandal 

Laugh of the day:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/15/alvisos-medicinal-al.html 

It just do happens that I love TED. 
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/the-magic-that-is-ted/


I watched both, and enjoyed them: nothing revolutionary, but still should be enough to return pro-DRM back to the world where the rest of us live.
http://craphound.com/?p=3071

Unfortunate. 
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/28/starcraft-ii-pirates-stung-by-malware/ 

I really enjoyed this, although I doubt it will mean much if you don't have an interest in LOTR, although you never know. 
http://philipreeve.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-is-tolkien-poster-i-had-on-my.html


I'll leave it at that. If you have anything I might be interested in, send it my way. Remember, proper credit is a right, not a gift, not optional.