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An excellent three-part essay on comic books and the changing shape of the superhero genre(s).
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“Doctors can greatly improve their stethoscope skills and therefore their ability to diagnose heart problems by listening repeatedly to heartbeats on their iPods.” (Drs accuracy doubles after 5 minutes with iPod recordings! Hmmm.)
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“The arch of an eyebrow or the curve of a lip tells chimps a lot about each other, in a finding that may give scientists new understanding about the evolution of human communication, researchers report.” (Donna Haraway will be pleased!)
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I know Ask A Ninja and OKGo … the rest are new to me. No stats on how many votes, though!
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UK man Kevin Whitrick logged into a chatroom, stated he was going to hang himself, turned on a webcam - was egged on by some, a few tried to talk him out of it - and then he hanged himself with a live webcam showing the whole thing.
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“You’ve heard of iPod - now welcome to iGod. High-tech vicar Reverend Clay Nelson is taking his sermons virtual. The Auckland vicar has been releasing weekly addresses from St Matthew-in-the-city through the internet for almost a year.”
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The Children of Húrin will be released worldwide on 17 April, with Tolkien’s son completing the unfinished work begun by his father more than half a century ago.
3 Responses to “links for 2007-03-27”
By Graeme Watson on Mar 27, 2007 | Reply
I have great pride in out nerding youm by being familiar with the work of OK GO, Ask a Ninja, The Winecone and The Free Hugs Campaign.
By Graeme Watson on Mar 27, 2007 | Reply
ahh a new word is created, let all bask in the glory of ‘youm’
By Tama on Mar 27, 2007 | Reply
I guess we could use it in a chant … “youm … youm … youm …”