links for 2008-03-20

20Mar08

• BBC NEWS | UK | Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
  British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka at the age of 90. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, and foresaw the concept of communication satellites but never patented it.
  (tags: bbc news SirArthurCClarke StanleyKubrick literature science sciencefiction death scifi writer underwater explorer space promoter 2001 spaceodyssey communication satellites prophet hero)
• Seth’s Blog: Why bother having a resume?
  If you don’t have a resume, what do you have? How about three extraordinary letters of recommendation from people the employer knows or respects? Or a sophisticated project they can see or touch? Or a reputation that precedes you? Or a great blog?
  (tags: sethgodin marketing resume career business jobs blog blogging branding work cv project reputation)
• Shariah – Muslims – Islamic Law – Islam – Courts – New York Times
  To many, the word “Shariah” conjures horrors of hands cut off, adulterers stoned and women oppressed. Without Shariah, there would have been no Haroun al-Rashid in Baghdad, no golden age of Muslim Spain, no reign of Suleiman the Magnificent in Istanbul.
  (tags: nytimes NoahFeldman TheFallAndRiseOfTheIslamicState islam law religion muslim shariah RowanWilliams archbishop Canterbury fundamentalism humanrights orthodox jewish court marriage divorce same-sex marriages criminal-justice system torture outdated abandonment fiqh jurisprudence divine islamist politicians alimony old-fashioned harsh sodomy honorkilling sexism obscurantism savage punishment political-religious caliph sunna history despotism repugnancy clause)
• Speed Up Windows XP – Wired How-To Wiki
  Defragment Your Hard Drive. Improve Startup Times. Turn Off Unnecessary Services. Clean House (CCleaner). Optimize Your BIOS. Or just upgrading the HDD to an ultra-fast Serial ATA (SATA) drive capable of 10,000 RPM. Also, adding more RAM.
  (tags: howto.wired.com wired windows xp howto cleanup utilities productivity efficiency computer guide)
• The World’s Most Dangerous Geek : Rolling Stone
  “Coding is a form of self-expression”. Justin Frankel’s (Nullsoft) future encapsulates the debate over the future of the Internet itself. Does it become just a distribution system for corporate product or more of a way to subvert that corporate control?
  (tags: rollingstone JustinFrankel geek culture hacker programming digital music interview people AOL winamp gnutella shoutcast darknet waste nullsoft multimillion-dollar buyout napster internet punk private workspace decentralized environment network pirate nation winampwhipsthellama’sass)
• Feature: The Best of Lifehacker in Upgrade Your Life
  The second edition of the Lifehacker book, Upgrade Your Life, is a compilation of the best 116 hacks and downloads from Lifehacker’s archives. This dead tree version of the web site transforms dozens of blog posts into comprehensive, edited tutorials.
  (tags: lifehacker lifehacks GinaTrapani UpgradeYourLife book howto gtd organization productivity e-mail data block time-wasting website hacks)
• The Ministry of Type
  Typography. On black canvas. Beautiful.
  (tags: ministryoftype typography font design inspiration graphics retro futurism illustration diagram typographica glyph greek latin cyrillic)
• Why We Fantasize: The Science of Sex : DivineCaroline
  Fantasy may help our sex lives by increasing desire and arousal; those who fantasize frequently also tend to have more sex. Fantasy can be a coping mechanism — a positive spin on a negative childhood memory. Or just to explore eroticism “in your head”.
  (tags: sex health science research psychology fantasy kinky eroticism bondage incest sadomasochism voyeurism perverse psychoanalyst pathology masturbation mind psyche)
• International Beauty – 30 Countries, 30 Women
  France: Laetitia Casta. Canada: Natalie Glebova. Hungary: Bea Hargitai. Sweden: Paulina Porizkova. Holland: Doutzen Kroes. Russia: Natalia Vodianova. Italy: Federica Ridolfi. Colombia: Sofia Vergara. Denmark: Helena Christensen. Australia: Miranda Kerr.
  (tags: popcrunch women girls international list images beauty photography gallery)
• Top Ten – Top 10 Most Depressing Quotes from Orwell’s 1984 – Top 10 – Big Brother
  Nineteen Eighty-Four: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.
  (tags: alternativereel georgeorwell bigbrother quotes 1984 literature books fascism freedom politics dystopian oligarchies persecution power torture obedience submission erroneous thought orgasm activism)
• Discovery News : Virus Infection Battles Brain Cancer
  Using viruses to destroy tumors is not a new idea. However, the use of a self-replicating virus to treat cancer might be a last-ditch attempt after other treatments haven’t worked.
  (tags: discoverychannel medicine science cancer brain self-replicating virus treatment health research experimental tumour tumor-killing neurobiologist interferon vesicularstomatitisvirus VSV RNA DNA discovery biology)

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