Drew Westen’s Nonsense. I bought Westen’s opinion piece, "What Happened to Obama’s Passion?", and linked to it (along with just about everybody else, it seems). But this piece by Jonathan Chait pretty much crushes it. I am so easily taken in!
I created a page for one of my favorite old Listology lists that I have continued to add to over the years: My Favorite Action Scenes.
As a studious avoider of spoilers I’m not sure I’m buying this, but research suggests that spoilers don’t spoil anything (note that the link has a big Harry Potter spoiler at the top of the article, those bastards!). (thx david)
The trailer for A Lonely Place to Die looks good:
… and here's a [rave review](http://www.rowthree.com/2011/04/11/actionfest-review-a-lonely-place-to-die/) to go with it.xkcd on passwords (you can make them both easier to remember and harder to crack!).
UPDATE: Here’s a good explanation of the above comic, which also includes a link to another xkcd cartoon. (thx david)
This is pretty cool, Jonathan Stark has made his Starbucks card public:
You can download this picture of my Starbucks card to your phone and buy coffee at Starbucks with it. Seriously. My card gets charged, you don’t. Details are here.
If you’re feeling generous, you can also add money to my Starbucks card by doing this and enjoy some serious good karma.
See also caffè pagato.
[“Real Names” Policies Are an Abuse of Power](http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/08/04/real-names.html ““Real Names” Policies Are an Abuse of Power - Danah Boyd”). Danah Boyd is my favorite social media thinker.
Skateboarding falls at 1000 frames per second. Everything looks like a train wreck at 1000 fps.
That Truck Driver You Flipped Off? Let Me Tell You His Story. Sounds like a pretty hellish existence, even without the family tragedy piled on.
What Happened to Obama’s Passion?. "… when faced with the greatest economic crisis, the greatest levels of economic inequality, and the greatest levels of corporate influence on politics since the Depression, Barack Obama stared into the eyes of history and chose to avert his gaze."
Been awhile since I sucked away a little piece of your life on some casual game, so maybe sink your teeth into Blipzkrieg.