Blow Job. Not what you think. Safe for work. Really!

Teaser for Skyfall, the next James Bond movie. Love Daniel Craig as Bond.

Pretty impressive demo of The Leap. Used to be that user interface only existed in the movies.

Los Angeles Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling. Not the point of the article, but wow: "Jefchak once worked in a booth outfitted with metal doors and porthole windows covered with drop-down guillotine shutters. The projectionist would pull a pin to shut the windows if the film caught fire, run out, pull another pin to shut the door and let the film burn itself out."

One for my dad: better with a beard.

Inertia at play: Opening Beer with Chainsaw .

Boss Slayer. Been awhile since I sucked up your time with a little game. Stick with the mouse movement, it gets better as you upgrade your ship. Really nicely balanced, I was just barely able to finish it on day 12 (in game days, not real-life days).

Money Unlimited. "In a different way, though, Citizens United is a distinctive product of the Roberts Court. The decision followed a lengthy and bitter behind-the-scenes struggle among the Justices that produced both secret unpublished opinions and a rare reargument of a case. The case, too, reflects the aggressive conservative judicial activism of the Roberts Court. It was once liberals who were associated with using the courts to overturn the work of the democratically elected branches of government, but the current Court has matched contempt for Congress with a disdain for many of the Court’s own precedents. When the Court announced its final ruling on Citizens United, on January 21, 2010, the vote was five to four and the majority opinion was written by Anthony Kennedy. Above all, though, the result represented a triumph for Chief Justice Roberts. Even without writing the opinion, Roberts, more than anyone, shaped what the Court did. As American politics assumes its new form in the post-Citizens United era, the credit or the blame goes mostly to him."

Don’t Mess with Massachusetts. "According to a 2011 Harvard study, while reading proficiency in Mississippi is comparable to Russia or Bulgaria, Massachusetts performs more like Singapore, Japan, or South Korea. Often better: Massachusetts students rank fifth in the world in reading, lapping Singapore and Japan, and needless to say, every state in the union. In math, Massachusetts slots in a global ninth, ahead of Japan and Germany. (Some international educational studies rank Shanghai and Hong Kong as separate countries; if this wasn’t done, Massachusetts would likely rank two places higher.)"

rm * plus bad backups added up to Pixar almost losing Toy Story 2. Shudder!

The Climate Fixers. One of the scariest articles on global warming I’ve read, both in laying out the likelihood and consequences of warming, and the risks of trying to prevent it through some drastic intervention (e. g. a man-made Pinatubo).

Ricochet Kills 3: Slightly disturbing that I find this so addictive.