Interesting links….

Haven’t had much time lately to write new blog entries, so instead I’ll provide some interesting links:

Something for Nothing
Interesting commentary on how Something for nothing (e.g.  Welfare states such as the Dutch one) is less than ideal and bad for productivity.

"…Growing up involves abandoning the mindset of an infant. This sometimes takes 80 years, and sometimes longer. By then, the infant is on Social Security and Medicare. He finds that politicians respond just as his parents did: They will do anything to stop the squalling. So, the squalling never ceases. It gets louder…"

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Borat on Conan, First 4 minutes of Borat Movie,

Dragster racing at 1000 Frames Per Second.

11 Killer Freebies for your Pocket PC
Many PDA users never venture beyond basic calendar and contact management, perhaps thinking that’s all the devices are good for. That’s a shame, because the modern Pocket PC (that is, a PDA running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system) can do more than you ever imagined, from reading e-books to making VoIP phone calls to streaming TV shows from your PC…

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Clarifying Thoughts on High Definition Game Rendering
Interesting article describing why 1080i and 1080p output is the same effort for a console.

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The boy with the incredible brain… Savant autism
Brilliant documentary about an autistic person who can actually express himself and explain ‘how it works’.

(Watch part 1, part 2)