{"id":1018,"date":"2009-03-06T08:02:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T08:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2009-03-06T08:02:14","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T08:02:14","slug":"who-watches-the-linky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"Who Watches The Linky?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suvudu.com\/freelibrary\/\">legal free books to download at Suvudu<\/a>, including Kim Stanley Robinson&#8217;s magisterial work of hard SF, <em>Red Mars<\/em>. Available in .pdf at present, other formats to come.<br \/>\nEveryone&#8217;s education into the ridiculous scheme that is the global financial system continues. Three great, fun lessons this week: first, a fun and helpful visualisation of the crisis of credit:<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3261363&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/3261363\">The Crisis of Credit Visualized<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/jonathanjarvis\">Jonathan Jarvis<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<br \/>\nSecond, the failure of (you guessed it) the U.S. biz media, entertainingly skewered by (you also guessed this bit) Jon Stewart at The Daily Show:<\/p>\n<style type='text\/css'>.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/comedycentral\/video\/assets\/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}<\/style>\n<div class='cc_box' style='position:relative'><a href='http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com' target='_blank' style='display:inline; float:left; width:60px; height:31px;'><\/p>\n<div class='cc_home' style='float:left; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px; width:60px; height:31px; background:url(\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/comedycentral\/video\/assets\/syndicated-logo-out.png\");'><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style='font:bold 10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; float:left; width:299px; height:31px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 1px 0px 0px; overflow:hidden; color:#707070;'>\n<div class='cc_show' style='position:relative; background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-left:3px; height:14px; padding-top:2px; overflow:hidden;'><a href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/' target='_blank'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><span style='position:absolute; top:2px; right:3px;'>M &#8211; Th 11p \/ 10c<\/span><\/div>\n<div class='cc_title' style='font-size:11px; color:#868686; background-color:#f5f5f5; padding:3px; padding-top:1px; line-height:14px; height:21px; overflow:hidden;'><a href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/video\/index.jhtml?videoId=220252&#038;title=cnbc-gives-financial-advice' target='_blank'>CNBC Gives Financial Advice<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='cc_links' style='float:left; clear:left; width:358px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-top:0px; font:10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; color:#b9b9b9; background-color:#f5f5f5;'>\n<div style='width:177px; float:left; padding-left:3px;'><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/index.jhtml'>Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><br \/><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/shows\/important_things\/index.jhtml'>Important Things With Demetri Martin<\/a><\/div>\n<div style='width:177px; float:left;'><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor<\/a><br \/><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.jokes.com'>Joke of the Day<\/a><\/div>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Third, Vanity Fair writes an <a href=http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/politics\/features\/2009\/04\/iceland200904>amazing piece about Iceland, the country that collapsed itself<\/a>. You&#8217;ll be amazed by how much is explained when you hear that Icelandic men like to barge into you in the street.<br \/>\nThis month&#8217;s MySpace Dark Horse Presents has not one but two stories I commend to your attention:<br \/>\n<a href=http:\/\/myspace.com\/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=20&#038;storynum=3>an exclusive Achewood strip &#8211; in colour<\/a>! And also <a href=http:\/\/myspace.com\/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=20&#038;storynum=4>an exclusive strip by Kate Beaton &#8211; in colour<\/a>! This is the good stuff right here.<br \/>\nIf you know of Watchmen, you DO NOT want to miss this: <a href=http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/485797>Watchmen as a Saturday Morning Cartoon<\/a>. So very funny and so very wrong.<br \/>\nI was also gonna linky to the new Ed Brubaker-written Zoe-Bell-starring free web TV <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pretty-scary.net\/?q=content\/angel-death-zo%C3%AB-bell-and-lucy-lawless-premieres-march-2nd\">Angel of Death<\/a>, but it seems to have gone from Crackle even though the press release announcing it is still up all over the web. Huh. (Also featuring Lucy Lawless, apparently. Starring two Kiwi actresses then! Heh.)<br \/>\nAnd finally&#8230; <a href=http:\/\/thismodernworld.com\/4701>somehow this is even creepier than it should be<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some legal free books to download at Suvudu, including Kim Stanley Robinson&#8217;s magisterial work of hard SF, Red Mars. Available in .pdf at present, other formats to come. Everyone&#8217;s education into the ridiculous scheme that is the global financial system continues. 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