links for 2007-03-31

• Humanity’s dark side — The Washington Times
  Perhaps the most under-rated and unread great novel of the 20th century was Robert Musil’s “The Man Without Qualities.”
  (tags: books reviews)
• My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
  My History Can Beat Up Your Politics is a podcast that examines the historical foundation behind today’s politics and provides layers and layers of historical insight to help you better understand current events
  (tags: history politics podcast)
• BBC NEWS | Health | Semi-identical twins discovered
  Scientists have revealed details of the world’s only known case of “semi-identical” twins.
  (tags: genetics biology science)
• Muslims in the Dark – The New York Review of Books
  (tags: books reviews religion culture)
• Shakespeare and the Uses of Power – The New York Review of Books
  (tags: literature politics society tbr shakespeare)
• FRIDAY FUN: ANTI-MSN BLOGGING
  (tags: gender culture)
• Tomorrows Laundry » Blog Archive » Four Blank WordPress Themes
  (tags: wp web_design)
• People have no idea why they’re doing what they’re doing – (37signals)
  (tags: psychology business culture)
• Working With Rails – Home
  (tags: RoR portal reference)
• Anne Zelenka on Gender Diversity At Conferences
  (tags: gender technology)
• Nadine Jarvis | projects
  Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash – a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.
  (tags: art psychology)
• squidsquid.com – find out your squid quotient
  Take the carefully designed test in order to determine your Squid Quotient/ Squintelligence Quotient (SQ). Your SQ reveals your affinity for squid.
  (tags: squids amusements)
• Powercast’s technology cuts the electric cord – April 1, 2007
  How much money could you make from a technology that replaces electrical wires? … Powercast and its first major partner, electronics giant Philips, are set to launch their first device powered by electricity broadcast through the air.
  (tags: hardware technology energy cool)
• Slashdot | Windows Vulnerability in Animated Cursor Handling
  … this is a vulnerability that affects Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. The exploit has already been used in the wild. … The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the handling of animated cursors
  (tags: amusements computing)
• The 485,460-Calorie Messiah – Esquire.com
  ‘The artistic endeavor titled, “My Sweet Lord,” can also give you 3,240 percent of the Vitamin A you need each day…’
  (tags: religion chocolate amusements)
• More on “gay” male fruit flies…
  ‘Fruitless’
  (tags: genetics)