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Recent Links

• Video: Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary
  In this TED talk, Erin McKean explains why paper dictionaries are too limiting, and gives a glimpse at the future of lexicography.
• Vide: Japanese Watchmen Trailer
  Lots of bonus footage, including the Comedian on the Grassy Knoll, and Nixon winning his third term.
• Video: The Mystery of the Yellow Line
  Ever wonder how they paint the line for the first down on the camera? Turns out the camera tracks pan/tilt/zoom/etc and sends those back to a computer that does standard greenscreen replacement.
• Air Force Blog Reply Flowchart
  This is fascinating, if only to see the official Air Force version of "Don't Feed the Trolls."
• The Mojave Experiment: Bad Science, Bad Marketing
  "Microsoft has managed to prove that if you have a friendly expert on a controlled machine (with Vista pre-installed) showing a carefully selected subset of Vista features to an ignorant XP user for a few minutes, the XP user will often say he finds Vista acceptable. Wow."
• Write off that first hour
  I agree 100%: "In all seriousness, you will feel much happier - and end up being more productive - if you spend the first hour of the day catching up on your RSS feeds, replying to blog comments, reading magazines, engaging with the community, getting your inbox count down, finding inspiration, and doing a bit of general surfing."
• The Death Throes of Print?
  "Most publishers seem satisfied to blindly dump their prized content into a lifeless shell of a site. Why should we give a damn about your site when you clearly don’t?"
• Penny Arcade! - Once More Unto The Breach
  "Okay, I think I'm ready for a week at your parents."
• Project Apollo Spacesuit
  "Unsuprisingly, spacesuit #3 was not popular amongst the Apollo astronauts."
• Video: Viral Marketing at Death Star
  "My honored colleagues from now on we will be pushing the envelope in terms of advertising. Viral Marketing is the big magic word."