Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 7/9/2010

This week I perused the Internet in search of personal enlightenment.  Instead I got a lot of cat pictures and a bunch of stuff about this guy named LeBron James.  Plus these links, which I’m sure you’ll find as fulfilling as I did.

2010: The year Apple enters a new golden age.

Novelist Nic Brown wanted to see what it’s like to play an ATP tennis pro just to see the difference in skill levels.  His mission?  Not to win outright, but win just one point.  [Video too!]

Newly published Mark Twain essay: Concerning the Interview.

Where the name soccer came from.

Best League of Legends boosting.

Here is a wedding photographer simply photographing a wedding.

What the Dunning-Kruger effect is…and isn’t.

Drowning doesn’t look like drowning.  A must-read, especially for parents.

Complex, multicelluar life from 2.1 billion years ago discovered via fossils in Gabon.  This is a major breakthrough; prior to this, the earliest complex life evidence was from ~600 million years ago.  In other words: life is old.  Really old.  Much older than we thought a few weeks ago.

Roger Ebert on videogames: Okay, kids, play on my lawn.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

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