Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 6/11/10

Before I get to the links, let me be very clear about one thing.  Today marks the beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2010, an event spanning 30 days that nearly no Americans care about that is simultaneously celebrated by the rest of the world with a nationalistic vigor  that makes the Olympic spirit look like the foothills peppering Mt. Everest.  It’s less a sporting event and more a civil version of globalized tribal warfare, and if you’ve ever seen the crowds at a World Cup match, you know it’s Rome incarnate.  It’s the only sport in the world where if you accidentally score on your own goal during a key match, your career is over. Very over.

I can’t wait.

So speaking of the World Cup, here is the schedule if you feel you want to see what the hype is all about. (Bonus link: typographic World Cup t-shirts!)

Remember our scrambled eggs recipe?  People loved that.  Here’s its sequel: Perfect Popcorn (courtesy of Alton Brown via Good Eats season 10).

Apple Design Award winners for the best iPhone and iPad apps.  Good picks.

The Chicago Sun-Times’s Andy Ihnatko reviews the HTC Droid Incredible and HTC/Sprint EVO 4G.  I’ll spare you the suspense: both are downright amazing smartphones.

What pro videogamers have in common with top athletes.

You’ve heard of BASE jumping from very high fixed objects, right?  Did you know there’s an underwater version of the sport?  Guillaume Nery is a world champion free diver, and he’s done an underwater BASE jump into Dean’s Blue Hole in Long Island, Bahamas, which plunges 663 feet to the bottom.  No tanks, no air supply whatsoever. Check out the absolutely incredible video.  (Confession: I was breathing hard just watching it.)

On distraction: why your mind should go on the occasional information diet.

Extensions for fresh-off-the-press Safari 5. Not bad work for just a few days.

Daring Fireball’s John Gruber with his iPhone 4 impressions.  Astute, as usual.

You Are Not So Smart: a very smart blog about self-delusion. Worth your time.

Video: The Secret Powers of Time.  What is your time perspective? Trust me, this is also worth every bit of the 10 minutes it asks.

Have a good weekend, everyone.

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