Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 10/22/10

October 22, 2010
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Halloween is a funny time, especially if you have a six-year-old boy with an active imagination and a level of cynicism that belies his age. While he’s super excited about Halloween – counting down the days until it arrives, every hour of every day – he also has his share of pragmatic concerns about the festival. Such as:

Indicating that since pumpkin pie is made out of pumpkins and we eat pumpkins for food, it’s a good thing we don’t bake cow pie. I am not making this up. I didn’t have the heart to pull the hamburger off his plate.
Asking, while we were hanging a plastic decorative skeleton from one of our trees, if tying the rope around his neck would kill him. Then, after a moment of reflection, “Well, he’s already dead, so I guess it’s okay.” So my son, age six, is concerned about hanging a live person from our trees, but a dead person, well, get the juice boxes, it’s a party!
He says that if any monsters break into our house during Halloween to try and get him, our cats will get the monsters first. I don’t have the heart to tell him our cats are deathly afraid of just about anything, including molecules.

And that’s just for starters. I could go on, but one day I will rely on him for medical assistance so posting embarrassing anecdotes about his penchant to rationalize the ridiculous isn’t exactly a winning strategy.

But here are some very premium links for you to read this weekend. Please enjoy.

Jay Kang has a gambling problem. Here’s a fascinating firsthand account of the lifestyle, including some tips on how to lose $18,000 in 36 hours.

A Redditor makes an observation about Minnesota and Alfred Hitchcock.

A story of a pilot who refused to walk through one of the new full body scanners with AIT (Advanced Imaging Technology), which essentially conducts a virtual strip search.

The Value of a Dollar project – in other words, a photoessay about how much food one can buy for a single dollar. Thought exercise: if you didn’t have much money and your DNA was telling you to eat the most calorie-rich foods you could find to ensure your personal survival, do you see how fast food wins over good food?

Here’s a gangsta-ized (Snoop Double Dizzle) version of lorum ipsum.

Gene Simmons threatens Anonymous over DDoS attacks to his site. Really stupid move. Here’s some more info about Anonymous, in case you’re unfamiliar.

Finally, your password should not be ‘password’.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

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