Links For A Sunday Morning

• Why our 'amazing' science fiction future fizzled
  Or…where’s my jet pack, dude?
• 100 Abandoned Houses
  Haunting is the word I suppose.
• Ricky Gervais on Inside The Actor's Studio – Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Global warming causes 300,000 deaths a year, says Kofi Annan thinktank
• MovieStinger
  Lets you know whether or not a movie has extra footage or scenes after the credits.
  No wonder The Simpsons movie is top rated. I saw the first day first show but ‘couldn’t hold it in’ (just like Bart) till all the credits rolled. Read the reviews later and found out Lisa speaks her first word during the credits. Had to go back and watch it again.
• Summer Reading 2009
• For Teenagers, Hello Means ‘How About a Hug?’
  I am pro-hugs.
• Archie Makes His Choice (Or Does He?)
  And it’s Veronica.
• Interview with the First Lady
• Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.
  

  Wave is what email would look like if it were invented today.

• Coming soon: the new Cricinfo
  Finally…looking forward to it.
• Meet Bing, Microsoft’s New Search Engine
• Minigeek – Ed. 36 – The retweet
  
• Meet India's youngest MP!
  Get this…PA Sangma, former Speaker, has 4 kids…2 daughters and 2 sons, and is a fan of writers Agatha Christie and James Conrad. So guess what his kids are named? Agatha, Christie, Conrad and James…of course!
• Mongoose mayhem is beastly for bowlers
  The new Twenty20 bat gives batsmen an unfair advantage, especially as they are allowed to swap to it mid-innings. What it looks like
• Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling – Pictures
  Quite something…
• Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers
• Caring for Your Introvert. Also – Confessions of an Introverted Traveler (Both via)
• The Deck Ad Network Readership Survey
  Now thats a survey!
• Memorial Day, 2009 – Photos
• 100 Most Creative People In Business
  Don’t know what business AR Rahman is in though.
• Dumped: The Survival Guide
  Essential reading.
• Twenty thoughts on the IPL
  Again am reminded of this article. If the teams are evenly matched it is just going to be a lottery.
• Study ranks Mallika Sarabhai's website the best
  While the websites of LK Advani and Mallika Sarabhai were the most frequently updated, Sarabhai’s went a step further by raising funds, maintaining transparency and educating the voters about their constituencies.
  Future want-to-be MP’s hire the guy who ran her online campaign.