Current mood:	awake
Entry tags:	linkspam

Contrasts
Ill-prepared hiker fined $500. He set out with a bag of potatoes and one naan bread (no water?) on a route that would have taken him longer than he planned even for those inadequate provisions. Fortunately, he was rescued before he got himself killed. By comparison, missing teen used bush skills to survive: this autistic boy with cerebral palsy got separated from his father in the bush, and used the skills he learned from Scouts to survive more than 28 hours. The weather that day topped 42'C (107.6'F). He drank water from leaves and buried himself in the sand to stay cool.

Pure Evil
Mosquito World: all about the worst animal on the planet

Sex
Slick, wet slug porn.

Music
Stephen Merrit's 'Reno Dakota', from 69 Love Songs, and the real Reno Dakota's answer. Embarrassment squick theatre 1000%. I look forward to a third song, this time from the guys Reno prefers.

Shakespeare As It Was Meant To Be Done
William Shatner's music video of Bohemian Rhapsody

Organic Chemistry
Screw Organic Chemistry - I'm Just Going To Write About Cats.

Education
For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall: the soul-destroying story of three low income students going to college.

Security
How credit cards can be read through clothes/wallet

Business
The risks of IT projects

Coffee
A short story by Charles Stross