Trivia – ten more non-work-related items

via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
If we continue to go on in the same way, our future is unsustainable. Of course, we never go on in the same way. Matt Ridley knows... more

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Bitterness is so common and so deeply harmful that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness: "post-traumatic embitterment disorder"... more

Classic video games reimagined as backyard "off your butt" games via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Brian Crecente over at Kotaku has a terrific post up about backyard adaptations of classic video games. I can imagine playing them for lulz myself, but they're particularly cool for parents with bored kids at home on summer break:
Here, mostly for my amusement, is a collection of games meant to be enjoyed outdoors. I've taken some of my favorite video games and tried to turn them into the sorts of games you play with friends on the lawn, in a park or anywhere there's space.
Included are homages to Katamari Damacy, Super Mario Bros. Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Frogger, and Metal Gear Solid. Enjoy, but don't blame me if you break something... even a sweat.
Printable PDFs for 6 games here.
Included: Katamari StickWithMe, Pac-Tag, Leapfrogger, Dodge Space Invaders, Metal Hear Hide and Sneak, and Super Hopscotch Bros. (hahahah!)

Free Steam Games – don’t be a party poop, download some free fun video games via The Red Ferret Journal by Nigel
It's Friday so why not kick back and enjoy some free video games courtesy of the Steam network delivery service?

Thanks to “How can I recycle this” I found
Ethical Consumer has reviewed a range of laundry detergents on the market in terms of their environmental impact – interesting reading.

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Plato called it “the greatest incentive to evil”" and maybe he was right. Yet we all succumb to pleasure: booze, chocolate, sex - or just a warm bath... more

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Refrigeration changed our attitude toward food by removing the site of production from the sight of consumers. Thus did our idea of "freshness" emerge... more

Friday fun via Science, Engineering & Technology Blog by Anne
Another interesting site from the Exploratorium today.
Last week we had the science of food. This week check out the science of music!

Petition to make clean water a human right via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
The Article 31 petition is trying to get the UN to add a new article to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one that recognises a fundamental right to water. It comes from the people who made the amazing documentary on water rights, Flow.

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Time for old feminists like Germaine Greer to “step aside,” she says. “It's like, we're grateful for what you did, but it's time for you to hand over”... more

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