Friday Link Love 7/11

Jul 12 2008

Yeah, I know it’s Saturday, not Friday. As I already wrote about in this post, Friday July 11 was the rollout for Apple’s iPhone 3G and the release of the new 2.0 firmware, which includes the ability to download 3rd party native applications. So I spent the majority of the evening, first updating my 1st generation iPhone to 2.0, and then exploring the app store on iTunes. A lot of really cool apps are available – many for free and some with a small price tag (I bought the classic word game Scrabble for $9.99).

Well, instead of using up an entire Friday Link Love post on the cool new iPhone apps, I will save that for another day. I still haven’t found the "perfect" ebook reading app (there are several I’m exploring right now), so you can expect a full write-up very shortly!

It’s no longer Friday, but it is still the weekend, and that should be enough to celebrate! Have a happy and safe weekend!

‘Readers: Born or mad?’: Is there a recreational reading gene?
An interesting post and you might be surprised by the conclusion.

Another example of persistence
While this isn’t a story about a writer, it does show that persistence can pay off in big ways.

First artificial DNA a step closer towards biological computers
Here’s your weekly science content! Looks like we aren’t far off from those cyborg clones that might one day take over the world.

One subpoena is all it takes to reveal your online life
The days of anonymously surfing the web are pretty much over (if we ever had those days to begin with). This should scare anyone worried about their privacy and the ever-present eyes of the government.

So farewell then, lit-crit
Where did literary criticism go wrong? This post offers a few clues.

Where recursive justification hits bottom
Uh…yeah, a very interesting post, albeit a long one. Give it a chance though, a great read!

Random post from Brad’s Reader
Here’s a post all about giving up and quitting.

Friday Link Love 7/11

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