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Linked List: October 31, 2006

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

Jack-o’-Lantern History and Folklore 

Good old Wikipedia.

It’s the Content, Not the Icons 

What is the deal with all those gaudy social bookmarking icons? Seriously — they suck. Same goes for textual “Like this article? Digg it!” links, by the way.

Google Acquires JotSpot 

Web 2.0 acquisition day, apparently.

User-Generated Content 

Snap!

Aaron Swartz is keeping a list of links about the Reddit-Condé Nast deal.

After Death, My Sweet: From an Idea by Kubrick, a New Film May Be Born 

A movie based on a lost manuscript titled “Lunatic at Large”, commissioned from writer Jim Thompson by Stanley Kubrick back in the late 1950’s, is set to go into production.

Reddit Acquired by Condé Nast 

They’re going to work for Wired Digital out in San Francisco. Terms not disclosed, not even to TechCrunch. It’s worth noting that the Reddit crew has been working with Condé Nast for some time: Lipstick is a celebrity gossip site built on the Reddit engine.

All Hallows 

Jim Coudal knocks one out of the park:

I have convinced myself that the way to deal with grief and hardship, the way to be The Good Husband and The Good Father is to be tough and logical and pragmatic. To be stronger than the problem. To keep it inside. I imagine that I’m not the only man like this. That suit seems to fit right off the rack.

Happy Halloween 

Jack-o’-lantern

Plastic, Interrupted 

Terrific design rant from Khoi Vinh:

Or, for that matter, consider any of the many, many pieces of digital hardware currently available on the market that, like my Treo, share the absolutely cringe-worthy characteristic of being pieces of plastic that are painted to look like metal.

Complete agreement.