Linked List: May 17, 2010

Monday, 17 May 2010

Facebook’s New Privacy Control Center ★

Simpler than the old interface.

Alley Insider’s Chart of the Day: How Much Tech Companies Are Spending on Lobbying ★

Apple spends the least of the compared companies, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of total revenue. This suggests, perhaps, that Apple is not anticipating near-term government regulatory hassles.

The Shining’s Elevator of Blood Recreated With RealFlow and Lightwave ★

I dare say it may be better than the original. Holy shit. (Via Jim Coudal, of course.)

The Macalope on Adobe’s Apple Campaign ★

Adobe co-founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke:

In the end, we believe the question is really this: Who controls the World Wide Web?

The Macalope:

This is not the question at all. Is the iPhone OS the Web? No. That’s ridiculous.

‘Cannonball’ ★

Beautiful, thoughtful short film by Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari, on California’s glut of empty pools behind foreclosed homes. (Via Good, by way of Coudal.)

Josh Cooley: Inappropriate Golden Books, The Book ★

Hilarious.

Ads Are Content ★

Nicole Jones:

The ads you allow on your site are part of your brand.