Links for 2004-11-20

“We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we‚Äôre hooked on.”

“The study contradicts a previous report, conducted in 2002, which said swapping songs online had no negative effect on music sales.”

Del.icio.us and tag-based structures like Flickr are still interesting the hell out of me – mainly because of the possibility of the sudden creation of a completely new layer of information worth mining and manipulating.

An extraordinarily high-quality digital image that allows you to zoom in to a ludicrous extent. It’s a bit of a shame that the place they took pictures of is so banal, but hey…

“There was this odd moment where Mrs. Reagan and President Reagan were having this little private chat and right in the middle you see Michael Jackson.”

If it’s real of course, which it might not be. And then of course if no one got hurt in the process. Which they very well might have been. Still, pretty awesome visuals…

Pictures of the new Apple Store to open tomorrow morning on Regent Street in London. There are apparently 250 grab bags with a value of over ¬£700 for sale for under half that price, if you’re prepared to wait outside for six-ten hours to get them…