Interesting Links for 23-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• To the EU: How not to hold a consultation
  (tags: eu consultation democracy )
• Virginia knows it has evidence that dozens of men were wrongly convicted of rape - but won't tell them.
  (tags: virginia epicfail law rape usa )
• An absolutely 100% true fact about bears (disclaimer: may be a lie. Still about bears though)
  (tags: funny bears )
• Amazon Kindle

Comments

[drdoug]

I love Internet time. "Most highlighted passages of all time" ... on a device that has been in consumer hands for less than five years.

[andrewducker]

It was interesting to see that the top ones were a mixture of classics and YA.

[atreic]

I felt like a complete marketter's dream, and utterly predictable. The first thing I read on my kindle was P&P, and last week I read the Hunger Games.

[philmophlegm]

How often do you see the left-wing 'Liberal' Conspiracy blog picking up and running with a Daily Mail campaign?

This should send a strong signal to the government that not only are secret courts appalling, they are also going to be unpopular.

[andrewducker]

It is good to see general disapproval. I've been seeing similar articles in other places for a while, but The Mail running a campaign will hopefully make a difference.

[octopoid_horror]

Not counting actual studying, I have only ever highlighted one passage in a book.

Not sure if I would be comfortable knowing a book-highlighter. I prefer right-thinking sorts.

[naath]

Ah but on an ereader highlighting doesn't damage the book

I'm a bit weird; I'm cheerfully write on my textbooks and recipe books and pattern books (knitting and sewing). But not in other kinds of book.

[khbrown]

I wonder how religion is factored into NI adoption