Stuff you must read today (Wed, 5 Dec 2012)

Wed, 5 Dec 2012
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  • Lair of the Trapmaster | oglaf.com
    “Over-thinking”.

    ‘Nuff said. Or is it?

  • The Modern Man’s Guide to Cocktails | Details.com
    If you like your alcohol and you’re past the SHOTS-SHOTS-SHOTS stage of life.

  • Quote #306044 | QDB
    A humorous take on penis size and perspective – with a dash of behavioural science included.

  • The Cobra Effect: Full Transcript | Freakonomics
    “This is what…we call the “cobra effect” where you have a well-intended scheme, but instead of solving the problem it makes the problem actually worse”.

    Which is what I feel sometimes takes place in the Civil Service and the Government as well.

  • Sing Meatbags, Sing Medicine Angels! | This Rocketship Will Crash
    “We’re willing to sacrifice colossal resources to create these geniuses. However, doctors are no better than other people when it comes to policing their own brains. They are fallible, corruptible, and certainly capable of making more mistakes than, say, a computer. No one wants to admit that many minds working together to solve scientific problems get better results than one lone genius working in the dark”.

    The case for crowd-sourcing.

“Skyfall” by Adele – ultimate National Day song!

Tue, 4 Dec 2012
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Skyfall

Have you watched Skyfall, the latest James Bond movie? It’s awesome!

Regardless, have you heard “Skyfall” by Adele, the theme song of – jang jang jang! – Skyfall?

If you have or when you do, you’ll realise that “Skyfall” is, like, the ULTIMATE National Day song ever!

Observe:

  • A world in crisis: “This is the end”; “When worlds collide and days are dark” – check.
  • Propagating communitarian values: “Let the sky fall, when it crumbles/We will stand tall/Face it all together” – check.
  • The watchful eye of Big Brother: “Where you go I go,/What you see I see” – check.
  • The strangely nurturing yet protective might of defence forces: “I know I’ll never be me, without the security/Of your loving arms/Keeping me from harm/Put your hand in my hand/And we’ll stand” – check.

BONUS: A not-so-subtle reference to ‘ponding’ in “I’ve drowned”.

Guess we know who to hire next year to write the National Day 2013 theme song!

P.S. Just discovered a really awesome mash-up: Adele’s “Skyfall” and Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”.