Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for January 29th from 10:18 to 16:49:

• [toread] “Easter Island is not Earth.” | MetaFilter –
• [toread] First the cat, now the health system puts the bite on me – Los Angeles Times –
• Best of 2012 Results! – Walkthrough Guides, Reviews, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games – Jay is Games' best of 2012, reader votes.
• Little Printer review: a design nerd fantasy | The Verge –
• Retailers may add surcharge in credit card transactions | Reuters – It baffles me that this article says that credit card fees may now be charged in 40 states, but not 7: CA, NY and TX and "seven others". Coverage is stupendously useless in that it doesn't help you figure out whether you're in a state that's going to have fees or not.
• [toread] ‘South Park’ Creators Fortify Their Content Empire – NYTimes.com –