Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for January 3rd from 11:21 to 00:22:

• [toread] Gamasutra: Ben Serviss’s Blog – How Gamifying Blood Donations Can End the Shortage –
• [toread] This Simple Blood Test Reveals Birth Defects — And the Future of Pregnancy | Wired Science | Wired.com –
• [toread] Mark Lynas » Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013 –
• [toread] (1) And they’re worried about the *football team*? | MetaFilter –
• [toread] Everything You Need to Know About Steubenville High’s Football ‘Rape Crew’ – National – The Atlantic Wire –
• [toread] Inside the Anonymous Hacking File on the Steubenville ‘Rape Crew’ – National – The Atlantic Wire –
• [toread] Keeping Safari a secret –
• [toread] An amazing mea culpa from the IMF’s chief economist on austerity –
• [toread] Google’s Lawyers Work Behind the Scenes to Carry the Day – NYTimes.com –
• [toread] Google Glass Features and Apps Still in Flux – IEEE Spectrum –
• [toread] (102) Ryan Carlyle’s answer to Science: What would happen if I jumped in a pool full of liquor? – Quora –
• [toread] Quantum gas goes below absolute zero : Nature News & Comment –
• 3 Principles For The Future Of Gaming, From A Google Game Designer | Co.Design: business + innovation + design – The big problem I have with Ingress is that it appeals specifically to what I would call your core gamer.
• Below the Boat – Welcome – These are stupendously gorgeous