links for 2008-01-29

• Creepy Cyberpunk Fantasies Come to Life in Christopher Conte’s Sculptures
  This guy has talent, but his art is creepy
  (tags: art sculptures mechanical)
• Samuel Gregg on Jesuits on National Review Online
  And their future.
  (tags: jesuits)
• Turkey to Alter Speech Law – New York Times
  I know the guy.
  (tags: Turkey Attila)
• El Independent: La tolerancia de los brasileños para las alzas de impuestos llega a su límite
  Support for higher taxes is wanning in Brazil
  (tags: Brazil taxes)
• Speaking: Convert Any Text to MP3s with VozMe
  This is a very interesting tool.
  (tags: MP3 speech tools convert)
• How to get Windows XP after June 30 | InfoWorld | News | 2008-01-28 | By Galen Gruman
  Let the hoarding start.
  (tags: windows xp licenses)
• Ask The Readers: Tools for DIY Wedding Planning?
  For a friend who is getting married.
  (tags: wedding lifehacker research howto)
• Extremely Useful Firefox Extensions
  Too bad that the ie tab is not available for linux.
  (tags: extensions firefox tech tips)
• A Whole Lotta Nothing – Bottom line, all weblog apps suck in some way
  I really hate complex templates that are too hard to modify or to lame.
  (tags: blogging cms software blog tools usability)
• Windows XP optimizado para Parallels o VMWare Fusion
  Lightweight windows.
  (tags: Windows XP lightweight)
• From Kenya to Camelot | FP Passport
  Interesting connections between Obama and Kennedy
  (tags: Kennedy Obama)
• 5min – Penn & Teller: How to Do the Saw Trick – Video
  The trick is finally revealed
  (tags: tricks magic)
• Slashdot | Stanford’s New Website Converts Your Photos to 3D
  Got to try this.
  (tags: image photos 3D)
• YouTube – Google Maps
  In a not so distant future?
  (tags: video google humor googlemaps)
• Airbus A380 – cockpit | p a n o r e p o r t a g e | g i l l e s v i d a l
  Amazing vista.
  (tags: a380 cockpit airbus 3d)
• mental_floss Blog » 6 Not-So-Secret Secret Societies
  If they are not so secret they are not secret.
  (tags: conspiracy Secret society interesting culture blog)
• BBC Mundo | América Latina | América Latina, ¿a quién le importa?
  Why I am not surprised?
  (tags: Latinamerica)
• BBC Mundo | Cultura y Sociedad | Ataturk no perdona a los académicos
  I know the guy, and the news are appearing in spanish now.
  (tags: Atilla Yaila freedom Turkey)
• When Catholicism was the target – Yahoo! News
  It sounds funny, but today we see other targets. Hispanics that have too much allegiance to their native countries, same story always, that is called bigotry.
  (tags: catholics hispanics pope)
• Enterprises Moving Storage Virtualization into Production
  This is something I need to learn more.
  (tags: storage virtualization)
• Cafe Hayek: I Worry Much Less About the Reality than About the Reactions
  (tags: recession economics)
• Marginal Revolution: Animal Spirits
  The responses are funnier than the post.
  (tags: sex Keynes)
• El Independent: Chávez contra Uribe en el hemisferio
  The upcoming war?
  (tags: Latinamerica wars)
• Islam’s long siesta | Samizdata.net
  Faith impelled rather than impeded the Islamic scientist.
  (tags: Islam science)
• Daily Kos: Where are the Libertarians on FISA?
  I find FISA akward.
  (tags: FISA surveillance)