links for 2008-04-19

"I'm not going to say that there is a sinister plot brewing at Time. But the above illustrates how powerful even the most subtle tweaks on how information is presented can affect not only how we digest information but how we perceive it and digest it".

"Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, officials today admitted". Genius.

...and most of it being shovelled out of the country instead of being re-invested in making content for the UK. Ho hum...

ROFL - bad caption time from the NYT

"I don't say that we should all become Americans or British, but this is getting old. I understand why people who don't speak english cling to this notion, but I can't possibly see how RSS is more difficult than Ροή δικτυακού τόπου for a

Danny Sullivan's run-down on the way search engines responded to a quake in the US

Includes: "In real life, it's usually considered impolite to start banging on to relative strangers about how your day was before they’ve even asked. Why is this so different on the internet?"