Links For A Sunday Morning

• Nadal's New Spin
  Having proved that Nadal's unique style can beat any player in the world, Toni has been quietly picking apart Nadal's game, remaking it shot by shot so that the Spaniard plays not less classically but more classically. As Nadal prepares for this year's first grand slam event, in Australia beginning Jan. 19, the top seed and his coach seem to be posing a new challenge: Can tennis's great outsider win by embracing normal?
• The Mystic Master
  Music and spiritual surrender are the two big themes of AR Rahman's life. As he returns with the Golden Globe, Shoma Chaudhury explores how the public gift and private search intersect to create magic.
• I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle
• Wiper Mirror
  Nice.
• Movie website title mashups
• The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008
• 51 Essential Programs For A Freeware Only PC
• Famous Art, Simpsonized
• Photos - The Inauguration of President Barack Obama
• Photo of Barack Obama's first signature as president
• Nothing is Original

  Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.... Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don't bother concealing your thievery-celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: "It's not where you take things from-it's where you take them to.
  - Jim Jarmusch

• One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code
• Parsing the Poem
  Also, Elizabeth Alexander's praise poem was way too prosy. Elizabeth Alexander's inauguration day poem dissected. Poetry on demand and that too on a day such as that...must be the hardest thing to do. Should give the poor woman a break.
• Our world may be a giant hologram
• Full text: Obama inauguration speech
• Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov

  One significant addition to WhiteHouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the President: we will publish all non-emergency legislation to the website for five days, and allow the public to review and comment before the President signs it.

  WhiteHouse.gov has been redesigned and also has a blog now.
• Delhi 6
  And I thought Ghajini was a treat from Rehman.
• Gulshan Grover is blogging