Links For A Sunday Morning

• The Biology of Belief
  Science and religion argue all the time, but they increasingly agree on one thing: a little spirituality may be very good for your health.
  I do believe that faith can heal but the problem is most people equate healing with 'cure' which it isn't. Also there is the 'minor' issue of a logical/reasonable person finding something good enough to place their faith in.
• Dinner with a Stranger
  If you got an email from a stranger, who said they'd donate $200 to a charity of your choice...if you'd have them(and a friend) to a vegetarian dinner would you say yes?
• Photos - At work
• Hindustan Times Being Redesigned; Mario Garcia On The Job
  Wonder why all the Indian newspapers go for Garcia...not that he isn't good. But most of them end up in a mess in a few months. Either style guides aren't provided or if they are they aren't followed. Mint is the only one which seems to strictly adhere to the style guides.
• Introducing the SXSW Web Awards Finalists
• Autos with newspapers, internet and drivers you can trust
  Is this heaven they are talking about?
• Next change
  Rex to go the multiplex way. Remember watching a few movies here when I first moved to the city. Infact most of the single-screens I used to frequent are no more. Plaza, Galaxy, Symphony, Lido...
• Notgeld - Pre-Inflationary German Currency - a set on Flickr
  Thats some colourful currency.
• Low-Tech Fixes for High-Tech Problems
  Shoving in the refrigerator seems to work for most problems...huh...
• Sanjay Nirupam
  is blogging.
• ICC gets Yahoo! as the official Internet partner
  iccevents.yahoo.com will have exclusive content from ICC. They have also launched cricket.yahoo.com
• Virb
  Rebooted.
• WordPress Plugins Directory
  Has been improved and has a better search. Long overdue.
• Scenes from Pakistan
• TIME - 25 Best Blogs 2009
  Time seems to be overdoing this lists thing. Its only February!
• In Defense of Readers

  The design of the page should respect these three distinct phases: first, by inviting the reader in; second, by leaving her alone; and third, by providing avenues for her to continue to pursue her interests.

• Universal Chargers to Finally Become a Reality
  An initiative backed by both mobile phone manufacturers and operators will result in a universal charger based on the Micro-USB interface for new mobile phones.
• Alien life 'may exist among us'
  Never mind Mars, alien life may be thriving right here on Earth, a major science conference has heard. Our planet may harbour forms of 'weird life' unrelated to life as we know it.
  Ya...there is so much to discover right here.
• The First Christmas Cartoon Of The Year
  :)
• Nate Silver Predicts the Winners of the 2009 Oscars
  After spending most of 2008 predicting the success of political actors-also called politicians-it's only natural that Nate Silver would turn his attention to the genuine article: the nominees in the major categories for the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
• Indibloggies 2008
  Nominations are open.
• 35 Beautiful Examples Of Animal Photography
• The Simpsons - NEW Main Title
  The Simpsons new title sequence, first change in 19 years.
• Carnal comic
  An exclusive chat with one of the makers of the controversial and cult online pornographic comic series 'Savita Bhabhi'.
  200,000 daily visitors.
• Moral brigade taken aback by request for registered marriage
  The moral brigade on the prowl during Valentine's day, was taken aback when a youth asked them to arrange for registered marriage when they cornered him and his lover.
  I knew there would one 'clever' chap.
• Calvin on the economy
  :)
• Shell Villa by ARTechnic Architects
  Nice.
• NY Times Article Skimmer

Nice.