Links For A Sunday Morning

• My Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling

  My three children once were among the coddled offspring of Park Slope, Brooklyn. But when I became a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, my wife and I decided that we wanted to immerse them in life abroad. No international schools where the instruction is in English. Ours would go to a local one, with real Russians.

• Beautiful Brains
  Moody. Impulsive. Maddening. Why do teenagers act the way they do? Viewed through the eyes of evolution, their most exasperating traits may be the key to success as adults.
• Modi's tryst with the law has only begun. Not Ended
  The question is not whether the Gujarat CM is guilty. The debate is whether his role in the 2002 riots can be nailed in a court of law.
• The dumbing down of WikiLeaks
  The site has unearthed a rash of diplomatic cables that amount to nothing more than gossip. So why are we giving it too much importance?
  I know! As if its the gospel truth.
• Pictures - Scenes From Peru
• Make Room for Hinglish
  A new rash of colloquial books in Hinglish outsell literature in India.
• Forget the Standing Desk; You Just Need to Move Regularly
• What is driving the rapid growth in daily and monthly active users of Pinterest?
  They need to improve some of their core features though, like tagging. Me on Pinterest.
• The giant crabs invading Antarctica
  Hulking crustaceans with appetites to match are taking over the oceans near the South Pole.
• World's Funniest Analogies
• When Kickstarter Goes Wrong: Were 419 Backers Almost Taken for a $27,637 Ride?
  I suppose one of these incidents had to happen.
• 50 Most Influential Designers in America
• Android app - Bartender
  Your personal drink-making assistant.
• Android app - BookMyShow.com
• Android app - PVR Cinemas
• How To Back Up Your Life Automatically with Ifttt
• Raise Your Hand If You're Still Using Google+
  According to its data, the average number of public – i.e. not private – Google+ posts per day has decreased from 0.68 per day between 19 July 2011 and 19 August 2011 to 0.40 public posts per day between 19 August 2011 and 14 September 2011.
  This represents a decrease of 41 percent, which could lead one to believe the early adopters are quietly turning their backs on Google+.
• Chrome Web Store expands its borders
  Chrome Web Store launches in India.
• The 50 Things Every Creative Should Know
• It's Nice That : Bookshelf

  Ever wondered what's on the bookshelf of some of your favourite creatives? What books they turn to in need of inspiration or reference? Well look no further, every week we invite someone from the creative industry to share with us exactly that, but condensed down, to five titles and the stories behind them.

• How Much of the Internet is Actually for Porn
  Not as much as you'd think.
• Immune System, Loaded With Remade T-cells, Vanquishes Cancer

  At first, nothing happened. But after 10 days, hell broke loose in his hospital room. He began shaking with chills. His temperature shot up. His blood pressure shot down. He became so ill that doctors moved him into intensive care and warned that he might die. His family gathered at the hospital, fearing the worst.
  A few weeks later, the fevers were gone. And so was the leukemia.
  There was no trace of it anywhere — no leukemic cells in his blood or bone marrow, no more bulging lymph nodes on his CT scan. His doctors calculated that the treatment had killed off two pounds of cancer cells.
  A year later, Mr. Ludwig is still in complete remission. Before, there were days when he could barely get out of bed; now, he plays golf and does yard work.

• Improved Friend Lists
  On Facebook.
• Pictures - Vladimir Putin, Action Man
  Putin doing a bunch of things.
• Introducing Twitter Web Analytics
• Grow the planet
  Farmville for the real world. A social network that teaches you to grow your own food.
• The India Growth Story: Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
• Is monogamy making us miserable?
  Marriage can be tough. But one expert believes it doesn't have to be – that our 'one mate for life' rule is unrealistic, unnecessary, even unnatural. We dare to ask if, perhaps, he has a point.
  What crap!
• Before and After Pictures - Japan Earthquake: Six Months Later
• The Reckoning: America and the World a Decade After 9/11
• Sinch, A Magnetic Cord Clasp For Your Smartphone
  Can't believe we still haven't found a solution for this.
• How to Get a Complete Workout with Nothing But Your Body
• The Boston Globe's lovely new site
  Newspaper site designers/developers take note.
• Minimalist History Posters
• Critics reviews and ratings this week - Jaana Pehchana and Rivaaz.