links for 2007-08-28

• if the cost of that iraq war were spent on wind turbines
  it’s actually not that impressive. if it’s going to take over 1 trillion to even get 30% of the US’ power from renewables, but then again 30% is way more than even the “greenest” countries have so…
  (tags: electricity wind)
• Ugandans hold a rally against homosexuals, women writers, etc.
  it’s global voices. some stanford student wrote about lesbian and gay communities in Uganda and people are upset.
  (tags: uganda africa homosexuality gender politics naive)
• Edible Estates
  on the politics of city gardens that grow food from using them as art pieces to salazer era portugeuse gardens that are considered tacky in their utiltarianism
  (tags: agriculture politics organic environment)
• it’s a gardening website
  looks ok, nothing terribly fancy
  (tags: garden organic agriculture)
• Facade a lesson in interactive story telling
  rewind to see the different effects you could have
  (tags: art computers design experimental fiction fun game games media)
• more on positive bias
  has an interesting experiment that only 20% of people get.
  (tags: bias thinking criticism)