Fun

For those of us balking at the trend to make everything 3D whether it improves the movie or not, someone has identified a way to counter the 3D technology and make the movie nice and flat:
http://www.2d-glasses.com/

Life

The results from a guaranteed income experiment in Canada are fascinating, but the end to this article is chilling:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/235840-A-Town-Without-Poverty-Canada-s-Guaranteed-Income-Experiment

Promotion

Five tips for how to go about encouraging Amazon reviews of your book without being boorish about it:
http://authorculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/5-ways-to-get-more-amazon-reviews.html

Science

It’s been too long since I posted a dinosaur link. Here you have it. A new species of Ankylosauria:
http://www.livescience.com/16093-newborn-armored-dinosaur.html

Writing

A look at what are the big issues with novel beginnings that mean a partial request never becomes a full request:

The Doctor is in the House–Novel Diagnostics