Taken from #10 Big MacChicken

Been on a pretty big book binge as of late… I picked up a few books about a week ago and hope to rip through them like cheap toilet paper haha what a terrible joke. I picked out a good 7 or 8 books but realized, fuck this is expensive and double fuck I have no room for this shit. So maybe I will get one of those iTampons or whatever they’re called… or a Kindle cause it’s way cheaper. Anyways, a pretty good shit mix of links this time around. Next Link Dump, seems like there’ll be a lot of nutrition-based links if that’s your thing.

-Eugene

Reference
SSS – : Denotes a short article.
***: Denotes an article I found particularly interesting
Picture: self-explanatory
Video: self-explanatory

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An archive of previous Link Dump’s can be seen here.

*If you’re always on the go, I’m a huge advocate for Instapaper. Basically you can bookmark links to read on your mobile device later and it can strip away all the unnecessary imagery to load more quickly.
**If you encounter a login page for a NY Times article (yes there are quite a few of them…), I highly suggest signing up for a free account or else use this dummy one I set up.

Login: tempaccountNYT
Password: tempaccountNYT

China Corner

#1. ***Official in China Says Western-Style Democracy Won’t Take Root There
I wonder how much the Western world views China’s political system as the country’s one aspect that in my eyes will prevent China from being a true full-circle super power. I just see that the lack of free-thinking and the thought that decisions only lie in a few powerful elite will be detrimental to creative thinking. When I mean creative thinking, I think beyond just art and culture, I mean problem solving, I mean thinking outside the box.

#2. ***Video: Millions of Chinese rural migrants denied education for their children / Dan Chung filming China’s migrant children using the Canon 550D / T2i
Cool video and a bit of sad story. In China, the hukou is a schooling system where a children can only go to school dependent on their parents status as country or city dwellers. This status is only inherited and the result is that many children who follow their migrant parents are denied schooling. But guess who has built China… yeh massive amounts of migrant workers.

#3. ***10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years
What will the relationship between China and the US be in the next 10 years relative to the US and its other “superpower” foes?

#4. Tiger Deaths Raise Alarms About Chinese Zoos
S-K-E-T-C-H-Y… taking government money for your own corrupted ways.
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#5. Video: GM Explains Next Generation Heads Up Display Technology

#6. SSS – Teebeutel Tea Bags
These have been out for awhile, but a pretty albeit expensive way to present tea.

#7. Videos: RED DRANK!
Old school Kool-Aid commercials

#8. Pictures: Star Wars Burlesque (NSFW)
… if you like that role-playing shit.

#9. Video: Enigmatic
Pretty cool video that combines 3D visuals and music.

#10. Pictures: Big MacChicken
What you get when a Big Mac and a McChicken copulate?

#11. Pictures: Zim and Zou: Paper Gameboy
Good ol’ Gamebody before the overly complicated and wack ass T-spins.

#12. Knock On Wood
The text messages that dirty dog Tiger Woods exchanged…

#13. ***Complications Turn Perpetual
Tourbillon was once the defining aspect of watch design, not so much any more as perpetual calendars take center stage.

#14. ***In Vietnam, Cauldrons On Every Corner
Vietnam food tour anybody? Sounds DELICIOUS.

#15. The Cheat: The Upper (and Lower) Crust
Haven’t had hash browns in a minute, but check this to get what I speculate are some TASTY browns.

#16. ***Recalling the Crazy Game of Chance
Who would have thought that Jewish women LOVED Mah Jong (yeh that’s how we spell it).

#17. Video: A Peek at an Interactive Magazine for the Apple iPad
The future of magazine consumption on your iPad will look a little something like this…

#18. ***Are You In Good Shape or Do You Just Have a High Pain Tolerance / Swearing Increases Pain Tolerance
Hmmm, interesting. I always figured a lot of people in the gym were just pussies hence why they stayed fat.

#19. ***Lehman’s Demise, Dissected
Things all started to change in the 70s… and now these dudes are going public.

#20. Wipe Shirt by design unit FIFT
I need a wardrobe full of these shirts cause I have the greasiest face ever haha.

#21. My Childhood Memories Live in LEGOS Underground Secure Vault

#22. Pictures: The Big Picture: Record Setters
A series of pictures regarding records set.

#23. Bill Nye the Science Guy: Don’t Worry, Your Phone Isn’t Making You Dumb
Bill Nye still kicking it I see and talking about why computers don’t make us dumb. Basically storing data/information off-brain on say Google leaves you more room for other processes.

#24. ***Google’s Need For Speed Is About Making You Search More
So why is Google obsessed with having you do everything quicker on its platforms? So you can search faster and incur more ads. I don’t mind, MORE FASTER!

#25. ***Innovation From a Newcomer
De Bethune is like the… of watchmakers? Leaving no stone un-turned in the relentless pursuit of high-quality, one of a kind engineered watches, De Bethune trumps all watches out there as they put out some crazy shit. I’ve taken a greater liking to watches more so on design… it’s on a similar tip to car design for me.

#26. ***Picture: Beerland Doesn’t Care About Your Shitty Blog
HAHAHAHAHA

#27. New Official NYC Condom Package
Look for the familiar packaging.

#28. ***What the Still Photo Still Does Best
Photojournalism’s places in the present.