links for 2006-04-09

• Why do the letters of the alphabet occur in the particular order that they do?
  (tags: alphabet history language linguistics culture)
• collision detection: Can a game make you smarter? My latest Wired News column
  "If games can inadvertently train your brain, why doesn't someone make a game that does so intentionally?"
  (tags: education neuroscience games videogames intelligence everythingbadisgoodforyou)
• Coolfer: Suckers: The Future of Online Subversive Marketing
  On fake babies and fake videos.
  (tags: musicindustry marketing viralmarketing amateur fake)
• A Model and Her Mother Meet Manhattan
  "New York is like a bad Disneyland trip. It costs too much money and the ride is bumpy."
  (tags: nyc realestate tourists apartments rent)
• Not Far From Forsaken
  "Can the loneliest corner of North Dakota attract anyone to go live there?"
  (tags: northdakota population regions rural)

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04.09.06

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