Haven’t flushed the linkbowl for a few days. It’s starting to smell:

• BBC’s Test the Nation → I got 135. Damn football questions. Brighton appears to have the brighest Brits. Having siblings is correlated with better results than not having them, but the optimum number is one. Do pairs make for the best general knowledge gathering environment? “Talking to people” was the least common source of “everyday knowledge”, books the most. Hmm. Different definitions of “everyday” I think.

• A Curmudgeon Teaches Statistics → Seems to be abandoned. An ‘anti-anti-weblog-weblog-weblog’. Contains a great quote from one Ronan Conroy:
  

  I’m not an outlier; I just haven’t found my distribution yet.

• ‘Killer’ Ecstacy claim was false → This must mean drugs are safe again!
• Mars exploration rover videos: part 1, part 2, part 3 → Really nicely produced animation.
• Soundless Music Shown to Produce Weird Sensations [via Slashdot] → Dateline Manchester! Infrasound apparently responsible for haunted houses. I think peoples’ imaginations work just fine without external stimulus.
• The library… the library… it’s a place where books are free [via B3ta] → How amazing is this song/animation? I always knew libraries were cool.