Midweek Roundup of Links
Posted on Wednesday 21 July 2010 6:40 pm

ION Magazine’s interview with artist/pornographer Bruce LaBruce, whose latest work is zombie gay porn. Believe it or not, it’s actually a lot more interesting than the already-interesting – if not sensational – headline I just gave it.

Amazon.com reports that Kindle’s e-book sales have overtaken hardcover print book sales. From one sensational headline to another… Now that Apple’s in the game, e-books are finally getting buzz. While I’m certain digital books are undoubtedly set to become more popular than their print counterparts (think digital music vs. records and CD’s), it’s still a few years too early to be calling it a victory for digital books. If anything, all the people who bought into the hypemachine that is the iPad are probably just justifying their $600 purchases by spending more than usual on e-books.

Facebook hits 500 million users. A big congratulations goes out to the site which used to be about connecting friends but which has since turned into a site about how to sell its users to businesses. As for me, I think I’ll stick with Twitter for now.

The Globe & Mail reviews Dragon Quest IX and kinda doesn’t like it… or it does? North America finally saw the release of Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS a couple of days ago. Despite the shortcomings that the Globe & Mail points out in its review, I’m still 101% sure I’m going to be addicted. Now if only Canada Post would hurry up with my Amazon order.

Beatles vs the Rest of the World. Kleptones’ mashup including Boston, Cypress Hill, Daft Punk, Beasties, Criminal Element Orchestra, Freeez and more. This is epic. People need to recognize the genius of this video.

 

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