Link Catch

I haven't been able to keep up with all of the post-worthy items lately so here is a list of links, eight arms full.

Death of Spy, Zipped Into Bag, Spawns Theories and Inquest (NY Times). Update: this is officially a murder.



Crye Magclip: a clip that attaches directly to a mag so you don't need a pouch--why didn't I think of this?

A Japanese company has developed a simple and innovative Pirate shield for ships--or this?

Breaking Bad for China (Danger Room). Meth dealers tried to sell secrets to China.

Cool photos (ACL) of WWI military training, Peekskill, NY

5 Reasons Why Nokia Lost Its Handset Sales Lead and Got Downgraded to ‘Junk’ (Wired)

The Indoor Positioning System Era (Tech Review)

"it’s alarmingly easy to create false memories for people" (Freakonomics)

Kickstarter sets off financing rush for a watch not yet made (NY Times)

Why Men Should Read More Fiction (Art of Manliness)

I thought I was the only one who remembered the cartoon Turbo Teen.

Science is getting close but it is still too early to say that human-caused climate change made it hot in March.

Our brains, larger than 1000 one-terabyte hard drives: "Most computational neuroscientists tend to estimate human storage capacity somewhere between 10 terabytes and 100 terabytes, though the full spectrum of guesses ranges from 1 terabyte to 2.5 petabytes. (One terabyte is equal to about 1,000 gigabytes or about 1 million megabytes; a petabyte is about 1,000 terabytes.)"