Links for 13-02-2008
Copywriting psychology; the paperless home; Islam and the metaverse; music reviews …
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1 – Why Brains Crave Beneficial Copy
“It seems that a message that focuses on rewards can trigger the same brain activity that results from actually enjoying the reward itself.”
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2 – Pushing Paper Out the Door
“After rising steadily in the 1980s and ’90s, worldwide paper consumption per capita has plateaued in recent years. In the richest countries, consumption fell 6 percent from 2000 to 2005, from 531 to 502 pounds a person.”
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3 – DVD review: Pelican – After The Ceiling Cracked
“Perhaps you’ll be able to crib some ideas and hooks from them by watching the footage. That’ll make you a better guitarist than I am — but then, that’s not saying much.”
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4 – Album review: Dead Elephant – Lowest Shared Descent
“A glimpse at the cover art is enough to hint at the untrammelled dysfunction awaiting you; what’s up with centipede man there? Why is helmet-hair woman hugging him like that? Get used to asking questions; you’re going to do a lot of it if you dare press
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5 – Album review: This Is Hell – Misfortunes
“These guys probably eat wire wool and razor wire for breakfast while reading the court proceedings in the local paper, just to get themselves properly pissed off enough to get to work on their music.”
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6 – Album review: Genghis Tron – Board Up The House
“Pack up your fads and fashions, and get out of town. Genghis Tron have just rewritten the rulebook — Board Up The House will be an album against which all future experimental metal is judged.” Awesome album, seriously.
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7 – Muslims and the Metaverse: Can Second Life Improve US-Islamic Relations?
“The members of the virtual synagogue conducted the entire Jewish prayer service, and through the safety and anonymity of her avatar, the Muslim woman was able to experience it first hand.”
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8 – Virtual World As Terrorist Haven/Money Laundering Platform? Cory Ondrejka Says Not So Much
“… that misses the counter-terrorist potential of Second Life, as a training/recruitment resource for authorities, and perhaps even more interestingly, as a place that provides “alternate narratives” to jihadist ideology.”
