RFIDS, graffiti and magick, space shuttle, reality…

• 1 – Next-gen RFID tools expand the market
  Jargon-laden article about business apps for RFID. Link via Captain Bruce Sterling at Beyond The Beyond.
  (tags: data jargon surveillance tagging technology uses future business arphid RFID)
• 2 – The Light Pick™
  This! Guitar pick! Lights up with LEDs! When you play with it! It must be good! The product page! Wouldn’t be so! Loaded with exclamation marks! Otherwise! Link via Makezine!
  (tags: gadget bling plectrum pick LED technology music instrument guitar)
• 3 – Bill Gates Intrigued By Xbox Mod Community
  Is the Gatesmeister mellowing in his old age?
  (tags: feedback community modding mods Xbox Microsoft Gates Bill)
• 4 – The Randian Fantasies of Terry Goodkind
  Goodkind’s work considered from an objectivist viewpoint. Interesting; must re-read a few of them. Link via SpeculativeFiction.
  (tags: Rand Ayn objectivism criticism literature writing books fantasy Goodkind Terry)
• 5 – Terra Incognita: Graffiti Magic and the Urban Landscape
  Interesting essay on the convergence of graffiti and magick. Via Posthuman Blues.
  (tags: art psychology power runes sigils symbols magick magic urban graffiti)
• 6 – Our Grip On Reality Is Slim
  In over a fifth of cases, people wrongly remembered whether they actually witnessed an event or just imagined it, according to a paper published this week. My grip on reality is fragile at best, to be honest.
  (tags: reality mind human science psychology memory learning cognition)
• 7 – NASA Announces Space Shuttle Web and Television Coverage
  Let’s all hope that nothing goes wrong; we’ve lost too many people to shuttle disasters already. Good luck, Discovery.
  (tags: videos streaming countdown launchpad podcasts coverage launch Space Shuttle NASA)
• 8 – Filtering Water Bottle by Nick Poteracki
  This little fella could be a boon for countries with polluted and disease-ridden water supplies. Link via TechEBlog.
  (tags: portable technology drinking purification bottle water filter)