Fascinating video from Protect on taking charge of a situation in which you are attacked. They use the example of a shooter entering a classroom - attack the attacker rather than cower and be shot. It seems to work in the video. Of course, they’re all large ex-Israeli soldiers so you mileage may vary.

Good documentary on the absurd state of software patents and its impact on new business and therefore growth.

This is not for the squeamish. You have been warned…

Drunk Girls is the new video from LCD Soundsystem (Wikipedia). It is stunning! Directed by Spike Jonze. Embedded below from the You in Tube.

Video of Australian band Axis of Awesome demonstrating why all pop songs sound the same: four chords.

The other day, for no reason in-particular, I was thinking about Mac FTP programs. I had used Interarchy (formerly Anarchie) for years. But around version 9 Stairways sold it to Nolobe (employee buyout) and after that it started to crash. So I switched to Transmit. Anyway, I was thinking about FTP programs and wondering what had happened to Interarchy, since it hadn’t been updated in a while, when I got an email form Nolobe. They’re having a fire sale. Literally. Their offices were destroyed by fire two years ago. So that’s what happened to Interarchy…

Last week I tried to visit my local DVD store only to discover it under construction. It looked like they were building more shelves to house their vast stock. Today I discovered the purpose of the shelves. They’re a false wall. I walk into the place and discover it is now a quarter of its former size and only stocks Chinese movies. But then an assistant beckons to me as she pushes on one of the shelves. It opens to reveal the rest of the store with all the regular stock.