links for 2008-08-29

• WSJ: More Artists Steer Clear of iTunes
  Some artists are rebelling against iTunes, saying that it's reverting the business back to being singles-based. Understandable, but I guess because I've been listening to _more_ albums
  (tags: music apple tech)
• The Guardian: Why 'Team GB' is capitalism's final victory
  The Guardian's sport columnist rants about "Team GB", the new. . . er. . . brand for the British Olympic team. Why do non-profits and government agencies NEED branding, exactly? A good question, indeed.
  (tags: britain design)
• Wired-Threat Level: British Bank Bans Man's Password
  (tags: business humor britain)
• AP: Jailed Cuban punk rocker to stand trial Friday
  Zach de la Rocha had this to say: " ." Yup, he's the oppressed one, whining the truth to the masses.
  (tags: civil_rights tyrants)
• WSJ: We Need a National Market for Health Insurance
  Cutting coverage mandates (some of the 1,900 things each insurance provider legally must cover) and allowing people to cross state lines to buy insurance would cut 20-50% of the cost of health insurance.

  But wait: that would mean no pitchforks and torches and hanging insurance executives! Forgo affordable AND providable healthcare in order to lynch more "corporate fat cats"? Yes, we can!

  (tags: bureaucracy healthcare politics)
• Vitamin Briefcase – 17 Simple Rules For Going To The Cinema With Me. …
  About 85% of the people I've gone to movies with would have been killed. And Nies would have been lowered into an industrial shredder feet first. (Perhaps this is, in fact, what has become of him.) (via Kottke & Kung Fu Grippe)
  (tags: humor entertainment film)
• Washington Wire: Lobbyist Heather Podesta Draws a Parallel to Hester Prynne
  Lobbyists are human beings. Who knew?
  (tags: politics)
• The Journal of Urban Typography
  (via Swiss Legacy)
  (tags: design art photography)

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