links for 2008-10-21

• Cricinfo: Zaheer bowls India to record victory
  India shuts down perennial international cricket favorite Australia, defeating the land down under by the largest margin since 1977. Granted, the veterans are still in the order, but maybe Indian cricket isn't as dead as the '07 World Cup would have one belive
  (tags: sports india)
• Overheard in New York: So You Judge Books by the Print on the Cover?
  (tags: fonts design humor)
• Rands In Repose: FriendDA
  An NDA (non-disclosure agreement) among friends. I imagine its greatest market potential would be among 12 year old girls who also happen to be legal nerds.
  (tags: humor law business)
• SO MUCH PILEUP: Charley Harper for the National Park Service
  Sexy Helvetica meets trippy natural abstractions.
  (tags: design art)
• Planet Save: Switzerland Places Ban on the Humiliation of Plants
  I kid you not. So don't pass around those pictures of that tree as an awkward sapling. At least not in Switzerland.
  (tags: science law europe snakes_on_a_plane)
• DNA India – US recession drops demand for NRI grooms
  Not that I'm concerned. I am an inelastic good where the meat market is concerned.
  (tags: india society)
• WSJ: Nafta-Plus
  Obama's plan to "rewrite NAFTA" could make it tougher for Canadians to do business and add to the skilled labor pool in the US. (Harder than it already is.) That could send human and economic capital fleeing for Europe. Now THAT'S diplomacy we can believe in!
  (tags: 2008 politics trade canada europe)
• Truthful TV Title Cards
  TV shows retitled to read most literally. (via Kottke)
  (tags: humor television)

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