links for 2008-04-18

• YouTube - Stupid Internal Microsoft Vista SP1 Video
  OUCH. Aping 'Dancing in the Dark' by The Boss (down to the famous scene with Courtney Cox in the audience). Truly cringeworthy. I watched this twice and picked up additional tragedies.
  (tags: corporate karaoke shame vista microsoft)
• BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Molecularization: The open marketplace of influence
  Influence and globalisation
  (tags: politicalscience politics)
• YouTube - Creme Egg - Mouse Trap (Special Edition) www.cremeegg.com
  Twisted and funny
  (tags: cremeeggs viral youtube)
• Chinese Student in U.S. Is Caught in Confrontation - New York Times
  The greater problem in China is not one of human rights but of values; personally I worry that collectivism and paranoia there will legitimise radical behaviour by its government.
  (tags: china politics)