links for 2006-12-21

Grow up!

Meanchile, back in the *real* world… (I know, I know)

In order to understand and apply emotions to the practice of design, it’s necessary to understand what differentiates different types of emotions, and the effect of emotions on… the processing of information.

Refreshing. 😀

During a 21-year rule he turned his country into a hymn of praise to himself: kindergartens, towns, factories and a month of the year (January) were named Turkmenbashi. He erected a revolving gold statue of himself in the capital, Ashgabat, and giant bill

As well as renaming January, Niyazov has renamed April after his mother, May after his father and September after his ‘divinely inspired’ masterwork, the Rukhnama.

Sad.

I love it when Stewart invites a punching bag onto the show