links for 2007-06-09

By Michael Huang on June 8, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 Comments

Putting a Price Tag on Death: Scientific American

(tags: death economics money happiness psychology philosophy)
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Chinese writing '8,000 years old'

(tags: china ar archaeology culture history language news writing)
Magical Harry Potter sale expected - Yahoo! News

First Edition Harry Potter to sell on the auction block for 5000 pounds. I find it a bit ridiculous.

(tags: harrypotter books auction sales)
Making Wii-friendly pages - Opera Developer Community

(tags: wii opera webdev webdesign developer design flash games ui useful web)
15 actors sue New Line Cinema over 'Lord of the Rings' profits - USATODAY.com

New Line Cinema not paying up? (feigned shock and awe)

(tags: newline lotr)
Penny Arcade's Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik | The A.V. Club

The Onion's AV Club Interviews Gabe and Tycho.

(tags: pennyarcade comics videogames games culture gaming onion)

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