Thursday Links

• #Data #visualisation in National Geographic circa 1900, by@juanvelasco http://econ.st/TuC8R8 ...
• RT @latimesbiz: Which airline has the rudest employees? A survey.http://flip.it/o8xCw 
• Why Society Might Actually Need Psychopaths http://read.bi/YCdTkr 
• RT @Forbes: 13 things overachievers do: http://flip.it/1tfLE 
• RT @ThisIsSethsBlog: Seth's Blog: Sooner or later http://flip.it/Sv4h4 
• BBC News - Kinder children are more popular http://flip.it/HXYRz 
• RT @paulwsj: Rape Victim's Body Returns for Delhi Cremation -http://flip.it/oM4ul  http://flip.it/nfNRF  via @WSJ
• Philanthropy: a guide http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/12/25/philanthropy-youre-doing-it-wrong/ …
• History of the chicken nugget http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2012/12/robert_c_baker_the_man_who_invented_chicken_nuggets.single.html …
•  Gangnam Style - OPERA STYLE http://youtu.be/8ieexj4jLyg 
• The 4 most annoying words of 2012 . . . http://reut.rs/YljHPe  via @reuters
• Another popular link from September? Prof. Hofmann's post on#socialmedia being more addictive than sex: http://ow.ly/ggQbL 
• Simon Beck: Trampled Snow Art http://dlvr.it/2jVZS0  $$
• Pearson agrees to buy 5 percent stake in Barnes & Noble Nook unit | http://bloom.bg/12LotKK 
• Gregory Buck on the wondrous Mathematics of #winter :http://nyr.kr/RlDmzR 
• What Coke doesn't want you to know about its mascothttp://huff.to/YqrTxE 
• An absolute MUST-READ for all futurists: 16 sci-fi things that became reality in 2012!! http://io9.com/5971328/the-most-futuristic-predictions-that-came-true-in-2012 …
• Mayor Bloomberg: New York's Murder Rate Is The Lowest It's Been In 50 Years http://read.bi/UqQX8G 
• I propose we stop subsidizing the manufacture of gunshttp://bit.ly/W5x9Vq