Daily Links

• The reason there's a "Cult of Mac". Source (Bill Clementson)
• Scientists have discovered that chocolate was invented at least 3,100 years ago in Central America and not as the sweet treat people now crave, but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol. Source (Daily Mail)
• JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, sues another author for penning and attempting to publish a new book installation revolving around a character from the end of Book 7, The Deathly Hallows. WARNING - Do not read if you have not finished the series, as there are spoilers to the end of the movie inside. Source (Scotsman)
• Silent Movie version of Star Wars. Source (YouTube)
• Looking for a new TV on Black Friday? Yahoo has the low-down on all the newest deals. Source (Yahoo)
• A school in England has adopted a new organizational format for their school, modeled after Harry Potter's Hogwarts School for Magic and Witchcraft with surprisingly positive results. Source (Yahoo News)
• A bad-ass, self reloading shot gun with the problem of lubrication and cleaning thrown out of the window. Check out the specs on Gizmodo as well as the video. Source (Gizmodo)
• Honda is releasing a limited number of their new line of cars running on Hydrogen Cells, the Honda FCX Clarity in LA. Check the specs and review out on Gizmodo, if only these were more widely available, but this is a good step forward. Source (Gizmodo)
• The Second Avenue subway projet in NYC has just gotten approval for 1.3 Billion in federal funding. Source (CBS)
• Super Mario Galaxy is quickly becoming dubbed the best video game ever, though it's only been out a week. Here is yet another article singing its praises, pushing me further to get a Wii and this game. Source (411 Mania)
• Not quite completing the trifecta, CBS news writers go on strike after working for 2 years without contracts. Since they're not writers on Heroes or Scrubs, I don't really care, but here's the article if you do. Source (Reuters UK)
• In Arista v. Does 1-19, a case brought against 19 George Washington University students by the Big Four record labels, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered the RIAA to show cause why the ex parte subpoenas issued to GWU shouldn't be quashed. Source (Ars Technica)
  

Finally, here is a disturbing and equally hysterical video found on YouTube. It's a live-action spoof of Duck Tales. The plot? The little girl duck goes on Myspace and finds out the dangers of meeting with strangers, especially online. Featuring people in costumes doing things that are NSFW