Linkpile (via Delicious)

• An ethical proposal for Firefox’s popular ad-removal tool.: “Firefox’s ad-removal tool is its most popular add-on. Now its creator wants to let you use it ethically.”
• Angry Ads Seek to Channel Consumer Outrage: “Campaigns that seek to channel the outrage, frustration and fear felt by consumers hit hard by what some are calling the Great Recession.” Wait, I thought the downturn was making us all pull together and feel good about what really matters. What happened to that?
• Pod office: Actually putting this in your yard would be stupid. But there’s an art project ready to happen here.
• Software to track our emotional outbursts: “We have come to rely on spell and grammar checkers to pull us up on poorly formed emails and documents. Perhaps we will also become dependent on word processors or email clients to warn you have hit the wrong note in an email complaining about an undelivered eBay purchase, or that a job application doesn’t make you sound intelligent enough.”
• How the Wealthy are Spending Their Money This Year: ‘Very carefully. People are being wary of risk and waiting to buy; they’re even booking vacations closer to the wire to “get a good deal.” Still, a high percentage of respondents agreed — “A few luxuries are important in tough times.”‘
• Banks, Reborn: Pix.
• How the Recession May Change NYC: Evidence is dubious, but: “Could create a more neighborly, civic-minded city.” Basically volunteerism is up and crime is down. The former could simply be explained by free time. The latter doesn’t square easily with the relationship between crime and economically depressed cities. We’ll see.