Linkpile

• Fake Banana | Significant Objects: A comic by Josh Kramer. First of three team-ups with students at the Center For Cartoon Studies.
• Rebranding America: That’s the title of the latest by NYT “contributing columnist” Bono. Who you will recall earlier wrote a column on “Rebranding Africa.” Here’s an idea for your next column, Bono (I assume you’re a reader of this site): “Rebranding Europe.” What do you think? (What a great decision to make this guy an NYT columnist.)
• Placebo effect caught in the act in spinal nerves: Study asserts: “The placebo effect is not only real; its ability to deaden pain has been pinpointed to cells in the spinal cord.”
• The Music Genome Project and the Science Behind Pandora’s Song Choices: Another analysis from a user and writer; also interesting.
• ‘Pop-up’ stores are becoming an overnight sensation: Well, either that or they’ve been happening for years.
• Steve Sailer’s iSteve Blog: Pandora: One user’s detailed reactions to its recommendations. Interesting.

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