Links for 04-23-2009

• Game Developers and Porn Stars | Kill Ten Rats - Funny but probably sadly true.
• So Why Not 29? | American Journalism Review - Theories about why -30- was typed at the end of news stories.
• Why is Matrix important? Innovation, integration and execution - Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure - HP blades blog and why HP is excited about Matrix.
• The Good and Bad Kinds of Crowds : Andrew McAfee’s Blog - McAfee's approach here is in the same vein to how I do my Oscar ballot every year. I mostly go with the consensus view of various Internet sites that roll up all the predictions out there--and then I look for one or two plausible upsets.
• The True Cost of Amazon's New Kindle - BusinessWeek - The e-ink display is the most costly component. But the wireless module is also about 20% of the total cost.