Links for February 9th from 11:30 to 13:52:

• Demonstração da Microsoft Surface | MacMagazine – RT @benberkowitz: @timoreilly First Real Time Muni Agency Operational Budget Data Visualization Dashboard via dc.gov …
• ‘Boredom can kill you’ – Yahoo! India News – Turns out you can actually be bored to death: (via @slashdot) So stay engaged!
• The Cat Came Back in HD byCordell Barker

  - NFB – The Cat Came Back – fab animated classic folk song, won the 1989 Genie Award for best animated short

• The making of the NYT’s Netflix graphic – The Society for News Design – For the geeks – the making of the NYT interactive visualization of Netflix rentals
• Harmonograph – Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music – superb salute to the cross-pollination of disciplines
• PeteSearch: How to split up the US -
• YouTube
  - Metropolis (restoration trailer) – Restored trailer for Metropolis, the 1927 silent sci-fi film directed by Fritz Lang – what a gem

Links for February 9th from 08:31 to 11:26:

• Untitled (http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/booksamplers/9780596804350-sampler.pdf) – Free sampler (pdf) of upcoming O'Reilly Open Government book (includes a "Government as a Platform" chapter from me)
• (500) http://standstrong.tv/alain-de-botton-3-questions-on-lifes-purpose-legacy-and-source-of-happiness/ – Brilliant interview with @AlaindeBotton by @filipmatous on life's purpose, legacy & origin of happiness
• Google Book Settlement Round 2 – O’Reilly Radar – Google Book Settlement Round 2: Don't Hold Your Breath #ebooks
• R in a Nutshell
  – O’Reilly Media – RT @OReillyMedia #Ebook Deal of the Day: R in a Nutshell – Only $9.99. Use discount code DDRNT
• Linus Torvalds: Google’s Nexus One First Mobile Phone I Don’t Hate – washingtonpost.com – Linus Torvalds loves the Nexus One; the first phone he's ever liked. #linux #android (via @slashdot)
• Why You Should Start a Company in… Austin | Fast Company – Very nice article in Fast Company with @bmenell – "Why You Should Start a Company in Austin"
• One hundred eighty degrees of freedom: signs of how open platforms are spreading – O’Reilly Radar – Really good post from @praxagora: 180 degrees of freedom: signs of how open platforms are spreading in telecom