Weekly Links 26-35

Commentary: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the classroom — Perhaps the oft touted claim that writing by hand rather than typing is better for memory etc, may not, in fact, be correct. Interesting. Melon’s Odyssey On The Black Market For Life-Saving Cat Medicine — A horrible cat disease, black-market meds, happily it ends well. HTML Can Do That — Dynamic stuff you can do without JavaScript now! App Life in China — An American returns to China after a decade away. A little superficial, but still interesting to read. A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire — Excerpt from, or at least an article about, a new book by Jon Ronson about strange and disconcerting men. FeedEcho — A selfhosted or managed alternative to my beloved EchoFeed? I absolutely despise when something lacks pricing information though, it really puts me off. Might have to bully my lovely network admin to self-host this for…