Weekly Link Roundup

• Schoolhouse - Software - Homework manager for OS X.
• Not Great - Video - The coming collapse of the middle class.
• Credit Crisis - Video - The current credit crisis succinctly explained with spiffy graphics.
• Ron Asks - Video - Ron Paul asks, "What if the American people learned the truth?"
• VideoTrace - Video - Amazing video editing/3D modeling software.
• Story of Stuff - Video - Neat little video about consumerism. Not terribly accurate in the technology aspect and pretty biased, but still some good statistics.
• Louis CK "Everything's amazing, nobody's happy." - Video - Excellent and hilarious video about our generation's view on the world.
• Stephen King on Twilight and Stephanie Meyer - Article - What he really thinks.
• Interview with an Ad-ware author - Article - A ruby coder talks about his early days helping install adware on millions of computers.
• What the F***? - Article - Steven Pinker on profanity and taboos. Excellent article.
• Wal-Mart Growth Map - Other - Visualization of the spreading of the evil empire.
• STA Travel Intership - Other - STA Travel is looking for two students (or non-students under 26) to send around the world promoting intercultural connections and inspiring people to travel abroad. Submit your 2-3 minute application video by March 8th.
• Sunlight Labs Apps for America Contest - Other - This contest is run by the Sunlight Foundation, whose mission statement is this: "The Sunlight Foundation is a non-partisan non-profit dedicated to using the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency." They're looking to give away up to $15,000 for the best application using their APIs "that makes Congress more accountable, interactive and transparent." Sound pretty awesome to me. Deadline is March 31st.

This is the first in a series of posts recounting interesting things I've found on the 'net over the past week. Enjoy.