You Might Like…

This is a post in a series to appear occasionally, setting out some articles, videos, podcasts and the like that contributors at Slaw are enjoying and that you might find interesting. The articles tend to be longer than blog posts and shorter than books, just right for that stolen half hour on the weekend. It’s also likely that most of them won’t be about law — just right for etc.

Please let us have your recommendations for what we and our readers might like.

The Atlantic – How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle – Alex Hoyt – Mr Crossword takes you behind the page that has the puzzle to show you how it’s done.

Cosmos Magazine – New age nuclear – Tim Dean – A background piece (2006) on thorium, now that this magic metal is back in the news: Britain’s Weinberg Foundation to promote thorium reactors has just launched.

The Australian – There’s just one Hitch – David Free – An examination of one of our most aggressive and intelligent public intellectuals.

World Science Festival – Scents and Sensibilities: The Invisible Language of Smell – A 90-minute look (odour-free) at olfaction, which, we’re told is “subconscious, pre-cognitive, and emotional” — which sound like some parties I attended in my youth.

ESPN The Magazine – Afghanistan national sport of buzkashi evolves in post-9/11 world – Carl Hoffman – A game involving riders, horses, a dead goat, and a chalk circle. It’s apparently as earnest as war.

The Morning News – What’s On? – Eric Feezell — A satirical TV guide for the upcoming season on the boob tube. Sounds way more interesting than the real stuff.

Wired Magazine – Winging It: America’s Cup Racers Push the Sailboat to Its Limits – Adam Fisher – In New Zealand, building and testing the newfangled craft that might take the cup.

YouTube – Complexity: The Secret Life of Chaos – BBC – This hour-long video explores how it is that “simple systems can turn into very complex systems.”

The Atlantic – Can the Middle Class Be Saved? – Don Peck – A careful look at the ills besetting America and what might be done about them.

Isolex Payment Solutions – The 10 Acquisitions Yahoo’s New CEO Should Make On Day One – Jason Calacanis – “[M]y mission statement for Yahoo is to create the most important content in the world. The content that informs, entertains, shocks, connects with, infuriates and inspires people more than any other content on the planet.”