links for 2010-06-10

"We believe in making tools for biotechnology more accessible."
Tito is great.

Analysis of ages of writers when they did their best. Not much different than Nobel Prize winners. Nonetheless, I'm hoping that 40s are the new 30s. I need to redo my 30s and make something of them. [via @adamblustein]

"Think of it as a kind of prehistoric Prada: Archaeologists have discovered what they say is the world’s oldest known leather shoe." [via @BoraZ]

[snarks, rants, thoughtful retrospectives, and revealing anecdotes removed] Ah, I know too much to comment. Suffice it to say that I asked this very question years ago and it was poo-poohed. AV is a good and proud man, the only (Finnish) upper management that I'd vote to be CEO. But he's no SJ. At least not the SJ Nokia sorely needs.