Links for Monday March 24^th, 2008

• The science of religion | Where angels no longer fear to tread | Economist.com: Kevin and I have been discussing the utility of religion recently - and this Economist article highlights some intriguing new research in that area.

• LIVE AT THE PALEY FESTIVAL: "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" REUNION: More complete notes from the recent Buffy reunion at the Paley Festival. I love hearing the behind-the-scenes stuff - how everyone challenged each other to do more, to be better. What an amazing show.

• Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Optimizing Page Loading in the Web Browser: I've been quite impressed with the performance improvements that the WebKit team has been making (Safari 3.1 feels quite fast to me). And it looks like the performance improvements are going to continue to come.

• Coding Horror: Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries: Great article on the current state of rechargable batteries - something that I haven't messed with since I last had a walkman, sometime in the early 90's.

• Rock Band is coming to the Wii: June 22: Sweet - I first played this a few months ago, and I think that it is really fun. This might be what it takes for Rock Band to come to Sunnyvale.

• YouTube - Vice President Santiago: Dave Chappelle on the first black president's insurance policy, and Elian Gonzalez.