Links for Monday April 4^th, 2011

• Apple, Intel-Backed Rules on Conflict Minerals Stall Exports: Seems like a good first step, that didn't get a lot of coverage last week in the tech press.

• SOUTHWEST PLANE EMERGENCY LANDING: First-Person Account Of Landing After Roof Blew Off: Riveting story, as told via Twitter.

• The secret history of Super Mario Bros. 2: Great article, that pulls together somethings that I already knew about SMB2. Tons of really great quotes, including this one:

  “As long as it’s fun, anything goes,” Tanabe remembers Miyamoto saying.

  That pretty much sums up the Nintendo philosophy.