Hot Links: The Upside to Homeless Hotspots, Kanye Zone, Japanese Tech's Hell

Any press is good press: Here’s the upside of that homeless hotspot thing.

This is the most fun I’ve had with a flash game in ages: Presenting KANYE ZONE.

Sounds ominious: ‘Japanese High Tech’s Five Circles of Hell’.

Tinfoil hats, everyone: The DARPA chief is now headed to Google.

Sure, now you know about Kony, but are you aware of the Awareness 2012 campaign?

Sorry, dog enthusiasts: A hot dog a day raises your risk of dying. But is it the sauerkraut, or unsanitary working conditions?

The greatest ad ever for a hipster-ass hipster bike. Bipartisan fixies for everyone.

Something something blame the partying: Here’s the science of forgetting.

How a syncrotron works, as explained with donuts.

An intergalactic ‘cheers’ to this new old-tyme space blog, Beyond Apollo.