Links for April 3rd, 2007

How we learned to stop having fun – “Historians of European culture are in substantial agreement,” Lionel Trilling wrote in 1972, “that in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, something like a mutation in human nature took place.” – (tags: [tag]happiness[/tag])
Write That Down – Â» Not Being the CEO – A young project manager’s view of what it takes to be successful. – (tags: [tag]software[/tag])
Car from `Knight Rider’ is up for sale – Yahoo! News – Only $149,995. – (tags: [tag]television[/tag])
You’re not on a f*****g plane (and if you are, it doesn’t matter)! – (37signals) – AC pointing out that we are already too connected and don’t need offline access. – (tags: [tag]software[/tag] [tag]web[/tag])
The Elusive RIA Â« NeelZone – Problems with using Java and Ajax for RIA: system load, network latency and bandwidth, browser independence, and too many technologies involved, HTML, Javascript client-side, PHP/Java/.NET server-side – (tags: [tag]software[/tag])
The Happiness Project: “what is happiness?” – “After a huge amount of thought and false starts, I arrived at my formula: to be happier, think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.” – (tags: [tag]happiness[/tag])