Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

Rumor: Fifth undersea internet cable cut?
Boing Boing is following the rumors that are spreading right now, that an unprecedented fifth major undersea internet cable in Asia has been cut in the last couple of days. Surprisingly, most experts still agree that this is not a coordinated, malicious attack -- but then what is it?

Daley proposes tough new bicycle-rights law in Chicago
Would double the fine for car drivers who temporarily park in bike lanes, also fine them up to $500 for failing to yield to a bicyclist on the street with them. Thank God! Hope this passes!

VQR finds all kinds of weird literary connections in "Tree of Smoke"
The Virginia Quarterly Review takes a close look at Denis Johnson's National Book Award winning "Tree of Smoke" and finds at least eight characters from his previous fiction (and maybe a lot more), arguing that this epic actually ties together all his other work into one grand universe.

The Tragedy of Britney Spears: An excerpt
Here's an excerpt from the latest feature article by Rolling Stone, painting a nightmare portrait of what an unhinged mess Britney Spears has become these days. Scary and fascinating. (Via sarahdisgrace.blogspot.com.)

Smug, sanctimonious Obama fan video gets 2 million views in first week
Ugh.

AOL: The beginning of the end
AOL to split off their subscription service, which lost 4 freaking million customers last year (only 9 million left, from the company that used to be the #1 ISP on the planet); it's assumed this was done so that AOL can just quietly shut the entire system down in another year or two.