hot friday link action: killer’s kiss

The excellent Open Culture adds Stanley Kubrick’s Killer’s Kiss to their Free Online Movies collection. The 67-minute film noir marks the true start of Kubrick’s film career.

Readability adds yet another link shortener to the mix for short-link hungry twitter users. Clicking on a rdd.me link opens articles in the Readability format, including a mobile-optimized version. As newspapers continue to jam adds into their content — I’m looking at you Washington Post — this type of service for news sharing will become more important. Readability can also provide revenue for writers and publishers.

Apple is looking to create a world without wires and a world without wires is a better world indeed. The magic gadget maker is working on a set of iDevices, starting with the next generation of iPods, that can be synced with iTunes over WiFi. The engineering is tough however. Speaking of Apple and wireless, Scoble calls AirPlay the most important protocol since RSS, even though it’s owned and controlled by Apple.

Venerable outdoor clothier and gear-maker L.L. Bean is getting hip. It just launched a new Tumblr account and is promoting a stylish new Signature collection aimed at the J.Crew/hipster set. Add in their new, everything ships for free policy, and L.L. Bean looks to be on the rise.

The U.S. needs wind power to reduce its emissions and stem climate change, but we don’t want to turn the American West into a wind factory. Good news: A new study from The Nature Conservancy shows that it’s possible to generate wind power for hundreds of millions of homes without disturbing natural lands. So let’s build some turbines up in this piece.

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