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A bitter-sweet mix of links:

Too close for comfort? Portraits by Martin Schoeller – live journal
Love is like an app store – diesel sweeties
The facebook you vs the real you – comical concept
Civilization has something similar: a video of all the major historical events (according to Wikipedia) in 100 seconds – ragtag
In the same vein, an infograph of every person who has ever lived – la femme belletrist
Nuclear boy suffers from gas (video) – youtube
David Lynch’s hair compared to art masterpieces – world of wonder
The answer to the burning question: “what is better, a facebook like or a tweet?” – mashable
Meet the world’s busiest extra who’s credits include tv shows like , glee, curb your enthousiasm, arrested development, and movies like the social network, catch me if you can and spiderman (video) – vulture
Despite recent criticism, more designers have created art inspired but the recent disaster in Japan – design for japan tumblr
But none as strong as these radioactive cherry blossoms on the cover of New Yorker – kottke

The Beatles, Social Media and more Japan aid:

For mixtape nostalgics: Stereolizer is the app that turns your iPad into an 80’s cassette player – wired
Etsy users find themselves exposed to world as a result of the new privacy policy – boingboing
Taking a stand on the McCartney – Lennon feud – Though Catalog
In other Beatles news Apple files to trademark the old Beatles Apple Logo – patently apple
Fear of missing out in the social media – caterina.net via swissmiss
Isn’t that a surprise: poor countries have more digital piracy – boingboing
Happy people stick together in Twitter (so do the miserable also) – mashable
The history of web browser (infograph) – bit rebels
More designers come to the aid of Japan – this is colosal & imprint

Made by James White, this poster is available at the Signalnoise store and all profits go to the relief effort.

Here are more ways to help online:

Donate to the Red Cross campaign on Facebook Causes
You can also donate to the Red Cross through iTunes
Buy virtual stuff on Zynga’s games: CityVille,FrontierVille, FarmVille and others. Zynga will donate proceeds to Save the Children’s Japan Earthquake Tsunami Emergency Fund
Explore.org will donate $1 for every “Like” of the “Dog Bless You” Facebook page

Twitter also created these hashtags relating to the relief effort:

#Jishin: focuses around general earthquake information
#Anpi: a hashtag for the confirmation of the safety of individuals or places
#Hinan: Evacuation information
#311care: a hashtag regarding medical information for the victims
#PrayforJapan: A general hashtag for support and best wishes for victims of the crisis

See also:

My mind is in Japan:

Confirmed by personal experience: when mobile phones and telephone lines failed, social networks helped the Japanese communicate in the hour of need – cnet
In fact, after the earthquake tweets from Japan were estimated around 1200 per minute – mashable
Google launches Person Finder for Japan earthquake – Person Finder
Japan’s strict building codes saved lives – New York Times
The earthquake and tsunami in pictures – buzzfeed
Predicted tsunami wave heights – New York Times