Link dump for July 5th, 2009 through August 7th, 2009:

• I'll die before the endgame, says Terry Pratchett – This is a hard one to read, but I agree with him wholeheartedly. The rightto die, and die with dignity, is one we should deny to no one.
  "I am enjoying my life to the full, and hope to continue for quite some time. But I also intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod – the latter because Thomas's music could lift even an atheist a little bit closer to Heaven – and perhaps a second brandy if there is time.
  Oh, and since this is England I had better add: 'If wet, in the library.'
  Who could say that is bad? Where is the evil here?"
• The Incredible Century-Old Color Photography of Prokudin-Gorsky | Quazen – Gorgeous photos using an innovative color process, kne hundred years ago. Thanks to my darling wife for the link.
• The blue and the green – Fascinating optical illusion. I love the way our brains can totally fool us.