GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from across the web

• Google Earth updated its maps of Mars. (via CNet News)
  
  
• Bill Gates tops the 2009 list of tech billionaires’ financial losses at $18 billion. (via TechCrunch)
  
  
• TV ratings gurus aren’t confident that MTV will renew the CollegeHumor show. (via New TeeVee)
  
  
• In Germany, Obama [chicken] Fingers are available for purchase in the frozen food section. (via Foreign Policy)
  
  
• New mobile application Foursquare turns nightlife into a game with point-based incentives. (via the NY Times)
  
  
• Why do top executives keep quitting Facebook? (via Business Insider)
  
  
• A new bus stop ad in the Netherlands shames people into joining a gym by displaying their weight. (via Gizmodo)
  
  
• So funny that Steve-O handled so many Jackass stunts no problem, but is now possibly too injured to dance. (via E! Online)
  
  
• Here’s a list of travel deals & steals specifically for New Yorkers. (via Jauntsetter)
  
  
• Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger landed a $3.2 million two-book deal with HarperCollins. (via Galley Cat)
  
  
• Get ready for Heathers, the musical. (via Hollywood Reporter)
  
  
• Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler’s got a new band called Roadside Prophets featuring members of Hold Steady, the Bouncing Souls, and the Loved Ones. (via Lush Life)
  
  
• A Brooklyn assemblyman has proposed a tax on strippers. (via NY Barfly)
  
  
• Through Sunday, Glamor Mag celebrates its 70th anniversary with $1.50 subscriptions. (via Everyanything)
  
  
• I’m very nervous about the American remake of British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. (via Bust Mag blog)
  
  
• Is Jamie Lynn Spears working on a country album? (via Popbytes)
  
  
• GOOD Mag is shrinking its size to save money & paper. (via PSFK)