Friday Links: Triskaidekaphobic edition

• Why Tim O’Reilly is fighting SOPA.
• A follow-up to the illin’-whack controversy, Mike D of the Beastie Boys weighs in on The Colbert Report (much hilarity ensues).
• Don’t forget to RSVP for The Nerdery’s Agile webinar coming up Tuesday, January 17 & Thursday, January 19.
• We’ve all had our cell phones go off at inopportune times, but nothing is as bad as when it happened at the New York Philharmonic on Tuesday.
• What’s up with the weather?
• Star Trek vs StarWars: Which is better?
• Attention Design Nerds! PBS has posted the Charles & Ray Eames documentary.
• Why JRR Tolkien never won a Nobel prize.
• Ending an endless game: an interview with Julian Gough, author of Minecraft’s epic finale.
• Forecasting next week’s Apple education event.
• Lifehacker has the best tech-friendly airports and airlines.
• World’s most stunning beauty product: Fotoshop by Adobe.
• The magic & madness of the creative process.