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Sat July 04, 2009
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(Telegraph) Strange Hot, blond 32-year-old is managing director of her own server hosting firm, named one of the Top 35 Women Under 35 by management magazine. And she was born with a penis. Wait, what?  (telegraph.co.uk) (51)
(TopNews) Weird We've replaced this planet's regular El Niño with a modoki El Niño. Let's see if they notice a difference. (The hurricanes and dying might be a clue.)  (topnews.us) (31)
(Telegraph) Unlikely IPhone 3G overheating blamed on global warming  (telegraph.co.uk) (35)
(ABC News) Ironic Medicinal marijuana prescribed to cancer patients may soon carry a warning that it causes cancer  (abcnews.go.com) (43)
(Fox News) Interesting Even cockroaches are getting fat from American's bad diets  (foxnews.com) (9)
(The Register) Fail Thanks, McAfee. Of course, if you just updated your AV files you're not reading this. Because your machine is now an "expensive paperweight."  (theregister.co.uk) (135)

Fri July 03, 2009
(ANSA) Obvious The ancestors of modern Italians pretty much f*cked the ancient Etruscans out of existence  (ansa.it) (44)
(Some Night Elf) Amusing TweetCraft allows people to read and send tweets from inside World of Warcraft, ensuring even virtual virginity  (cinemablend.com) (44)
(Some Guy) Interesting Are you a math nerd who can't even go to the bathroom without statistical analysis of mathematical usage patterns and a gizmo to track such things? Here come the schematics  (electronicsinfoline.com) (17)
(Some Guy) Interesting Stephen Hawking says humans have entered a new stage of evolution, an intelligently redesigned stage  (dailygalaxy.com) (70)
(USA Today) Interesting "Most early galaxies baked away." Duuuuuude  (blogs.usatoday.com) (24)
(UPI) Spiffy Soon you may be able to be bothered by a telmarketer during dinner at the same phone number for the rest of your life  (upi.com) (39)
(72407,3343) Sad CompuServe Classic shuts down for good. In other news, people were still on CompuServe  (paperpc.blogspot.com) (75)
(CofHE) Silly Arizona State University is being sued by the National Federation for the Blind because they are encouraging students to buy e-textbooks on Kindle  (chronicle.com) (49)
(UPI) Obvious The white pages are dying a slow (mostly) unnoticed death  (upi.com) (56)
(Examiner) Cool Discovery Channel to air global catastrophe reality show  (examiner.com) (32)
(Examiner) Cool Ten explosive science facts about fireworks (with bonus slideshow)  (examiner.com) (8)
(The Scotsman) Misc Scientists say they've solved riddle of the shrinking Soay sheep, sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick  (news.scotsman.com) (15)
(Democratic Underground) Spiffy Two-hundred year old Jeffersonian code broken by mathmatician, just in time for another revolution  (democraticunderground.com) (59)

Thu July 02, 2009
(Dvice) Interesting New anti-paparazzi purse automatically detects flash from nearby cameras, emits blinding flash of light which ruins their photos  (dvice.com) (40)
(Live Science) Spiffy Bad News: Destructive volcanic eruption in Russia. Good News: Skies over US prettier  (livescience.com) (6)
(Funny Or Die) Video Mac tips: How to create a new user account for porn  (funnyordie.com) (28)
(Guardian.com) Obvious Microsoft drops ad campaign showing people vomiting after using one of its operating systems, but Apple has expressed interest in buying the rights and airing the spots verbatim  (guardian.co.uk) (46)
(Discover) Cool Nerdgasm: first hi-res pix of the Moon from NASA orbiter  (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (65)
(MacWorld) Video "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Neuromancer turns 25  (macworld.com) (104)
(ScienceBlogs) Unlikely New poll shows that Americans have as higher level of understanding of evolution than any other country in the world  (scienceblogs.com) (319)
(Greenwire) Sad Puffin population suffers rapid decline. Probably all the cigarettes  (eenews.net) (15)
(Discover) Cool Vogons eyeballing two new planetary systems. Hitchiker trifecta now in play  (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (20)
(Yahoo) Ironic People who are unsure of their own beliefs are less open minded. Suck it agnostics  (news.yahoo.com) (868)
(UPI) Interesting Scientists who inbred bumblebees find that the bees were less successful, and more interested in NASCAR  (upi.com) (45)
(Reuters) Sad 17,000 species threatened with extinction. Savory, delicious, BBQ sauce-coated extinction  (reuters.com) (48)
(Metro) Interesting Engineers design robotic rat to rescue people from burning buildings, find Sarah Mouser  (metro.co.uk) (9)
(Independent) Cool Secret of schizophrenia unlocked by scientists. Yeah right. And I'm Napoleon Bonaparte. And so am I  (independent.co.uk) (56)
(The Register) Interesting Facebook New Privacy Settings...These should make everyone happy (about a minute ago)  (theregister.co.uk) (20)
(USA Today) Interesting Online advertisers adopt seven core principles designed to give you more control over enhancing your penis size  (usatoday.com) (14)
(Don't Panic) Interesting Astronomers release new guide to the galaxy. Still slightly more expensive, and where's the friendly cover?  (eso.org) (21)
(GameTrailers) Interesting Video game release calander. Still no porn video game....that I know of  (gametrailers.com) (82)
(CBC) Spiffy Possible AIDS vaccine to enter human trials, needlessly tempting high risk demographics away from their abstinence pledges  (cbc.ca) (88)
(Yahoo) Interesting Scientists prove that vegetarians have weaker bones. Suck it brittle bones  (fe18.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com) (243)
(USA Today) Stupid USA Today publishes a helpful guide highlighting the major differences between the three vampire worlds  (usatoday.com) (116)
(Slashdot) Interesting Scientists discover ant "megacolony" which covers the entire world. I, for one, etc etc  (news.slashdot.org) (51)

Wed July 01, 2009
(Yahoo) Obvious Danish scientists announce sea ice is the lowest it has been in 800 years, fear Viking raids may soon follow  (news.yahoo.com) (66)
(Yahoo) Interesting Solar orbiter Ulysses ends mission after 18 years. The Sun is there  (news.yahoo.com) (29)
(Breitbart.com) Spiffy Joe Biden announces $4.7 billion plan to bring porn to rural areas  (breitbart.com) (38)
(YouTube) Cool The only go-kart that can be heard by deaf people  (youtube.com) (35)
(Ars Technica) Fail RIAA wins another one. Federal judge finds Usenet.com liable for just about every copyright violation on the books. Usenet is about to get hammered with damages  (arstechnica.com) (96)
(Slashdot) Interesting Windows XP doesn't want to go on the cart, thinks it'll go for a walk  (tech.slashdot.org) (103)
(Science Daily) Interesting Getting a positive REsponsE to sublimiNal messages requires the subject to unconsciously already want to do what you want them to do  (sciencedaily.com) (33)
(Some Guy) Stupid Microsoft's Bing Scratches Out 1% Market-Share Gain  (crn.com) (67)
(Engadget) Cool Old and busted: Star Wars Pez dispensers. New hotness: Star Wars flash drives  (engadget.com) (30)
(BBC) Obvious UK is not yet ready to embrace space tourism, dentistry  (news.bbc.co.uk) (5)
(Aint-It-Cool-News) Spiffy "Lost" writers request, receive extra episode for the final season, saying they couldn't possibly explain what the heck the Smoke Monster is in only 17 hours  (aintitcool.com) (188)
(Slashdot) Fail Blizzard confirms no LAN support for Starcraft 2. Blizzard says that their Battlenet service will provide a superior multi-player experience. Bwwaaahhaaaaha  (games.slashdot.org) (259)
(Some Guy) Interesting Environmental groups ask feds to protect giant spitting worm. Said to be elusive, but subby bets your mom knows where to look  (kgw.com) (22)
(CNN) Cool NASA releases high-re digital topography map of 99 percent of the earth's surface. Missing: Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle, and Ann Coulter's lair inside Mount Doom  (cnn.com) (47)
(Some Guy) Interesting The most impressive collection of holes on earth  (tom-phillips.info) (106)
(Some Guy) Obvious Many computer users skip routine maintenance like changing the ram filter, waxing the modem, rotating the graphics cards and checking the hard drive pressure  (hothardware.com) (194)

Tue June 30, 2009
(MSNBC) Cool Snake tricks fish to swim toward snake's mouth. No innuendo here, but there is cool video  (msnbc.msn.com) (11)
(Computerworld) Interesting Firefox 3.5 downloads pass 2 million within hours. Mozilla considers changing browser name to "Michael Jackson's Firefox" in order to increase web traffic  (computerworld.com) (91)
(Some Carl Sagan Guy) Interesting The Tuesday Night Science Channel Discussion Thread  (faildogs.com) (100)
(CSMonitor) Interesting Scientists release several hundred guppies into two rivers, one with predators and one without, to see how they adapt. After some interesting initial results, researchers ready for betta testing  (features.csmonitor.com) (67)
(The Atlantic) Scary The good news is that we can stop global warming tomorrow for less than a billion dollars. The bad news is tomorrow will look like a cross between Blade Runner and Highlander 2  (theatlantic.com) (114)
(Gizmodo) Obvious AT&T's new, improved 3GS network isn't really new or improved  (gizmodo.com) (47)
(C|Net) Interesting Georgia Tech engineer creates "ethical governor" for killer robots. So they won't murder, but they will commit adultery  (news.cnet.com) (38)
(Kansas City) Cool America's first ever hydrogen fuel-cell powered locomotive makes its debut trip of about a half mile before needing to refuel  (kansascity.com) (93)
(Discovery) Scary Playboy Bunnies close to extinction. EVERYBODY PANIC  (blogs.discovery.com) (123)
(Fox News) Interesting In addition to possessing superior sandwich-making skills, women are also better than men at hammering nails  (foxnews.com) (72)
(UPI) Interesting Alcohol actually lubricates the brain on the molecular level. Still no cure for beer goggles  (upi.com) (48)
(BBC) Amusing Thirteen year old struggles using an 80s style Sony Walkman: "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape."  (news.bbc.co.uk) (254)
(Some Guy) Interesting Virtual reality/technology/transhumanist pioneer...Michael Jackson?  (hplusmagazine.com) (46)

Mon June 29, 2009
(Examiner) Asinine Lunatic fringe: blow up the moon because it's gay  (examiner.com) (229)
(Fox News) Interesting Vatican announces that carbon dating seems to confirm that Paul is buried in Paul's tomb  (foxnews.com) (92)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Asinine Horrible old man invents device that sucks the fun out of your video games  (startribune.com) (175)
(Some Guy) Cool Toyota develops a wheelchair that is controlled by brain waves. Stephen Hawking is speechless  (wsbtv.com) (35)
(Yahoo) Cool Another theory on what happened in Siberia in 1908 links it to Space Shuttle launches. Apparently, if a shuttle travels around the Earth in the opposite direction of our spin, it can travel backward in time  (news.yahoo.com) (38)
(Some Guy) Stupid Hulu is such a fantastic service that they just blacked out all access for PS3 owners  (itworld.com) (103)
(nintendolife) Obvious Dispelling myths that Wii isn't for hardcore gamers, new adult FPS released for download  (wiiware.nintendolife.com) (111)
(Ars Technica) Interesting Minor genetic disorders may combine to form autism; voltron  (arstechnica.com) (23)
(RedOrbit) Scary How your C-section turns your baby into a mutant  (redorbit.com) (55)
(Wired) Interesting How Facebook plans to bring down Google  (wired.com) (208)
(TechEBlog) Cool When magnet meets magnetic fluid  (techeblog.com) (48)
(Engadget) Interesting Acer to overtake Dell as number two PC maker. Confused subby thought they were always a number two PC maker  T-Shirt  (engadget.com) (98)
(Philly) Fail Because the big dig was such an affordable success, Philly wants their own  (philly.com) (126)
(YouTube) Amusing You know those clear CDs that come on the spindle? Now you have something cool to do with them  (youtube.com) (80)
(NASA) Cool How do you get an Atlas V booster rocket to Florida? Like this (pic)  (lcross.arc.nasa.gov) (50)

Sun June 28, 2009
(Some Guy) Interesting RIAA forced to settle lawsuit against defendant who didn't own a PC  (p2pnet.net) (30)
(YouTube) Cool Ever wanted to see an F-18 at full power ingesting a hunk of metal? Here you go  (youtube.com) (124)
(C|Net) Interesting The next iPhone killer? the PSP... Playstation Phone  (news.cnet.com) (63)
(Yahoo) Interesting Scientists determine the only thing in the world more annoying than a screaming baby is a screaming baby monkey  (news.yahoo.com) (33)
(CNN) Stupid Time Warner once again wants to charge you for what you get free already  (cnn.com) (56)
(Some Guy) Cool Ham radio operators show their skills, and tell you why they'll be the only voices in a post-apocalyptic world  (tricities.com) (42)
(Wired) Cool Three years ago, Netflix created a $1M prize for a better movie recommendation algorithm. Today, seven nerds have emerged from their moms' basements to claim that prize  (wired.com) (41)
(SMH) Stupid Australia's mandatory online content filter might make it illegal to play online games like Second Life or World of Warcraft. Remember the thin end of the wedge? Ah, the good old days  (smh.com.au) (34)
(Daily Express) Interesting NASA discovers lost tapes of the first moon landing  (express.co.uk) (247)
(Contra Costa Times) Interesting Study shows from the soaring heights of the lesbian albatross pairs to the bi-curious blowholes of the cruising dolphins, nearly every type of animal engages in same-gender sexual behavior  (contracostatimes.com) (74)

Sat June 27, 2009
(Boston Globe) Scary Latest health risk from farmed fish? Mad cow disease  (boston.com) (23)
(UPI) Interesting Owls seen as solution to rat infestation in Laos. YA RLY  (upi.com) (24)
(Examiner) Interesting Why your dog eats cat poop, likes to stick his head out the car window, chews your shoes and wants steak  (examiner.com) (45)
(Some Guy) Interesting After conquering chess, scientists now invent robots that are unbeatable at rock, paper scissors (w/ vid)  (robots.net) (34)
(YouTube) Cool The best WWII era explanation of how a differential works you'll see all afternoon  (youtube.com) (63)
(PCWorld) Fail The new Apple iPhone 3GS is so hot that.....its overheating  (pcworld.com) (84)
(Some Guy) Cool Are you a nerd and want to freak everyone out at your next Halloween party?  (gekko.orconhosting.net.nz) (40)
(RedOrbit) Scary World's largest vaccination program being planned this fall to fight swine flu by scientists who are apparently bored with giving us all autism with regular vaccines  (redorbit.com) (39)
(The Local (Germany)) Spiffy Meh: German scientists have managed to build a radio transmitter. Spiffy: To track butterflies  (thelocal.de) (22)
(3 News New Zealand) Cool Study finds smoking takes 15 years off the average smoker's life. Fortunately, they're all the years at the end  (3news.co.nz) (86)

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