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Sun June 03, 2007
Denver Post Interesting What's big and gray and comes in quarts and accepts reversed-charges calls through the Earth? (3)
(Some Guy) Interesting The top 10 dead or dying computer skills (18)
(Some Guy) Interesting Sunglasses increase your risk of cancer, but you'll look cool while you die (14)
Sci Fi Cool Neil Gaiman announces plans to give millions of comic book fans what they're craving: Death. Sweet, sweet, merciful Death. Guillermo del Toro named as a possible accomplice (33)
Yahoo Obvious Blame Texas: Coal leads carbon emissions... Yeehaw We're number one (11)
(Some Guy) Interesting Malaysian researchers create walnut 'Viagra'. Limp walnuts everywhere rejoice (2)
(Some Guy) Cool The mother of all wardrive boxes. Your dog downloaded 20 movies while you read this headline (20)
AP Cool US intelligence forces start their own "Q program" (16)
(Some Guy) Interesting Some people can't even look at whether a toilet seat is up or down without subjecting it to a game theory analysis (134)
Reuters Interesting The more entertaining a TV program is, the more you eat. CBS touts its fall lineup as a weight-loss program (5)
(APOD) Interesting Scariest pic of the day: death ray from Moon colony blows up space shuttle (78)
Guardian.com Obvious Company appeals for return of stolen sat-nav device that tracks oil tankers. If only there were a way to track such things down, perhaps by using a worldwide network of satellites (4)
(Orlando Sentinel) Hero "Any time I expelled gas in the suit, I realized nobody could smell it, it was amazing" (115)
AFP Interesting Freshwater crabs thrive in Roman ruins like Caligula at an orgy (14)
SeattlePI Dumbass Space Shuttle workers to strike days before planned Shuttle launch. What's the worst that could happen? (11)

Sat June 02, 2007
(techblorge) Obvious Second life becomes a second home to sexual deviants and misfits. Pretty much just like first life (91)
(TreeHugger) Amusing Amish love that fancy solar technology. Who knew? (21)
(FlaToday) Florida Apparently depressed because they don't have any frickin' laser beams, Florida sharks are now on Prozac (4)
Breitbart.com Interesting New RTS game allows you to take control of Canadian history. It comes complete with a maple leaf shaped technology tree that includes Beer, Syrup, and Hockey (36)
MSNBC Interesting Does virtual reality need a sheriff? Jack Thompson seen submitting a resume (16)
MTV Cool MTV visits the Iron Man set, sees Robert Downey's helmet hair, less fat Favreau (19)
(Some Guy) Interesting Global warming could be slowed down using pyrolysis (35)
(Some Guy) Interesting Star Wars: The Comic Book That Saved Marvel. With sweet, sweet 70's pic (8)
(I4U NEWS) Strange Japanese researchers develop really creepy android child named CB2. If they can teach it to fetch the remote control without spilling chocolate milk on the carpet, they might be on to something (52)
WFTV Cool "Dr. Carlos Schenck reported in the journal Sleep that sleepsex, or sexsomnia, is becoming more common" (57)
(Instructables) Cool Next up in the Department of Nerd: "Do-it-yourself carbonated fruit" (11)
(sciencefriday.com) Cool New fungus evolves in the Chernobyl reactor that absorbs ionizing radiation like sunlight. Could dispose of radioactive waste and be used as cheap biofuel (39)
London Times Strange Blood bank for cats planned. Extra tenth life also planned (7)
MSNBC Amusing Ancient McDonald's Uncovered in Pompei (36)
News.com.au Interesting "Scientists in race to build superchook". Submitter doesn't know what the hell that is, but he's terrified of the implications, especially to regular chooks (8)
London Times Cool Super-geek develops satellite x-ray technique that can see through the oceans, under the earth, and find stuff. Google & Arne Saknussem both surrender (11)
PCWorld Interesting Id Software announces a new game engine, says that all the noobs out there are doomed (33)
Telegraph Cool Birds found to be picking up discarded cigarette butts and using the smoke to rid their wings of parasites (13)
Telegraph PSA New houses built with 38 electrical outlets, up from 17 just 30 years ago. Don't fall into your own carbon footprint - it's a steep one (24)

Fri June 01, 2007
(Radar Online) Scary Government censorship of the Internet in places like China and Saudi Arabia is done with software made in the United States (29)
London Times Amusing The 10 strangest sights on Google street view (54)
Yahoo Interesting Archaeologists find 2100 year old melons. They're a little saggy, but still in pretty good shape (7)
(Some Law-talkin' Guy) Asinine If bill becomes law, selling Gears of War to a 16-year-old could mean a lifetime jail sentence. Asinine tag asplodes (55)
(woai.com) Interesting Internet Tech company to take over abandoned mall, prepare for zombie onslaught. Brains (14)
News.com.au Obvious A "landmark international study" finds that bumps on the head can potentially lead to brain damage (33)
Network World Scary World awakening to the fact that Google's Street View is a Peeping Tom's wet dream (27)
(Some rock god) Amusing Activision claims in conference call with investors that the new 'Rock Band' game is just a copycat of 'Guitar Hero'. Difficulty: The company making Rock Band is the company that made Guitar Hero (25)
Starpulse Silly Fantastic Four: Quest For The Largest Codpiece (31)
AP Interesting Climate making forest fires bigger, which coincidently, is the same thing that articles about climate change do to flame wars (19)
The Register Amusing Woman upset about Google posting naked pictures of her cat (41)
(Tech Digest) Cool Bob Marley's classic 'Exodus' album is being released in limited-edition USB Memory Stick and Micro SD Card versions. It's what he would have wanted (21)
Toronto Star Sad Man's 1980's era foot-long cellphone that weighs more than a baseball bat no longer working after provider ditches analog for all-digital service (33)
Yahoo Interesting Jim Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, allows his personal genome to be publicly available. Now, all his bases are belong to us (29)
Detroit News Spiffy Robotic CyberKnife deftly cuts out cancer anywhere in the body, once you pay the ransom (15)
(Comos Magazine) Cool Amateur astronomers discover freaking huge planet. Next year they hope to discover girls (14)
(Some Guy) Obvious How to build a solar-powered scooter. You know, just in case regular scooters are just too macho for you to consider riding (pics) (14)

Thu May 31, 2007
Network World Asinine Major League Baseball to Sling Box users: Please don't watch our games (49)
Wired Followup Did you honestly think those DRM-free downloads from iTunes didn't come with a catch? (215)
(Some Guy) Interesting Scientists can now "train" neurons to fire in sequence in a petri dish, replicating how the human mind stores memories. Skynet observes results with interest (18)
(Some Guy) Cool Canadian physicists' discovery could lead to room-temperature superconductors within 10 years (49)
Telegraph Cool Translation device worn like a wristwatch has been designed by a student from Baghdad to help British soldiers overcome language barriers in potentially life-threatening situations in Iraq. Next step, make it understand Klingon (11)
(wkyc) Spiffy Scientists 123 develop 123 new 123 brain 123 surgery 123 to 123 help 123 people 123 with 123 OCD 123 (17)
(Some Guy) Cool Today's "useless but still cool" innovation goes to: the USB drive in a Lego block (13)
(Some Guy) Obvious ARRRR mateys, here be a map describin' the amount of pirated software per computer by country (37)
(Some Guy) Amusing Science Cartoons, for the little nerd in all of us (15)
Gizmodo Cool Google maps has done it again. This time exposing the actual existence of E.T (23)
Discovery Cool Wave-Powered Boat 'Kicks' Like A Dolphin, 'Stings' Like A Bee (7)
(citytv) Cool Flat screen air conditioners. Cooooool.... (w/ pic) (14)
(Some Guy) Obvious MIT finds until there are a large number of alternative fuel vehicles on the road, people won't consider buying one, ensuring that there will never be a large number of them on the road. If only there was a name for this phenomenon (48)
(Physorg) Interesting British study confirms years of suspicion that Cheetara was a Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercat Ho (18)
Network World Cool New Google tool makes Web applications work offline (9)
(Some Guy) Interesting Creative iPod designs that never were (17)
Abc.net.au Interesting New study reveals that sharks have several genes that are nearly identical to human genes. Study notes that it is still unwise to open the door if a shark tries to deliver you pizza (26)
YouTube Cool Space Shuttle cockpit during launch with internal coms (14)
(Some Guy) Cool Cosmonauts put mudflaps on space station. Up next: curb feelers and a raccoon tail on the antenna (11)
(The Moscow Times) Interesting Moscow may alleviate traffic congestion by building roads on top of residential and commercial buildings (38)
ABC News Obvious One of world's top 10 spammers arrested. Officials say you should celebrate with some h3rb4l V14gr4 (29)
(wvmv.com) Interesting Hell freezes over: Gates and Jobs on stage together for first time in 20 years - to announce new joint operating system based on 64-bit DOS...It will blow everything away and make games and applications run at light speed on quad-chips (49)

Wed May 30, 2007
C|Net Amusing Livejournal accounts deleted on a massive scale by abuse team. In related news, stock in razor blades doubles (200)
(edge.org) Unlikely People reject science because it instinctually seems unbelievable (245)
Live Science Scary ♫ Slip sliding away, slip sliding away ♫ You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away ♫ (21)
(MN Daily) Obvious College of the Blindingly Obvious study finds premarital sex unlikely to lead to depression. Abstinence supporters told to... well, you know (18)
CNN Interesting Last.fm bought by CBS for $280 million (22)
(Some Guy) Cool Metal Gear Solid coming to an xbox 360 near you. Sony seen weeping quietly in the corner (89)
(Gadgetroad) Cool Stracraft + Touchscreen Tablet PC + Linux = Future gaming experience (63)
(Some Guy) Amusing Top 10 douchebags of gaming (56)
(Some Guy) Cool Grateful Dead fan site to relaunch as a social network. You'll get over it, dude (13)
Yahoo Obvious IT admins read private emails and know about your Jodie Sweetin fetish (58)
Reuters Interesting Microsoft to sell new 'Surface' tabletop computer for between $5k and $10k. No word whether Asteroids will be preloaded (55)
IGN Interesting Old n busted: 1080p New hotness: Super Hi-Vision (34)

Tue May 29, 2007
(Some Carl Sagan Guy) Interesting The "Cosmos"-less Science Channel Discussion Thread (194)
Live Science Interesting People who are either overtly very nice or very bad get laid more often. Now get to work you fugly cow; pretty please with sugar on top? (48)
(Josiah Cole) Interesting 19 ways not to design your web site (101)
(Technology News) Spiffy Toshiba starts seeing other chips (5)
(CRN) Obvious Review: Vista no more secure than XP (54)
PCWorld Spiffy Google opens Gmail up to the public, invitation to join no longer needed (38)
C|Net Amusing Linux branded Indy 500 car first to crash, blames user error (29)
(Tech Digest) Stupid BBC documentary on Wi-Fi dangers measured Wi-Fi radiation with monitoring tool designed and built by... a campaigner against Wi-Fi radiation (31)
(TechPersona.com) Interesting Interview with Matt Toschlog, creater of 1990s phenom game Descent. Somehow, he uses "politician" and "crazy" in the same quote (24)
(Huh?) Interesting Actual headline: "Math proof on quasicrystals is offered." What it actually means: "Some guys haven't been laid in a long, long, long time." (24)
STLToday Interesting Should we build Cylons? (53)
Fox News Spiffy Scientists running a dangerously erotic experiment are surprised to discover that women really like pron. In other news, they're surprised to find people want them to cure cancer (24)
Yahoo Amusing Headline: Microsoft has sold one million Zunes. Article: Microsoft has shipped one million Zunes (67)
Wall Street Journal Obvious To lure students, American colleges introduce Facebook study programs into their curricula (28)
MSNBC Weird Having trouble breathing? Just poke a few holes in your lungs (8)
(Korea Times) Unlikely Korean government to explore other planets by 2017, expose aliens to glories of spiced cabbage (50)

Mon May 28, 2007
(Some Guy) Obvious Academic claims too many parents are labelling their kids "dyslexic" when the scientific term that is eluding them is "stupid" (55)
Reuters Obvious Astronomers announce discovery of 28 new planets, some of which could harbor life that could eventually make its way to earth and kill us unless we destroy them first (45)
Yahoo Obvious This year's "Blue Moon" explanation article. P.S. It's on May 31st this year (13)
(Renewable Energy Access) Interesting Good news: researchers have discovered a lithium compound that may enable hydrogen cell cars to run for hundreds of miles. Bad news: we may need to send out a ship to gather dilithium crystals. A star trek, if you will (41)
(Some Spaceman) Strange Mars may be hollow (52)
(Some Geau) Spiffy Sony develops paper-thin bendable TV screen just in time to install in our flying cars. LGT video of tv screen but fails to show the flying car (24)
(Some Guy) Advice Now's a good time to invest in Oregon chicken manure (24)
(Some Guy) Cool Creative uses for old computer parts (16)
MSNBC Spiffy Turning off gene makes mice smarter. Algernon last seen building Rube Goldberg machines for cheese (15)
YouTube Video Last thing you expect to be modded: graduation cap (20)



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