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Sun June 10, 2007
London Times Hero A Scottish drug company introduces a new drug gel that will cure men over the age of 40 from baldness, fatness, grouchiness, earhair, backhair, and yelling at kids to get off of your lawn (5)
(Some Guy) Obvious From the "your mother was right" file: Better hand washing could save lives, health-care group says (39)
(POV Online) Spiffy Round-up of vintage Marvel Comic covers that were changed for publication. And not a SkyStick in sight (10)
Yahoo Interesting The Church of England calls new video game immoral. Normally this would cause sales to skyrocket but it's for PS3 (11)
Yahoo Asinine FCC pressures cable companies to let customers buy their own cable boxes. Cable companies argue that their customers don't particularly want to save money (15)
(HipTechBlog) Cool Ever Wondered What 128GB of RAM Looks Like? (54)
Wall Street Journal Dumbass The ITC bans any cell phone carrier using phones with Qualcomm chips. In other words, almost every cell phone in the US is now illegal (88)
(Some Guy) Interesting Are you an internet "omnivore" or "connector"? (28)
(Some Guy) Amusing Computer crashes are more stressful than break-ups. Farkers fail to understand the analogy (21)
(Science Daily) Interesting Dumping rusty Fords in the ocean more effective at fighting Global Warming than carbon credits. Actually, that isn't a bad idea even if it doesn't help global warming (14)
BBC Stupid Oh noes. Latest buzz word is 'cyber warming', global warming caused by computer usage. You are killing the planet by reading this (70)
YouTube Video What do you get when you combine Mr. Rogers and Donkey Kong? An explosion of awesome that's visible from space, that's what (15)
I-Mockery Amusing I-Mockery breaks down the ten best things about Total Recall. Baby, you make me wish I had three hands (39)
Yahoo Interesting Yoga may help treat depression, anxiety disorders, conservatism (96)
YouTube Video Amazing Giant rotating outer wall on building (16)
Breitbart.com Scary Just like your ex, NASA doesn’t think four inches is that big of a deal (124)
Yahoo Ironic YouTube founder says better content needed. Laments that there's only two billion dollars worth of ottoman humping and napping kittens (11)

Sat June 09, 2007
Space Sad Ring was stolen from one of the fallen Columbia astronauts; filthy, nasty hobbitses suspected (8)
(Some Guy) Cool The coolest simulated photos of black holes merging you'll see today this side of the LA County women's prison (19)
(Chosun Ilbo) Cool Korean octopus discovers 12th-century pottery. Octopi: Is there anything they can't do? (14)
(Tech Digest) Interesting Technology pick of the week: 30 tech stories worth reading this week. No, 27 of them aren't iPhone-related (8)
Yahoo Strange Scientists tests CT scanners on trees. Your dogwood wants a stake (44)
(DelawareOnline) Weird Judge overturns ban on fishing for prehistoric arthopods. Looks like facehugger is back on the menu (18)
London Times Silly Our new enemy in the fight against global warming: The Moon (42)
Slate Cool Ever wonder what fonts real authors use when they're composing their novels? (95)

Fri June 08, 2007
New Scientist Cool A new analysis of pictures taken by the exploration rover Opportunity reveals what appear to be small ponds of liquid water on the surface of Mars. (w/ pic goodness) (65)
(Flame Trench) Cool Shuttle Atlantis launch tonight at 7:38pm - follow the countdown here (295)
(Some Video Site) Video The coolest chemical reaction you will see all day (61)
(Computerworld) Interesting Tossing the old "PCs are cheaper than Macs" myth out the window (108)
New Scientist Cool Dark Side of the Moon could be ideal for radio observatory. You submitted this with a wittier Pink Floyd reference (46)
Local6 Florida New device converts Florida's humid air into potable water. Device also turns Jersey air into nuclear waste (33)
(TechEBlog) Interesting Geeky things you can do with dry ice (30)
(Some Guy) PSA If you are injured in battle and find a robot with a teddy bear's head carrying you to safety, you might actually still be sane (53)
(Some Guy) Interesting "Health Officials Looking for Two Dangerous Mosquitoes." Hey, good luck (8)
USA Today Strange Cool: majority of Americans believe in evolution. Scary: 2/3 of Americans are creationists. Wait, what? (133)
(Viva Latino) Spiffy Góòd ñéws fór Spáñísh spèàking wèb sürfèrs (28)
Slashdot Unlikely Not News: New imaging software coming out. News: It makes Flickr look like the Fisher Price of social picture networking. Fark: It's from Microsoft (45)

Thu June 07, 2007
(Some Guy) Cool A protein in squids can bend light, warp space and time, transport spice (47)
BBC Silly Scientists invent wireless transmission of power. Nikola Tesla rotates in his grave. Synchronously (44)
Newsweek Interesting "Irreducable complexity", one of the main arguments creationists use against evolution, takes a major hit as scientists show that sea sponges, one of the simplest forms of life on Earth, have the genes to form a full nervous system (128)
(Physorg.com) Interesting Scientists say they can turn potatoes into plastic, ignoring the fact that this invention was perfected by Burger King over 25 years ago (17)
Independent Spiffy More dog bites? Spawning grunions? Post-operative bleeding & menstruation? Meetings of Lunatics? Binge drinking? It's all going to happen on June 30 (16)
Yahoo Stupid Not content with only producing vehicles for men with small penises, Hummer introduces cell phone for men with small penises. Unconfirmed reports say it weighs 12 pounds, costs $2000, and needs battery recharge after 3 minutes of use (46)
Guardian.com Interesting Just how much do the internets weigh? Here comes the science (47)
Yahoo Interesting It's not tennis elbow, it's Wiiitis (36)
(Greenfield Recorder) Interesting Massachusetts has plenty of honey bees, proving conclusively that Republicans are to blame for colony collapse disorder (24)
Local6 Interesting Secret military targeting system stolen from research facility. In unrelated news, local supermarkets sell out of popcorn (36)
Gizmodo Cool Wheelchair basketball players rejoice: you can now dunk (15)
BBC Spiffy Scientists create robot that can rescue soldiers, pilot your flying car (123)
CBC Interesting New virus only attacks computers that use Arabic. Subby would add that this just might be an example of your tax dollars at work, but then he would have to kill you in the interest of national security (18)
Yahoo Spiffy ∩∩∩ ∩ ☻· · · · · ● (59)
Yahoo Strange Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse... NEC releases a pink Hello Kitty laptop (with photo pinkness) (22)
Yahoo Interesting Dell to exit LCD television business (29)
Yahoo Spiffy Biologists working to make skin cells behave like stem cells. Sam Brownback soon to decry skinned knees as the equivalent of murder (19)
CNN Interesting Scientists preparing experiment to create new universe -- or maybe new supervillain, really it could go either way (138)
CNN Scary Greenland's name becoming increasingly appropriate (326)
Daily Mail Scary By 2010, all cars will have aircraft-style black boxes to send SOS after a crash, upload your speed, driving habits and use of seatbelts to your insurance company (148)
Globe and Mail Interesting For as long as statistics have been kept, more women than men have died of stroke, but no one knows why. Submitter suggests it is due to their constant nagging (18)

Wed June 06, 2007
Reuters PSA New England Journal of Medicine publishes report of new ailment: "Wiitis" (32)
ABC News Interesting Man up, nancy (29)
(PopSci) Cool A remote-control, baseball-hitting robot made from a mishmash of junked parts steps up to the plate. (with video goodness) (15)
(Tech Republic) Obvious Vista -- Windows ME all over again (79)
Netscape Interesting Netscape releases a new browser. In other news, Netscape still makes a browser (21)
(PhysOrg) Interesting Scientists working on ways to prevent bridges from terrorist attacks, none of which involve trolls or an old man posing questions three, ere the other side they see (21)
Yahoo Stupid ISPs crack down on spammers- unless they want chip in for a small fee, in which case it's all good (20)
Canada.com Amusing Driving never smelled better as tire company set to release car tires with the embedded scents of jasmine, orange and lavender (26)
(Tech Digest) Cool Philips launches one-terabyte external hard drive, to cost around $600, and capable of holding a million photos or six weeks of uncompressed video. Is there enough porn in the world to fill that thing? (81)
(Some Fanboy) Cool The coolest fan you'll see all day (26)
Fox News Obvious Smug Mac users are surprised by an increase in viruses targeting the Mac. In related news, smug Linux users still enjoy the security of obscurity (67)
Space Followup NASA chief confesses to heresy, repents, promises to purchase carbon indulgence (22)
BBC Unlikely The obesity epidemic is caused by ... *shakes Magic 8 ball* ... microwave ovens (25)
London Times Followup The web looks at the world, the world looks at the web, then talks on the web about what it saw. Did I mention this is about the web? (6)
(Some Guy) Amusing How not to use Powerpoint (45)
(Some Guy) Amusing Cars that famous geeks drive (52)
News.com.au Spiffy The coolest fluorescent purple frog you'll see all day (67)
News.com.au Cool Original Pac Man designer takes break from counting quarters to personally design the final 360 version (17)
(Suomi Guy) Scary Blood-sucking "vampire" moth invades Finland. Finns encouraged to increase blood-alcohol content as deterrent (14)
UPI Cool Scientists say that stem cells could cure macular degeneration within the next ten years (32)

Tue June 05, 2007
(Spacefilght Now) Cool Friday's Shuttle launch countdown has begun - link goes to timeline (7)
(Some Carl Sagan Guy) Spiffy The "Cosmos"-less Science Channel Discussion Thread (200)
(Some Guy) Interesting Is your cell phone bugged? (22)
Google Amusing Man caught by Google maps pissing on the side of the road (131)
Slate Interesting Quantum scientists may have found the elusive Higgs Boson. Still looking for ways to get laid (30)
Yahoo Cool 100-year-old mushroom found by archaeologist. What a long, strange trip it's been, indeed (7)
Yahoo Cool God has been busy interlligent designing this week. Two dozen new species discovered, including a psychedelic purple frog (26)
Yahoo Asinine Microsoft calls its latest screw-up a "feature" not a bug, refuses to issue a patch, but does explain exactly how it works and note that if you upgrade to the latest version, that "feature" has been removed (31)
(Parade) Spiffy Happy Birthday Apple II ... and thanks for all the laughs (277)
London Times Interesting OK mister smartypants: How will you do on this 1940's IQ test? (70)
New Scientist Interesting Article about the brain being a tool or something... but I don't know why... Oh well, must not have been important (9)
News.com.au Interesting Dick Tracy would be pleased - the worlds first mobile phone watch is here (27)
Yahoo Cool New Linux-based portable media player. Make fun of its name here. Wizpy? (31)
(Physorg) Interesting If you're like me and have spent many a nerve-racked night wondering how Dino knew when Fred was back from work, you can now relax. Professor explains that dinosaurs probably heard low frequency sounds, like heavy footsteps, best (10)
My San Antonio Spiffy Tiny monkey may help research in fight against virus. Outbreak II: The Cure? (11)

Mon June 04, 2007
AFP Interesting Spanish man's left hand knows exactly what the right is doing (14)
(Some Guy) Sappy The US military investigated building a “gay bomb”, which would make enemy soldiers “sexually irresistible” to each other. So what happens in a friendly-fire incident? (77)
New Scientist Cool The fourth generation of paper has arrived (19)
(NC Times) Interesting I, for one, welcome our new robotic giraffe overlords (6)
CNN Followup Shuttle launch simulator touted last week by NASA as the most realistic space simulation possible is declared a suckfest with painted stars on a black background (15)
Wired Cool Military working on new weaponry that can be fired underwater. No word on if this can be attached to a Mark I Exosuit to fight the submerged zombie hordes (36)
(Some Guy) Interesting Electricity leads to heat, heat leads to sound, sound leads to electricity (29)
Reuters Interesting Behold the new tool used in trapping leopards - mobile phones with ringtones of mooing cows (9)
New Scientist Interesting Studies show monkeys can calculate statistics. President Bush said to be, "About 80% relieved, vindicated" (14)
(TechEBlog) Weird Time Travel to the past may be possible in the future but only to the present. Presently, we travel from the past to the future. No time-cube involved (73)
(Ars Technica) Misc Dateless geeks use supercomputer to prove that Rubik's cube can be solved in a minumum of 26 moves, not 27 as we all believed (23)
(Some Guy) Amusing Fun with microwaves (15)
(The Space Review) Interesting The history of the moon base that never was. Next up: why you still don't have a flying car (12)
Daily Mail Interesting Heavy snoring may lead to Alzheimer's, sleeping alone (31)
(Some Feline Photographer) Amusing 1) Buy cheap digital camera. 2) Modify to take pictures at regular intervals. 3) Attach to cat. 4) ??? 5) Profit?? (86)
Reuters Obvious "Pop quiz: What technology is on the cusp of changing the face of Internet advertising as we know it? Answer: Widgets" (33)



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