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Sun July 22, 2007
(NASA.gov) Cool NASA map depicts how much of the US's land is covered with lawn. Get off my country (36)
(TrekMovie.com) Wheaton Video featuring Wil and George "Fabulous" Takei debating the presidential qualities of Kirk and Picard (24)
(Sky & Telescope) Interesting Scientists explain why a walnut-shaped death star is shaped like a walnut-shaped death star. French rebels surrender (11)
PCWorld Interesting AT&T appears to be backing down from its objection to the "open access" concept of the upcoming 700MHz FCC auctions. Google seems to be happy (3)
Houston Chronicle Interesting Rabbit ears to become obsolete in 2009. Trailer park living rooms still reeling from the 1970's loss of console TV's (27)
Minneapolis Star Tribune Obvious "Any attractive young woman who drops off her computer with the Geek Squad should assume that her photos will be looked at" - former agent (38)
(PonderAbout) Video Physicist Brian Greene shows how M Theory can account for the "amazing weakness" of gravity (286)
(CityNews) Spiffy Moon landing footage digitally remastered into HD, so you can totally see the strings and cables now (w/ video) (231)
The Register Hero Ask.com challenges Google by promising to not tell anyone about your late night tranny midget porn searches (23)
(Some Guy) Stupid "Dear Amp'd customer. As of 12:01 a.m. July 24th Amp'd mobile will terminate service with all subscribers. We apologize and thank you for your patronage. P.S. we apologize for telling you this via a text message." (163)
(Some Guy) Cool Man who was cut in half lives to walk again. We have the technology, we can rebuild him with scrawny midget robot legs (27)
C|Net Interesting EVDO? Please. RevA? Too slow. UMTS? Get serious. Sprint joins forces with Clearwire, officially announces WiMax for 2008 (17)
Scientific American PSA You can use the "infinity + 1" argument again (127)
(Some Guy) Cool This guy makes the coolest watches made from junk you've ever seen (21)
Gizmodo Strange Armed gang kidnaps one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut. Wait, it gets better (75)

Sat July 21, 2007
(Physorg.com) Cool Remember that dust devil you saw last week? Yeah, well, this is its daddy (9)
C|Net Stupid In car navigation system for toddlers. All roads lead to McDonalds (7)
LA Times Interesting Mars rovers halted after three week long dust storm blocks out 99% of the sunlight and drops temps to -80. Hell, when I was a kid, they didn't even close school for that (20)
(Techdo) Interesting Firefox 3: Preview of the User Interface (36)
The Register Interesting Taser markets pretty pink stun gun to the ladies (pic) (26)
SLTrib Unlikely Global warming may be forcing Bigfoot closer to human habitation (17)
Yahoo Unlikely Shyness: Cured. Cancer: Not so much (37)
Sci Fi Amusing The greatest invention for internet porn since broadband connections (33)
C|Net Amusing "Politicians have learned to fear and revere the video-sharing web site that has become a vital part of the campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election": YouTube (25)
Reuters Interesting ISS crew to dump 1,600 lbs of trash overboard. Millennium Falcon sees perfect chance to esacpe (28)
MSNBC Interesting Japan to use technology to warn for next earthquake, Godzilla rampage (6)

Fri July 20, 2007
C|Net Misc Vista successor given code name Seven. George Costanza unavailable for comment (71)
SFGate Interesting Google takes another step towards world domination, gets set to buy the atmosphere for $4.6 billion (15)
Local6 Florida Orange and grapefruit rinds to be converted into gas. Motorist say idea is very a-peeling (13)
C|Net Cool Gentlemen, we have the technology: Redesigned C-Leg limb prosthesis will have 10 operating modes and adapt automatically between walking gaits (16)
Network World Followup Details lacking, but Duke's iPhone mystery problems reportedly "resolved." Duke, of course, still sucks (9)
(PhysOrg) Cool Saturn V rocket restored in Houston (39)
(LiveLeak) Video Coolest video you'll see today of a fin-stabilized, submunition-dispensing funky HE round fired from a tank main gun in ultra slow mo (41)
Network World Scary The corporate sing-along returns -- GAAA (25)
Jalopnik Followup Chrysler mistakes YouTube for all of Internet in fight to pull down Dodge dog electrocution video (83)
Jalopnik Amusing The new "Crew," continuing the Dodge tradition of designing egg-mobiles since 1980 (26)
Slashdot Misc FBI admits to using spyware. Cigarette Smoking Man chuckles to himself in a shadowy office (21)
BBC Cool That's no moon... oh wait, yes it is (40)
The Register Amusing If you're looking to consumer electronics to fill the role of God in your life, you've probably already discovered that the iPhone is not God (39)
(Some Guy) Interesting A review of the top IRC clients for OS X (42)
BBC Asinine Some people are disappointed with Google’s recent $925m profits. In other news, Google Image Search results for world’s smallest violin are at an all time high (13)
CNN Interesting Wondering if that midget-pr0n tattoo has staying power for decades to come? "Removable" tattoos are now available (18)
(Popular Mechanics) Interesting C════╬═════x══ﮎ (66)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Why you should never smash a can of WD-40 (language is not safe for work) (51)

Thu July 19, 2007
Reuters Amusing Vista blows so hard that it's the biggest factor in the booming sales increase of XP (124)
Wired Cool The coolest 11 pics of tiny computers you'll see today (52)
Guardian.com Amusing Meet the world's most popular blogger, with 100 million page views in two years. It's not Drew (11)
(Some Guy) Amusing I, for one, welcome our genetically modified tropical Zebra Fish overlords and laugh at the futile attempts of heavily armed Kiwi SWAT teams to stop them (6)
(Some Guy) Spiffy “Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers" (18)
BBC Strange Having cured cancer, reversed global warming and figured out the plot from "Lost", scientists create a computer program that can beat you at checkers. Every time (96)
(Boing2) Interesting JK Rowling's flying monkeys use image metadata to track down camera of person who photographed and leaked latest Potter book (59)
(News Target) Scary Researchers claim 84% of sunscreen products are harmful to your health. Here comes the science (39)
(Suicide Girls) Wheaton Wil Wheaton's "Geek in Review": On the benefits of going off the grid (some ads may Not be safe for work) (14)
Network World Amusing Hogwarts I.T. director quits, saying: "Hogwarts I.T. communications infrastructure will remain dependent on owls, talking letters and the use of Floo powder" (32)
SLTrib Stupid Owl trainer explains that owls will not really deliver mail (29)
Reuters Amusing African students putting laptops donated by Americans to good use – they're surfing porn on them (39)
BBC Cool You know that great feeling you get when you find a quarter in the sand with your metal detector? Now imagine finding $1.5 million worth of ancient Viking booty (39)
Slashdot PSA Cyber-criminals using stealthier malware, apparently turning into cyber-ninjas. Cyber-pirates still trying to get used to coding with those hooks (11)
(I don't know) Spiffy Coming soon: You can't do that online (23)
(Some Orthodox) Obvious OMG Harry Potter breaking the Sabbath1 (61)
Boston Globe Interesting Congress considers reforming patent law so lobbyists never again have to face the horror of losing Blackberry service (6)
YouTube Cool Atari 800 Demo. Oh how we miss thee (31)
London Times Unlikely Gates: How piracy helped Microsoft conquer China (7)
MSNBC Interesting Quantum causality experiment to happen September 15th. You are going to will have had already submitted this with the results (71)
Yahoo Spiffy It'll cost you $40 million now to take a trip up to the International Space Station (11)
SeattlePI Obvious NASA's decision to jettison junk hardware from the International Space Station has Chicken Little on edge (8)
TechnologyReview Interesting The evil geniuses at Harvard have invented the first flying robotic insect, because there's a real shortage of the naturally occurring ones. Agent 86 not impressed (19)
(Some Guy) Cool Apple's first touchscreen phone from 1983 (28)
(ScienceDaily) Spiffy Scientists develop an adhesive so powerful it could stick a criminal charge on a rich white guy (13)

Wed July 18, 2007
YouTube Interesting The History of the Internet... in five minutes (28)
CBS Salt Lake City PSA FBI warns Americans about opening three dangerous emails. Ooh, what's inside?? (109)
Gizmodo Spiffy Original Transformers boxed collection sells for $1,000,000 (42)
(gamasutra) Interesting The history of Civilization (28)
Guardian.com Obvious Saying "I may not be Fred Flintstone, but I bet I can make your bed rock" will not get you into a woman's drawers. Here comes the science (248)
The Register Amusing Ex-general says GPS degradation can be eliminated if you repeat the magic words to the Pentagon in the right order, but no one has done it yet. Adding chicken blood might help too (20)
Wired Cool On this day in 1942, Germany fielded the world's first operational jet fighter, the Messerschmitt 262. Thanks to Allied bombing runs on Germany arms factories, it had no impact on the outcome of the war. (pic) (59)
CNN Interesting "Dead Zone" exists in Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. If you swim in it, you can see George W. Bush nuking Iran (73)
Wired Interesting Pew pew, pewpewpew, peeeewwwww (48)
Guardian.com Obvious "Blogging: The word itself sounds like a lower intestinal function to expel a blockage caused by words. The send key on computers should have a picture of a toilet and a little flushing noise when you press it" (20)
Wired Dumbass "Haha suck it FBI, you'll never find me. What's this? Oooh... sparkly MySpace message" (38)
UPI Obvious Pediatric Ritalin may have a serious effect on young... oooh cool, a slinky (47)
(Some Guy) Interesting What Microsoft researchers develop when not fixing Vista bugs (36)
Seattle Times Interesting Peter Moore, the Microsoft executive who brought us the Xbox 360, has jumped ship for Electronic Arts. Now your game disks will be able to scratch themselves (47)
BBC Spiffy Mind-controlled bionic hand goes on sale -- just try not to think about certain things (112)
(Some Guy) Amusing New study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles out tomorrow unless there is a brownout. Then maybe the next day. Call the 800 number for updates (18)
Yahoo Interesting Birds defy laws of physics by flying faster than they should be able to. Simple answer: Magic (30)
Telegraph Obvious Listening to music releases the same "feel good" chemicals as eating and having sex. This is why I can't quit you, Billy Ray Cyrus (26)
Stuff Interesting Air New Zealand, Boeing is secretly working with biofuel developer to create world's first environmentally friendly aviation fuel from algae. Don't tell anybody (12)
MSNBC Asinine Sprint's next brilliant move? Upping your contract by two years when you call customer service (74)
IOL Interesting Hey all you stiffs and deadbeats, donate your body to science now (5)

Tue July 17, 2007
Yahoo Scary New study shows diets rich in fruits and vegetables are no better than unhealthy diets when it comes to contracting breast cancer. Have a nice day (17)
YouTube Amusing An ad for Al Gore's most famous invention, 13 years later (31)
The Register Spiffy This hot bikini-clad Japanese girl is apparently holding a waterproof phone. Can anyone else see it? (32)
(TechNewsWorld) Spiffy Shelf life of Google cookie goes from moldy to stale (13)
(tech.uk.msn.com) Interesting Why gaming became cool (51)
(Tech Digest) Cool Top 10 new Facebook applications, including one to create a Lego Man avatar, a Pokemon Pokedex, a 'find your celebrity double' app, and a badge to boast that you've got an iPhone. All essential stuff, obviously (25)
(gameindustry.biz) Amusing Someone declares Sony will be the "clear leader" in the console wars by March '08. Was it A) a Sony executive, B) a delusional egomaniac, C) a retarded talking monkey or D) all of the above? (139)
Slashdot Interesting Internet VOIP provider SunRocket has finally reached its destination and exploded (29)
C|Net PSA NOD32 antivirus won't shut down, has no override. EVERYBODY PANIC. Or not (56)
Fox News Amusing Microsoft's newest DRM software is already cracked. Sisyphus takes a break from his boulder rolling to point and laugh (32)
The Virginian Pilot Interesting Shhhhhhh. NOAA just launched one of the quietest ships in the world (15)
(Some Space Perv) Cool MIT develops skintight spandex space suit, bringing every space anime series closer to fruition (43)
Fox News Strange After years of grueling research, scientists discover a flower that smells like sweaty feet. Insert cancer cliche here (5)
London Times Amusing Facebook: The bluffer’s guide (11)
Daily Mail Amusing "If you have a mobile phone on, please switch it off. If it is on your Jedi utility belt, please get a life" (33)
Valleywag Amusing Separated at birth: Sergey Brin and Butt Head? (10)
Fox News Strange Pet injuries peak during full moons. Your dog wants a helmet (30)
YouTube Video For the Beer, Science, and/or Photography Geek: the complete fermentation of beer recorded via uber-cool time lapse video (28)
Slashdot Dumbass iPhones take down Duke's wireless network. Duke sucks (48)
(Some Guy) Obvious Scottish residents spend more time on their cell phones than any other people in Europe, probably because no one can understand what the fark they are saying (7)
(Some Guy) Weird Flooding brings spider explosion to homes, creepy-crawly tag to Fark (15)
(Some Guy) Obvious Japanese invent cleaning robot that can work elevator controls to move itself around highrises, search for Sarah Connor on top floors (7)
BBC Amusing Vanuatu rated as happiest nation on Earth according to Happy Planet Index. In other news, there is a Happy Planet Index. In even more news, there is a country named Vanuatu (80)
National Review Obvious "According to a number of historians and classicists, domesticated cats have probably been of greater practical value to humanity than domesticated dogs" (118)
MSNBC Interesting The question 'Why humans began walking upright' has finally been answered (33)
(Some Guy) Silly Breaking news - the entire internet has crashed (30)

Mon July 16, 2007
MSNBC Interesting Planets go splat like bugs on a windshield. "It is a little bit like a tiramisu or a cappuccino." Here comes the science (9)
(National Geographic) Spiffy Proof elephants never forget: They've figured out how to avoid being blown up by landmines (17)
(Some Guy) Stupid Madden 08 to allow gamers to buy replica Super Bowl rings. The 10-carat gold rings will be worth $2 in a year when Madden 09 comes out (27)
(www.techsww.com) Cool Decoding XML String Values (PHP version) (45)
Yahoo Spiffy Archeologists unearth 2,400-year-old golden mask, take turns fighting crime, singing Cuban Pete, and boning Cameron Diaz (71)
AJC Scary Robot Squadron headed to Iraq. Cyberdyne approves. Sarah Connor unavailable for comment (122)
(Some Guy) Obvious Red Dwarf named greatest science fiction TV show ever. Suck it, BG (145)
(Tech Digest) Interesting Ten tech trends that will define 2007. Telly 2.0, green gadgets, Blu-ray v HD DVD, virtual reality, touchscreens, mobile social networks, lifecasting, Bluetooth audio, DRM-free music, and Wi-Fi PMPs. What, no pr0n? (33)
Yahoo Interesting Two top NASA officials resign as Endeavour prepares to launch. EVERYBODY PANIC (17)
(Some Guy) Followup So, remember Friday's doomsday topic about Internet Radio disappearing today? (36)
DallasNews Obvious Sony launches venture to find the stars of the Internet. Submitter wishes to announce he is ready for his close-up (14)
Telegraph Spiffy British dog gets carbon fiber prosthetic paw. Oscar Goldman, Max, unavailable for comment (42)
Daily Mail Strange New TV detector can reach into any home. "We have the technology to ensure that anyone watching TV without a valid licence can and should expect a visit" (with strange pics) (278)
(Some Guy) Misc Sci-Fi Channel to start airing three-minute episodes of "Battlestar Galactica" in October (25)
Aint-It-Cool-News Cool Farscape is (sorta) coming back. Frel, yeah (42)
Abc.net.au Interesting Moebius strip riddle solved at last tsal ta devlos elddir pirts suibeoM (46)
Reuters Cool A second X-Files movie is almost in production? I want to believe (50)
Live Science Sad The next 200 years are going to suck. Sorry kids (59)
BBC Cool Extinct egg-laying mammal named after Sir David Attenborough turns out to be not extinct (15)
Reuters Interesting Scientists discover back pain caused by poor intelligent design. Here comes the science (30)



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