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Sun August 05, 2007
Yahoo Interesting How to do 10 things your IT department doesn't want you doing at work. Click to the right to hear from IT farkers who are on to your tricks, and have already reported you (10)
Space Interesting DVD frozen in carbonite headed for Mars. Boba Fett and Jabba the Hutt unavailable for comment (12)
Abc.net.au Amusing While men have sex on the brain, women it seems, have it more in the nose (85)
Google Interesting Blackle, Google's all black background search saves "750 Megawatt-hours a year" by displaying black instead of white (30)
IndyStar Interesting Indiana University is dumping google for ChaCha. No word on when Salsa will become Ball State's search engine (14)
C|Net Cool From the Eniac and Univac to the PC. A cool museum of computer history (24)
(Popular Mechanics) Spiffy The science and art of making and throwing boomerangs (15)
RedNova Interesting Scientists claim "(geothermal energy) could fill the world's annual needs 250,000 times over with nearly zero environmental impact." Radon-222, polonium-210 unavailable for comment (42)
Gizmodo Amusing Now your dog can sleep like Michael Jackson (16)

Sat August 04, 2007
(Some Guy) Interesting We have made an assumption that aliens will be friendly - a dangerous assumption. EVERYBODY PANACK ACK ACK ACK (79)
(Freedom To Tinker) Stupid More bad news from the California e-voting reports. One of the manufacturers hard coded the virtually uncrackable password "12345678" into its machines (40)
SMH Followup Turns out that lyin', cheatin' stem cell researcher DID find something after all (20)
London Times Interesting Scientists find sunshine fights breast cancer. In other news, men gain legitimate way to get women to expose their breasts in public (67)
SFGate Cool Starting in 2008, Marvin the Martian will be able to visit a library thanks to NASA. I suspect that quarter library fines will make him very angry (55)
AFP Sad Titicaca is just as dirty as it sounds (17)
Free Press Weird "Radioactive Boyscout" caught stealing smoke detectors. With radioactive posion-looking picture goodness (52)

Fri August 03, 2007
(Science Daily) Interesting Using beer to study the diffusion of mulitply scattered acoustic waves. Beer, is there anything it can't do? (9)
CNN Dumbass NASA spokesman explains delay in shuttle's launch, "They were literally trying to put 25 pounds of work in a 10-pound bag." Thanks for clearing that up, George (48)
(Some Guy) Silly Do red shirts really die more often in Star Trek? Open up your spreadsheet and follow along with this rich Web 2.0 analysis (97)
ZDNet Interesting What small but significant technological digital-age phenomena has transformed the face of news reporting? The humble hyperlink. Bonus: Fark gets a shout-out (8)
(CAP News) Satire Eager fans begin camping out for iPhone 2.0 (29)
Network World Asinine How do you get a secret username and password out of an IRS employee? ... Just ask (108)
(Tech Dirt) Unlikely AT&T CEO says they don't promote $10 DSL because nobody wants it (216)
CNN Ironic Indian call center outsourcing to Ohio (133)
(Some Latino) Cool Leaked footage of the Batpod in action from the upcoming movie. DO WANT (65)
Boston Globe Weird Next up for Google: actually capturing the murders on Google Earth cams (43)
(Some Guy) Interesting Now all scientists need is a drop of sweat to determine your sex, diet, and smoking habits (13)
Reuters Misc Im in ur car, sniffin ur beer breath (22)
Pravda Scary Earth to go splat on the Sun like bugs on windshield (19)
(Some Guy) Interesting Odd skull discovery shows evidence of interbreeding between humans and Neandertals. Geico Caveman whistles, walks away (233)
(Sky News) Cool The flying cars are here! The flying cars are here! (206)
Denver Post Cool Possible T. Rex tracks found in Colorado. Paleontologists rejoice by getting it on, banging a gong, getting it on (21)
Wired Interesting Slashdot begins to allow users to submit, tag, discuss and vote on news stories. Sounds familiar (141)

Thu August 02, 2007
(Some Guy) Cool Scientists use alternating electric fields to jiggle electrically charged particles in cells back and forth hundreds of thousands of times per second. Still no cure for ... hey wait (21)
ZDNet UK Spiffy British firm to unveil PC that will fit into standard wall socket. (pics) (34)
(Some Guy) Amusing IPhone kiosk runs Windows XP, not professional version (43)
Network World Interesting Do Not Call Registry gets wake-up call (64)
iWon Interesting Underwater "mud volcano" creates new island off coast of Trinidad. Plans already underway for new Starbucks, Wal-Mart (17)
(CHUD) Spiffy "Mad Max" director tapped for new "Justice League" movie, featuring Superman, Batman, The Flash, Aquaman and Jon Stewart (110)
The Register Asinine Huge tech companies with massive patent portfolios see nothing wrong with today's system that can't be hashed out in court. That is, if no one has patented that idea yet (11)
Yahoo Cool Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City, rumored to be built entirely out of Canel's Chiclets (85)
Forbes Spiffy Disney buys pre-teen oriented online community for $350 million. Drew puts on mouse ears and begins figuring out how to add penguins to Fark (22)
Yahoo Dumbass Microsoft to make Works 9 advertising-based. There's nothing like popups when working in spreadsheets (53)
Yahoo Interesting Scientists create 12-headed jellyfish. Creation of five-assed monkey still elusive (18)
(Some Autobot) Cool Big Optimus Prime birthday cake. Calories in disguise. Not a very good disguise, admittedly (14)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Uber-hawt geek goddess Morgan Webb starts a new tech vlog and links to Fark (430)
Reuters Interesting Ants and their socialist agenda help scientists solve traffic congestion (15)
Yahoo Cool Taxi company keeps human heart on ice before delivery. Didn't they do that in Rat Race with Mr. Bean too? (38)
BBC Interesting "Okay, it's one word.... three syllables.... sounds like 'Cabana'..." (21)

Wed August 01, 2007
(Some Guy) Sad Worst tattoo ever (555)
Guardian.com Cool Maybe Douglas Adams was right (65)
AFP Spiffy AI researchers design computer that can understand simple jokes. "The War at Home" finally gets a target audience (31)
Network World Obvious Big carmakers rev up operating system for networked car of the future. Vroom, vroom (20)
MSNBC News Major mod chip crackdown in the US. Quick, put away your Wii (179)
MSNBC Interesting Rare glass sponge found on Pacific seafloor. Scientist are still unable to determine the shape of its trousers (27)
Aint-It-Cool-News Cool Brand new "Star Trek" episode coming out 8/23 featuring Sulu, who came out last year (48)
Yahoo Followup Remember that "alcohol causes colon cancer" article? Just drink some coffee and you're good to go. Submitter off to find a case of Buzz Beer (41)
C|Net Spiffy Japanese porn industry extends welcoming tentacle to Blu-ray (45)
Computerworld Obvious Woot.com's famous $1 "Bag-O-Crap" sale may soon have some new additions (36)
(Fun Tech Talk) Silly Dog pees on computer server rack and shuts down business (17)
(theinquirer.net) Asinine Did Intel run a racist ad? Inquiring minds want to know (with OMG-what-were-they-thinking pic) (165)
Abc.net.au Spiffy It rains year round in Germany and clouds cover the skies for about two-thirds of each day, yet the country has managed to become the world's leading solar power generator (51)
(Some EnviroBlog) Spiffy Company saves old traffic lights from taking up space in landfills by turning them into trendy yuppie lamps. Submitter would like 20 redlights and one green (30)
Computerworld Interesting Businesses are not switching to Vista. Microsoft finds their lack of faith... disturbing (151)
Reuters Hero FCC announces rules for wireless auction, denies Google bid for rule requiring wholesale access (35)
IGN Silly Finally farkers, a sexy geek gift for all the women in your lives. Unfortunately, I don't think you'd be comfortable seeing your mothers in this (34)

Tue July 31, 2007
(Some Guy) Obvious Society is splitting into intellectual, tech-savvy Eloi versus anti-Science Morlocks (174)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Kevin Zuccato, head of Australian Crime Centre, says terrorists can gain training in games such as World of Warcraft - a simulated environment, using weapons that are identical to real-world armaments (188)
(Some Carl Sagan Guy) Interesting The "Cosmos"-less Science Channel Discussion Thread (193)
Reuters Video "Plants make actual voice calls to owners to inform them of its needs." Just when you thought it was safe to be a vegetarian. Damn you, damn you all to heck (61)
Yahoo Florida A week before Endeavour's planned liftoff, NASA has found a small problem with the cabin leaking. However, no need to panic... what could possibly go wrong with such a reliable spacecraft? (16)
BBC Obvious US-Mexico border fence might harm local wildlife. Ecologists worry that if Mexicans cannot migrate this may disrupt normal breeding and lead to a decline in population (77)
MacWorld Hero Apple sells three-billionth download from iTunes. Cue the whiners, naysayers and all four people who own the Zune (146)
Discovery Interesting Archaeologists discover ancient Egyptian bowling alley, issue desperate plea for shoe freshener (23)
Telegraph PSA McDonald's salads are saltier than a Big Mac (190)
(Some Guy) Obvious "Bottom line: social media is making progress, but not really there yet" (3)
(You call him Doctor Jones) Cool Lego Indiana Jones video game announced. (w/video preview) (40)
The Register Asinine Since a patent was issued for clicking a button to buy an item on-line, the company holding it actually thinks it's worth money. Subby plans to patent dancing monkeys (16)
BBC Strange Environmentalists stunning fish with electricity in effort to monitor falling numbers are discovering that fish frequently stunned by electricity are too freaked out to mate (30)
Reuters Stupid Headline: "Smoking one joint as bad as five cigarettes." Actual article: "five cigarettes" is the high end of the range, and only tobacco smokers develop emphysema. Oh, and nobody smokes two packs of joints per day (411)
(Some Guy) Amusing Marvel vs. Science: Five of the goofiest superhero origins (42)
BBC Interesting Gene for left-handedness found, linked to the gene for being an Eskimo albino lesbian midget (50)
Fox News Obvious Renewable energy is junk science (253)
CBS News Misc Tropical Storm Chantal breaks out of its tropical depression (20)
(Some Guy) Interesting The Pentagon wants to put microchips in soldiers. You know, just to monitor their health. Not to track them when they're off duty. No, no, no absolutely not (47)
YouTube Weird Strange video of a streetlight falling down, bouncing back up again, only to fall again and blow up in a shower of unobtanium sparks. Seriously, can anyone plausibly explain this?? (77)
Telegraph Interesting Left-handers more at risk of mental illness, being sinister, evil (82)

Mon July 30, 2007
Reuters Spiffy New umbrella going on sale this week not only keeps you dry but will also forecast rain (18)
LA Times Scary LA Times reporter has covered riots and fires but had never been injured until being assaulted after leaving a comic book convention (17)
MSNBC Interesting World's worst mass extinction, worse than anything caused by an asteroid impact or by mankind, apparently caused by mollusks. Here comes the science (35)
Jalopnik Cool With a little bit of work, you can make a Wii controller measure your car's performance. When you nerds aren't submitting Star Wars threads, you can do some cool stuff (18)
Wired Cool DeLoreans to be produced again in 2008. No word on whether Mr. Fusion comes standard (30)
BBC Interesting Man breaks time record for finding 13th root of a 200 digit number. That ought to impress the chicks (16)
C|Net Interesting The Missile Museum at White Sands. Subby thinks your museum can keep their ancient Egypt displays, he wants nukes (9)
CNN Asinine Apparently there's a marketplace for gadgets that remind you that you left your kid in the car, you irresponsible dumbass of a parent (92)
London Times Amusing What's the biggest threat to your relationship? You're staring right at it (38)
London Times Interesting Wikipedia founder launches DIY search engine in hopes of getting some of that sweet, sweet, Lycos cash (12)
(Huliq.com) Obvious Tits abandon offspring seeking ass (5)
Newsweek Misc Actress, mathematician, and total hottie Danica McKellar wants everybody to know that Math Doesn't suck (46)
(Some Guy) Asinine First it was smoking, then fatty food, now air conditioning is bad for you. Apparently, pissed off is the healthiest state of human existence (32)
London Times Silly YouTube will commence full suckage within the next two months. When they are done with it, the only videos you'll be able to view are Hope is Emo and that horrible "Final Countdown" cover band (30)
Toronto Star Interesting Voyage to the bottom of the Canadian Sea uncovers new elephant-eared octopus. With pic goodneFTHAGN IA IA (19)
Seattle Times Silly Thanks to new online learning network, Seattle HS students surmise Hitler would have enjoyed "Paperback Writer" on his iPod while King Philip II of Spain would have rocked to "Beat It" (6)
Space Amusing Moon to conspiracy theorists: Pull my finger (13)
USA Today Unlikely Global Warming has caused the number of hurricanes to double, as evidenced by all of the hurricanes we've had in the past two years (61)
(Science Blogs) Dumbass This week's Bush political appointee suppressing science is William R. Steiger (23)
(Some Guy) Cool Tatooine? Please. M6-117? That's nothing. Planets in the HD 98800 system would have four suns (33)
Stuff Interesting New software may allow you to search for songs to download by singing into your computer (33)
C|Net Hero Hybrids may be over. Honda introduces a clean diesel engine that runs about 33% cleaner and greener than a hybrid. Bonus: It's selling like hotcakes in the UK (142)



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