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Sun August 19, 2007
Guardian.com Interesting Forget about the green vegetables you eat in hope of a long and healthy life. Research now shows it's the blue and red veggies that restrict and eliminate the growth of cancer cells. Here comes the science (4)
(NASA) Cool Shuttle Performs A Fly-Around Of The Space Station (10)
MSNBC Unlikely Top ten jobs of 2012 include brain analysts, space tour guides. Girder bending robots strangely absent (30)
(Some Guy) Cool How to make an emergency light from a pencil (39)
(Some Guy) Scary AT&T's response to over-zealous iPhone billing: if you don't like it, we won't show you bill details at all (23)
SMH Obvious Today's "surfing the internet is costing employers billions of dollars" story comes courtesy of Facebook (8)
(Some Emulated Guy) Cool MAME on iPhone, very soon. WANT (32)
C|Net Asinine The size of a large suitcase, built by Apple in 1979, and it plays music: Introducing the never-released ancient ancestor to the iPod (19)
(Consumerist) Followup AT&T claim $10 DSL really is available ... but only if you don't follow their directions (23)
How Stuff Works Cool Your mid-life crisis just got a whole lot more interesting... 2009 Corvette has 650 horsepower (41)
(palmbeachpost.com) Unlikely iChurch thinks using iPods will help get the iHeathens into iHeaven (61)
Reuters Strange Hundreds of camels have died in Saudi Arabia this week from a mystery ailment. Interestingly enough, all had a strange hump-like growth on their backs (26)

Sat August 18, 2007
Yahoo Cool Sharks secretly have hands and feet, may try to cleverly disguise selves as plumbers or delivery men (20)
London Times Cool 21st century technology known as "frozen smoke" could protect your home against bomb blasts, mop up oil spills and even help man fly to Mars. Step right up (32)
(Some Guy) Plug Currently, the scientists conducting a battery of revolting tests are electrified to discover shocking new treatment, and amped up about possible cancer cure (13)
News.com.au Amusing Japan unveils air-conditioned clothes. Advantage: The A/C works. Disadvantage: Shirts puff out and make you look fat (25)
Daily Mail Unlikely New cycling jacket come with built-in brake lights and turn signals, in case for once in their goddamn life a bicyclist cares to indicate they are making a turn (pic) (47)
Houston Chronicle Unlikely All those cities having a citywide wi-fi network installed this year, step forward. Not so fast, Houston (8)
(NASA) Cool Hurricane Dean as Seen From the Space Station (20)
How Stuff Works Interesting Ever wonder how an Automatic Transmission works? If you said "Voodoo" you were close (54)
(TECH.BLORGE.com) Dumbass Deepak Chopra's comic book to be made into a MMORPG - from the trying too hard brand extensions department (12)
New Scientist Spiffy Remember that ad for the Sony PlayStation 9? They weren't kidding (50)
Guardian.com Obvious Amateur meteorologist uncovers serious flaw in NASA's global warming data. NASA acts like competent scientists and acknowledges the error. Ha, just kidding -- they tried to bury the mistake (69)
PCWorld Stupid Too lazy to call for your pizza? Can't be bothered to order online? Text your order in. LrG SprEm KThXbyE (48)

Fri August 17, 2007
(Some Astronaut) Misc Astronaut Rick Mastracchio uses NASA camera to take a killer Myspace profile photo (17)
London Times Spiffy Don't look now, but the keytar is making a comeback (57)
Denver Post Scary Arctic Sea Ice at record low level EVERYBODY PANIC (47)
Yahoo Obvious Contrary to what some obsolete book says, study finds that life began in space, not Earth (75)
The Onion Amusing The Onion reviews "Madden 08." Apparently this year's version comes with a new "Actually Have Fun While Playing" mode (39)
(Some Guy) Amusing What happens when you shoot a missile at kangaroos in a simulator? They fire stinger missiles back, of course (28)
(Some hornswaglin cracker croaker) Obvious Millions of elderly likely to lose TV access after digital switchover. MAAAAATLOCK (56)
(Urocyon) Asinine Software that blocks all advertisements is an infringement of the rights of website owners and developers (137)
(Tech Digest) Amusing Some bored fool sat in the cinema watching "The Bourne Ultimatum" and recorded every tech-related product placement. CIA uses Norton Antivirus? Suuuure (65)
(VGB) Interesting MTV to invest over $500 million in video games. What could possibly go right? (62)
(immense knowledge) Interesting Scientists unlock the secrets of the Rubik's Cube (34)
(PonderAbout) Interesting A discussion and detailed computer simulation of today’s best account of the moon’s formation, The Giant Impact Theory (22)
Discover Interesting Rip Van Winkle Disease causes adolescents to sleep for weeks, binge or become hypersexual. In other words, they act exactly like teenagers (91)
(TMZ.com) Silly Buzz Aldrin explains to Howard Stern why he got plastic surgery: "I'm in La La land ... I have a trophy wife" (30)
The Sun Obvious "Computers and mobile phones are the new smoking guns in relationship breakdowns, and checking them is the modern equivalent of a suspicious wife looking for lipstick on her hubby’s collar" (23)

Thu August 16, 2007
Fox News Interesting Good news: Testosterone patch improves sexual desire in women. Bad news: Testosterone patch causes women to grow man sized testicles (176)
Discovery Cool Adam Savage's top 10 websites he visits daily. Can you guess No. 1? (170)
Time Cool Abortion pill safe. Suck it, Cons (100)
(Channel4) Amusing On the less sinister side of Wikipedia editing, someone in the Tory party central office thinks baby warthogs smell of poo (38)
(Some Guy) Amusing Xbox 360 version of popular online shooter may have fewer maps than PS3, PC version. Alternative solutions include swapping discs whenever you change weapons (123)
ZDNet Cool German scientists claim to have broken the light-speed barrier and gone straight to plaid (197)
Slashdot PSA Bandwidth crunch coming for cable companies. EVERYBODY DOWNLOAD (29)
(Skype) Stupid The sound of a million voices crying out and suddenly going silent (22)
YouTube Video The one reason Madden '92 will always be the greatest Madden version ever. Hint: run the quarterback sneak three times in a row and see what happens (55)
Sci Fi Interesting A working engine, made of paper, that runs on coffee (20)
Network World Asinine Verizon fights fire with smoke screen (2)
(tPC) Silly Pornstar Mia Rose no longer welcome at "World Of Warcraft." It appears the geeks at Blizzard Entertainment didn't appreciate "World of Whorecraft" as much as others did (179)
Fox News Interesting Fetus gets its own profile on Facebook. Suck it, Planned Parenthood (162)
(Some Spiegel) Interesting German scientists can predict freeway traffic jams with 90 percent accuracy. Still no cure for bratwurst (27)
AFP Interesting WWF (no not that one, the animal one) sets up a "Conservation Island" in "Second Life" where you can chat with pandas and an Orangutan driving an ice-cream truck. I'll have a Rocket Pop, Clyde (16)
UPI Interesting What, you ask, goes into the making of high-quality breast milk? Here comes the science (10)
Daily Mail Interesting Scientists break the speed of light, use duct tape to fix it (71)
Yahoo Asinine First wave of iPhone bills a staggering 300+ pages (204)
BBC Interesting Apparently, when stars the size of our sun die they go rocketing off like those super deluxe $7.99 roman candles (9)
Washington Post Strange Man who received a mechanical heart can't feel emotions like he used to (36)

Wed August 15, 2007
C|Net Cool This is probably the coolest one-of-a-kind wooden bicycle built for two that you'll see this week (49)
(Some Guy) Cool Moderate blood alcohol levels may protect the brain after head trauma. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy (64)
News.com.au Spiffy Got a song stuck in your head? Can't figure out what it is? Now science can help (95)
(Science Daily) Interesting Science finds that painful memories, especially visual ones, are the hardest to forget. Submitter is then stuck for life with remembering Rosie O'Donnell's naked sex scene in "Nip/Tuck" (25)
Yahoo Interesting Microsoft ups Hotmail storage to 5 GB. Suck it, Gmail (72)
Discovery Obvious Embryos may be damaged by bright lights. No word on effect of big cities (24)
MSNBC Interesting Because of email and text messaging, actual vocal interaction with other human beings is declining. Welcome to the hive (42)
(NASA) Cool Galaxy Evolution Explorer finds what NASA is calling a "star unlike any seen before." Briefing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (59)
Yahoo Interesting Researchers discover that one species of squirrel scares off snakes by getting its appendage hot and then waggling it aggressively at the snakes (71)
Chicago Tribune Spiffy Shuttle crew answers kids' questions, the most popular being "Can I have your stuff?" (8)
London Times Cool UK's broadband power to be multiplied by about a million percent. The cost? Deep fried motherboards all around (5)
UPI Interesting Bats use wi-fi; have broadband. No pop-ups (7)
iWon Interesting Having cured cancer and unlocked secrets of the universe, scientsts create bendable battery (pic) (10)
Toronto Star Amusing Global Warming Models show that we will all die in 15 to 20 years due to Global Warming, but the data seems to be based on NASA and they seem to have screwed that up just a little bit. Oops (59)
BBC Scary NASA confident that the space shuttle Endeavour will not need repairs for when it re-enters the atmosphere at 18 times the speed of light (151)
UPI Scary Bronchitis is getting tougher... AND LEON'S GETTING LARGER (45)
Globe and Mail Cool Canadian scientists find a gene that turns cancers off. Still no cure for clichés (15)
(Some Guy) Interesting 100 oldest domain names on the internet. AlGore.com strangely absent (60)
Yahoo Interesting Ancient Japanese fishermen discovered America by following the kelp highway (18)
BBC Obvious "Chernobyl not a wildlife haven" (38)

Tue August 14, 2007
(Some Guy) Interesting The new hotness in spa treatment: tiny fish that eat your skin (26)
(NY Times) Interesting The New York Times is more than 20% sure we live in an artificial universe (279)
ABC News Unlikely Man attempting to watch all Star Trek episodes, from the original version all the way through "Enterprise" — in chronological order. Also looking for a girlfriend. Which will he accomplish first? (35)
(Damaris Sarria) Interesting Space Shuttle engineer describes the tile situation and possible fixes on her "How I Am Becoming An Astronaut" blog. Bonus: she's hot (166)
Slate Interesting Intresting article on the foam applied to shuttles, but my question is why can't they just spray some foam over the shuttles belly? Riiiight too simple gotcha (25)
ABC 4 Amusing Scientists stunned when woman claims to have grown a tomato with a strawberry in it and dubs it the straw-mato. Tomacco is also said to be in the works (20)
Yahoo Unlikely Headline: Yahoo edges Google in user satisfaction survey. Topic Icon: Says it all (36)
SMH Spiffy In 1500 BC, Ireland was already a hotbed of bronze age microbreweries, producing craft ales "which our forefathers would have drunk by the beaker after a hard day's hunting and gathering" (31)
Network World Cool Blowing in the ionic wind: Cool chips bring powerful computers, advanced applications (7)
C|Net Interesting Google wants to depose Stewart and Colbert in Viacom lawsuit. Why does YouTube hate America? (64)
Wired Amusing Som of th k ys on Appl 's ultrathi alumi um k yboard do 't work. PW D (61)
(via MSNBC) Cool The Internet makes it easier to discover just how much of a cheating whore your wife is (623)
Yahoo Cool Fred Risinger has spent the last decade serving alcohol to mice, some of whom drink the equivalent of several fifths of liquor each day (64)
NPR Interesting Milk prices surpass gas prices, fueled by tree-hugging ethanol lovers and the Midwest's refusal to stop stuffing their faces with cheese and ice cream. At least according to NPR (42)
(PonderAbout) Interesting "Recipe for a Man-Made Universe." Physicist Brian Greene's instructions for the creation of a man-made universe (41)
Washington Post Sad Pretty much giving up, the American Heart Association lowers the recommendation on how much exercise Americans need (54)
Local6 Strange Giant manta ray found off Mass. coast with 11-foot wingspan (with pic) (76)
BBC Interesting Southerners and pranksters rejoice as the Snipe population takes a turn for the best (19)
Daily Mail Unlikely Study states staring in mirror is good for your health. It's no longer vain, it's healthy (23)
Reuters Dumbass Headline: "Common vitamins no help for women's hearts." Article: "Eating a diet rich in those vitamins does make for a healthier heart" (20)
(PhysOrg) Spiffy Nano-batteries, ultrathin, ultralight, recharged by blood, sweat and tears. You make me so very happy (29)

Mon August 13, 2007
SeattlePI Obvious Music producers decry the loss in fidelity caused by MP3 compression (140)
Boston Globe Interesting Is there a big difference between a shaken martini and a stirred one? (70)
(Some Guy) Interesting How "The Sixth Sense" deftly utilized Freud's theories on the preconscious, unconscious and conscious mind to produce its spectacular twist (103)
(Motor Authority.com) Cool New diesel BlueMotion VW Golf crushes hybrids with 52 mpg. Batteries not included, or needed (79)
(Medic Exchange) Cool Scientists find high intensity ultrasound causes white blood cells to cure you of cancer. Still no cure for... oh wait (30)
(Some Guy) Cool Today may or may not be Erwin Shrödinger's birthday (63)
NPR Followup Two astronauts preparing for spacewalk today. No word on whether this will be when HAL-9000 plans to kill them (101)
CNN Silly The Chinese have developed a battery-powered cigarette that delivers nicotine without the toxins (26)
CTV Cool New "tag and release" program for Alzheimer's patients. When their population numbers are up, hunting licenses will be issued (8)
(Some Guy) Cool Lego fan builds functional medieval-themed pinball machine (11)
LA Times Cool UC Irvine built a 200 million pixel television. No, you can't have it (84)
Local6 Cool Giant yacht engines used to create monster machine that simulates hurricanes (with pic) (8)
AFP Obvious Scientists pinpoint what makes West Nile deadly. Turns out it's the dying part (10)
Reuters Obvious Pretards justify illegal downloading by arguing "everyone does it," raising age-old question whether they'd jump off a bridge if their idiot friends with earrings in their tongues and hair dyed colors only bees can see did it too (100)
(Some Guy) Cool Scientists get together to run a computer simulation of what the entire universe looks like. The answer? A brain cell. Trippy (65)
(Some Guy) Interesting Where do the colors in the Google logo come from? It'll be a question on Jeopardy one day, I guarantee (19)
(Some Guy) Asinine People finding videos of people having sex stored on new cellphones they bought. Even more incredibly, they have a problem with this (10)



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