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Sun December 30, 2007
(PhysOrg) Sad World's oldest orangutan dies at 55 (10)
(Some Guy) Interesting Who says modern architecture is boring? Not these six towers which are either completed or under construction (15)
Internet News Scary 1 computer in 6 is infected. Remember, when your computer interacts with another, it's interacting with every computer that computer has previously interacted with (40)
(Some Guy) Obvious Sony is now trying the "if you can't sell them try giving them away" strategy with the PS3 (63)
Telegraph Interesting Scotland's red squirrels may be saved by pine martens, who think the invasive grey squirrel tastes really good (11)
(Some Guy) Cool Apple to release iPhone firmware 1.1.3? (41)
Flickr Wheaton Seriously. It's not a streetlight (123)
SMH Scary In middle of the Pacific Ocean, in an area sailed by few, floats a sea of plastic twice the size of Britain (86)
Daily Mail Interesting If you have ever suffered from Anorexia Nervosa there's now a slim chance you can blame your mother (61)
Yahoo Sad Californicated (43)

Sat December 29, 2007
(Some Guy) Cool The world's most beautiful libraries. Shhh (27)
(Some Guy) Interesting Leaked pictures of the Mazda RX-9 (60)
(Some Guy) Amusing Scientists confuse, harass baboons with recorded mating sounds (20)
CBC Obvious "How long children sleep every night can affect their behavioural patterns." NOOOOO, really? (14)
Gizmodo Interesting Darpa finds new way to make scuba divers look even sillier, blames it on penguins (14)
News.com.au Interesting Australians plan to violently eliminate "alien species", split infinitives (24)
Space Unlikely Russian aerospace co. vows to build Moonbase by 2015. How they're going to get it from Russia to the Moon is more problematic (15)
(Gizmo.pro) Cool Paper-like battery can be rolled like paper. Cypress Hill reportedly interested in the technology (7)
(Some Guy) Cool Scanner uses lasers, dual cameras to digitize any 3D object in real-time (37)
(Some tech savvy guy) Cool The coolest invention of 2007 is going to change the world - for the better (78)
MSNBC Obvious Most seniors have signs of brain disease especially in the regions of the brain that handle turn signals (8)
Sky.com Obvious Thalidomide set to be prescribed in Britain again after 40-year ban, a decision that has left some people stumped (39)
Sky.com Interesting Survey finds two-thirds of people keep their ex-SO's number on their cell phone "just in case" (91)
DallasNews Weird Wii bowling catching on among senior citizens. And get off my virtual lawn (21)

Fri December 28, 2007
Google Amusing Even Google loves to torture Studman69(Not safe for work image possible) (46)
Jalopnik Asinine Toyota reveals new Honda Ridgeline (91)
Breitbart.com Scary China's government assures loyal citizens that air quality in Beijing is improving. Scary pic says otherwise (135)
Live Science Cool Turns out Native Americans brewed their own beer long before they owned casinos (8)
(Some Guy) Interesting Argentina to implement daylight saving time, gives almost three days notice (12)
(Some Nerd) Sad Netscape Navigator dies quiet death (303)
(NY Times) Spiffy Hospitals now using proton accelerators to treat cancer. Don't cross the streams (38)
(Next Gen) Obvious Top 10 video game blunders of 2007. Looks like they fell victim to one of the classics: Never get involved in a console war with a price point greater than what your target demographic can afford (156)
PCWorld Obvious Things to look forward to in 2008: Mobile malware, botnets, phishing and identity theft (5)
AP Interesting Samsung says TV is way too Sharp, way too close to their standards and definitely would hit with a lawsuit (15)
Discovery Cool How electric cars could save the grid. Suck it, polluters (52)
Wired Scary "Snorting a brain chemical could replace sleep." Scary tags beats out cool, because submitter loves to sleep (74)
(Some Guy) Interesting Now where did that come from? 800-year old Aztec pyramid discovered in middle of Mexico City (28)
(Some Guy) Cool Coolest picture you'll see of a ship firing all day (43)
(Some Guy) Obvious It took a week, but someone finally noticed that Wal*Mart has taken down their movie download site (18)
(Some Guy) Cool Saleen Barricade replica from "Transformers" now offered on eBay (24)
(L.A. Daily News) Amusing You know that "secret" email account you have for your "adult content"... it's not so "secret" anymore as the Adult-Entertainment Industry gets its servers' backdoor violated (77)

Thu December 27, 2007
(Some Russian) Unlikely Russians think they have found something interesting on Mars (using data from an American spacecraft of course) (74)
Canoe Amusing Melting ice makes the top weather news story of 2007. Watching grass grow or paint dry comes in second and third (4)
(business week) Strange MTV and Jerry Bruckheimer hook up to create video games. Guaranteed to be rated "Teen" and spend more on advertising than development (12)
Gizmodo Cool Panasonic to unveil 150-inch plasma TV shortly, to accessorize your Hummer and penis pump (59)
PCWorld Interesting For some odd reason, U.S. Court of Appeals did not get the memo and rules against Google in patent lawsuit (12)
(Some Guy) Stupid Wisconsin senator proposes state videogame tax. Duke Nukem tells him to "blow it out your ass" (52)
Computerworld Asinine M$ Home server now corrupting files. M$'s answer: Please don't use our software made to back up files to actually back up files (67)
Valleywag Cool Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal (33)
News.com.au Obvious Nintendo's Wii is not a fat burner. In other news, water is wet, the sun is bright (45)
STLToday Scary Pilot describes what it's like inside an F-15 that's breaking apart at 18,000 feet (38)
(Physorg.com) Interesting Mr. Watson, come here. I need you to bring those notes I stole from Elisha Gray (24)
(Some Guy) Cool Coolest pictures of the world at night you'll see all day (14)
(Some Guy) Asinine We sent someone to the moon in the 1960s but we'll have to wait until 2020 for the average car to get 35 mpg (52)
(Some Guy) Amusing Photos of weddings influenced by Nintendo. Honeymoons influenced by Wii not pictured (25)
Guardian.com Interesting Scientists discover drug that reverses liver damage. Drinking yourself to death just got a little harder (68)
Telegraph Cool Scientists create their own universe in a test tube. Suck it, God (75)

Wed December 26, 2007
(Some Guy) Interesting Japan wants to harvest deep sea methane-ice. Enviroparrots squawk something about 'catastrophe, catastrophe, wantacracker, wantacracker' (16)
Reuters Scary "Worms infect more Americans than thought." Submitter can confirm that very few people seem to be infected with thought (39)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Mathematician announces that magic carpets may be possible; needs more consultation with Steppenwolf before final decision (18)
Marketwatch Amusing "Apple Rumor Site Think Secret to Shut Down." In related news, all your base are belong to us (24)
CNN Obvious If you were hoping the holiday shopping season would clean up the whole HD-DVD/Blu-Ray rivalry, sorry (85)
AFP Stupid The Velvet Rope has finally arrived on the Internet, and sorry pal, but you're not on the list (81)
SeattlePI Interesting Your facial expressions might earn a strip search at the airport. Look natural, but don't look like you're trying to look natural (74)
(ScienceBlogs) Interesting Scientists know why we use wrapping paper on gifts, but they still haven't cured cancer (17)
(The Inquirer) Strange Apple looks to emulate Windows Genuine Advantage. "Just Works" and "Just Sucks" to become functionally equivalent (111)

Tue December 25, 2007
Wired Spiffy NIN using ARG to SYZ (67)
(Some Guy) Stupid Scotland to put drunk driving ads in video games. Killing cops, stealing cars, running over pedestrians, and using cheats all still O.K (62)
ABC News Interesting Top 25 web celebrities of 2007. You're not on the list (52)
(Thaindian News) Cool Scientists announce creation of a "distinctive electron microscope," which can create four-dimensional movies of molecules. Wait, what? (22)
(Ha'aretz) Sad You can put an animal back in the wild but you can't put the wild back in the animal (14)
(Information Liberation) Strange China clinic gives 'web addicts' shock treatment. No word if treatment uses USB-enabled device (29)
MSNBC Cool Cancer researcher beats her pancreatic cancer, using a treatment method she made up as she went along. Still no cure for... damn it, these people are ruining our clichés (56)
Wired Interesting So that's how Santa does it (32)
BBC Obvious Dark chocolate "not so healthy." Merry Christmas (21)

Mon December 24, 2007
(Science Daily) Cool University of Stuttgart succeeds in manufacturing stacked split-ring metamaterials for cloaking. Tachyon field emitter on standby (26)
CNN Amusing Airlines reluctant to start offering internet services aboard because of the mile high fapping club (65)
Valleywag Amusing Top five tech FAILs of 07 (45)
Canoe Dumbass Toronto claims to have been experimenting with cell phones 60 years ago... because Canada revolves around Toronto (40)
(Ars Technica) Scary Antivirus applications growing increasingly weaker. John Romero considering new zombie movie: Day of the botnet (39)
(Some Rotund Guy) Unlikely There is a poison that is making North Americans fat. It's not sugar, it's not fast food, it's ice. Here comes the "science" (63)
London Times Obvious Top 10 health trends for 2008: It's a British list, so No.10 is pushing hard for the 'irony' tag (42)
(Extreme! Science) Interesting Ye Oldest Living Thing (31)
MSNBC Interesting Study finds video game addicts more likely to be violent, far less likely to be physically capable of acting on said impulse (54)
SeattlePI Cool After extensive studies, scientists determine that alcohol can cure the common cold. The International Foundation of Boobies is still working on their cure for cancer (12)
(Russia Today) Spiffy Russia's state-of-the-art submarine, that can stay submerged for 100 days, will soon join the fleet. Captain Marko Ramius is hard at work selecting his crew (42)
AP Cool Palau island will get its power from a satellite in space. Submitter goes into SimCity and destroys his city with errant energy beams (16)
Reuters Sick Researchers use retroviruses to transform human skin cells back into stem cells. What could possibly go wrong? (48)
Network World Interesting I'll show you my vibrating mouse, if you show me your massage chair (3)
The Scotsman Cool The Scottish government will today receive a request for a licence to bring back beavers to Scotland for the first time in centuries. "Once we get the green light from the government, we will develop the detailed plan" (44)



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