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Sun June 15, 2008
(AP) Interesting Most cancer doctors avoid telling a patient that the patient is about to, um, well, about to...ah...hey, how about those Celtics? (27)
(Fox News) Scary There's a homicidal fungus among us (31)
(Gizmodo) Silly Science continues to cater to the lazy with a robotic chair that follows you around (24)
(Some Guy) Amusing After laying low the opening weekend to make sure no one called the new Hulk fake looking, Dell steps up to claim responsibility for the "photorealistic visual effects." (34)
(Palm Beach Post) Interesting New owners of Boca Raton office building discover long-forgotten giant tube leading to the Intarwebs. It's faster than modern pre-wired buildings, "several times faster than a traditional T-1 or other fiber-optic connections." (101)
(New Zealand Herald) Interesting Book critics stunned by mysterious 1881 sci-fi story written by New Zealander only known as "The Inhabitant," that makes the later works of H.G. Wells look silly (27)
(The Scotsman) Cool Toyota is close to perfecting a system of exterior airbags to protect pedestrians in the event of a collision (34)
(AFP) Interesting The WWF claims that Madagascar and France signed an agreement to protect Madagascar's biodiversity, Triple H to defend his championship title against John Cena (16)
(London Times) Hero Stephen Hawking turns down a chance to be Sir Stephen. And tells his government to stop hacking away at science research budget (161)

Sat June 14, 2008
(Gas 2.0) Cool At 88 MPG, Ford's plug-in, ethanol-powered Escape hybrid makes the Prius look like a 1982 DeLorean (96)
(APOD) Cool Here's a pic of a galaxy cluster to make you feel insignificant (60)
(All This Is That) Cool Mars Phoenix Lander sends photos of face gouged into Martian rock (35)
(Some Guy) Weird Science: A man gives a talk about the tenth dimension. Not Science: And the apocalypse. Fark Bonus: And he sings (17)
(Some Sad Guy) Sad RoadRunner subscriber? Use newsgroups? Not any more (72)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Sony planning to release a controller for the PS3 that is designed to break apart (41)
(Slate) Interesting Giving poor children free laptop computers for school use enhances the learning experience and promotes a superior education, right? Nope, it's about as useful as giving them a Playstation (38)
(NASA) Cool Today's official STS 121 landing discussion. What goes up, must come down... eventually (93)
(Some Guy) Interesting Geologists find evidence for The Flood high in the Himalayas, but misinterpret it and get the age wrong (33)
(London Times) Interesting The number of heart attack patients being admitted to emergency wards has fallen by 40% in England since smoking was banned in public places (42)
(Abc.net.au) Strange Scientists rally to keep hybrid "supercats" out of country, fearing it could lead to SuperCaturday (453)
(TechEBlog) Amusing Steve Carrell shows how to improperly use a crossbow-equipped pocket knife (12)
(TechEBlog) Cool The world's strongest artificially generated tornado (12)
(Telegraph) Interesting Synthetic dingo urine could save marsupials, put Foster's out of business (14)
(Houston Chronicle) Unlikely Hit by rising fuel costs, NASA also considers charging $15 for the first checked bag (14)

Fri June 13, 2008
(BBC) Obvious Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones, when they should have been out having sex (28)
(News.com.au) Interesting Actual headline: "Humans could all be aliens". Submitter slips on glasses and grabs a shotgun (37)
(Daily Mail) Scary Scientists have recovered soft tissue and blood vessels from a a 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and plan on replicating the constituent DNA. No need to panic (202)
(JSOnline) Strange VHS disease found in Lake Michigan. People, please don't throw your old movies in the water. Especially the subtitled ones. Think of the fish (7)
(Scientific Blogging) Spiffy Scientists discover that the RickRoll is what makes us successful as a species, and they promise to incorporate it into artificial intelligence programs in the future (18)
(Telegraph) Interesting Specialists say wearing flip-flops increases your risk of skin cancer, starring in Big Lewbowski sequel (28)
(Some Guy) Cool A very, very beautiful view of Earth and the International Space Station as seen from NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-124) on 11 June 2008 (29)
(Science Daily) Obvious Pigeons more self-aware than the average three year old and its parents (15)
(C|Net) Obvious New version of Firefox won't pretend you aren't downloading porn (39)
(KYW) Strange Philadelphia to put 3-D decals of speed bumps on roadways in effort to slow down drivers trying to get the hell out of the city before night falls and the gangs come out (pic) (53)
(My Fox Milwaukee) Asinine MySpace revamping site to draw in the two people who don't already have a page (85)
(C|Net) Interesting Good: Mozilla's mobile browser comes out in September. Bad: It will not run on iPhones (71)
(Geekologie) Scary The British now have computer-operated, remote-controlled robot attack planes to hunt Sarah Connor. What's that? It's actually named SkyNet? (25)
(Some Guy) Stupid Tens of "Jericho" fans once again lobby for another season of cancelled show by producing commercial that began airing nationally last night. One problem, commercial was better than any episode of Jericho (with video) (29)
(Labspaces.net) Interesting Physics is fun: Scientists find that hind-leg running lizards are actually pulling a wheelie (63)
(Yahoo) Interesting New Canadian dinosaur largely mysterious, creationists still unsure how Jesus was able to saddle the beastie (36)
(Labspaces.net) Cool Scientists reveal plans to design an acoustic cloak that can make objects impervious to sound waves, perfect for the creation of an anti-nagging cloak (26)
(CNN) Obvious "'Hulk' an action-packed pleasure," disappointing fans who thought it would be two hours of David Banner playing backgammon and discussing Wittgenstein over a cup of Earl Grey (74)
(LA Times) Amusing Profile of much-despised gossip blogger Perez Hilton, who was a drama major, got laid once in 2007, and is as insufferable a diva as you would expect (51)
(The Register) Obvious Strong demand for "GTA IV" finally pushes Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sales past Wii in May. Just kidding -- Wii continues to sell more than the other two combined (142)
(TechEBlog) Cool Company introduces folding airplane, might fit in your garage (29)
(Telegraph) Cool After native species were hunted to extinction in the 12th century, pair of German beavers invade England and build a six-foot dam (with pic cuteness) (61)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Hen stuns its owner by turning into a large cock (77)
(New Scientist) Stupid Step 1: Beam advertisement for Doritos to solar system 42 light years away. Step 2: Wait 84 years. Step 3: Prof... er, defend Earth against angry alien invasion (47)

Thu June 12, 2008
(IT Business Edge) Stupid Old and busted: Quitting your job because the corporate culture sucks and it's a dead-end that's slowly sucking your will to live. New hotness: Quitting your job because they block Facebook (180)
(Wired) Unlikely The Blackswift SR-72: Can do Mach 5 and an aileron roll (84)
(Speech Tech) Asinine Good: Soon you won't have to worry about calling those automated phone applications anymore. Bad: They will call you instead. I said they'll call you. No I don't... wait, TRANSFER ME (27)
(The Street) Interesting The on again off again Yahoo Microsoft deal is officially off, with Google about to come away the big winner (16)
(LA Times) Interesting Motorcycles pollute more than cars. Take that, lane splitters (121)
(Wired) Scary You know you're taking the tinfoil hat thing just a little too far when you wrap your house in foil to protect you from the "allergens" broadcast by local wi-fi hotspots (50)
(CNN) Interesting My lawnmower? Sure. My wife? Maybe. My Leatherman Tool? No way, dude. How it all began (62)
(Labspaces.net) Cool Physicists "see" quantum entanglement. If you understand how cool this is, give yourself a wet willy (68)
(Network World) Interesting Too little too late?: DOE awards $30M for plug-in hybrid electric car research (33)
(AMC) Obvious Those classic science fiction films we all revere? Honestly, some of them really sucked: The "1998 Roland Emmerich version is actually the best-written, best-acted, best-produced Godzilla film ever made" (212)
(Daily Galaxy) Spiffy The ultimate geek vacation: new Swiss Astro-retreat gives you a suite with your own dome and high tech telescope to take personal picures of nebulas and galaxy mergers (8)
(ZDNet) Interesting Does your iPod take too many seconds to load? Are you wasting part of a brief moment uploading cat pictures from your cell phone? Good news: USB 3.0 is on the way (67)
(io9) Cool Interview with seminal SF author William Gibson. Turns out he likes Godzilla (65)
(EcoGeek) Cool World's largest solar farm nearing completion in Portugal. The sun is there (62)
(The Hottest Gadgets) Spiffy 25 insanely modded consoles. Subby wishes she had paid more attention in shop class (57)

Wed June 11, 2008
(MSNBC) Silly Astronomers out of ideas, name dwarf planets after Pluto (22)
(Jargon-power FTW) Cool USMC, LM A-OK after F-35B STOVL, followup to F-35A CTOL, AKA JSF, flown by BAE ex-RAF pilot, inches closer to IOC in 2012. Roger, WTF, OMG, BBQ, over (61)
(geektyrant) Dumbass Captain America cameo gets cut from 'The Incredible Hulk' movie (108)
(infowars.com) Sad Fark.com RIP 1999-2012 (324)
(Newsday) Interesting NASA launches telescope for further research of gamma rays. "I expect to be right at ground zero," says Dr. Bruce Banner (11)
(AP) Cool U.S. life expectancy soars to 78 years. In other news, investors bid up stocks involved in lawn care (32)
(Some Spotty Coverage) PSA AT&T's 3G coverage map of the US. Suck it, South Dakota iPhone users, just be happy you have running water and that newfangled "electricity" thing (65)
(InfoWorld) Interesting Straw poll: "Only 26 percent would opt for a porn-free Net" -- Um, that many? (58)
(Wired) Interesting Wired columnist calls for the retirement of the "NSFW" acronym (68)
(Ars Technica) Cool God causes bacteria to evolve completely new metabolic functions in the lab to test our faith (189)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Cool Sergey in space. Bored Google co-founder books Soyuz charter (17)
(PhysOrg.com) Cool NASA plans to send probe to the sun. Don't worry, they'll send it at night (40)
(Space) Cool Cool video of the descent of a shuttle SRB set to music (65)
(Some Guy) Misc Apple responds to internet rumors about Steve Jobs' health by saying he's got a "common bug." Still no cure for cancer (71)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy 51-year-old television set now wired for the digital age (19)
(Daily Mail) Sad "By the end of July lemons will have almost completely run out." (57)
(KREM) Interesting It must make the town folk real proud to know that their town looks just like the moon (16)
(London Times) Stupid Milk bags hit Britain, and not the fun ones (89)
(Fox News) Interesting "Cheaper" iPhone will cost you more (109)
(WOAI) Scary As if high oil prices, tanking economy, heat waves, killer tornados, killer tomatoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes weren't enough - rattlesnake venom is getting stronger (95)
(Rocky Mountain News) Cool A huge cloud of smug hovers over Colorado, as scientists develop an 100 mpg Prius (49)
(News.com.au) Asinine Nice tits, have a pleasant flight (268)
(Daily Mail) Followup Remember the hottie playing Wii fit? Well, her name is Lauren Bernat, she's 25, and yes, she's hot (109)

Tue June 10, 2008
(Science Daily) Interesting Sun has been spot-free for longest in centuries, soon to star in new Valtrex commercial (41)
(MSNBC) Unlikely Study finds that the warming rate could triple, or halve, or double, or zig zag depending on what day of the week the computer model is run (21)
(LA Times) Cool Hulu gets The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Hear that, broadcast television? Your days are numbered (66)
(The Atlantic) Unlikely Is Google making us stupid? (61)
(Winding Road) Video New BMW "GINA" convertible does without body panels, has cloth exterior. Features "wrinkling" doors, blinking headlights, and taillights under fabric (68)
(Live Science) Obvious Shocking new research by Dr. Payne Fuliobvius suggests that "bikinis and other sexy stimuli can make men more prone to seek immediate gratification - leading to blown diets, budgets and bank accounts." (23)
(Network World) Dumbass Study finds cell phones turning teens into restless, stressed-out, careless, sleep-deprived... uh, wait, isn't that already the definition of a teenager? (6)
(Gawker) Amusing The logo for Apple's MobileMe internet service could be "the worst logo in the history of Mac" (49)
(Wired) Cool Moog unveils the coolest guitar ever, with true infinite sustain. WANT (with video) (49)
(io9) Unlikely Crappy movies are ruining your brain, say scientists who apparently never watched an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (46)
(Seattle Times) Sad Hops chemist and pioneer brewing researcher Francis Lloyd Rigby dead at 89. Everyone not drinking Bud, have a beer in his memory (26)
(InfoWeek) Obvious Microsoft says it has "no plans" to produce an iPhone clone. In other news, Topher Grace has announced he has "no plans" to be an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers (19)
(Winding Road) Interesting Toyota thinks next evolution in vehicle safety may be to turn entire car into giant airbag (w/pic) (14)
(BBSpot) Amusing Top 11 geek epitaphs. "Game Over" strangely missing (110)
(Slate) Silly The existential agony of the American yuppie: Which kind of wood flooring is the most environmentally safe? (41)
(Wired) Obvious Physicist: You can't use your cellphone to make popcorn, dumbass (48)
(Computerworld) Interesting Can you navigate through Wikipedia, Flickr and YouTube? Congrats, you have what it takes to become a CIA operative (17)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Interesting Out of the frying pan and into the internal combustion engine: Woman converts her Mercedes Benz to run on vegetable oil (53)
(Breitbart.com) Interesting World's tallest airplane magnet is nearly complete (36)
(Some Guy) Obvious It's more acceptable to have an addiction to porn than to have an addiction to World of Warcraft (128)
(Slate) Obvious The people who should really be worried about the new iPhone are GPS manufacturers, since it will be cheaper than a lot of their devices and do much, much more (71)
(Daily Mail) Strange It's part car, part motorcycle and part plane. Its owner is part teacher, part grease monkey and all geek (20)
(YouTube) Cool Pixar's been hiding Wall-E. In movies that came out five years ago (80)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Latest substance found to cause cancer: Money. Submitter won't have to worry about that, fortunately (10)
(News.com.au) Dumbass Exploratory drilling is to blame for the mud volcano that displaced 30,000 people and is still spewing millions of cubic metres of hot, stinking sludge in heavily populated East Java (23)
(Telegraph) Sad You can now buy a rotating ice-cream cone in case you're too lazy to lick. "All you have to do is put your tongue on to the ice-cream rather than lick. It really is a lazy person's ice-cream cone as it does everything for you" (79)
(Scientific American) Unlikely Emo kids soon to be extinct due to excess LiveJournalling (14)
(Globe and Mail) PSA That yellow bathtub ducky is going to kill your children (12)
(NASA) Cool The coolest picture of the non-illuminated side of Saturn's rings that you'll see all day (7)
(Science Daily) Spiffy You know those brain cells you supposedly killed from drinking too much? Scientists have identified a method to awaken brain stem cells, which can transform into neurons and repair damaged brain tissue. Still no cure for liver failure (16)
(Some Guy) Scary It would take around 15 million modern computers, running for about a year, to crack the key to the Trojan ransomware called Gpcode (67)
(Science Daily) Interesting At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780 and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Nope, just wildfires... if the tree rings can be believed, that is (12)

Mon June 09, 2008
(Daily Mail) Interesting Woman has all but two of her joints replaced. With x-rays (39)
(Scientific American) Obvious Study shows that people with depression really are selfish bastards (47)
(News.com.au) Strange Australian developer receives death threats over a glitch in one of its games. Some people take their Puzzle Quest very seriously (20)
(Labspaces.net) Weird Three steps to eternal glory: 1) Become a mailroom supervisor. 2) Get a catfish named after you. 3) Profit?? (4)
(Popular Mechanics) Cool Department of Homeland Security decides that a 30-year-old navigation system used by mariners will be upgraded to back up GPS, France surrenders (23)
(Reuters) Interesting Washing machine uses plastic chips instead of water. Now we know what happens to all those free AOL disks (36)
(Wordpress) Misc A hybrid with no transmission... and it gets 160 mpg, too (78)
(Science Daily) Interesting Morning people get better grades, are more annoying (38)
(Daily Mail) Interesting New satellite dish blends in with your home's siding, as long as you don't look at it from any angle whatsoever and have the gullible imagination of a child (pic) (27)
(Reuters) Weird Don't panic (47)
(Boing Boing) Cool The Earth, as seen by a Martian on a canal-boat with a very large telescope (35)
(Daily Mail) PSA Popular ingredient in Chinese food cuts cancer death rates by two-thirds, reduces risk of dying from heart disease by one third. NO MSG (17)
(AP) Spiffy Los Alamos' government weapons lab unveils the "Roadrunner," the fastest computer in the world. No word on whether or not it was built by ACME Products, Inc (41)
(The faithful await the word of Jobs) PSA Official Apple WWDC 2008 keynote thread. New iPhone expected, with 3G, GPS, invisibility cloaking, anti-gravity field, and latte dispenser. LGT live updates beginning at 10:00 a.m. Pacific (275)
(InfoWorld) Interesting Fifteen turning points in tech history: Apple's NeXT move, Stallman's Xerox hack, XMLHttpRequest, SCO v Linux, the ARPANet's first porn transmission and more (13)
(Telegraph) Interesting Once again, for men, size really doesn't matter (366)
(usnews.com) Amusing Scientific study shows that pot may be VERY bad for you... well, if you smoke 350 joints per week. VERY bad. Maybe (101)
(New Scientist) Cool Paper still beats rock, but scissors no longer beat paper, they shatter instead (41)
(AAP) Amusing 16,000 condoms delivered to Antarctic base because "there are some people that tend to get a little bit bored but, for the most part, people who come down here know how to occupy their time" (51)
(The Atlantic) Interesting The chances of an asteroid destroying civilization this century are one in 10. NASA has no plans to do anything about it. At least until they figure out that whole inch/centimeter thing (58)

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