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Sun December 21, 2008
(Gizmodo) Cool 60,000 piece Lego set, complete with LED's, recreates planet Hoth. Cool (12)
(SMH) Interesting Researcher discovers the only way an octopus can watch tentacle porn is if it's transmitted via a high definition video signal, which may explain why they're always hanging around with the blu-rays (29)
(National Geographic) Cool "Titan is like Buffalo, without the Bills." In related news, Buffalo is like Nashville, without the Titans (15)
(BetaNews) Obvious Has streaming media killed any chance for Blu-ray to overtake DVD? (96)
(Boston Globe) PSA How to survive winter foreclosure in eight easy steps (13)
(C|Net) Obvious Shocking study shows Google dominates ad server market, soon the entire world (20)
(Telegraph) Interesting New research shows beer goggles have permanent effect on women, who are no longer able to rate attractiveness in male faces. Why yes, waiter, I'll have another beer. And my date will have five (23)
(Science Daily) Scary Top robotics expert has called for international guidelines to be set for the ethical and safe application of robots before it is too late. BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE (45)
(Discover) Interesting The Soullllllllllllllllllllllllll... stice (144)
(BBC) PSA If you found a bunch of rubber duckies, NASA would really like them back. Ernie last seen whistling innocently (9)
(Live Science) Interesting U.S. teens portrayed as violent, unethical, unable to get off lawns (40)
(Science Daily) Spiffy Replacing all current lights with LEDs would save the world $1.83 trillion over ten years. And Saint Gore smiled, and the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs and toads and tree-sloths and fruit-bats and orangutans (134)

Sat December 20, 2008
(Discover) Interesting Yes we can... cel NASA missions (82)
(YouTube) Video It's not really a party until Carbon shows up (31)
(USA Today) Stupid Wondering whether you're too drunk to drive? Just plug the "iBreath" device into your iphone. (aw dang.....iDrunk) (40)
(Sign On San Diego) Cool Cool: San Diego library offering eight of the 10 video games blacklisted for violence by some national nanny state operation (23)
(The New York Times) Cool Chinese company Build Your Dreams markets first PLUG in hybrid vehicle. Lead content as yet unknown (63)
(Sky News) Followup Rash of streetlights reportedly seen over England revealed to have been lanterns from a school Christmas concert (pics, vid) (12)
(TechEBlog) Weird Old and busted: Hummer stretch limo. New hotness: Boeing 727 jet limo (20)
(TechEBlog) Amusing The official R2-D2 dance shows why you're never too old to play with toys (20)

Fri December 19, 2008
(The Sun) Unlikely British doctors warn up to ten people a week are being hospitalized for Wii-itis and Wii-knees. Heh heh, Wii-knees  T-Shirt (99)
(BBC) Interesting The human nose contains erectile tissue which may become engorged during arousal, triggering the need to sneeze. Kleenex sales double (38)
(Gizmodo) Stupid If your laptop doesn't have enough screens and isn't heavy enough, IBM has the perfect solution (76)
(C|Net) Interesting EA is shocked to find that somewhere between producing "Watered-down Game Franchise Part 46" and forcing SecuROM DRM down everyone's throats, they've ceased to be profitable. Announces layoff of 10% of their workforce (184)
(MacWorld) Spiffy Dude's iPhone is stolen, so he buys a new one. Mysteriously, new contacts begin showing up in his address book as the thief didn't know the phone was syncing to MobileMe. Dude calls thief's friends, gets his iPhone back. Ta da (47)
(C|Net) Spiffy YouTube launches *buffering...buffering* a new *buffering...buffering* HD video *buffering...buffering* page (39)
(Engadget) Spiffy Sony agrees to stop using clamshell packaging, allowing you even quicker access to their overpriced crap (48)
(Wall Street Journal) Unlikely Merry Christmas from the RIAA. No, really (128)
(CNN) Followup Doctor who performed first U.S. face transplant says the patient is happy. He thinks. It's a little hard to tell (69)
(Science Daily) Interesting What happened before the Big Bang? Probably the Big Dinner and a Movie (55)
(Yahoo) Obvious Evolutionary psychologists discover that women are whores and men love young sluts (54)
(MSNBC) Cool The year in SCIENCE (80)
(Yahoo) Stupid I don't care if we have gravity or not: what good is a stall with no door? (12)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Continued existence of coelacanth proving what a steaming pile of crap the "theory" of evolution is (290)
(MSNBC) Cool Akhenaten...You ARE the father (35)
(Gizmodo) Weird Kosher food machine only serves 24/6 because it's shomer shabbos; Walter Sobchak approves, but this is f***ing weird, Dude (100)
(BBC) Interesting Carbonate, important for non-acidic water, found on Mars. No sign of Solo, Wookie (13)
(Telegraph) Sappy Remember back in the old days when there was no scientific explanation for nostalgia? Ahh, good times (29)

Thu December 18, 2008
(Boing Boing) Interesting The History Channel is going to tell you everything you need to know about "SEX IN SPAAAAAACE" (60)
(Gizmodo) Cool Roomba accurately depicted by 1959 magazine (62)
(C|Net) Obvious Linux fans live in a "delusional fantasy land" (253)
(National Geographic) Cool Monster Jesus raptor found in Argentina (37)
(The Sun) Spiffy What is the new dream machine, you ask? A supercar with SIX WHEELS PEOPLE (53)
(Yahoo) Dumbass One in five HDTV owners can't tell the difference between SD & HD (195)
(Nerve) Wheaton Top 10 celebrity Twitterers: Wil Wheaton makes it to #2 (72)
(PhysOrg.com) Cool Scientists find water in a galaxy 11 billion light years away. Cheers (53)
(Science Daily) Interesting Your SUV is saving the planet: The past few thousand years of human-caused global warming is staving off another ice age glaciation (396)
(Guardian.com) Interesting Popular medical myths busted: Sugar doesn't make kids hyperactive, snacking at night doesn't make you fat, and the only cure for a hangover is not drink (99)
(New Scientist) Interesting "How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage". Surprisingly, the solution is not "drink six bottles of other wine first" (48)
(BBC) Cool Britain's ill-fated Mars explorer, "Beagle 2", was destroyed upon entering Mars' atmosphere due to miscalculation. That, or it wasn't quite regal enough (35)
(Telegraph) Spiffy Olive oil could hold key to developing new breast cancer drugs, not that she'd notice  T-Shirt (22)
(BBC) Cool Bbrriittiisshh TTVV vviieewweerrss ccoommee oonnee sstteepp cclloosseerr ttoo hhaavviinngg 33DD tteelleevviissiioonn bbrrooaaddccaassttss  T-Shirt (33)
(SMH) Cool Man builds giant Tesla coil in his backyard in preparation for his future darwin award (with awesome pic) (34)
(Guardian.com) Interesting Madagascan grey mouse lemur provides the "missing link" in the evolutionary history of the HIV virus. Maurice takes one look at Julien and goes for immediate testing  T-Shirt (29)
(Popular Science) Silly Some simple physics equations to determine if little James T. Kirk could really cling to a cliff ledge while jumping out of a speeding Corvette (86)
(YouTube) Spiffy Fire ants get a bigger boat (49)
(My Fox Tampa Bay) Cool For sale: Three slightly used space shuttles. Price: $42-million. Note: Do not launch in cold weather (58)

Wed December 17, 2008
(Gizmodo) Cool Magazine ads can now use your webcam to display 3D rotatable products. They're working on 3D rotatable porn right? RIGHT? (19)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Obama team: "Manned space exploration is too costly and dangerous. Lets replace current shuttle boosters with modified U.S. military rockets from the 80's." Barack Obama does not care about space people (360)
(Kotaku) Cool Metal Gear Solid coming to the iPhone, not the 360. Suck it, Xbots (176)
(Time) Hero Orville: "I got some bike parts". Wilbur: "I got a hankerin to get over there in twelve seconds". Happy Wright Brothers Day (38)
(Daily Mail) Cool Best ever Christmas Toy: RC Tank that can pull your car. Suck it, Nerf Crossbow Set (117)
(Discover) Cool Bad Astronomy presents us with the ten best astronomical images of the year. #4 puts life in perspective and #1 just doesn't care (72)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Obvious No matter how proud you are of your Level 80 Death Knight, don't list "World of Warcraft" on your resume as a hobby (117)
(Ars Technica) Cool 80 years ago Eistein called his cosmological constant theory the 'biggest blunder' of his life after. Today, we are learning his greatest blunder may explain the inexplicable (119)
(Guardian.com) Unlikely School promises a strict vetting procedure for their new online course in "ethical hacking", where students will be taught how to create viruses and denial-of-service attacks. Still trying to verify Richard Hertz's application (32)
(International Herald Tribune) Spiffy "A coat of many proteins may be this parasite's downfall." Your mom's face now test site (37)
(TechEBlog) Weird Gadget turns any flat surface into a speaker, promises poor sound quality (33)
(The Register) Scary "Windows boxes on Ethernet LANs are now in control of the UK's nuclear-propelled and nuclear-armed warship fleet." (90)
(Live Science) Scary News: Leaks detected in Earth's protective magnetic field. Creepy: Solar activity is expected to peak in 2012. Scary: Mars lost it's magnetic field and look how well that turned out (97)
(Guardian.com) Misc Scientists predict sea level rise by end of century could top [*spins wheel* dootdootdoot doot doot doot doo] 150 cm (45)
(The Scotsman) Asinine Having solved all of the world's problems, scientists study whether or not sharks enjoy listening to Christmas pop songs (46)
(Daily Mail) Interesting British engineers say the reason the Millennium Bridge was so woobly was because pedestrians were walking like somebody from a Monty Python sketch (61)
(Telegraph) Interesting Your company may be sending your fat ass to the gym in 26 minutes (39)

Tue December 16, 2008
(Yahoo) Interesting Scientists say dinosaurs may have been killed by volcanism. Spock objects (30)
(C|Net) Asinine Microsoft's Zune UI team to give Windows Mobile a makeover. Internally codenamed "Operation Turd Polish" (43)
(London Times) Spiffy British parliament votes to keep Imperial measurements, get forty firkins to the hogshead (41)
(The Register) Amusing If you were thinking of upgrading your Mac to OS X 10.5.6 today because Apple products "just work," you might want to hold off (68)
(CBC) Interesting Canada is the source for over 9 billion pieces of spam per day. Round spam, eh? (16)
(PhysOrg.com) Scary Apparently there are a large number of folks who really don't know how to use tobacco properly (34)
(Gizmodo) Sad Say farewell to Macworld and "One more thing..." (74)
(TechEBlog) Interesting Guy uses 70 old hard drives to build geeky Christmas tree (22)
(Reuters) Obvious 2008 set to be the coolest year since 1997, despite the fact that Nickelback released a new album  T-Shirt (264)
(Gizmodo) Cool Four of the coolest things you can do with an 8160 x 768 pixel "screen" (22)
(Vator.tv) Unlikely The desire to blog is the same desire to mate. No it's not (20)
(Space Travel) Interesting China launches "remote sensing" satellite that will collect data on land resources, urban planning, and Chinese citizens doing anything they shouldn't be doing (12)
(Telegraph) Interesting Faulty gene causes some drunks to be angry. What are you lookin' at? Yea, well you're ugly (116)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Interesting Cleveland woman has face transplant surgery to improve quality of life, track down Castor Troy (27)
(TechEBlog) Cool Top Gear's James May travels to California to take a look at what is being hailed as the future of motoring, the hydrogen-powered Honda Clarity (71)
(MSNBC) Strange Latest funeral trend: Burying loved ones with Blackberrys and iPods, calling the phones during the funeral (133)
(Some Guy) Stupid You know how annoying it is when coworkers show you baby pictures? Well, someone came up with a way to post to Twitter every time the baby kicks in utero (13)
(Wired) Interesting Study says we're fat because of our cars. Which raises the question: How do you deep fry a Buick? (39)
(AFP) Dumbass Social Darwinism example #17: wanted criminals continue to maintain Facebook pages (31)
(Den Of Geek) Amusing The 24 least special effects in movie history (186)
(The Register) Amusing School teacher that did not believe in Linux is recovering nicely from the bite marks on her ass (66)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Computer modeling recreates Cleopatra's face. Amazingly, a queen from Egypt doesn't look like a white Hollywood movie actress (73)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Amusing The Biggest Losers In Tech -- They're still billionaires (4)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Before you implement a brand new £55M computer system, it's always advisable to double check that its interface actually uses a language that you speak (48)
(Cracked) Interesting Six insane discoveries science cannot explain (396)
(PC Magazine) Misc Yahoo adds third party apps to Yahoo Mail, still sucks the ass of creation (11)
(C|Net) Spiffy S₁c₃r₁a₁b₃b₃l₁e₁ D₂r₁o₁p₄s₁ L₁a₁w₄s₁u₁i₁t₁ (32)
(BBC) Interesting Enceladus has 'spreading surface'. Your mom joke goes here (7)
(USA Today) Interesting Apocalyptic religious beliefs in my global warming science? It's more likely than you think (53)
(BBC) Interesting Horses able to recognise each other, Fred Savage, by whinny that accompanies them  T-Shirt (18)
(AP) Cool Saturn's moon Titan may have active ice volcanoes, major defensive injuries against the Steelers (13)

Mon December 15, 2008
(Google) Obvious Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fixed yet. Specifically, its continued use (100)
(Spike) Cool List of World Premieres at last night's Video Game Awards (50)
(Wired) Amusing The 10 most dissapointing games of 2008. To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the gamers (182)
(BBC) Obvious Scientists discover obesity is controlled by the brain as opposed to the Fark theory that it is controlled with the fork (84)
(CBC) Spiffy 中国引入插件车。问题是，一个小时后，需要另一个收费。 (98)
(Reuters) Interesting Scientists discover extinct animal that opened its mouth by lifting the top of its head. Creature presumed to be amphibious, Canadian (43)
(The New Yorker) Scary Stumbled across some plutonium or U-235? Here's what you do next (128)
(Renderosity) Video Couple of uber geeks use an inkjet printer to draw an image in caramel on top of your latte. Now you can have 'smug' written on your coffee instead of all over your face (27)
(Aint-It-Cool-News) Scary Early review of "The Spirit" says it's worse than "Battlefield Earth." Truly, the end times are upon us (151)
(Science Daily) Interesting Scientists discover the Earth is surrounded by a warm plasma cloak, leaving its hands free to sit on the couch and watch TV or talk on the phone in total warmth and comfort (22)
(Cincinnati Enquirer) Interesting Whooping cough cases up, according to survey of Arsenio Hall fans (15)
(The Register) Amusing Those well known Apple fanboys down at Microsoft have released the company's first application for the iPhone, and it doesn't work (27)
(News.com.au) Cool Clock spider, move aside. New species of plate-sized spider discovered, along with striped bunnies and cyanide millipede (254)
(New Scientist) Cool Air Force's airborne laser fires on first target. Popcorn everywhere (208)
(PCWorld) Obvious PS3 is to Sony as Titanic is to ship travel (290)
(Some Guy) Fail Ten inventors killed by their own inventions (43)
(Des Moines Register) Sad New invention lets blind and deaf people see movies, which is pretty cruel considering what's playing in theaters these days (56)
(Pocket Gamer) Silly IPhone gets its first mobile gambling casino, including a Tomb Raider slot machine game. Great, another way to waste money on Lara Croft with scant reward (7)
(YouTube) Spiffy Great animated short film produced in 1988 on computers with less power than your first cell phone (55)
(Guardian.com) Cool How to conduct the best web conference: "construct a gigantic sauna, right in the middle of London and surrounded by a moat of liquorice vodka" (5)
(Some Guy) Interesting An article with pictures of 35 different albino animals would be cool in and of itself. But this one has a handful of baby hedgehogs as well as the most glorious photo of a llama ever taken (42)
(Daily Mail) Interesting "A growing number of ordinary, middle-aged men are also freezing their faces, tightening their jowls and having their love handles lifted in quick, non-surgical procedures with little downtime" (7)
(Kotaku) Stupid Worst. Head tattoo. EVER (287)

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