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Sun February 15, 2009
(Boston Herald) Hero Former NASA astronaut, who walked in a studio, says global warming is a govermnent conspiracy and a lie (29)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Obvious Why MapQuest is losing to Google Maps, in a nutshell: AOL sucks (57)
(C|Net) Stupid Charity: We'll auction these iPods with songs selected by celebs to help musician Katrina victims. RIAA: Not so fast (21)
(BBC) Interesting ♫ ♪ Our Galaxy itself contains 100 billion stars, it's 100,000 light-years side-to-side, there might be 100 billion planets, and on anyone of them some life might hide ♫ ♪ (35)
(Evening Telegraph) Interesting Youngsters celebrate evolution on Darwin Day with science experiments. Youngsters celebrate evolution every other day by ostracizing the weak and breeding compulsively (39)
(Some Guy) Obvious "Given their feelings of social isolation, lonely individuals may be left to find relative comfort in nonsocial rewards." Please let this go green, pleasepleaseplease (27)
(AdvertisingAge) Obvious iPhones turn precious snowflakes into self-lobotomizing fart gigglers who obsess with LOLcats. There's also a downside (40)
(Some Guy) Cool You too can look like Harvey "Two-Face" Dent, minus the fire and hospital stay (27)
(Scientific American) Interesting Clown car tech: why octuplets are so rare in humans (42)
(Some Vashta Nerada) Interesting Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies discusses possibility of alien 'shadow life' living here on Earth, repeatedly asks "Hey, who turned out the lights?" (50)
(London Times) Interesting How Kindle could save the newspaper business after it was gutted by idiots posting it for free on their stupid websites (53)
(Mood: fainty) Interesting Next fashion craze for diabetics? Mood arms (13)
(BBC) Interesting If you ever have the need to lure horny, rampaging bull elephants -- this is the article for you (11)

Sat February 14, 2009
(Washington Post) Unlikely Bad news: IPCC says warming is exceeding predictions. Good news: We are so screwed we can stop throwing money at it thereby saving the economy. Gobama (107)
(C|Net) Spiffy The new solar phone: 21st century technology that has only one weakness: the 15th century technology that is the pocket (26)
(London Times) Obvious Lotus builds on its reputation as an eco-friendly car by unveiling a car made from weeds, in welcome change from its tradition of building cars that spontaneously decompose in your driveway between tows to the garage (28)
(YouTube) Cool The view from 244 miles up: lotsa lightning (24)
(Reuters) Amusing Iridium satellite telephone network assures customers that repairs will be made after collision with Russian satellite. Other 90s relics like "Macarena," Netscape browser, and the Chicago Bulls hope for similar reconditioning (33)
(The Consumerist) Stupid Apple wants anyone who jailbreaks their iPhone to pay a $2500 fine and spend up to 5 years in prison (122)
(Gizmodo) Cool Hypercolor is back, but thankfully not in clothing form this time (30)
(Some Guy) Interesting Review of the greatest game ever, Minesweeper (64)
(BBC) Interesting Million watt lightbulb could detect early signs of Parkinson's, blindness (12)
(Some Scientists) Interesting Still no cure for cancer. The common cold, on the other hand (13)
(Wired) Cool Seven of the greatest mating rituals in the animal kingdom, including the ever popular "penis jousting" (23)
(Bangor Daily News) Cool Is that a bunch of lit LEDs on your shirt or are you just happy to see me? (25)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Citroen DS named most beautiful car ever (213)
(Yahoo) Stupid The Authors Guild pulls a RIAA. Decides the text-to-speech feature of the new Kindle infringes on audiobook copyrights (28)
(Cult of Mac) Amusing Hate your iPhone and want to smash it? Yeah, there's an app for that. With video (19)

Fri February 13, 2009
(Some Puzzler) Cool Man spends over two years doing 18,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, including seven months to do the last two pieces (w/pic) (46)
(Fox News) Spiffy NASCAR technology makes consumer cars safer, especially when turning left (23)
(The Sun) Sick Worst. Game. Ever: "If she does become pregnant you're supposed to force her to get an abortion, otherwise she gets more and more visibly pregnant each time you have sex" (260)
(UPI) Interesting Scientists develop new silver nanoparticle printer ink with flexible electrical properties which may shatter previous threshold of what could be charged for printer ink (34)
(AP) Followup Remember that chain-reaction demo using hundreds of ping-pong balls on mousetraps in a gymnasium? That could soon be earth's satellites, just in a much, much, MUCH larger room (55)
(New Scientist) Cool More frightening than the coming robot apocalypse? Evolution creates a wasp/virus tag-team (53)
(Forbes) Obvious Study finds that it's easier to tell when men are interested in sex then it is to tell when women are. First sign a man is interested in sex: he is awake (430)
(AF.mil) Interesting Dramatic story of two airmen preventing battery from meltdown. Tom Cruise options script, contingent on Val Kilmer in shirtless volleyball role (23)
(Some ACTUAL science guy) Sad "#65 What affects skin color? Is one color better than another? What was God's purpose in this?" This and 114 other gems at the Christian home-schooled "science" fair (711)
(Nola.com) Interesting How New Orleans police get their horses acclimated to the noise of Mardi Gras (22)
(Gizmodo) Cool This store goes to 11 (30)
(Forbes) Interesting Insurance... in... Spaaaace (26)

Thu February 12, 2009
(Reuters) Dumbass Once again following Apple's lead, Microsoft to open line of stores. Will be just like Apple stores, but slower, uglier, and harder to buy from (183)
(News.com.au) PSA Hanging around with smokers makes you stupid (50)
(News.com.au) Spiffy Amputee told by doctors he is unsuitable for prosthesis, so he builds his own, stronger, faster, better (51)
(Labspaces.net) Interesting Our brains don't fail to be confused by statements which are not found to contain non-negative words. You didn't submit this with a worse headline, but mine didn't not get unredlit anyway (146)
(Old Man from Scene 24) Interesting Scientists using little backpacks to track the migratory patterns of birds, say the avergage speed of a laden swallow is 60 mph (37)
(Discover) Followup Two satellites colliding over the Earth is like blowing up 10,000 pounds of TNT. Here comes the math (21)
(MSNBC) Cool Doctor gives woman a hand ... two, actually (10)
(National Geographic) Interesting 7 major "missing links" since Darwin. Complete with Fishapod goodness and a Halfway Flatfish. Seriously, are scientists always high when naming fossils? (179)
(Vator.tv) Stupid Twitter has its own Oscars for people who Twit? Is that even a word? (42)
(YouTube) Spiffy Coolest Charles Darwin birthday party video you will see all century (24)
(CSMonitor) Interesting I want to say one word to you. Just one word: Bioplastics (37)
(New Scientist) Spiffy New software would play any videogame ever created (39)
(YouTube) Cool 3-story-tall robot shoots Ping Pong balls fast enough to kill a man (88)
(Ars Technica) Scary The laser printer in your office is emitting toxic fumes that is slowly killing you. EVERYBODY PAN INK (26)
(Some Guy) Interesting We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have...cotton candy (9)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Asinine Steve Ballmer still grasping at straws, now warns companies to upgrade to Vista now so they don't end up in a situation "where applications are no longer supported on Windows XP and not yet supported on Windows 7." Riiiight (148)
(The Onion) Amusing FDA approves first ever depressant, Despondex, for people who are excessively cheerful. Tests show it treats a variety of annoying symptoms such as random hugging, squealing when a friend calls, and the use of the phrase "cool beans." (46)
(LA Times) Spiffy Jenny McCarthy hospitalized for overdose of cognitive dissonance (94)
(CNN) Cool Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant. Just to repeat this as it appears to be vaguely important: MAN APPEARS FREE OF HIV AFTER STEM CELL TRANSPLANT (507)
(The Register) Stupid NSA reportedly offering "billions" to company that enables them to eavesdrop on Skype traffic. In related news, it looks like Skype has finally found a viable revenue model (92)
(Kotaku) Cool Xbox Live Arcade finally gets the only game that really matters: Minesweeper (75)
(TechEBlog) Cool Fully-automatic Lego submachine gun will annoy friends, family (24)
(Wired) Spiffy At 200, Darwin evolves beyond evolution: Coverage you may have missed, may want to revisit (127)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Britons told to eat Chinese if they want to keep their crabs under control  T-Shirt (68)
(Wired) Spiffy Iranian automaker photoshops world's most powerful natural gas-powered car (24)

Wed February 11, 2009
(MSNBC) Cool Scientists debate how totally awesome a robot war would be (73)
(Reuters) Cool Finally, after all the silly studies and pointless, wasteful research, science has discovered something completely worthwhile for society: how to make better beer (133)
(MSNBC) Spiffy Men everywhere rejoice and unclench on news that simple urine test may help evaluate prostate cancer (57)
(Telegraph) Scary Astronomers warn unseen dark comets could pose a deadly threat to earth. EVERYBODY PANIC (39)
(CBS News) Obvious Satellites try to occupy the same space at the same time, with predictable results (59)
(The New York Times) Interesting About the only segment of the PC market showing any life at all is the netbook market -- which might not be a good thing for companies like Intel, Nvidia, and definitely not for Microsoft (104)
(Atom) Weird The most disturbing animals on earth. Sadly Paris Hilton isn't listed (270)
(Some Guy) Interesting Georgia Tech researchers invent a vibrating glove for pianists. No....pianists (26)
(Daily Mail) Cool Recycling made easy with the 50mph waste cannon (32)
(Yahoo) Obvious Scientists at the Romero institute prove that the richer you are, the more likely it is that you are a rude, self-centered, prick (170)
(Gizmodo) Scary Chalk up another prediction come true for Soilent Green. China begins an execution program that involves buses that drive around, give lethal injections and harvest organs (115)
(Telegraph) Cool The Vatican officially endorses Darwinism, forcing "Intelligent Design" advocates to find their tinfoil skullcaps to keep the scientific brainwaves out (699)
(Guardian.com) Unlikely Scientists warned that "apocalyptic climate predictions" mislead the public into thinking that global warming is actually happening (316)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Interesting Study finds that a Mediterranean-style menu may cypress the effects of Alzheimer's, though the evidence is not concrete and it won't make the disease go away cold turkey (42)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Forget about the common cold -- they've made a vaccine for the "uncommon" cold (14)
(Metro) Weird Harmonic Pepsi logo is nature's simultaneous 4-cornered brandcube (73)
(TechEBlog) Interesting The most interesting eight-minute history of the internet you'll see today (16)
(CTV) Scary Scientists develop "mind-reading scanner", for use on sick kids. There is no way this could ever be developed further for nefarious purposes (27)
(YouTube) Amusing Brent Spiner hassles Patrick Stewart at Star Trek Con (95)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Spiffy Ending up in a kind of soundlessly spinning ethereal void as we all must (68)
(Network World) Interesting Microsoft shareholders angry that too much money's getting spent on R&D and not enough on making Vista not suck (175)

Tue February 10, 2009
(Gizmodo) Interesting A Swedish company has designed a new invisible tree house hotel. Because if there is one thing birds love, it's giant invisible panes of glass (29)
(London Times) Interesting Eggs.They were good for you, then bad for you, then good for you, then bad for you. Apparently they're good for you again (55)
(Some Guy) Cool The coolest photos of factories in Japan that you would swear are straight out of a high-budget sci-fi film (69)
(Boing Boing) Strange Pong museum to open. Once you've seen the left wall and the right wall, that's about it (15)
(SMH) Unlikely Australian scientists explain that people in committed relationships actually avert their eyes from attractive members of the opposite sex. That's their story, and they're sticking to it (42)
(Gizmodo) Spiffy Wheelchair with brain controlled robotic arm will help the handicapped, fondle Sarah Connor (18)
(io9) Cool Transit of the future...today. Abu Dhabi's elevated pod cars are the coolest city transit ever (pic) (72)
(Network World) Scary Largest coordinated ATM rip-off ever nets over $9 million in 30 minutes. FBI: "We've never seen one this well coordinated" (63)
(Yahoo) Interesting Actual headline: "Grandma's Moistening Kettle May Have Held Off Flu." In related news, subby can't decide if "Grandma's Moistening Kettle" is a great name for a band or a really disturbing euphemism (31)
(The Onion) Amusing Sony releases new stupid piece of sh*t that doesn't f*cking work (not safe for work language) (80)
(Wired) Unlikely Futurist predicts contact lens televisions and tattoos that convey the emotions of the actors. Next up: device that really lets you feel the bass, inserted directly into the rectum (52)
(International Herald Tribune) Interesting Google taking a step into power metering. That's one small step for the smart grid, one giant le (14)
(BBC) Cool 'Arctic unicorns' more likely than you think (52)
(New Scientist) Scary Eating fewer Baconators will cut $20 trillion off the cost of stopping global warming. Tag is for the prospect of giving up those delightful mounds of greasy goodness (78)
(Telegraph) Silly 11:38: "Sitting here writing a promotional message." 11:42: "About to send the promotional message." 11:55: "Paying Twitter's new subscription fee so I can annoy my customers with promotional messages" (19)
(Network World) Cool The evolution of the router, in pictures (58)
(Reuters) Scary Some slinky salamander species shortages seem suddenly scientifically striking, suggests surroundings sadly souring (9)
(Some Guy) Interesting The slimmer, lighter design of Amazon's Kindle reader has drawn criticism from a few of its users. The other two guys are fine with it (95)
(SFGate) Silly How many Facebook friends do politicians have? It's not news, it's the San Francisco Chronicle (9)
(Daily Mail) Interesting British teenagers spend a little under two hours a week looking at internet pornography. Pfffft. Amateurs (57)
(New Scientist) Interesting Scientists developing "marsupial" robots to explore other planets. Crikey mate (7)
(Newsday) Interesting Scientists discover steak marinated in beer contains 90% less carcinogens than non-beer steak. Still no cure for cancer, but is there anything beer can't do? (56)
(Yahoo) Interesting 2 Genes implicated in autism. 30 Helens agree (70)
(AFP) Interesting The end of the world has been officially delayed until September (45)

Mon February 09, 2009
(CNN) Interesting If you see color in sounds...don't worry, it's probably genetic and not the LSD you're high on (73)
(NASA) Interesting "If the entire Solar System were the size of a quarter, the Sun would be a microscopic speck of dust. Proxima Centauri (the closest star) would be another quarter, two soccer fields away." Whoa (125)
(Tech-On) Scary Japan begins testing "intelligent buildings" in which resident robots can detect humans and role-play as receptionists, guides, delivery personnel, cleaners, and guards (61)
(MSNBC) Interesting Videos of both the internets, the one in 1981 and the one in 1969 (44)
(The Register) Followup The Dalai Lama Twitter feed? Yeah, it's a fake. So he's got that going for him (23)
(Reuters) Interesting Large wrap group discovered near Memphis (12)
(AFP) Interesting Dalai Lama launches Twitter feed. Big Twitter, the Lama (70)
(Economist) Interesting Of all 19th and 20th century scientific discoveries, "only evolution has failed to find general acceptance outside the scientific world. Few laymen would claim they did not believe Einstein. Yet many seem proud not to believe Darwin" (465)
(Telegraph) Interesting Scientists discover velociraptor remains in Britain, crossing another place off Randall Monroe's holiday destinations (30)
(Discovery) Scary 2009: Scientists seek to treat HIV by forcing it to mutate itself to death. 2010: New strain of HIV is airborne (85)
(Neatorama) Spiffy Top 10 things science fiction movies get very, very wrong. Yes, George Lucas is featured prominently, dodging a laser bolt (319)
(Nature) Interesting Size doesn't matter. Behold, the top ten telescopes list (17)
(Fox News) Cool MIT invents wearable computer, which is safe to use as long as you don't try to scan a guy on a motorcycle with his own nuke (57)
(MSNBC) Interesting The secret lives of frogs. Article promises to be ribbiting (22)
(Google) Scary First case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever confirmed in the United States. Previous cases of bleeding from the eyes attributed to The Rosie O'Donnell Show (258)
(Reuters) Spiffy AIDS gels show protection promise, fabulous hair (25)
(Boston Globe) Asinine Mental disorders caused by fears of global warming are being diagnosed. Doctors are thinking of calling them "goreitis" and "climatephobia" (51)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Giant glowing green comet to pass close enough to be visible to the naked eye. Now would be a good time to make sure you don't have any ambulatory plants in your back garden (62)
(The Age (Melbourne)) Interesting Security software maker's own website is getting hacked more often than the cast of the latest Friday the 13th movie (92)
(Some Geek) Spiffy Who wants to start their Monday with a 'Babes of Comic Con' slideshow? Yeah, you do (75)
(Fox News) Spiffy Jessica Biel hosts sci-tech Oscars, gives attendees first look at boobies (109)
(Yahoo) Cool Gene Therapy May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis. Man, that Gene Therapy is a really good guy  T-Shirt (15)
(Some Sculleywag) Sad Apple announces Steve Wozniak to take over as interim CEO until Steve Jobs returns. Just kidding: ABC announces the Woz be on Dancing with the Stars (36)
(Yahoo) Cool NASA delays space shuttle launch until February 22, in order to let one of their female astronauts engage on a cross-country diaper vendetta (7)
(Gizmodo) Cool On Friday the 13th UNIX time will reach 1234567890 (51)
(Some Guy) Followup Iran is planning to photoshop four more satellites (30)
(Metro) Interesting The secret of why french fries smell so good. Here comes the ironing board (63)
(AP) Dumbass Note to government agencies: Do not try to make your ads "viral" and "clever" by making "hilarious" YouTube videos. It will look stupid to everyone but you (45)

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