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Sun March 01, 2009
(Science News) Spiffy Old and Busted: Getting telescope time to look for new planets. New hotness: Searching Hubble archives for new planets (20)
(PhysOrg.com) Spiffy Scientists learn to control plasma bullets, plan to make a rifle in the 40 watt range (65)
(Some Guy) Interesting Bottled water found to take 2,000 more times as much energy to produce as tap water (85)
(The Scotsman) Strange Animal rights activists horrified to discover "recycled" grey squirrels are being fed to hungry wolves at Scottish wildlife centre (30)
(Wired) Cool Lockheed unveils HULC exoskeleton. Our marines are angry. You won't like them when they're angry (67)
(PhysOrg.com) Cool "Dude, you got Cerium in my Aluminium." "You got Aluminium in my Cerium" (37)
(Engadget) Interesting Newly developed robot makes sammiches on command. But only after complaining bitterly about having to do so first. Oh look - science has replaced your wife (pic) (22)
(PhysOrg.com) Interesting Movie theaters will soon be installing audio watermarking technology that detects pirates and distorts sound on the copy. Not that anyone will notice the difference (45)
(Mental Floss) Interesting What's a Hulu? The Origins of 8 High-Tech Names (19)
(Science Blogs) Strange Today's Fark ready science paper title: "Harmonic Convergence in the Love Songs of the Dengue Vector Mosquito" Bonus: Great bug zapper idea to send those love sick insects to the great swamp in the sky (4)
(Some Guy) Asinine Scientists: "No cure for cancer yet. But hey, we now know why hair turns gray" (29)

Sat February 28, 2009
(AlterNet) Interesting How to get your home off the water grid. And it's not as easy as 'Don't pay the water bill' (70)
(Some Guy) Cool 3M upgrades the world's most useful tool. Introducing Duct Tape: Nuclear Grade (74)
(Reuters) Obvious Spit researchers excited about recent discoveries, new spokesmodel (12)
(SacBee) Cool New species of forward looking fish identified. Mr. Creosote unimpressed (29)
(Telegraph) Silly Scientist discovers cause of navel lint. Still no cure for cancer (32)
(TechEBlog) Weird When soft sand and steam have intercourse, you get a sand fountain (32)
(Discovery) Cool San Francisco robot searches for Sarah Connor... so it can deliver her pizza (13)
(The Onion) Amusing Are video games adequately preparing your children for the post-apocalyptic future? (51)

Fri February 27, 2009
(Discover) Strange The Boned Star State (19)
(Evening Tribune) Interesting Grade school offers hands-on mumification course. "It was fun. I got to put salt in its pooper..." (28)
(UPI) Obvious Ric Romero visits his offshore millions in Switzerland, reports that voters can be heavily biased by physical appearance of political candidates. Dennis Kuchinich considers Insanely Hot Wife/Kuchinich 2012 campaign run (11)
(MSNBC) Cool "Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina" (31)
(London Times) Weird Thirteen scientific mysteries that no one can explain (112)
(MSNBC) Florida Scientists in Florida develop first synthetic lifeform capable of evolving, and a first for any Florida lifeform in general (37)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Obvious And the winner for the biggest tech bomb goes to... Windows Vista (219)
(Daily Mail) Amusing Amazon.com is giving away thousands of free books. Unintentionally (145)
(MSNBC) Asinine No son, you can't play the new "Call of Duty" without first reading all four articles of the Geneva Convention, and then while you play, you must abide by those rule. WTF? (446)
(BBC) Unlikely Texting "improves language skill." LOLWUT? (100)
(LA Times) Stupid A brief history of the relentless suck that is movie adaptations of video games, with sucky slideshow suckiness (89)
(C|Net) Stupid Judge orders defendant to decrypt his encrypted drive. Defendant: I plead the fif. I plead the fif. FIVE 1,2,3,4, fiiiif. Anything you say FIIIF. Go ahead and ask me a question. Fif (203)
(Telegraph) Interesting Scientists discover that immoral behaviour actually does leave a bad, and possibly salty, taste in your mouth (37)
(Kotaku) Unlikely From the WTF files: Super Mario Kart considered the most influential game in history (148)
(Reuters) Stupid The top killers of Texas inmates is: 1) Execution. 2) Prison violence. 3) HIV. Now Texas is working on creating a more powerful, more drug-resistant HIV for its parolees. Really (127)
(Some Guy) Interesting Dragon Con founder sues his successor over money. Demands to be repaid in hot Princess Leia cosplayers (27)
(Kotaku) Weird For the fourth week in a row, the Xbox 360 has outsold the PS3 and the Wii... in Japan (176)
(Baltimore Sun) Misc Ten reasons to hate the Kindle (96)
(National Geographic) Cool New discovery reveals Noah's first steps off of the Ark over 6,000 years ago (256)
(Newsweek) Interesting Good news: Guy finds a cheaper, faster way to make best known anti-malaria drug. Better news: He refuses to let anyone pricegouge the needy for it. Best news: He's working on ethanol next (59)
(Labspaces.net) Interesting Kids are influenced more by the douchebags in the family than anyone else. So tell your batshiat crazy uncle to keep away from your kids (22)
(Discover) Interesting Discover explores the technical feasibility of the self-repairing Cylon material used on Battlestar Galactica, mm-hai (37)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Right-handers found to be "more playful and adventurous" than the knucklebreathing devilspawn who wear their watches on the wrong hand and drag their claws through what they just wrote (68)
(UPI) Silly German scientists have trained desert ants to recognize odors pointing to a hidden nest entrance. Still no cure for rising joblessness and economic woes in Germany (24)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Doodling called 'good for the brain' by scient ... $%^^&&%$∞§• (14)

Thu February 26, 2009
(Utne) Silly Use of the word "effect," as in "Doppler effect" or "greenhouse effect," has become a mainstream term to describe various phenomena. Let's call it the "effect effect" (42)
(CTV) Interesting Remember that study that found if a big piece of the Antarctic ice shelf were to collapse, sea levels would rise 7 feet? Scientists found a sheet capable of raising sea levels 200 feet. EVERYBODY PANIC (99)
(Telegraph) Interesting Scientists plan to stop global warming with mirrors / srorrim htiw gnimraw labolg pots ot nalp stsitneicS (71)
(Daily Mail) Interesting U.S. Navy can't even give away its new and unwanted $200 million ugly-ass stealth ship (pics) (77)
(BBC) Followup Facebook: All right, fark it. YOU people run the damned place (32)
(Some Zealot) Asinine And today's christian moral outrage is going to be directed towards *spins wheel*...........Olivia Munn (187)
(Daily Mail) Strange British soldiers heading to war zones issued helmets full of goo to make them "Spiderman, not Robocop." Seriously (pics) (34)
(Some Guy) Sad Best video games for the unemployed. "Turbo Job Hunter Xtreme Part 3" strangely absent (71)
(AP) Unlikely Radical new study finds that it's not the carbs or fat, but how much you eat that determines whether you're a lard-ass (269)
(Guardian.com) Obvious American demand for extra-soft toilet paper called 'worse than Hummers' for the environment, just proving once again that Americans are asswipes when it comes to the planet (125)
(Network World) Obvious Verizon sues distributor of children's movies and you'll be rooting for Verizon. No, really (58)
(The Local (Sweden)) Interesting Swedish youth group warns that WoW is as addictive as cocaine. Evercrack smiles, nods approvingly (87)
(BBC) Stupid Scientists attempt to convince young people that science is not just for nerds by having them walk through pudding for some damn reason or another (16)
(Daily Mail) Cool The coolest model of Herod's Temple that you will ever see. It has taken this man so long to build it, he won't live to finish it (64)
(London Times) Interesting Handy phrases every Time Traveller should learn (106)
(Denver Channel) Interesting Colorado man finds tools borrowed from neighbor 13,000 years ago, never returned (14)
(ZDNet) Obvious All hail our new browser overlord (174)

Wed February 25, 2009
(The Industry Standard) Amusing Steve Ballmer's imaginary world, where the iPhone is a toy and Windows Mobile has momentum (193)
(Network World) Cool Coolest use of old cell phones you'll see today (95)
(BBC) Interesting A glass of wine each day (shakes Magic 8-ball) INCREASES your risk of cancer (62)
(MDN) Dumbass If you keep your secret collection of schoolgirl upskirt photos on your PC, make sure your antivirus software is up to date (80)
(News.com.au) Cool Bill Gates progresses from being a douche to investing in one (93)
(3 News New Zealand) Interesting 30 years ago today, the Freemasons launched their secret plan to stamp every consumer product on the planet with the mark of the beast and dominate us all (106)
(The New York Times) Unlikely Cancer is now caused by... elevators (40)
(Telegraph) Cool New Bentley shows environmental awareness. And not just by sitting broken down in the garage like all the old Bentleys (16)

Tue February 24, 2009
(Reuters) Scary Alp-sized mountains found under Antarctic ice sheet. Also found: A sign that reads, "Please curb your Shoggoth." (163)
(News.com.au) Amusing If your husband told you he was checking his Gmail and you walked in to find porn on his screen instead, believe it or not, it really wasn't his fault (27)
(Elko Free Press) Scary Western U.S. may be invaded with plague of "Mormon crickets" this summer. You can identify them by their minature long undergarments and tiny "Yes on Prop 8" stickers (89)
(Reuters) PSA Dermatologists publish warning that repeatedly gripping PlayStation controller may cause painful bumps called "PlayStation palmar hidradentitis". Still no cure for blindness and hairy palms from clutching your Wii (26)
(The Sun) Silly Man creates blog with pictures showing how far he can run from his digital camera after setting the timer to two seconds. These are truly wondrous times in which we live (41)
(UPI) Spiffy Scientists develop new wireless method of brain stimulation using light-activated semiconductor nanoparticles, because they're cool and it's fun (23)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Working long hours causes brians tu knot wurk gooder (63)
(Spike) Cool Top 10 Deaths caused by video games (142)
(Stuff) Sappy Weta Workshop, the special effects studio behind Lord of the Rings, makes fully functional mermaid tail for double amputee (with pic) (42)
(BBC) Misc Lord Carter *buffering* defends *buffering* dec*buffering*ision to set *buffering* 2Mbps base*buffering*line speed for *buffering* UK *buffering* broad*buffering*band (26)
(BBC) Interesting British stereotypes on high alert after scientists located the gene responsible for the growth of enamel, opening the possibility of growing teeth in a lab (11)
(CBC) Fail NASA satellite that was launched to track atmospheric CO2 levels will now be measuring oceanic temperature fluctuations (77)
(MediaMemo) Amusing Jeff Bezos tries selling the Kindle to Jon Stewart: "We'd make it cheaper if we could" (165)
(CTV) Cool Today's forecast - sunny with cloudy periods. Tomorrow - cloudy with headaches in the morning and chance of sore joints in the afternoon (10)
(Engadget) Amusing Man gets $28,000 data bill for watching Bears/Lions game on a data card with his Slingbox (56)
(Telegraph) Scary Biologist lands 770-pound stingray, the largest freshwater fish ever caught, before tagging it and releasing it back to the wild. Crikey (49)
(TC Palm) Florida Latest attempt to thwart crocodiles? Taping magnets to their heads. Who's the lucky scientist who gets that job? (51)
(Telegraph) Strange Not news: Worm causes computer crash. Fark: Actual worm (26)
(Telegraph) Interesting New research suggests that patients with Alzheimer's can improve their memory by listening to their favourite songs. They just need to find someone who remembers what they were first (11)
(UPI) Scary Rare fungus migrates south to the US after killing 19 in Canada. That's like 15 in American deaths (37)
(Fox News) Scary Study finds that anger really can kill you. Subby thinks twice about visiting the politics page again (38)

Mon February 23, 2009
(MSNBC) Spiffy The coolest pic of a deep-water transparent headed fish you'll see...well, probably ever (168)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Neuroscientists warn parents: Facebook and Twitter will reduce your kids to sheltered, self-absorbed chronic masturbators with the attention span of a fly (140)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy 100 - [10L - 7F + C(k - C) + T(m - T)]/(S - E) = OM NOM NOM (196)
(Network World) Interesting Sure, DARPA helped create the Internet. But what has it done for us lately? (78)
(C|Net) Obvious AOL updates Bebo. Unfortunately, Bebo still sucks metric tons of ass so it doesn't matter (27)
(Politico) Interesting The 10 most influential Twitterers in the nation's capital. Includes the president, Karl Rove, and that hot chick who lives in Northwest DC and tweets about her cats (111)
(Telegraph) Interesting Rare crab spotted in British waters for only the third time in a century; Paris Hilton blamed (21)
(Den Of Geek) Amusing Comics ideas that Hollywood can't handle (238)
(Some Guy) Interesting Star Wars "science" toys will teach your child to use The Force, measure time in parsecs, reproduce asexually (82)
(20 years from now?) Cool Pause and reflect: 1 GB. Twenty years ago vs today (183)
(Some Guy) Followup The Revised Top 20 Sexy Science Fiction Costumes (now with 100% less Jane Fonda) (168)
(New Scientist) Interesting Red tide kills hundreds of seabirds, and it might be back next month (15)
(St. Petersburg Times) Silly Why your DVR always cuts off the climax of this week's "Heroes," and why David Letterman's show always runs 28 seconds late (112)
(TechEBlog) Amusing Go for the iRobots, Boo (39)
(Guardian.com) Scary Cancer rates to double in 40 years. Obesity blamed for rate increase and inability of scientists to get off collective asses to find cure (44)
(yomiuri.co.jp) Weird Unusual rodent known as "ugly naked bucktooth rat" becomes sensation in Japanese zoos, with soft toy version becoming particularly popular among women in their 20s and 30s (38)
(LA Times) Spiffy New miracle cleaning agent is "electrolyzed" water. It's what your floor craves (58)

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