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Sun August 09, 2009
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(Some Guy) Interesting Why do the English scorn redheads? Because they are twice as likely as people with other hair colors to avoid going to the dentist, and we all know how important good dentistry is to the English  (jada.ada.org) (173)
(Some Guy) Asinine Dr. Wendy Walch (PhD) asks, "Are Facebook friends real?" Then proceeeds to explain in the most self-aggrandizing way possible that she doesn't know how the internet works  (momlogic.com) (82)
(C|Net) Amusing Opera fanboys -- both of them -- smugly declare that if you ignore the top five web browsers, Opera is the most popular  (crave.cnet.co.uk) (96)
(Bozeman Comical) Scary Girl, reading at age 1 and a college graduate at 14, only sleeps 3 hours a week while pursuing degrees in physics, computer science, chemistry and engineering--all in hopes of curing AIDS. But your WoW guild is totally impressive, dude  T-Shirt  (dailychronicle.com) (205)
(The Raw Story) Interesting Attention potheads: Satisfying your munchies craving could be counter-productive  (rawstory.com) (42)
(Wired) Interesting Source of Earth's hum detected. Still no cure for tinnitus  (wired.com) (68)
(Discover) Cool Heavenly body hit like the fist of an angry god  (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (52)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Why your dog may be more intelligent than your kid, wants steak  (dailymail.co.uk) (38)
(Canoe) Spiffy American girl wins "World's Best Brain" competition, gets cash, an internship and her first ten cats  (edmontonsun.com) (33)
(CNN) Cool NASA's new, not-yet-fully-operational Kepler space telescope has already discovered a planet that's, like, 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hot  (cnn.com) (47)
(Yahoo) Interesting Birthplace of Vespasian found, ending 2000 year debate over whether he was a Roman citizen or was in fact born in Kenya  T-Shirt  (news.yahoo.com) (89)
(London Times) Scary "It is a not particularly amusing joke shared by doctors that the worst time to have a baby, undergo surgery or be in a traffic accident is around now. Early August is traditionally when new medical rotations for junior doctors begin"  (timesonline.co.uk) (52)
(Ars Technica) Obvious Storing text docs in XML may run afoul of Microsoft's patent on Ones™ and Zeros™  (arstechnica.com) (29)
(Sky News) Asinine Scientists perfect eyelash transplants. Still no cure for cancer  (news.sky.com) (24)
(Yahoo) Video How does one combine two useless talents into a vortex of waste of time? By simultaneously playing Guitar Hero and solving two Rubik's cubes  (videogames.yahoo.com) (19)
(LiveLeak) Cool The coolest darn 3D holograms that you can touch, but not touch because you're watching it on video, all day (w/video - sidebar ads may be Not safe for work)  (liveleak.com) (29)

Sat August 08, 2009
(Some Guy) Obvious Lamborghini to make hybrids, and even the auto press thinks it's stupid: "All owners want to do is to blip the throttle to get attention. If all you get is the whine of an electric motor, you aren't going to impress anyone"  (dvice.com) (66)
(Some Guy) Amusing Scientists, students and secular activitis descended upon the creationist themed 'Creation Museum' yesterday, amidst fear of "destructive, obscene, or abusive behavior". Thankfully casualties were a minimum  (aip.org) (258)
(Kokugamer) Obvious The 10 hottest geeky cosplay girls you'll ever see...hell yes, there are pics  (kokugamer.com) (222)
(ABC News) Interesting Chain emails, viral marketing campaigns spread kind of like chlamydia  (abcnews.go.com) (26)
(Some Guy) Interesting New study debunks myths surrounding engineering programs, finding they don't have a higher dropout rate than other majors and some students report having "friends"  (informationweek.com) (43)
(The Scotsman) Amusing Scottish Gaelic speakers want Gaelic text version for mobile phones--with an example of what the new word play may look like: coinnich rium aig an fhaing aig 3 uairean (meet me at the sheep pen at 3 o'clock)  (news.scotsman.com) (29)
(FMQB) Cool Guitar Hero: Van Halen track list revealed. Methinks we're going to need a few more buttons on the guitar to keep up  (fmqb.com) (57)
(CNN) Interesting Glaciers melting at much faster rate than anticipated. But, but, but... global warming is a myth. Al Gore is fat. Wharrgarble--------≥  (cnn.com) (114)
(BBC) Unlikely People "get happier as they get older." Grumpy submitter sure as hell hadn't noticed this  (news.bbc.co.uk) (20)
(Telegraph) Silly Ships with giant funnels which travel the world's seas creating more clouds to deflect the sun's rays could help cut global warming, say scientists. Seriously  (telegraph.co.uk) (40)
(Daily Mail) Cool Divers capture amazing photos of millions of sardines swimming in tight schools to protect against predators. If only there was a phrase to describe a large number of fish occupying a small space  (dailymail.co.uk) (35)
(TechEBlog) Amusing The sort of snowblowers that Tim Taylor would build, if he had access to a MIG engine or two  (techeblog.com) (12)
(Gizmodo) Cool Someone has finally updated the etch-a-sketch for the 3D-generation  (gizmodo.com) (25)

Fri August 07, 2009
(New Scientist) Interesting 10 things scientists still can't figure out about humans, including why we pick our noses  (newscientist.com) (148)
(Discover) Cool Excited about the Kepler space telescope? You will be after reading this  (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (80)
(C|Net) Followup CERN will again attempt to destroy the universe with the LHC in November  (news.cnet.com) (69)
(Daily Beast) Fail "Astrologists" calculate Perseid meteor shower to arrive on August 12, have potential conflict at work, rekindle old flame  (thedailybeast.com) (61)
(WBBM) Followup Seems the outage and slowdown at Twitter and Facebook were targeted to silence one pro-Georgian blogger. Russians kickin' it old school using new media  (wbbm780.com) (53)
(PCWorld) Asinine Not content to create an inferior search engine, Microsoft decides to create a censored, inferior search engine  (pcworld.com) (119)
(BBC) Interesting Scientists discover that beetroot juice can aid stamina, but if you ask for it three times you risk some very strange side effects  T-Shirt  (news.bbc.co.uk) (41)
(CNN) Stupid Ford: Here's a new V-6 that produces more power while using less gas than an older V-8. Ford Drivers: Waaahh...It's not loud enough  (money.cnn.com) (347)

Thu August 06, 2009
(Some Guy) Interesting During World Breastfeeding Week, it's important to know how to naturally clear a blocked duct  (ecochildsplay.com) (65)
(Daily Mail) Obvious 14,000-year-old map found engraved chunk of rock in Europe, determined to still be more accurate than Mapquest  T-Shirt  (dailymail.co.uk) (46)
(New Scientist) Cool Orangutans discovered to make and use musical instruments in the wild  (newscientist.com) (50)
(IGN) Cool X-Box autographed by Sarah Palin goes on sale for $1.1 million  (xbox360.ign.com) (90)
(Huffington Post) Silly The personal jetpack has arrived. The catch is that it only flies in water  (huffingtonpost.com) (36)
(Boing Boing) Interesting How to carve steel with salt water, electricity and an ordinary earring (video)  (boingboing.net) (21)
(CNN) Amusing #DDoS @Twitter  (cnn.com) (48)
(Some Guy) Interesting "Nacho cheese-flavor Doritos, which contain five separate forms of glutamate, may be even richer in umami than the finest kombu dashi (kelp stock) in Japan"  (organicconsumers.org) (99)
(Network World) Misc Apple changed a "0" to a "1" in a USB device property list. Let's all join the wild speculation over the possible meaning  (networkworld.com) (101)
(Google) Obvious APA examines 83 studies conducted over 49 years and finds that "gay-to-straight" therapy not only doesn't work, but may in fact be harmful. Ted Haggard weeping silently into his hanky  (google.com) (457)
(Some Guy) Obvious Apple releases Leopard upgrade to patch system that ran perfectly and had no security flaws whatsoever  (informationweek.com) (273)
(C|Net) Silly "People will never buy computers without keyboards". Subby couldn't decide between submitting this from his Xbox, PS3 or Iphone, or if he should just forget about it and read a book on his e-reader  (news.cnet.com) (143)
(London Times) Obvious "So important is our relationship with our internet connection that even now, with unemployment rising, only one in ten people wanted to save money by cutting back on it"  (technology.timesonline.co.uk) (78)
(TechnologyReview) Interesting The asymmetric distribution of craters on the Moon may have been caused by an undiscovered population of near Earth asteroids. Get ready to PANIC  (technologyreview.com) (61)
(Yahoo) Interesting Astronomers discover stars moving over 1,300 times the speed of light  (news.yahoo.com) (238)

Wed August 05, 2009
(The Sun) Interesting Mars monument could be "proof of life." Start the reactor, Quaid  (thesun.co.uk) (144)
(Deseret News) Interesting Study shows how deep water generates earthquakes, harbors giant alien spacecraft  (deseretnews.com) (19)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Cool Plz snd hlp Trctr hvy  (startribune.com) (28)
(Washington Times) Interesting A sober and informed discussion of what a real cyber war would look lq34rDQvh/// NO CARRIER  (washingtontimes.com) (30)
(CBC) Scary Latest proof that global warming is worse than we think: the Canadian Arctic is catching fire  (cbc.ca) (40)
(InfoWorld) Spiffy Top 10 free open source apps for Windows  (infoworld.com) (201)
(Autoblog) Interesting Since nobody could compete with them in GT1, Corvette Racing to run new GT2 C6.R in American Le Mans Series starting this weekend at Mid-Ohio  (autoblog.com) (33)
(Science Daily) Scary Scientists reconstruct 3D images of extinct spiders. Because if there's one thing you want to bring back from the grave in full 3D glory, it's spiders  (sciencedaily.com) (95)
(Some Guy) Ironic Apple censors iPhone dictionary app for containing half the words Steve Jobs says every day  (businessinsider.com) (46)
(TED Talks) Dumbass Scientist posits that humans evolved from aquatic apes. OK, see, guys, this is why some people think you're just making this stuff up  (ted.com) (151)
(Houston Chronicle) Interesting Old and busted: Mysterious plague killing honeybees. New hotness: Raspberry crazy ants killing honeybees  (chron.com) (19)
(Boing Boing) Interesting How to turn off ads in Gmail: put in a "tragedy" word every 167 words  (boingboing.net) (68)
(Some Guy) Cool Incredibly detailed pictures of Betelgeuse. Incredibly detailed pictures of Betelgeuse. Incredibly detailed pictures of Betelgeuse  T-Shirt  (astronomynow.com) (75)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Two beluga whales at the Shedd Aquarium are pregnant; paternity tests will be performed, but officials suspect the sperm whale  (chicagobreakingnews.com) (82)
(Some Guy) Obvious New study from the Duh Institute finds that morning TV shows are a really bad place to go for your medical advice  (minnpost.com) (24)
(Some Guy) Amusing "The revised user figures are a catastrophe for Apple and for the company's fanboys and girls. Fom a global perspective, Apple is not nearly as significant as the black turtle-neck brigade may like to think"  (serverwatch.com) (102)
(New Scientist) Obvious Wikipedia losing popularity as hardcore editors scare off noob contributors. [citation needed]  (newscientist.com) (164)
(Computerworld) Cool Sony unveils their two newest e-readers to rival Amazon's Kindle. One will feature a touchscreen, and both will allow you to keep your copies of Animal Farm and 1984  (computerworld.com) (46)
(Reuters) Interesting Experts grow new teeth in adult mice. This is a whole new breed of enamel  T-Shirt  (reuters.com) (17)
(CBS 4 Denver) Interesting Technology to help airline pilots detect turbulence seems a little shaky  (cbs4denver.com) (33)
(Ars Technica) Obvious New study finds those who study human society lose faith in God, while those who prepare to teach snot-nosed snowflakes need something to believe in  (arstechnica.com) (84)
(BusinessWeek) Cool Netflix streaming technology may be coming to the Wii and iPhone. Suck it Blockbuster  (afterdawn.com) (122)

Tue August 04, 2009
(Discover) Cool NASA discovers life on Earth  (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (49)
(ZDNet) Interesting Not news: HD-DVD is dead. News: Blu-ray is about to die. Fark: Because HD-DVD is killing it  (blogs.zdnet.com) (221)
(Wired) Interesting Inside Alaska's version of Area 51. Its location is classified, but you can see Russia from there  (wired.com) (86)
(Popular Science) Cool The Navy's developing a sub that will let stuff get out of hand four times faster than previous subs. We'll be lucky to live through it  (popsci.com) (106)
(TG Daily) Interesting Scientists find a way to get a million linux kernels running on the same machine at once. Still can't edit video on the fly, run NBC Direct, find start menu  (tgdaily.com) (80)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy 'Bubbleologist' creates world's largest soap bubble (w/ coolest pic you'll see today)  (dailymail.co.uk) (61)
(The Sun) Interesting New beer launched for dogs to give them something to go along with their steak  (thesun.co.uk) (23)
(Some Guy) Asinine Consumption meters to become standard on NetGear routers  (dslreports.com) (106)
(The Nation) Obvious Science journalism "disappearing" as news organizations downsize, leaving fewer reporters to question crackpot theories like creationism or global warming  (thenation.com) (105)
(I Heart Chaos) Stupid The conspiracy theorist in subby leads him to believe that NVidia are behind this report of a twilight MMORPG, if only because people will need to upgrade their graphics cards to render all the goddamn sparkles  (iheartchaos.com) (71)
(Space) Followup $100,000 toolbag NASA astronaut lost in space last year falls back to Earth, no word if Craftsman warranty will be honored  (space.com) (72)
(CBS Sacramento) Asinine Student facing 10 years in prison on felony counts of modifying game consoles  (cbs13.com) (196)
(UPI) Interesting Poll shows 90% of U.S. adults would rather interact with people face-to-face. The other 10% wish mom would make some more pizza rolls and bring them down to the basement  (upi.com) (31)

Mon August 03, 2009
(Some Guy) Followup Apple tried a gag order on the family whose daughter's iPod exploded. With a helpful rendition of what an exploding iPod might look like  (ipodobserver.com) (55)
(Some Guy) Obvious The Internet is killing print news, says tech journalist on his Web column  (redmondmag.com) (21)
(PhysOrg.com) Cool You are one click away from the sexiest picture you have ever seen  (physorg.com) (137)
(Slashdot) Spiffy Electricity-producing microbes generate power using nothing but mud and sewage. In related news, New Jersey just became the energy capital of the planet  (science.slashdot.org) (37)
(Some Guy) Obvious Heavy beer drinking found to cause six different cancers, greening of incoherent headlines  (news-medical.net) (38)
(New Scientist) Interesting Is the universe shaped like a Pringle, a Bugle or a peanut, ask scientists who've been eating so many Funyuns their brains are damaged  (newscientist.com) (56)
(The Industry Standard) Obvious The unwritten but inviolable rules of technoloy, including "The hard drive always fails just before you were going to back it up"  (thestandard.com) (84)
(Yahoo) Interesting Mock supernova created by supercomputer. Lets see Skynet do that  (news.yahoo.com) (26)
(NASA) Interesting Two weeks after something slammed into Jupiter, creating a cloud of debris that is still easy to see through backyard telescopes, researchers are wondering ... what was the impactor?  (science.nasa.gov) (119)
(News.com.au) Scary It's 4ft long, spits acid and throws lightning and lives underground. The only way to hunt it is with dynamite. Meet the Mongolian Death Worm  (news.com.au) (363)
(Forbes) Dumbass ProTip: When planting a fake ATM machine machine, avoid doing it outside a convention for cybersecurity experts  (forbes.com) (50)
(Some Guy) Strange Ever try to impress a girl with your car? In Japan, they paint anime babes  (degenerasian.blogspot.com) (95)
(Japan Times) Strange The ear-tugger navigation device--it's like a bridle for humans  (search.japantimes.co.jp) (11)

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