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Sun February 14, 2010
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(Daily Mail) Followup Key Climategate scientist uses the Thomas Dolby excuse for his inability to produce documentation - "She's tidied up and I can't find anything"  (dailymail.co.uk) (338)
(Fox News) Amusing Happy Valentine's Day. Here's some dinosaurs having sex  (foxnews.com) (85)
(PhysOrg.com) Spiffy The Royal Society for Stacking Things On Top of Other Things turns its attention to photons  (physorg.com) (13)
(Discovery) Spiffy Perhaps in time for next Valentine's Day, science may give us the miracle of roses that smell like root beer  (news.discovery.com) (15)
(Washington Post) Sad RIP U.S. manned spaceflight, 1962-2010. "The whole Mars project as substitute for the moon is simply a ruse."  (washingtonpost.com) (399)
(express buzz) Interesting Old & busted: trying to get a guy to last longer. New hotness: getting the woman there faster  (expressbuzz.com) (90)
(Independent) Interesting DNA testing will identify famous mummy's daddy  (independent.co.uk) (17)
(Japan Times) Weird Japan's obsession with using power of technology to mask embarrassing toilet noises may date back 200 years to feudal times  (search.japantimes.co.jp) (42)
(AFP) Interesting Suspended animation may become scientific fact instead of just SyFy programming  (news.yahoo.com) (39)

Sat February 13, 2010
(Guardian.com) Obvious Minor sea level statistic invalidates global warming  (guardian.co.uk) (71)
(PhysOrg.com) Interesting Australian research paves the way for pig lung transplants. This is bad news for Jews, Muslims, and pigs  (physorg.com) (35)
(ABC News) Interesting Facebook vs Google Buzz: It has begun  (abcnews.go.com) (84)
(PCWorld) Obvious "It's Microsoft's Game to Lose with Windows Mobile 7" says columnist, ignoring marketshare figures of 20% in the US and 8% worldwide as he buries his nose between Ballmer's buttocks  (pcworld.com) (103)
(Some Guy) Cool Hubble captures double aurorae light show on Saturn. (with awesome video)  (universetoday.com) (47)
(Network World) Interesting With Monday being Presidents Day, here are 48 technology "firsts" for U.S. presidents: First to ride a train, be on TV, duck virtual shoes, etc. (First born in a hospital?)  (networkworld.com) (29)
(Some Guy) Interesting Europe's LHC to run at half-energy, tightening race for Higgs. In related news, scientists across Europe have begun stockpiling crossbows  T-Shirt  (blogs.sciencemag.org) (34)
(C|Net) Cool Airborne Laser successfully shoots down missile during test  (news.cnet.com) (55)
(MSNBC) Cool Scientists heat up water to freeze it instantly  (msnbc.msn.com) (18)
(NASA) Cool The coolest photo of Space Shuttle Endeavour floating over a sunset you will see this year  (nasa.gov) (68)
(Kotaku) Cool It's not everyday you put an old NES and 5 games on eBay for $9.99 then end up with final bid of $13,105 thanks to a very rare game  (kotaku.com) (103)
(Some Guy) Interesting Not that anybody should ever drive under the influence, but if you do go out drinking with a bat and it comes time to decide who's driving home, pick the bat  (mnn.com) (14)
(Wired) Spiffy To purify water, just add bacteria  (wired.com) (28)

Fri February 12, 2010
(Some Guy) Fail Mattel unveils "Computer Engineer" Barbie. Tag is because she weighs less than 300 pounds and is not covered with dried Mountain Dew and Cheetos dust  (chipchick.com) (176)
(The Onion) Scary Apparently there's an insidious new worm going around, and it seems as though Farkers might be particularly susceptible (Not safe for work)  (theonion.com) (33)
(NPR) Interesting The coolest photo of the Earth as a pixel on your screen that you'll see today  (npr.org) (54)
(ABC News) Interesting Woman finds love on Facebook after finding her playmate from first grade. He thinks she's great, but is still really concerned that she is still a carrier for cooties  (abcnews.go.com) (103)
(Time) Spiffy Too dependent on technology to actually speak to that cute girl at the coffee shop? There's an app for that  (techland.com) (32)
(Joystiq) Spiffy Starcraft 2 beta to be released this month. Kekekekeke nerd rush ^_^  T-Shirt  (joystiq.com) (95)
(Time) Cool Scientists are breeding ancient cattle back from extinction. Your dog wants 400 year old steak  (time.com) (36)
(YouTube) Cool In celebration of Darwin Day, here's David Attenborough reviewing the beauty that is our Tree of Life  (youtube.com) (35)
(Breitbart.com) Cool NASA installs earth/sunroom on the space station that will now allow the astronauts a perfect view of meteorites heading straight at them  (breitbart.com) (72)
(Some Science Guy) Interesting 7 Things that science doesn't understand. Solve one & collect your Nobel prize  (timesonline.typepad.com) (207)
(NewsBusters) Dumbass Blizzard of Lies: Debunking The Warm-Air-Holds-More-Moisture Defense  (newsbusters.org) (285)
(NPR) Sappy The sweetest story of geek love ever told; or how Ann Druyan's love for Carl Sagan is hurtling through the cosmos at an average speed of 35,000 miles per hour  (npr.org) (51)
(Some Guy) Stupid Valentines Day tip: Saying "I love you" is more romantic in Italian or French than Klingon... on what planet?  (newslite.tv) (27)
(Wired) Cool That blast came from the Death Star. That thing's operational  (wired.com) (50)
(News.com.au) Cool If an Awesome singularity merged with a Do Want singularity, this might be the result. Only way for it to get better would be having the Doctor as your tour guide (video)  (blogs.news.com.au) (32)

Thu February 11, 2010
(NPR) Obvious New study shows many kids diagnosed as "bipolar" are just snotty little a-holes  (npr.org) (140)
(Salon) Interesting Girliness and geekiness can co-exist after all. And there's some stuff about institutional discrimination and societal roles, and blah blah. Don't bother clicking the article, there aren't any pics  (salon.com) (158)
(Discover) Interesting Better make a run for the border: possible (smallish) meteorite impact in Mexico yesterday  (blogs.discovermagazine.com) (22)
(Yahoo) Interesting "Underdog Theory Debunked," according to noted scientist Simon Bar Sinister  (news.yahoo.com) (20)
(Wired) Obvious Bill Gates doesn't like the iPad  (wired.com) (152)
(Gizmodo) Amusing The new G-Point mouse looks like something, but I just can't put my finger in it, errrr, on it  (gizmodo.com) (81)
(TUAW) Video A history of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, presented by Farker and Mythbuster Adam Savage, featuring swords and Barney the Dinosaur  (tuaw.com) (57)
(IGN) Unlikely 70% of World of Warcraft players get girlfriends before reaching level 10  (ve3d.ign.com) (175)
(National Geographic) Cool Coolest "Love is in the Air" picture gallery that any geek will see all day  (ngm.nationalgeographic.com) (16)
(MacWorld) Spiffy 1 out of 5 doctors recommend buying themselves an iPad  (macworld.com) (105)
(Miller-McCune) Interesting The story of pee. Or, climate change may be the least of our worries  (miller-mccune.com) (60)
(CBS 4 Denver) Cool Paramedic develops new device that saves lives, trains future pr0n stars  (cbs4denver.com) (90)
(CBC) Obvious Mainstream media hype about Twitter's popularity has been greatly exaggerated. Sample stat: 40% of 75 million Twitter "users" have never sent a single tweet  (cbc.ca) (42)
(PCWorld) Amusing "The girl gamer is a rare breed of lady. Like a ninja, or a flying unicorn, she remains perpetually shrouded in myth and/or shadow"  (pcworld.idg.com.au) (320)
(Reuters) Interesting New research and genetic testing shows that yes, indeed, Jack Black may have been around at Year One  (reuters.com) (9)
(NewsBusters) Silly Bill Nye says that denying climate change is unpatriotic. Like America cares what some guy who couldn't carry Mr. Wizard's beaker cares  (newsbusters.org) (388)
(KHOU Houston) Stupid YouTube to add parental controls. Too bad YouTube won't add literacy controls to the comment sections  (khou.com) (28)
(USA Today) Obvious This ain't just another chicken shiat approach to curbing climate change  (content.usatoday.net) (12)
(Gizmodo) PSA If you're cheating on your partner, you might want to think twice about Google Buzz  (gizmodo.com) (42)
(Yahoo) Silly Cll me Ishml  (buzz.yahoo.com) (33)

Wed February 10, 2010
(Climateprogress) PSA Despite the localized "cold snap" and the most profound solar minimum in a century, the Earth experienced the hottest January recorded by satellite. Manbearpig  (climateprogress.org) (162)
(ABC News) Obvious Ric Romero discovers Internet-connected TVs. "Now you can typically access thousands of movies on demand and it's cheaper and easier than ever"  (abclocal.go.com) (34)
(Scientific American) Interesting Scientists seek better way to do climate report, say it is too easy to spot the mistakes and lack of evidence  (scientificamerican.com) (19)
(Some Guy) Obvious It's official: all 3 major climate sites in the Washington DC-Baltimore area are recording the highest cumulative seasonal snowfall in 126 years  (forecast.weather.gov) (68)
(Wired) Cool The coolest pictures of the Orion Nebula you will see today  (wired.com) (17)
(London Times) Interesting The 10 best 'Ask an expert' websites. I'm going to #5 to see how the hell #9 made it on the list  (technology.timesonline.co.uk) (35)
(Some Guy) Weird The 50 most messed up animal species you'll see today (Not safe for work language)  (jamesgunn.com) (61)
(Fox News) Interesting Rebuilt DNA Could Lead to Cloned Neanderthals, Higher Ratings for WWE  T-Shirt  (foxnews.com) (56)
(PhysOrg.com) Interesting How the brain handles the sound of one hand clapping  (physorg.com) (26)
(Time) Ironic How global warming makes blizzards worse. Wait, what?  (time.com) (214)
(Washington Post) Cool And on the Sixth Day, Google announced its own alternative to Fios  (washingtonpost.com) (84)
(Computerworld) Interesting To reduce cooling costs, HP built huge data center in place that never experiences summer: northeast England  (computerworld.com) (30)
(MSNBC) Spiffy Shuttle Endeavour hooks up with International Space Station. Plans to hang out for a few days, eat all the food, leave unexpectedly and 'forget' to call  (msnbc.msn.com) (18)
(Houston Chronicle) Cool Obama: No more money for the moon. NASA: Fine, we'll just go to Mars then. Your move Mr. Not-Kennedy  (chron.com) (153)
(Discovery) Interesting Rush Limbaugh recordings repel beetles along with "Heavy Metal Music", which apparently includes Rush, Guns & Roses, and Queen  (news.discovery.com) (24)
(Canada.com) Dumbass The Alberta government would like to assure you that their budget website password is no longer "password"  (edmontonjournal.com) (69)
(MSNBC) Scary Yes, you actually can be bored to death. Here comes the scie  (msnbc.msn.com) (46)
(Gizmodo) Unlikely Somebody, somewhere, has decided that what the Marine corps really needs is a giant meccano set  (gizmodo.com) (49)
(Some Comic Geek) Cool For those not buried in snow or mud- New Comics for wednesday February 10th  (downtowncomics.com) (49)
(Wired) Interesting Norwegian researcher suggests building houses out of paper. Critics immediately begin to huff and puff  (wired.co.uk) (31)
(TechEBlog) Interesting German scientists create black hole simulator. Won't you come?  (techeblog.com) (43)
(Some Guy) Strange That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. Except if Florida horticulturalists have been messing with its scent  (alligator.org) (7)
(Life.com) Cool Few species of photograph are as purely, simply awe-inspiring as those taken of-or from-the outer reaches of space. Case in point? Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan takes a ride on the moon, fulfilling dreams of nerds everywhere  (life.com) (86)

Tue February 09, 2010
(Labspaces.net) Interesting Researchers use DNA analysis to find cure for cancer. Just kidding -- they used it to prove that when you drink tequila, you're drinking worm DNA  (labspaces.net) (28)
(Wired) Scary A 165-Million year old spider fossil has been found. And yes, they were scary 165 million years ago too. *shudder*  (wired.com) (93)
(Some Guy) Cool 21 best pictures of Mars you'll see today. Marvin the Martian sold seperately  (presidiacreative.com) (33)
(BBC) Cool Giant bizarro deep sea fish that was oaring around, filmed in Gulf of Mexico  (news.bbc.co.uk) (72)
(ZUG) Amusing Scientists convince people they're weightless, create fake science, and build a real nuclear reactor in a shed. For fun  (zug.com) (49)
(PhysOrg.com) Cool Liquid water found on Enceladus, prompt dispatch of chicken, cheese and tortillas pending  (physorg.com) (89)
(Yahoo) Interesting Research shows how colors describe happiness vs. depression. The quest for the elusive fark greenlight finally explained  (news.yahoo.com) (45)
(USA Today) Obvious "Most, if not all, of the psychological ingredients that enter into religion originally evolved to solve more general problems of social interaction and subsequently were co-opted for use in religious activities"  (blogs.usatoday.com) (277)
(PCWorld) Cool Nvidia releases Optimus switchable graphics technology to compete with the Megatron GPU from ATI  (pcworld.com) (63)
(ABC News) Cool Researchers discover that drug used to straighten "claw hand" can also help straighten penises, even if the first isn't holding on to the second  (abcnews.go.com) (31)
(Wired) Cool The coolest high-speed lightning video you'll see in the next ten minutes  (wired.com) (41)
(New Scientist) Amusing Actual Headline: Home test for sperm count could leave men in a mess  (newscientist.com) (45)
(YouTube) Cool 7 minute HD video tour of the international space station. Where's the F'n Cool tab?  (youtube.com) (106)

Mon February 08, 2010
(Arizona Star) Interesting Future of Kitt Peak national solar observatory cloudy, as Obama's astronomy-research stimulus funding diverted to relocating staff and resources to building bigger solar telescope on Maui  (azstarnet.com) (41)
(Daily Mail) Asinine Want broadband internet? Sure, we'll be there between 8AM and 5PM Tuesday after next. Oh, and the connection fee will be a mere £45,000  (dailymail.co.uk) (55)
(Some Guy) Strange The new Sonic 4 game is actually 14 years old. Duke Nukem unavailable for comment  (gamenewshq.com) (65)
(NASA) Cool Saturn-probe Cassini serves up a 53-mile wide egg over-easy w/photo goodness  (saturn.jpl.nasa.gov) (28)
(Yahoo) Interesting Once the province of the young and the hip, blogging is now considered as modern and stylish as spats and poodle skirts  (news.yahoo.com) (107)
(The Register) Amusing This week's award for naming a children's website the same as a gay fetish porn site goes to:  (theregister.co.uk) (44)
(ABC News) Interesting New research finds that beer is good for your bones. In a related study, researchers concerned that Farkers are damn near indestructible  (abcnews.go.com) (62)
(C|Net) Scary Spyware on your Blackberry? It's easier than you may think  (news.cnet.com) (23)
(NASA) Cool Come watch the last evening Space Shuttle launch  (nasa.gov) (139)

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