(Gizmodo)(10) The best reproductions of famous art masterpieces using coffee instead of paint you'll see, well... let's be honest, ever
Sat November 07, 2009:
(Daily Mail)(36) Scientists create mind reading computer which porn beer beer porn beer porn porn
(Some Guy)(32) A new study says internet use is not linked to isolation. Subby posted this from his mother's basement a few days shy of his 40th birthday
(TechEBlog)(131) And this is why computer mice shouldn't have 18-buttons
(The Register)(29) Relax. Your Google searches for whipped cream and parrots aren't being added to your permanent record, you pervert
(Hulu)(171) Carl Sagan hould have turned 75 today. Here's a little thing he threw together called "Cosmos"
(Some Guy)(86) Most awesome photos you'll see today of a 1930's Russian Flying Fortress dogfighting a Nazi flying saucer, velociraptors suspiciously absent
Fri November 06, 2009:
(University of Georgia)(57) Bad news: Another invasive species. Good news: It's a bug that eats kudzu. Great news: It also eats soy
(Some Guy)(56) Engineer says wind farm site is too windy
(AlterNet)(85) You like raspberry candy? How about raspberry candy made with real beaver anal glands?
(Santa Cruz Sentinel)(29) Monterey researchers starting to get worried about the gang problem. The dolphin gang problem
(Rock Band Aide)(86) Rock Band 3 will include more realistic instruments, teach you how to really play. At this rate, rock band 4 will include heroin and shotgun peripherals and brain-splatter decals for your wall
(Discover)(24) Boy to grow up to be the next Inspector Gadget: toddler gets a telescoping, prosthetic arm bone
(PCWorld)(138) Verizon calls AT&T's bluff, demands their suit proceed to trial, putting AT&T in the unenviable position of explaining -- in court -- why the coverage maps, despite being accurate, are inaccurate
(MSNBC)(18) New type of supernova discovered after analysis of spectrum, high squeeky voice
(TechEBlog)(11) I'll take my bread shoes with a side of athlete's foot and toe jam
(Some Guy)(54) Could you survive a nuclear attack by uploading your city to the net?
(The Sun)(78) Thinking of not smiling? This spike-equipped hat won't allow it
(Wired)(101) Have a landline phone jack that you no longer use? Why not plug in this nifty lamp that steals power from the phone company?
(Huffington Post)(191) Scientist says Lee Harvey Oswald rifle picture is real, he can tell by the pixels and from having seen a few shops in his time
(Wired)(23) Get ready to change your desktop background again: Here's another awesome image from Hubble
(Huffington Post)(344) She's hot, she's blonde, and she OWNS Kirk Cameron and his banana-toting buddy
Thu November 05, 2009:
(io9)(92) Large Hadron Collider shut down. Again. Due to French bread
(Huffington Post)(53) Not news: Study shows iPhone users are smug porn-watching egomaniacs
(ABC)(24) Old and busted: Jesus on a toast. New coldness: Mother Nature on a glacier crying
(Kotaku)(121) Gran Turismo 5 creator Kazunori Yamauchi on the game costing $60 million to make: "considering the size and scale of the game, I think it's probably a fairly small amount."
(WCNC-36)(88) Experts suspect cheerleader who went public with claims of contracting rare disease from flu shot might be a misdiagnosed case of attentionwhoreitis
(Kotaku)(343) A Japanese company polled 500 men ranging from their teens to their 40's about which games have made them cry the most and came up with a list of the top five. There are five people who cried because of video games?
(Discovery)(72) The man who killed Pluto talks about Planet X and the end of the world
(My Fox DC)(1281) Kissing boosts a women's immune system. Her dirty little skank immune system
(USA Today)(86) Honey, could you put your head in my lap? I need you to blow up my seat belt
(Examiner)(74) Google and multiple telecom companies begin laying transoceanic fiber-optic cable between Japan and North America, say new pipe can easily handle USA's increasing demand for Asian, uh, multimedia productions
Wed November 04, 2009:
(Wired)(189) "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
(Kotaku)(284) Modern Warfare 2 will be capped at 9v9. Bonus: Company brags that it'll have mouse and keyboard support
(Utne)(21) In a typical day of web browsing, your eyes will scan more words than appear in "War and Peace," and 90 percent of them will be misspellings of the word "Viagra"
(Scientific American)(33) "What happens when Harvard scientists use a brain scanner to look for the devil inside?" Good question
(BBC)(47) American company wants to raise the HMS Victory which sunk in 1744 killing 1000 men. It is expected to have a billion dollars of gold in it and thus raising it will be great for "cultural" and "educational" purposes
(Engadget)(47) Apple's App store passes 99,999 iFart App barrier
(Some Guy)(88) Finally an article that addresses the most pressing issue of the day: which country has the best electrical outlet
(Scientific American)(99) Scientists claim "magic" is causing emissions from galactic core. I mean "dark matter." Yeah, "dark matter."
(CBC)(26) Study finds that female crabs trade sex for protection, as opposed to female humans who get crabs for sex with no protection or some damn thing
(New York Daily News)(42) New gloves allow people to use touchscreen phones, devices without taking them off. Dialing wand for fat-fingered folk sold separately
(Telegraph)(37) Happy 20th Birthday to Wallace and Gromit, with love from Google
(CNNGo)(43) Tokyo gets burger vending machine. The real ingenuity is: only one moving part
(Some Comic Geek)(68) So who's picking up the first of their Green Lantern ring set this week? New Comics Shipping November 4th
(MSNBC)(35) Astronomers celebrate Halloween by finding the Universe's skeleton. Ooh, spooky
(The Register)(27) Oracle is surprised that European commissioners are struggling to reconcile of the words "Larry Ellison" and "free" in the same sentence
(New Scientist)(41) Stun guns, Tasers, Taser shotguns -- now everyone's worried about police injuring perps with a Taser grenade launcher. In related news, the cops would like to know if they could go back to just shooting people, please
(Daily Mail)(98) Scientists baffled by strange condition that's making bears lose all their fur, and SWEET ERUCTATING CTHULHU ON A PIMPED-OUT POGO STICK -- WTF???
Tue November 03, 2009:
(The Register)(39) Ainus hetkel teadaolev võimalus ühendust katkestada on avada Safari ning samalt lehelt minna mõnele teisele lehele
(Slashdot)(165) Windows 7 is significantly more resistant to viruses and WOULD YOU LIKE BIGGER PENIS??? YOUR BULGING MANTOOL WILL CAUSE HER SCREAM
(YouTube)(61) Coolest video you'll see today: Entire Ares I-X flight captured from aircraft flying near point of impact (launch to splashdown). Bonus: Sweet prandtl glauert shock cloud on descent
(Guardian)(28) And now, for no particular reason, the sex life of seahorses
(News.com.au)(40) Afraid of flying? Yes, there's an iPhone app for that, guaranteed to bring you a few minutes of peace before it interferes with the flight controls and sends you all plunging to a fiery doom
(BBC)(40) The most amazing hummingbird mating ritual you'll see, well, probably ever
(Some Guy)(22) NASA, X Prize award $1.5M to companies that pretended to land on moon. Companies will use money to build "Mars" soundstage
(Network World)(78) Unisys exec's all-too-sunny forecast for American IT pros: Cloudy with a great chance of unemployment
(TechEBlog)(22) When the going gets tough, you could either take public transportation or build one of these
(BBC)(93) Child obesity 'is levelling off.' So, on the Doritos Obesity Scale™, this is a Spicy Sweet Chili™ level problem, and not at all at Cool Ranch™ levels as feared
(Telegraph)(4) Flying frog and mountain mouse among new species in danger of going extinct, becoming cartoon characters
(Science Daily)(8) Ultra primitive particles found in comet dust, sign to do series of really annoying ads for Geico
(Telegraph)(154) 10-ton Japanese fishing trawler capsized by giant jellyfish, three fishermen rescued by passing vessel. And so it begins
(PhysOrg.com)(57) Scientists prove that new rift in Ethiopia is beginning of a new ocean. Ethiopian ministries announce immediate new coastal developments: Costa Del Lex, Luthorville, Marina Del Lex, Otisburg... Otisburg?
(MediaMemo)(60) Not News: Apple rumored to be planning subscription-based HDTV service next year to compete with cable. News: AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE
(Google)(16) It isn't lupus. But just in case it is, there's a drug for that now
(NASA)(25) Cassini to sample volcanic ash plume from Saturn's moon Enceladus by flying right through it. The plume, not the moon
(Electronista)(388) Web traffic stats show Windows 7 launch drove users to upgrade from XP and Vista to Snow Leopard. Wait, what?
(Live Science)(48) Creatures of the sea quiver with anticipation as they begin their long-overdue campaign against the Japanese
(Slashdot)(32) Much like your mom's vagina, Martian soil is hospitible to exotic forms of bacteria
(PhysOrg.com)(46) In this economy, we obey the laws of thermodynamics
(New Scientist)(178) Studies show that nearly 14% of men and 9% of women between ages 25 and 40 are eligible for an exciting career in volcano god appeasement
(Network World)(39) Conficker worm: one year later, the gift that keeps on giving
(Yahoo)(28) Another inane and stupid study found that negative thinking improves memory. What a load of crap. IIRC, Mecklenbräuker and Hager published the same garbage in the Journal of Psychological Research, Volume 46, Number 4, December 1st 1984
(Boston Globe)(37) Some people need help to kick their internet obsession, says article you can only read on the internet
(XKCD)(201) XKCD provides you with a perfect way to keep track of the LOTR trilogy
(Some Guy)(35) The world's first Hotel in Space is taking reservations for 2012. "Guests can crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spider-Man."
Sun November 01, 2009:
(Science Now)(50) One for the stats nerds: "A Concise and Precise Definition of P-Value"
(websites that suck)(96) Some crazy people yell at you from the streetcorner. Some sit in a corner and quietly talk to themselves. Unfortunately, some of them make websites (danger -- may crash older browsers, low-memory computers)
(PhysOrg.com)(18) MIT develops intelligent in-car robot which reads your moods with facial expressions, figures out your home and work locations, advises you on best route to grocery store, and reminds you to fill up the gas. So basically a full-time, in-car wife
(The Atlantic)(384) Science: there are no real atheists, just waffly, lukewarm, namby pamby agnostics
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