September 2009
366 posts
100 GREATEST HITS OF YOUTUBE IN 4 MINUTES →
100 GREATEST HITS OF YOUTUBE IN 4 MINUTES
Source: www.youtube.com
collection of viral videos, how many do you recognise?
Zelda WITH LYRICS →
Zelda WITH LYRICS
Source: www.youtube.com
Jack Kirby, the abandoned hero of Marvel's grand... →
Jack Kirby, the abandoned hero of Marvel’s grand Hollywood adventure, and his family’s quest [update
Source: latimesblogs.latimes…
This is a longer version of my story…
Google’s Plan to Become The Media Company →
Here’s a confession I’m a little uneasy making: I still read the newspaper every day. Not an online version, but an old-school, physical newspaper — the New York Times lands on my lawn each…
Gilbert the whale dead on beach →
A northern bottlenose whale which became a popular sight off the Dorset coast is found dead on a beach.
School cops being armed with 50,000-volt tasers →
A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers One spring day this April, at the Franklin Correctional Institution on Florida’s Highway 67, Sgt. Walter Schmidt…
Elephants, Other Iconic Animals Dying in Kenya... →
Scores of animals are dying of thirst, starvation, and disease amid the country’s worst drought in over a decade, conservationists say.
Bizarre New Fish Discovered →
A previously unknown species found off Brazil’s Bahia coast is more than six feet long, has small teeth, and has no scales covering its gelatinous body. Video.
Skype CEO Lobbies for Skype on 3G →
Josh Silverman, chief executive officer of Skype, wants to make sure that his Internet communications service works over the 3G networks of various phone companies including AT&T. He is going…
OpenInternet.gov Promotes Net Neutrality [Net... →
The FCC today launched OpenInternet.gov, a new web site designed to engender discussion on the topic of net neutrality. We’re big supporters of net neutrality around Lifehacker HQ,…
MySpace Taps Into the Power of Twitter With... →
MySpace said today that it’s rolling out a new feature in beta that lets U.S. users sync status updates in their Twitter feed and profile page on the social network, symbolizing MySpace’s…
Bit.ly Short-Links and Shares Files, No Hosting... →
Bit.ly, the web’s most popular link shortening service (thanks in big part to Twitter’s semi-official endorsement), has added the ability to quickly short-link pictures and other files through…
ThomasBolling: @Monopolycitysts I QUIT, SCREW YOU... →
ThomasBolling: @Monopolycitysts I QUIT, SCREW YOU MR MONOPOLY!!! I was having the time of my life, but this turned out to be a major FAIL!
Official: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules... →
(AP) — The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks,…
Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012 →
(AP) — Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.
World's river deltas sinking due to human... →
A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates most of the world’s low-lying river deltas are sinking from human activity, making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding from…
Scientists make paralyzed rats walk again after... →
UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run again while supporting their full weight on a…
NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights →
(AP) — NASA says it successfully launched a rocket in Virginia as part of an experiment, and the blast may have caused dozens of people to report seeing strange lights in the sky.
Zooming to the centre of the Milky Way --... →
(PhysOrg.com) — The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy…
New species discovered on whale skeletons →
When a whale dies, it sinks to the seafloor and becomes food for an entire ecosystem. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered previously unknown species that feed only on…
MySpace syncs updates with Twitter →
MySpace on Monday began synchronizing user status updates with wildly popular microblogging service Twitter.
Facebook shuts down thorny marketing tool →
(AP) — Facebook is closing an uncomfortable chapter in its five-year history.
Study Positively Identifies Giant Squid Presence... →
(PhysOrg.com) — During a recent research cruise, a rare giant squid was captured in the Gulf of Mexico.
'Rosetta Stone' of supervolcanoes discovered in... →
Scientists have found the “Rosetta Stone” of supervolcanoes, those giant pockmarks in the Earth’s surface produced by rare and massive explosive eruptions that rank among nature’s most violent…
Google Earth Application Maps Carbon's Course →
(PhysOrg.com) — Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words, particularly when the picture is used to illustrate science. Technology is giving us better pictures every day, and one of them…
Healing badly damaged lungs: Distinct set of white... →
After more than 50 experiments in mice, medical scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out the basic steps taken by a particular set of white blood cells in setting the pace of recovery after…
The BENWAYS : ONLINE : LIVE →
The BENWAYS : ONLINE : LIVE
Source: thedetour.us
LIVE from the The Acoustic Coffeehouse, Johnson City, TN 9:00pm - 11:00pm…
The BENWAYS (((LIVE AUDIO STREAM; ONLINE…
David Byrne Journal: 08.25.09: The Kindle... →
David Byrne Journal: 08.25.09: The Kindle Experience
Source: journal.davidbyrne.com
I got an Amazon Kindle DX (the large-size one) before leaving on this last 6-week…
Ernie Anastos: "Keep fucking that chicken" →
Ernie Anastos: “Keep fucking that chicken”
Source: www.youtube.com
Ernie Anastos telling the weatherman on FOX5 WNYW to “keep fucking that chicken” on the Sept. 16 2009…
Inspector Gadget Theme on Beer Bottle Drum Set →
Inspector Gadget Theme on Beer Bottle Drum Set
Source: www.youtube.com
Then the bottles turned into mini helicopters and flew him away
House Bill Lets Students Bypass Private Lenders →
The House is expected to vote on a bill Thursday that would let students borrow directly from the U-S Treasury — instead of from private lenders subsidized by the government. House Democrats say…
NASA captures amazing view of Andromeda →
NASA’s Swift satellite acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet, according to NASA.
Bon Jovi supports Cobain protest →
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi says members of Nirvana are right to protest over the use of Kurt Cobain’s image in Guitar Hero 5.
President Barack Obama Becomes A Jedi Master →
Yesterday on The White House front lawn, President Barack Obama officially became a Jedi Master. Next to him stands a young Padawan in training.
photo by Jim Watson
via Star Wars Blog
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Fungus-Infected Violin Beats Stradivarius in... →
Violins made by the Italian master craftsman Antonio Stradivarius are worth millions of dollars for their unparalleled sound. And that’s great, for the handful of musicians who can afford…
Get Windows 7 Home Premium for $30 With a College... →
If you’re a U.S. college student, or at least having a working .edu email address, you don’t have to pay $120 to upgrade Vista to Windows 7. You can get the Home Premium edition for just $30. …
Super-dense data stores cool down →
A new material could bring a high-density storage technology closer to consumers struggling with over-full digital memories
Website offers emails from beyond the grave →
The fear of dying suddenly, without the chance to mend wrongs or say goodbye, has prompted an Australian entrepreneur to start a website where people can contact loved ones from beyond the grave.
Is ToyBots Dreaming Big Enough? →
One of my favorite startups at TechCrunch50 earlier this week was ToyBots, a spinoff of the popular Facebook/iPhone game developer Social Gaming Network. ToyBots has created technology that…
The art of thriving →
A frog with no name is just one image from some of the world’s finest nature and wildlife photographers showing at London’s Saatchi Gallery this week
Two chips in one: Researchers combine... →
(PhysOrg.com) — An MIT team led by Tomás Palacios, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has succeeded in combining two semiconductor materials,…
Color blindness cured in monkeys →
(PhysOrg.com) — Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida used gene therapy to cure two squirrel monkeys of color blindness - the most common genetic disorder in…
Chloride found at levels that can harm aquatic... →
Levels of chloride, a component of salt, are elevated in many urban streams and groundwater across the northern U.S., according to a new government study.
Scientists find mechanism that constructs key... →
Yale University researchers have found a molecular mechanism that allows the proper mixing of neurons during the formation of columns essential for the operation of the cerebral cortex, they report…
Gene variation that lets people get by on fewer... →
A University of Utah sleep expert has joined with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford University to identify a genetic variation in humans, which the…
Study of isolated snakes could help shed light on... →
While studying a way to more safely and effectively collect snake venom, University of Florida researchers have noticed the venom delivered by an isolated population of Florida cottonmouth snakes may…
Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight →
A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday.
Spot discovered on dwarf planet Haumea shows up... →
A dark red area discovered on dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. The discovery will be presented at the European Planetary…
Rare African Golden Cat Captured on Camera →
(PhysOrg.com) — A Yale anthropologist has captured photographic images of a rare, cougar-like cat ranging at night in an endangered Ugandan forest.
'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published... →
(PhysOrg.com) — There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable`s undergraduate textbook ‘Mechanics of Materials.’