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Bull Terrier loses fight with Porcupine
via Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
"Bull Terrier loses fight with Porcupine"
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Crazy rasberry ants devour Houston's electronics
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Houston is a-swarm with "crazy rasberry ants" -- an exotic species that eats fireants and electronic equipment. The "crazy" part is that they kind of wobble and weave when they walk. They have multiple, exterminator-resistant queens, and are attacking the local animal population as well.They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers and at least one homeowner's gas meter,...
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Techno
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on April 16, 2008
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Eugenics and You
via Damn Interesting by Alan Bellows on May 14, 2008
When Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking theory of Natural Selection in 1859, it was received by the public with considerable vexation. Although the esteemed naturalist had been kind enough to explain his theory using mounds of logic and evidence, he lacked the good manners to incorporate the readers' preconceived notions of the universe. Nevertheless, many men of science were drawn...
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FRIV - 220 Flash games to make your life complete
via The Red Ferret Journal by Nigel on May 15, 2008
FRIV. Strange interface, 220 different Flash based games from around the Web. Hours of fun and wasted time alert. [Via Metafilter]Tags: friv, flash+games23 words | email this | permalink | one comment | digg thisrelated entriesOnline Games Toolbar - your life wasted…foreverFree holiday games - more fun than a night at the opera…Life or something like it.
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iTalki - chat room language learning
via The Red Ferret Journal by Nigel on May 15, 2008
iTalki is a language learning social network which comes with all the Web 2.0 sauce you’d expect to find this side of 2007. There are groups, a wiki, a place to share files and at the core of the system is a sophisticated search engine to help you find the best [...]329 words | email this | permalink | no comments | digg thisrelated entriesSoziety - Skype as a language tutorMango - learn a...
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ASUS bringing Splashtop instant-on OS to all its motherboards
via Engadget by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by tforster Anybody want to buy a first gen Eee PC? Once this is available on the Atom powered 9" I'll be switching... Or do I just wait for the new Newton, er I mean Apple Tablet?Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsWe've seen the Splashtop instant-on OS demoed on ASUSgear in the past, and now it looks like the company is making the love official: it's going to start shipping it on...
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AT&T's 3G comes out on top in speed tests, will only get faster in 2009
via Engadget by Joshua Topolsky on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessThe folks over at Computerworld just ran the current 3G providers in America through their paces, only to discover that AT&T came out on top in almost every category. Well, it appears the monolithic telco plans to keep its edge (er...) on the competition -- by upping its HSPA service to a whopping 20Mbps come 2009. Our main man Ralph de la Vega said that the...
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Mistranslations
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on April 23, 2008
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The Ozzie Memo: Software is Dead, Long Live the Web
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on April 23, 2008
After a few years of trying to fill Bill Gates’ shoes as Microsoft’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie is starting to hit his stride. In a remarkable strategy memo to employees (embedded below), Ozzie essentially shifts Microsoft’s mission from one of creating software for the PC and stand-alone servers to creating an interconnecting mesh between devices and people. He is not abandoning...
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