August 2008
35 posts
How the Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole in the... →
Cool, very deep hole!
Comic - World's Most Elusive Human Being →
Spore Goes Gold, Definitely Arriving September 7 -... →
Following years of delays and setbacks, publisher EA today confirmed that EA Maxis’ ambitious life simulator Spore has gone gold and is now in the manufacturing process.
Pandora On the Verge of Closing Shop -... →
Pandora is an internet radio service that allows you to create your own radio station based on songs and artists that you like. While you can’t necessarily pick and choose what you’ll hear on the service, you can fine-tune your radio station’s tastes by giving the songs that Pandora recommends a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Pandora on the iPhone is one of the best applications for...
Computers Exploit Human Brainpower to Decipher... →
In a neat example of Internet-enabled “crowdsourcing,” the method of distributing a large task to many contributors, researchers are using an anti-spam program to get people to decipher damaged or faded texts, one word at a time. Chances are that if you’ve solved one of those distorted-word tests to secure an account with Facebook, Craigslist, or Ticketmaster, you’ve helped The New York Times inch...
Half-Blood Prince Movie Pushed to July 2009 - The... →
woah… sucky, and the 7th book is going to be two movies!? how come I’ve never heard this before.
» Orson Scott Card Wants YOU (To Rise Up Against... →
Well, Card basically did the same thing to logic and decency last week when he tried to convince the American Citizens in his thrall (myself once among them) to invoke their right of revolution and overthrow the government to stop gay marriage from being legalized.
Indlebe Radio Telescope →
On the evening of 28th July 2008, at 21h14 local time the Indlebe Radio Telescope, situated on the Steve Biko campus of the Durban University of Technology, successfully detected its first radio source from beyond the solar system. A strong source was detected from Sagittarius A, the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, approximately 30 thousand light years away. To put this achievement into...
Hamster Stuck in a Video Game - Gaming video →
Military Tech: U.S. Military To Be 30 Percent... →
GO TEAM ROBOT!
The Impossible Task of Cutting Plastic Out of Your... →
Just try to get through one day without plastic – it’s impossible. Your shampoo is in a plastic bottle. Your car has plastic all over the interior. Open your fridge door – plastic. Turn on a light – plastic. Brush your teeth, have safe sex, wear a Hawaiian shirt – plastic, plastic and more plastic.
Lot’s of plastic talk lately…
Lizard love: 110-year dinosaur descendant to... →
In Sam’s words “At 110 years, he’s just reached his prime.” Thanks for the link Sam :-)
