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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Infographic of the day: "The State of the Internet". (Via GMSV.)

Teleporting energy.

Headline of the day: "One-armed man hunted for stealing single cufflink". (Via Instapundit.)

Self-stirring liquids.

"The 20 richest Americans in tech".

Monday, February 08, 2010

Newspaper correction of the day:
A story on Page 1 of Tuesday's Telegraph quoted a White House official explaining that a Q-and-A session with dozens of teenagers in Nashua High School North on Monday was "off the record." However, the explanation about the talk being "off the record" was, it turns out, also "off the record" and should not have been quoted.
(Via Radley Balko.)

"Google leaps language barrier with translator phone". (Via HotAir.)

Comic of the day: "Axecop" is a comic where the stories are invented by a 5-year old, then drawn by his 29-year old brother.

And don't miss "Ask Axecop", where the creator answers readers' questions!

"How much are your internal organs worth on the black market?"

More details here.

Friday, February 05, 2010

Off topic: The February 4, 2010 Boulder Daily Camera has published my latest OpEd, "Polis and Health Care Reform".

"The Best Connected Individuals Are Not the Most Influential Spreaders in Social Networks".

Bruce Schneier: "Anonymity and the Internet"

Rand Simberg explains why we shouldn't feel sorry for the Mars Spirit Rover.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Internet tip of the day: Don't surf porn at work when there's a live television news crew filming you a few feet away. (Via @porsupah.)

"Kindle, iPad, MacMillan, and the Death of a Business Model"

North Korean propaganda posters. (Via @radleybalko.)

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

"New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound". (Via Howard Roerig.)

"Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything"

"SousVide Supreme Review: How To Cook From the Inside Out".

(I gave Diana one of these for her birthday, and she's been cooking some absolutely mouthwatering meals with it!)

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

"How to Fall 35,000 Feet -- And Survive". (Via Neatorama.)

"The Scale of the Universe: From yocto to yotta".

Click on the image to load the animation, then drag the blue slider at the bottom. (Via Erik A.)

"The Long Fail: A Brief History of Unsuccessful Tablet Computers"

Tablet comparison: "iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablets & More"

Monday, February 01, 2010

CollegeHumor loves the iPad as a magical revolutionary new source of Apple parodies!

Canadian video clip from 1957 about popular new Italian dish called "pizza pie". (Via Orin Kerr.)

xkcd tribute to Mars Spirit rover.

Recent rise in ransomware.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Feature-by-feature comparison of the iPad vs. a rock. (Via @shlevy.)

Friday, January 29, 2010

Hitler responds to the iPad.

"Moon May Have Formed in Natural Nuclear Explosion"

"Portable Ubuntu Runs Ubuntu Inside Windows". (Via GusVanHorn.)

Kindle vs. iPad: Pros and Cons.

Benefits of barefoot running. (Via Instapundit.)