These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 07/31/08 … please enjoy:
War Plan Red envisioned primarily U.S. attacks on and occupation of various Canadian cities, including Halifax (to be subjected to a poison-gas first strike), Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Victoria.
Who Built the Pyramids? | Harvard Magazine
Egyptologist Mark Lehner, an associate of Harvard’s Semitic Museum, is beginning to fashion an answer. He has found the city of the pyramid builders. They were not slaves.
Burger King uses Spider-man ad for Dark Knight burger | Den of Geek
Burger King’s got a new burger out, inspired by The Dark Knight. Except last summer, it was inspired by Spider-man 3. What’s going on? Marketing is just getting lazy now.
Baby’s First Internet | The Morning News
The best “book” out there on how to teach your children how to use the internet!
Canada Defiles an Astronomical Treasure | Fanboy
That man you see in the photograph above is an international treasure. Under that rejected humble facade is none other than Charles Thomas Bolton who will one day be seen as one of the great astronomers of all time.
Halo 3’s ‘Enemies KIA’ Body Count Officially Passes Earth’s Population | OhGizmo!
The game’s official ‘Enemies KIA’ body count surpassed the Earth’s population sometime late on June 20 or early on June 21. At that point the Halo 3 Campaign Kill Count numbered 6,719,996,560, while the estimated world population was 6,705,066,871
IE 8 Beta 2 out by September 2008 | The Industry Standard
This is a prediction that Microsoft will meet or beat that self-assigned deadline and will publicly release IE 8 beta 2 on or before August 31st, 2008.
This.Film.Is.Not.Yet.Rated. | Google Video
This Film Is Not Yet Rated is an independent documentary film about the Motion Picture Association of America’s rating system and its effect on American culture, directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Eddie Schmidt.
Army Shoots Live Pigs, PETA Squeals | ABC News
Army to Shoot Live Pigs in Hawaii in Trauma Training Drill for Soldiers Heading to Iraq. The Army says it’s critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated.
Scientists find why we need to re-read a page | Telegraph
Scientists have discovered why people sometimes need to re-read a page. According to a study the brain needs a specific chemical in order to concentrate properly.
Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species | Slashdot
As of a week ago, the number of creatures in the “Spore” database exceeded the number of known species on Earth. They are created using ‘Creature Creator,’ which is available in a free (with limited parts) or paid download at the Spore website.
John Wiley Price: “I don’t even know what blog means” | Grits for Breakfast
As far as an elected official in 2007 declaring he doesn’t know what the word “blog” means – Good God! I don’t know where to begin.
‘Shawshank’ in a Minute | Radar Online
The Shawshank Redemption in one minute… rapped. It’s awesome, trust me on this!
S.F. officials locked out of computer network | San Francisco Chronicle
A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco’s new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.
Design Toscano wants you to “expect the extraordinary from your home and garden,” and that includes the walking dead. Take this 13-lb. resin undead garden zombie, for example.
Come back for more links tomorrow!!
