These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 05/25/08 … please enjoy:
Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans | New Scientist Environment
Life has been found 1.6 kilometres under the sea floor, at temps reaching 100 °C. John Parkes hopes his team's discovery might one day help find life on other planets. He says it may even redefine what we understand as life and what we understand by age.
Weezer's Pork and Beans | YouTube
Weezer's video for their single "Pork and Beans." How many Internet Celebs can you find? This is one of the best videos I've seen in years!!
Photographing a Wedding and then an Earthquake | lelandwong's Xanga Site
Can you imagine what it was like to have been photographing a wedding in Sichuan, China when 7.9
earthquake hit and shakes for three minutes?
Phoenix Mars Lander: Entry Descent and Landing | NASA
It will be a real nail-biter on May 25, 2008, for engineers, as the Phoenix spacecraft performs a series of challenging maneuvers right before it lands on Mars.
Senators say whether they?d agree to be vice president | The Hill
The Hill asked all 97 senators who are not running for president the same question: ?If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?? Some senators laughed, but others took the question seriously.
NES Controller Mod, May Just be Most Fun Coffee Table Ever | Gizmodo
Forget touchscreen, solar powered or even self-destructing coffee tables… Kyle Downes has modded the coffee table into its best version ever: a retro-tastic NES controller… that actually works!! Video in link!
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/13/08 … please enjoy:
Visualizing Evolution | Visualizing Evolution Blog
Here is an amazing collection of visual complexity in biology. It's like looking at beautiful works of geometric abstract art, except there is rigid scientific meaning behind each one, which only makes them all the more beautiful.
You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art | Animation World Magazine
If the Orphan Works legislation passes, we will lose virtually all the rights to not only our future work but to all past work over 34 years, unless we register it with the new, untested and privately run registries. Even then, there is no guarantee.
NASA Science - Science Mission Directorate | NASA
NASA launched a new website designed to provide information about its scientific endeavors and achievements. The site was built on top of the Plone Open Source Content Management System and features an easy-to-navigate design and new search features.
Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Child Rape Photos | After Downing Street
A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over claims that they could damage America's image. Last year a Republican senator conceded that they contained scenes of rape and murder.
Espionage Against Pro-Tibet Groups, Others, Spurred Microsoft Patches | Wired
Computer intruders targeting pro-Tibetan groups and government agencies slipped in through previously unknown security holes in Microsoft Office, prompting Microsoft to issue a flurry of patches to the popular software suite in 2006 and 2007.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/09/08 … please enjoy:
Colorful new names for eight crayons | The Morning Call
Gone is wild watermelon. Now it will be called awesome. That’s just one of the name changes of eight colors in the Crayola 64 box that was announced earlier today at the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York City.
Olympic Torch Inflicts Environmental Toll | ABC News
Angry protesters, riot police, mass demonstrations, arrests for disorderly conduct, it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for the Olympic-torch relay. By the time this pyro parade is over, it will have produced about 11 million pounds of carbon emissions.
Devo censorship? Lyric changes by MTV and Disney | Destinyland
It’s no accident. They have a page listing every track on all of Devo’s albums ? and each of the 11 times “Jocko Homo” was included in a new compilation, MTV changed its name to “Jocko H***”, and that’s not all.
The Dangers of Being a Television News Reporter | Gawker
Here is a compilation video that was made of everything tragic that could possibly happen to a television news reporter. Some of these clips have become internet classics, and some you may have never seen before.
“Red Light Of Death” Xbox Owner Wants Same Extended Warranty As “Red Ring Of Death” Sufferers | Consumerist
Though Microsoft bowed to a gamer backlash and gave 3-year warranty protection for the widespread Xbox hardware failure known as “The Red Ring of Death,” it seems another debilitating malfunction, “The Red Light of Death,” hasn’t been included.
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As you know, Google has bowed to China’s wishes and changed their search results to match what China wants their people to see. Let’s do some comparing:
Image search for “tiananmen”:
Google US
Google China
See a difference? I’m sure there are others… if you find them, please comment and I’ll add them to the post. I just think it’s horrible how much censorship is over there… and that Google went along with it. 
