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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 07/14/08 … please enjoy:

The Darrin Effect: 20 jarring cases of recast roles | The A.V. Club

A neat article showing the top twenty cases of roles being recast in movies and television shows. A pretty neat article, actually.

The Periodic Table of Videos | University of Nottingham

Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version will have a short video about each one.

Al Franken Ad Calls Out Congressional Revolving Door to K-Street | Crooks and Liars

In Washington they debate whether former members of Congress should wait one year or two years before they can become registered lobbyists. How about never?

Essential Life Lesson #1: Over is Right, Under is Wrong | Current Configuration:

Put simply, there is a right way to hang the toilet paper, and a wrong way. Read on to determine the status of your own roll.

Ubisoft Serves Up Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game | Kotaku

The latest season of Hell's Kitchen has just wrapped up, leaving fans hungry for more of Gordon Ramsay's trademark spit and vinegar. Now, Ubisoft announces Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game, coming this September to the Nintendo Wii and DS.

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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/16/08 … please enjoy:

11 - the beautiful game | 11 the Game

Many new football stadiums have a strong architectural and sculptural beauty, becoming city landmarks in their own right and enhancing the landscape of the environment. We wanted the design of our football table to be equally spectacular and memorable.

Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone | Lifehacker

Let's say you would like to use it make a phone call every now and then with your iPod Touch. You can, and he is how you can make VoIP phone calls from your iPod touch using a freeware application called SIP-VoIP.

Coral flourishing at Bikini Atoll atomic test site | Yahoo! News

Coral is again flourishing in the crater left by the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the United States, 54 years after the blast on Bikini Atoll, marine scientists said on Tuesday.

Programmer pops question on girlfriend's video game | chicagotribune.com

Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up when she reached a certain score.

David Weiner: McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network | The Huffington Post

On a section of McCain's site called "Cindy's Recipes," you can find recipes attributed to Cindy McCain, each with the title "McCain Family Recipe." It was realized that some of these "Family Recipes," were in fact, exact copies of Food Network recipies.

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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/14/08 … please enjoy:

John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term “Black Hole,” Is Dead at 96 | New York Times

Eminent physicist John Archibald Wheeler has died from pneumonia at the age of 96. The coiner of the terms ‘black hole’ and ‘wormhole,’ Wheeler popularized the study of general relativity, and advised a distinguished list of graduate students.

Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them | WIred

You may think you decided to read this story — but in fact, your brain made the decision long before you knew about it.

HARDCORE MARILYN | New York Post

When it came to light in the mid-’60s, then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had his agents spend two weeks futilely trying to prove that Monroe’s sex partner was either John F. Kennedy or Robert F. Kennedy, according to declassified agency documents and inte

Lost Generation | YouTube

Last week at The Society meeting held at AARP’s headquarters, people were shown the winning video submissions in a contest for 20 year olds called ‘u@50′. This video actually won second place, but when they played it, everyone in the room was awe-struck.

14-Year-Old Creates Chemistry Trading Card Game | Wired.com

Making up your own games has been a childhood staple for as long as anyone can remember. 14-year-old Anshul Samar has taken this to its logical conclusion by creating his own science-based fantasy card combat game Elementeo.

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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/05/08 … please enjoy:

Battle of the Bands (Wii) | Joystiq

Battle of the Bands pits gamers against each other in a rhythm competition. The tug-of-war between the players causes the song play to play in the winner's genre, so you could hear "Whoomp! There it is" as country or "Man of Constant Sorrow" in hip-hop.

Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates | Engadget

Bill Gates told investors this afternoon that Windows 7 will come "in the next year" and that he's "super-enthused" about it.

Viper made of recycled keyboard | Korean Art & Artist

This work is Viper made of recycled computer keyboard painter Choi Jung Hyun made this work at his exhibition for the purpose of making audience be aware of the importance of recycling.

Old School Geek Computer Desk | BoingBoing

A computer geek's desk from 25 years ago, complete with a Star Wars drinking glass collection

In Memorium: 'The Office' Dedicates Episode To Internet Piano Prodigy | Defamer

In case you missed it, at the end of the episode they showed a video of a 15-year-old boy playing The Office theme on his piano, followed by an "In Memoriam" note. That boy was Nathan Alden Robinson, who died last month of complications from the flu.

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