These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 07/30/08 … please enjoy:
Attack Canada! | The Beacon
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.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/10/08 … please enjoy:
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Dig the runningman!
How the iPhone is killing the ‘Net | Network World
Zittrain argues that today?s Internet appliances such as the iPhone and Xbox hamper innovation. That?s because these locked-down devices prohibit the kind of tinkering by end users that made PCs and the Internet such a force of action and change.
Episodic Strong Bad Game Coming to WiiWare | Kotaku
Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, a series of episodic games for WiiWare, is coming to the Wii this June, Telltale Games announced today. The game will include plenty of dialog-based puzzles, the ability to make prank phone calls, and more!
Ugly? Adorable? | Uglorable!
Adorable pictures of “Ugly” animals! Super cute/ugly!
Arlington Cemetery Makes Historic Exception for World War I Veteran | Salem-News.Com
Buckles did not qualify for internment at Arlington, so Ross Perot, former U.S. Presidential candidate, took the cause to the White House. In less than two weeks, he had succeeded in securing an internment for Frank Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery.
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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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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/06/08 … please enjoy:
Quake 3 hits the iPod touch, makes for portable LAN party | Engadget
Future generations will most likely divide the timeline of history at this point: when Quake 3 achieved motion-sensing, wireless network play on two iPod touches.
$10M Prize For Ultra Fuel Efficient Car | Canyon News
The X Prize Foundation and Progressive Insurance are offering $10 million to the teams that successfully develop vehicles able to get 100 miles per gallon. More than 60 groups from around the world plan to compete for a share of the prize.
Robot aliens? TV sci-fi gets it right | MSNBC.com
"There are two kinds of encounters with aliens you can have," said Seth Shostak. "Either you pick up a signal, or you pick them up on the corner. But I think it's safe to say that in both instances they will be synthetic. [...]"
The Craziest Thing Gary Busey Ever Snorted Cocaine Off Of | Wired.com
Just part of the story: "[...] Well, my dog, Chili, who has short hair, came in and laid on her back with her legs in the air, and she rubbed all my cocaine on her back and side. [...] It's not a good flavor coming off the dog."
You Have To Burn The Rope | Mazapán.se
In 50 years or so man will look back on the action/platform/adventure game that is "You Have To Burn The Rope", and tears will be shed for they will know that no game will ever surpass what this game has achieved. This defines the concept of epic gaming.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/04/08 … please enjoy:
Edwards would not accept VP nomination | MSNBC
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Thursday he would not accept the nomination for U.S. vice president as he did four years ago. Declines to say whether he would endorse Clinton or Obama. Good for him!
Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt | ThinkGeek
Looks like we're the fools here. The Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt was originally an April Fool's Prank… but due to overwhelming positive response and hundreds of e-mails screaming to "make the damn shirt already" we're putting this item in to production
The Peril of Obama | The Atlantic
The glamour of Obama may be hard to resist, but could it get the country into trouble if he wins the presidency? At the risk of bitter disillusionment, perhaps Obama hopes to do for the country what his father?s image did for him: provide a noble lie t
Server room during a rain shower | Google Video
Server room floods during a storm. Sends shivers down my spine!
Ross Ching: Eclectic 2.0 | Rossching.com
This is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. The entire movie was shot using a digital SLR still camera and pieced together using Quicktime Pro and Final cut Pro. Since it was shot on a still camera, all the raw footage is 1080p HD.
Outsourced Comcast Tech Goes Vigilante On Xbox Cheaters | dslreports.com
A Convergsys support technician outsourced by Comcast may have gone a little overboard in a quest for videogame vengeance. After getting packet flooded by some fellow gamers on the Xbox Live! service, the rep decided to use Comcast support systems to wage
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