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Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/14/08 14 April 2008 at 4:00 pm by 647 views

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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+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 03/27/08 By 27 March 2008 at 3:34 pm 77 views No Comments

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 03/27/08… please enjoy:

How to Survive in New York on 99 Cents | New York Times

When I heard that the food you can buy at 99-cent stores is more diverse than you might imagine, I decided to conduct an experiment. I?d make dinner every night for a week using mostly ingredients bought at these stores and then, on the eighth night ?

How Many Escalators Are There In Wyoming? | Wonkette

Have you ever wondered how many escalators there are, total, in Wyoming? “Scott” certainly does, and so he e-mailed the governor of Wyoming to ask him directly. Responding to this e-mail was ever-so-slightly beneath the governor of Wyoming’s job duties,

X-Files 2 Trailer Leaks to the Web | Google Video

The X-Files 2 Trailer has leaked to the web… see it here!

Lower Back Tattoos Now Available at Toys R Us | Cockeyed

Great news to all you kids out there, and just in time for spring break! No longer will you have to hitchhike out to a sketchy part of town to get your lower back tattoo… they are at Toys R Us!

22-Year-Old Awarded $300 Million Contract To Arm Afghan Forces | The Huffington Post

Since 2006 the American military has relied on a fledgling company, led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur, to arm Afghan forces. Since then, the company has provided ammunition that is more than 40 years old and in decompos

Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows | The Register

Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.

Musical Japanese road | Make

Here’s a road in Japan with grooves cut to different widths to create a melody as a car drives over them. Only in Japan…

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