Linkdump – November 09

• Scientists Melt Diamond
  Dude, really, why would you? Why? WHY?!
• Creating Passionate Users
  “Passion starts with two simple words: F***ing Cool!”
• PopSci’s Best Of 2006
  “The future is now -and it looks good.”
• TIME Best Inventions 2006
  “It’s been an interesting year in technology. Nintendo invented a video game you control with a magic wand. A new kind of car traveled 3,145 miles on a single gallon of gas. A robot learned to ride a bike.”
• Extreme Trainsurfer Video (YouTube)
  Quite emotional video of a young German guy who was diagnosed with leukemia and decided to surf high speed trains in the remaining time before his death.
• 5 Robots You Don’t Want to Mess With
  5 terminators to be reckoned with.
• Old Viruses Resurrected Through DNA
  “Thanks to advances in DNA technology, scientists can now reconstruct new copies of old viruses.” Again: dude, really, why would you?
• Do You Deserve A Raise?
  You deserve a raise. You know you do. But how to get it?
• Could our big brains come from Neanderthals?
  “Neanderthals may have given the modern humans who replaced them a priceless gift, a gene that helped them develop superior brains.”
• Murphy’s law
  Portrait of the brilliant and strikingly unprofessional economist Kevin Murphy.
• How to Survive a Zombie Attack
  “Preparing now for zombiedom is a good idea. Remember what the TV preacher said, ‘When hell is full, the dead will walk the earth.’ So it’s bound to happen sooner or later.”