• Gold mine holds life untouched by the Sun
  “The first known organisms that live totally independently of the sun have been discovered deep in a South African gold mine. […] Similar life forms may exist on other planets, experts speculate.”
• How to Save a Wet Cell Phone
  “Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet? […] It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you’re fast you can save the phone.”
• Top scientist asks: is life all just a dream?
  “[..]] life, the universe and everything may be no more than a giant computer simulation with humans reduced to bits of software.”
• ‘Soup Nazi’ still building off ‘Seinfeld’
  “Chef Al Yeganeh, the model for the “Soup Nazi” on TV’s “Seinfeld,” is opening 18 related food franchises across the United States.”
• World Fisheries Risk Collapse by 2048, Scientists Say
  “World fisheries risk collapsing completely by 2048 if humans continue to erode species diversity by causing regional extinctions.”
• Dilbert creator’s mysterious recovery
  Dilbert creator was diagnosed with incurable neurological condition taking his ability to speak, but suddenly gets his voice back, but: “Adams himself said he’s nervous that he’ll lose his voice again.”
• Freaky close ups of insects on Russian site
  Man, if these we’re any bigger I’d kill myself being scared all the time.
• Why Do We Have an Adam’s Apple?
  “But does it do anything? Not really. Like the cartilage in your ears or nose, it’s just kind of there.”
• Top 100 photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
  Beautiful stuff, good to know that the telescope will be saved.
• 11 Ways To Sleep Better
  “Caffeinated drinks and food such as coffee, tea, sodas and chocolate will keep the mind stimulated much longer than some people think.”
• Lost Moon landing tapes discovered
  “For years ‘lost’ tapes recording data from the Apollo 11 Moon landing have been stored underneath the seats of Australian physics students.”

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. #

- Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)

Truly unique live footage of Marvin Gaye performing What’s Going On / What’s Happening Brother in 1973 with the original Funk Brothers lineup. This is an excerpt from the recently released DVD of some of Gaye’s greatest live performances on TV and film, Real Thing: In Performance 1964-1981. This live performance comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, ‘Save The Children’ with James Jamerson Jr. on bass.

This is actually the first time I see any footage of Jamerson, my favorite bass player of all time. And even better: in a live performance. Very exciting. Watch how he just uses his right-hand index finger (which earned its own moniker, ‘The Hook’) to play all these complex and melodic lines (starting at approximately 1.23).

Kick ass live performance by Dutch progressive rock band Focus from my year of birth. The 1973 lineup is Jan Akkerman on guitar (spanking his Gibson Les Paul), Pierre van der Linden on drums, Thijs van Leer on Hammond, flute and vocals and Bert Ruiter on bass.

Fast Company’s Good Citizen Award goes to… Starbucks! We’ve all been there:

It’s early morning, and I’m running late for a meeting with a Big Deal Designer downtown. I’ve had too much coffee, with predictable results. The last thing I want to do on meeting this guy is to say, “Hi, how-are-ya, can I use your restroom?” It’s a mortifying way to begin a conversation.

The reason you had to go was their coffee in the first place, but thank God for a public restroom (with coffee counter) on every corner of the street (that is: if you live in NYC or London).

Great stuff: 55 minute online presentation by Chris Anderson, about his great (marketing) book The Long Tail.

While you’re there, check out presentations by other guru’s like Alvin Toffler, Arie de Geus, Malcolm Gladwell and Nicholas Negroponte.

Lists, we got lists people! Enjoy!

• 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
  “Enron? Those guys were lame. We did the same thing, but it only took us two months.”
• The 50 people who matter now
  “Rank 1: You!”
• 20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Lab Accidents
  “German scientist Hennig Brand stored 50 buckets of urine in his cellar for months in 1675, hoping that it would turn into gold.”
• 2005 Foot-in-Mouth Awards
  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: “I’m going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to f***ing kill Google.”
• Six Health Threats You Can’t Ignore
  “A bump that at first glance looks like a run-of-the-mill pimple may actually be basal-cell carcinoma, a slow-growing form of skin cancer.”
• Top 10 Funniest Bushisms of All Time
  “[…] They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
• The Thoughtful User Guide: iPod Etiquette
  “Mp3 players are unwelcome at weddings, funerals, and other gatherings, and also in classrooms or places of worship. This holds true even if you’re a sullen 13-year-old with inattentive parents.”
• The Thirteen Scariest People in America
  The current president isn’t even on that list, imagine the horror the other thirteen are causing.
• Five Things That Should Never Be on Your Car
  “Bumper Stickers - They aren’t funny and nobody cares about your religious affiliation.”
• Very Short Stories
  Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
• Pimp My Mobile: 33 ways to sex up your cell phone
  No.1: “Upgrade to a diamond-encrusted, million-dollar GoldVish phone.” So, that’s 32 really…
• The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod - An Illustrated Journey
  Phase 6: “A smaller, fancier iPod is created and yours is now outdated and crappy. Yours is no longer awesome, it is horribly awful. Just awful.”

Interesting thread over at Askmefi: “Where did the phrase “It’s ____, stupid!” come from & what was originally in the blank?”

Turns out that it is derived from the Clinton campaign of 1992, where “It’s the economy, stupid” was coined by Democratic Party strategist James Carville, who possibly lend it from the K.I.S.S. principle or this movie.

Brilliant idea. I definitely need one (possibly more) of these babies. Pic ‘I always miss the 3rd‘ by cherrycan (via Matt Haughey).

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. #

- Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)