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.”

Linkdump – November 05

• 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.”

Linkdump – November 02

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.”