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2011-04-01

Dogs sculpted into works of art for extreme grooming contests

Crazy stuff.

Some people have waaay too much time on their hands.

Tags: Extreme Dog Grooming
2011-03-18

Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami

Heartbreaking!

Tags: Japan Tsunami Before and After Potos
2011-03-09

How man 'lost his penile spines'

Along the way we lost our 'Boners'.

Tags: Evolution Penile Spines Human Evolution Primates Biology
2011-02-18

How Apple Is Winning the Post-PC War

Having seen Apple nearly collapse in the late 90s, it's amazing to see it become the biggest and most successful turnaround story ever.

Tags: Apple iPad iPhone Mac iPod WildSuccess AmazingTurnaround
2011-02-18

Biggest Bear Ever Found

11 Feet tall, 1 and a half tons. That would have been very scary face to face.

Tags: Biology Giant Bear Giant Mammals
2011-02-10

Interim Apple Chief Under Fire After Unveiling Grotesque New MacBook

The Onion! Hilarious

Tags: TheOnion Apple MacBook FleshyLaptop
2011-01-13

Google's dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for openness

Google's justification doesn't really add up, and there's a strong chance that the decision will serve only to undermine the use of the <video> tag completely. This is not a move promoting the open web. If anything, it is quite the reverse.

As I see it, Google is doing Adobe a huge favour. This isn't about openness at all. It's all about proprietary stuff. Google is pushing WebM, which it owns. But this will result in more support for Flash, which Adobe owns.

This is major hypocrisy.

Tags: Apple Google Adobe WebM H.264 Chrome Firefox Safari
2011-01-10

Meat producers should replace cattle with insects, scientists say

Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered that insects produce significantly less greenhouse gas per kilogram of meat than cattle or pigs. Their study, published in the online journal PLoS One, suggests that a move towards insect farming could result in a more sustainable - and affordable - form of meat production.

Roasted cockroaches! Yum!

Tags: insects alternative foods wacky science
2010-12-28

The parable of the the PDA: predicting the smartphone's future

The problem is that the vendors that lost this game failed because they listened to their customers. Like with PDAs or with the original mobile phones or first generation of PCs, early adopters are not the audience that should be consulted on how to improve the product.

Horace Dediu makes very good points. Must read.

Tags: Smartphones FutureOfSmartphones PDA
2010-12-21

When the Diagnosis Is "Dead Butt Syndrome"

Who came up with that name?

But seriously, cross training is a must if you run

Tags: Health Dead Butt Syndrome Running Cross Training