Great "Backyard" Shot Of The Milky Way

Incredibly detailed shot of our Milky Way galaxy. Click on the image for the full resolution of this fantastic shot.

Woman Reporter Gets Owned On Live TV - Grape Stomp

An absolute classic. This video of a news reporter falling off a platform and making HORRIBLE pain sounds on camera is one of those vids you can just never see enough. Best part? When they cut back to the studio: "Ooh, I think she's actually hurt..."

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LOL, and on Faux news no less.

TSA Now Screening Faces For 'evil intent'

The Transportation Security Administration has been experimenting with a new anti-terror program which assigns officers to screen passengers' faces for 'evil intent,' according to a front page article in Thursday's New York Times.

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So if you're having a bad day and have a scowl on your face, be prepared to be humiliated in front of a crowd? If you're a nervous flyer and you physically show it, you're practically a suspected terrorist? LOL?

Major Security Vulnerability For Windows Users

"Make sure you've got this patch: Microsoft issued on Tuesday a fix for a major vulnerability in its server service, used for file and print sharing. Since then, security companies and even the Department of Homeland Security are raising alarms about the risk of a widespread worm attack.

According to Microsoft's bulletin, the hole makes Windows XP (including SP2), Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 vulnerable to a remote attack that can take over your computer. The server service is on by default, so most every unpatched Windows PC is potentially vulnerable."

Yes this is late, but most of you have Windows to automatically get updates. I figured I'd post this anyway for those who don't know. Get the patch here or check and make sure you received the update by opening Internet Explorer and clicking on Tools>Microsoft Update.

My Current Desktops

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An Old Hi-resolution Colour Photograph Of London - circa 1930's.

I found this photo embedded in the Wikipedia article of London, without any comments or even a description. It is an old photo taken at Piccadilly Circus looking up Shaftsbury Avenue. This is a great photo - something that you don't see often as it is in colour!
A great and interesting peek into the past. Be sure to click on the image for the hi-resolution shot which is 5119x3606.

Poking around, a digg user also found other great photo contributions from this guy (Chalmers Butterfield). What a name. o.O

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Bill Gates Donates $500 Million to AIDS Research

The Bill (and Melinda) Gates Foundation donates half a billion dollars ($100,000,000/year over the next five years) in an unexpected act of grand generosity. I can't even comprehend half a billion dollars.

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Happy Birthday World Wide Web!

15 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee publicly released his WWW project onto the Internet.

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Chocolate Cellphone Only Looks Sweet - Design Flawed

If you needed any proof that cellphones today are often about everything but phone calls, Verizon Wireless this week made that case by releasing a phone called the Chocolate, produced by LG, the big Korean electronics company. The Chocolate can make and receive phone calls and text messages, but it's designed as a music player first.

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