Classic: Large Hardon Collider

Yikes, I wonder if this is true? Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border (nothing meaningful is showing up in Google News yet: iran military build up)

Update: apparently this was a year old “news” item mistaken for a current event. As if to confirm this, eldib.wordpress.com has deleted the post I linked to above, rather than printing a retraction. Poor form.

This was a fun read: producing a penny now costs about 1.7 cents

Blow-by-blow of the 10-car Golden Gate Bridge pileup yesterday

This is so rad: Transgender man is pregnant

So horrible, I had to link to it: Rainin’ McCain

Kale recipe recommendation from Jonathan: Black-Eyed Pea Soup With Ham and Greens (for future reference)

Totally neat resource: Veg Box Recipes (can’t wait to try Kale Pesto)

I like this word: Obscurantism (it somehow seems relevant lately)

Two completely unrelated people in the “friends” folder of my feedreader said that they were unexpectedly moved by Barack Obama’s speech on race in America: A More Perfect Union and The Speech (I haven’t seen/read it yet, but I think it may be important enough that I do)

This is cool: nudist typeface

Excuse me while I enter this into the PageRank record: Fuck Sequoia Voting Systems

Union County has backed off a plan to let a Princeton University computer scientist examine voting machines where errors occurred in the presidential primary tallies, after the manufacturer of the machines threatened to sue, officials said today.

This is too good for words: Wikihistory (I see this influencing a lot of people)

Love me some quirky films: Mister Foe

Cujo meets The Fly: Boston Dynamics’ BigDog

This is captivating: Dog feeds ball throwing machine… (via Dad)

Just thought this was worth noting, who knows if it really means anything… Weak Dollar Costs U.S. Economy Its World No. 1 Spot

Saw Volver last night, it was awesome

Best ashtray ever!

On my way into work this week I noticed the Echium just started blooming

Wow, you’re not going to believe who I got an email from today! Check out Search Engine Marketeers are the new script kiddies for the update.

This is incredible! List of problems solved by MacGyver (Wikipedia article of the day)

Let the 2008 Blogging Platform Wars begin!!! WordPress is 100% open source, GPL.

I love it: TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington calls FM’s Chas Edwards a total stud! (He goes on to praise us with criticism—you stay classy, Mike!)

I can’t believe I haven’t linked to this yet: Stephanie was in a “fan-created” music video for Nrrrd Grrrl (that’s been seen over 600,000 times on YouTube)

You have got to be kidding me: [Prostitution] Scandal Puts Spitzer’s Career in Danger (one word comes to mind: HUBRIS!)

Marcia in Austin at SXSW (lucky!): My day 1, when geeks attack

I am Web 2.0: I walk downtown and go to restaurant after consulting with Justin Maps TM via phone.

This is so wrong it’s irresistible: A Woman’s Place is in the House!

This is a really neat visualization: Graphical depiction of the prime numbers in the range 1 to 1299827, where each pixel represents an integer, and the white pixels represent primes.

OMG! UNC’s student body president Eve Carson shot dead in Chapel Hill

Update: Peter on Where it Happened

Poop for Peace, ha!

We may have varying ideas of God and politics, but the power of an impending poop is a higher calling to which every human must answer.

Joel Johnson cracks me up:

The only way these could be better is if they worked in reverse: starting with chopsticks, then fusing together into a fork when you’ve realized the error of your ways.

Captivating: video of an Airbus A320 [not] making a difficult crosswind landing

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and where it happens that my dear mother just got a job. Go Mom!

I can’t be the only one who finds this a little morbid: Navy Christens Ship [made] with Ground Zero Steel