Microsoft employees search with Google rather than MSN

A staggering 66.7% of search traffic [originating from 98052 (Redmond, WA)] goes through Google rather than MSN�s paltry 1.27%. Where�s the in house team spirit guys?! Now I know what the MS employee next to me on the bus is using for searching the net. Google!

Ouchie! (snicker!)

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NASA Says Comet Will Not Hit Earth (Photo)!

The now broken comet that was rumored to be on a collision course with Earth on May 25th will miss. NASA says it will be a close encounter, but will miss Earth by about 20 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The comet should pass us within view of telescopes between May 12 - 28!

Art Bell on coasttocoastam.com has been doing shows about this comet and the possibility that it's got pieces that we can't see that might come our way. Hmmm...

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Holopin: The future of pinball games?

The story of the end of Williams Electronic Games: come up with something new, or see the world's largest pinball manufacturer be shut down forever.

Leads to a documentary movie site about the sad story of the death of Williams Pinball division.

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World's First Dedicated UFO Landing Strip on Google Maps

Hoping that it might just put their small town on the map, the people of Houten have built the world's first specialist UFO landing strip.

OK, it's not the FIRST, seems that might go to THIS ONE from 1967! But heck, it's pretty good, and it gives you entry to a VERY interesting site: googlesightseeing.com!

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Male monkeys prefer toy cars, females like dolls... Settles THAT argument!

...Like little boys, some male monkeys moved a toy car along the ground. Like little girls, female monkeys closely inspected a doll's bottom. Males also played with balls while females fancied cooking pots. Both were equally interested in neutral objects such as a picture book and a stuffed dog....

One wonders why it took so long for someone to do this research?

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Lego Sculptures based on Mathematics

...some reason it didn't seem to have occurred to anyone to make abstract sculptures from LEGO, let alone anything mathematical...

Neat! And lots of interesting links off of the page to other interesting LEGO sites. One day....

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Ensnared Whale "Thanks" Rescuers after being Cut Free

When she was free, she swam in what seemed like joyous circles, then returned to each and every diver, and nudged them, she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same."

OK, someone remind me, WE are the only thinking species, yeah, right...

See also the original story (while it's still available) HERE

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Sex offender killer used sex offender registry and GPS to hunt victims

A Cape Breton man who killed two sex offenders in Maine visited the homes of another four sex offenders but no one answered the door.

Well, didn't take too long for this to happen!

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195 Free Online Programming Books

Categorized by Language, A Very Nice List

Need Reference? Click below!

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All of Berkley's course audio now on iTunes for Free! Free College?

This is an amazing compilation of courses from Berkeley University! You should definitely check it out!

Got an iPod, get an education!

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Check out Disney's Reuse

Every animation studio does it, and if done well it's hard to spot. When shown side by side, it's pretty interesting to see how scenes from completely different movies have been reused.

Russian site, but the pictures tend to tell the whole story.

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It's out... and it's $17,500.00

it's the motion picture camera to change it all... camcorder sized, 35 mm performance. 4520X2540 pixels DATA TO BURN At the heart of RED lives the 12-megapixel Mysterium CMOS sensor.

Hmm, interesting idea, like to see more specs on this...

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Amazing Device That Allows Divers To 'See' Using Tounge

By routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, ...a narrow strip of red plastic connects the Brain Port to the tongue where 144 microelectrodes transmit information through nerve fibers to the brain.

Hmm, not quite what the Sci-Fi books envision, but it's a start!

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Prices of GAS acrossed the USA. Color coded MAP. Ver Cool

See where the gas prices are cheap in your area.
See what the prices are acrossed the lands ...

Hmm, lots of interesting data on this site... http://www.gasbuddy.com

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Ban the incandescent light bulb.

The traditional light bulb is a wasteful relic of the past. It's past time for them to be phased out in favor of more efficient and, in the long run cheaper lighting methods.

Don't hear our government suggesting anything on this track, it would be easy enough though...

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RIAA/MPAA to get gift from Congress: More DMCA restrictions

For the last few years, a coalition of technology companies, academics and computer programmers has been trying to persuade Congress to scale back the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Now Congress is preparing to do precisely the opposite.

Just lovely, write your Representative in Congress and the Senate, this is just plain going too far!

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Apple 1984 Newsweek Advertising Insert

In the Fall of 1984 Apple published a 16-page (with fold-out) advertising insert in Newsweek magazine. For many, this was the first "up-close" experience with a Macintosh - detailing the radical features of this new computer.

Will have to revisit this, brings back fond memories!

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Amazing Pictures of Manhattan

This guy has some amazing HDR wideangles of Manhattan. Simply... stunning.

Neat stuff, there is so much hidden at www.flickr.com!

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Free Shipping Worth More Than A Bigger Discount

Article about thoughts on the values to online stores of offering free shipping. I like the way this guy thinks!

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Read Here.

Big Brother is Listening!

Whistle blower speaks with Richard Stiennon and Barrett Lyon about AT&T's funneling of data and voice traffic into the NSA's analysis centers. A chilling podcast!

I'll have to give this a listen, you might want to too...

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Amazing photographs of rainbow

I thought I'd seen my share of amazing rainbow photographs until I saw this one.

Beautiful shots!

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Top 10 Strangest Home Gadgets

So you've seen the strangest iPod accessories, Lego creations, and even MP3 players, now our editors bring you the Top 10 Strangest (or coolest) Home Gadgets.

Love this stuff!

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Artist's family asks Google to take down Thursday's `painted' logo

After angering authors last fall with a wide-ranging book-copying project, Google may now be alienating some visual artists as well by allegedly reproducing famous works in drawings on the search giant's home page.

What a crock of shit, this banner art that Google did intorduced me to this artist for the first time, I would not have known as much as I do now if not for Google! Now I know enough to know that this artist's family is "protected" buy a bunch of legal-eagle fools!

Geez I hate DRM!

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Apple to build new 50-acre campus in California

Apple Computer is planning to build a new, 50-acre campus near its present headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., chief executive Steve Jobs said this week.

Cool! It will be interesting to see what kind of buildings are put here!

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"Hey Steve, 99¢? No Problem!" Record Biz Sing Jobs' iTunes After All

The record industry may be on the verge of waving the white flag in front of Apple boss Steve Jobs, and abandoning its demand for iTunes to charge different prices for different songs.

Millions more iPods in the field, market leadership like nobody else's, yeah, I think Jobs can dictate term.

Heh, heh, heh. ^.^

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All Visual Studio Express Editions are now Permanently Free!

"Dear Visual Studio Express community, we are incredibly excited to announce that effective April 19th, 2006, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions including Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual J#, Visual C++, and Visual Web Developer Express will be free permanently!"

Also check out the cool new tools.

Hmm, free programming languages from Microsoft, do my eyes deceive me? Where's the catch?

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A humorous take on photos from the early days of computing

Here are nine examples of computer promotional photography sent to newspapers in the 60s and 70s.

Amazing examples of trying to sell Univacs with 1960's sex!

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Top 20 Strangest Gadgets and Accessories

I came across this list of really strange gadgets and accessories. Check it out.

Cute stuff!

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Bill Nye Angers Some Creationists During Lecture

Bill Nye (The Science Guy) made some statements about Genesis during a lecture, causing some creationists in the audience to get up and leave, exclaiming "I believe in God!".

Gotta love it!

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