Yeah, it has been a while. Lumpy has been a bad blogger of the late. If you follow my life at all you will know I have been busy. Such is. The good news is that I have almost three weeks of interesting links for you. So lets start.
- According to this blog we have broken an interesting speed barrier. Can you say "Warp factor 7 Mr. Sulu."
- Over at Adfreak, I noticed an new twist on Its Al in the Name.
- FlashFog is a neat anti-theft device I found over at this wired news article. I wonder if the thief still flees if they are really into the club scene?
- I have often wondered how long it would take for web apps to catch on more. According to this Information Week article, the FAA may switch from XP to Google Apps and Linux Combo.
- Now that we are firmly entrenched in the digital age, we all generate a great deal of information. Wired News reports and interesting problem; Where do we put it all?
- Seems that Information Overload may have some benefits.
- Chris Pirillo created a bit of a hissy when he announced he was breaking up with Vista, many are now commenting on it.
- Hybrid Vehicle are a Threat to Blind Pedestrians.
- Move over remote control planes, China has remote control pigeons.
- The folks over at bloglines may be loosing users to Google Reader but they have launched ImageWall
- Speaking of Google Reader, it seems that not all are happy with the reader. For the record, thanks to greasemonkey and some hacks, I do not see myself going back anytime soon.
- Over at MAKE, they have a keyboard mod that, in my opinion, lack any real functionality but looks kewl enough where I am tempted to try it. Take time to read the comments and you will find that many others also think it is very sweet.
- Well if this trend continues, the doctors will have something else to find wrong with me. Should Internet Addiction be considered an illness? People have told me I need a 12 step program...
- Wired news reports of a fetish cafe. Kinda Scary to me.
- Now this is scary. Bees are dying off in groves. Our economy could get stung by this for the little bug is major pollinator. According to another article on this subject, it adds up to about 15 billion dollars annually. Here is another article on the same subject.
- Remember the X-files? "The Truth is Out There." Turns out that the X-Files may be out there as well.
- Lots of Lego at this Toy Fair. (Source Cnet News)
- Power failures are always bad but how about on The International Space Station?
- Looks like there is another area of debate regarding global warming.
- Speaking of science, phychology is pointing out the obvious ; Money Changes Everything
- I really wonder about this one. I can see why deodorant might set off a fire alarm but I am frightened by the fact that any being could use so much deodorant. Can you say shower?
- There has been talk about models promoting the wrong figure. Restraints are now offering free meals to the thin. I wonder are the same resturaunts going to ban the obese?
- This is a neat physics trick. Walking on water and cornstarch.
- This young baby gives a whole new twist to the words big baby
- If you read here often you know I like Lego sculptures. I want this desk
- My friends tell me I have too much time on my hands but how about a 7 page article on how the batsuit works? I confess I did not read the whole thing.
