Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] CNN’s telepresence debut (see how it works here, see what’s been done before CNN here)
• [Health] First complete cancer genome sequenced
• [Politics] What Happens when Countries Go Bankrupt?
• [Economy] 100,000 Chinese Factories Closing: Orders Off; Regulations Up
  
• [Man-made] Brain-only Computer Interfaces Becoming Reality (can’t wait till it gets mainstream)
• [Psychology] Think graphic design doesn’t matter? (an important point)

ENTERTAINMENT

• 9 of the Most Bizarre Animal Defense Mechanisms
• The Top Ten Reasons iTunes Sucks (bless you, Scott Gilbertson!)
• Unruly Children To Be Punished With ‘Innovative’ Foot Massages (too WTF not to post here)
• Russian Basso Profondo: The Lowest Voices (unearthly)
• A Flood collapses road in a few minutes
• TIME’s Best Inventions of 2008 (worth checking out for the diversity of inventions alone)
  

WEEKLY TRIBUTE
A small tribute to true pressure. It comes with added bonus sometimes…

My congrats to the man, but I refuse to make a big deal out of it. Hearing and reading about people who say they couldn’t believe a non-caucasian person would ever become president of a western nation makes me feel friggin shocked above all. Then sad…because for a split second I realize how right all these people actually were. Then happy…because we were all proven wrong. Then sad again…because its almost 2009 and we’re all applauding something that’s way over due…

(via: all the usual and unusual blogs and sites that I’ve got in Google Reader)

For more random stuff subscribe to Geekofriendly.

Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] The Story Behind Google’s New Favicon
• [IT] Overview of Firefox 3
• [Future] Cisco Experimenting with an On-Stage Telepresence Experience (that I haven’t heard of this before is almost as mindboggling as the technology itself)
• [Economy] [Nature] Why bananas are a parable for our times (via Nina. You will be missed dearly ’till September!)
• [Man-made] [Nature] TED Talks – Mark Bittman: What’s wrong with what we eat (easily in my “Top 10″ TED Talks list)
• [Psychology] Humans can ‘see’ future (thought-provoking)

ENTERTAINMENT

• MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU (one word…RESTECPA!)
• Just cool pictures
• High times for medicinal marijuana
• Moog Unveils Badass Guitar with Infinite Sustain
• Building America’s Most Extreme New Roller Coaster
• What Happens When You Go Number 2 in Space? (if you’re on the romantic side, you might wanna skip this one)

WEEKLY TRIBUTE
It’s exam time and most of us are in a rush. Lousy weather here in Ljubljana comes mighty handy for a change! I’ve been busy as fuck these last couple of days and most of my friends feel it too:-/…sorry guys, will make it up to you!

A small tribute to spending these exam days as wisely and productively as possible!

.

(via: all the usual blogs and sites that I’ve got in Google Reader)