Friday, January 23, 2009
Still In One Piece
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"A minor earthquake occurred at 7:42:44 PM (PST) on Friday, January 23, 2009. The magnitude 3.4 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) WNW of Marina del Rey, CA. The hypocentral depth is 7 km ( 5 miles)." - Link
New Fault Raises Threat of Eastern Earthquakes
"A newfound earthquake fault in Arkansas could eventually be the site of a major earthquake that would rock much of the south and east, according to news reports. A major gas pipeline is said to be near the fault and at risk." - Link
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Donating Bone Marrow, Saving Lives
"Steve Karas and Matthew Welling share a special bond. They aren't related. In fact, they had never even met until 3-year-old Matthew needed a life-saving bone marrow transplant two years ago." - Link (CNN)
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Naughty Speed Camera Prank
"Some high school students in Maryland are reportedly taping fake license plates to their cars, then speeding past speed cameras so that owners of the cars with the real license plates get fined." - Link (via Boing Boing)
Friday, November 14, 2008
Spam Drop by Two-Thirds After Firm Goes Offline
"The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline." - Washington Post (via Uberreview)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Brain-only Computer Interfaces Becoming Reality
I got a little weepy at the end while watching this. Not just from considering our future cyborg overlords either. - Link (via lifehacker.com)
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