At Google I/O Google VP Vic Gundotra and his co-presenters showcased a dizzying array of announcements and products to come. Included among them was Google’s iTunes competitor, soon to come to market, and well as a range of new richer mobile ad formats. [More]

You need some science fiction, and you need it now. Unfortunately, you don't have a ton of money to spend. But as long as you have an internet connection, these resources will help you get free books and stories online. [More]

Here is the list of books that will officially induce mindfucks, sorted alphabetically by author. Those authors in bold have been recommended by one or more people as being generally mindfucking - any books listed under their names are particularly odd. [More]

Cheatsheets and various quick reference guides are available for almost any type of software and language these days. Listed here are more than 100 cheat sheets and reference cards. [More]

So what’s the lesson here? Politicians should ignore the experts and do what makes people happy, even if it’s unlikely to have much long-term benefit? Politicians should never expect the public to appreciate their efforts unless there’s some kind of individual payoff? Politicians should stay out of the economy, because no one is ever satisfied anyway?

Pick any one of those. Just don’t run for president or prime minister if you want to be popular. [More]

Method that generates photon triplets could be a boon for quantum information. [More]

Ever dreamed about cutting your job hunting time in half? Well now you can with ResumeRabbit.com. [More]

If there is an aspect of the human condition that is unaddressed by the platform of the Republican Party of Iowa , adopted last month at the state convention in Des Moines, you'd have to look awfully hard to find it. [More]

This is simply awesome! Today the US Copyright Office issued new rules that make it legal to make changes to your device
and software. This means now you can jailbreak your iphone or rip a DVD that you own! [More]

Ironically, one of the best places to learn about the past is with the technologies of the future, as web lectures abound from renowned lecturers and college campuses around the world. Here you’ll find 100 of these lectures that will help you indulge your history enthusiasm by learning about everything from the fall of the Berlin wall to ancient Egyptian history and just about anything in between. [More]

Scientists celebrated Sunday after finding more than 700 suspected new planets -- including up to 140 similar in size to Earth -- in just six weeks of using a powerful new space observatory. [More]

Michael Talbot (1953-1992), was the author of a number of books highlighting parallels between ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics, and espousing a theoretical model of reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram. In The Holographic Universe, Talbot made many references to the work of David Bohm and Karl Pribram, and it is quite apparent that the combined work of Bohm and Karl Pribram is largely the cornerstone upon which Talbot built his ideas. [More]

We've put together a list of 30 of our favorite web apps and services [More]

No more dirty looks. [More]

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The travel Web site did a survey to find the best city for food cart culture and Portland earned the top spot. [More]

Obama signs the Wall Street reform bill. [More]

Viennese scientists are trying to understand the mysteries of the holographic principle: How many dimensions are there in our universe? [More]

Scientists in Hanover, Germany, working on the GEO 600, which is an instrument that detects gravitational waves, believe they have discovered a “granulation” in space-time that indicates that our universe is nothing more than a giant hologram. [More]

Every action and all matter that has developed in the universe conforms to what we know as reality. The idea that our universe passes like a giant's dream, or like a product of a very complex virtual reality program, more closely resembles an ingenious science fiction script than the crude and imperfect world in which we move every day. [More]

How much money is in a Brinks truck? [More]

Greg Rutter's Second Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're A Loser or Old or Something [More]

Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're a Loser or Old or Something [More]

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