So I found a couple of the links I wanted to impart my knowledge to you with:
- Bitpim - This is basically a free open-source workaround to send and receive data to your cell phone without having to pay your provider any $$$. In the words of Justin Otis, “It’s freaking sweet.”
- Reality TV hits home in Baghdad - A new reality show dubbed “Labor and Materials” partakes in the rebuilding of Baghdad (similar to Extreme Home Makeover which I have to admit is a pretty swankin’ show).
- The Methuselah Foundation - “Promoting Research to Extend the Healthy Human Lifespan.” The foundation put together a cash-prize contest in which whomever is able to keep a Mus musculus (generic lab mouse) alive the longest wins big money (and no wammies). It’s a fairly novel and innovative endeavor at tackling the disease known as “ageing.” [Get it off, it wrinkles!]
- Meteor clue to end of Middle East civilisations - “SCIENTISTS have found the first evidence that a devastating meteor impact in the Middle East might have triggered the mysterious collapse of civilisations more than 4,000 years ago.”
- Marathon Man: Astronomer Sleuths Revise Date of Ancient Run - It’s the BC equivalent to Y2K. Sparta was using a different calendar system than Athens was, therefore a month was lost in the process. As a result, everyone lost their virginity.
- Ancient Olympians: not exactly heroes - “While the Olympics’ 3 000-year history is dotted with the heroic champions like the wrestler Arrhichion who fought to the death, researchers say they also were plagued by cheating, scandal, gambling and outsized egos.” Via Lying Luke.
- Monkey Apes Humans by Walking on Two Legs - “A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only - aping humans - after a near death experience, the zoo’s veterinarian said Wednesday.” Dude, check out the pic below, kind of freaky deaky like that ET home video scene in Signs.
