"Exploit the Earth or Die": Looks like I'll have to get one of these t-shirts!

Exploit the Earth or die. It's not a threat. It's a fact. Either man takes the Earth’s raw materials -- such as trees, petroleum, aluminum, and atoms -- and transforms them into the requirements of his life, or he dies. To live, man must produce the goods on which his life depends; he must produce homes, automobiles, computers, electricity, and the like; he must seize nature and use it to his advantage. There is no escaping this fact. Even the allegedly "noble" savage must pick or perish. Indeed, even if a person produces nothing, insofar as he remains alive he indirectly exploits the Earth by parasitically surviving off the exploitative efforts of others.

The fact annoys some people. But it shouldn't: Hence our "Exploit the Earth or Die" campaign.

Video tutorial on pen tricks. (Via Cynical-C.)

"Teen cracks AU$84 million porn filter in 30 minutes".

(That's approximately $69 million in US dollars.) This is the software theat the Australian government was giving out to schools to keep students from viewing porn. I think this young man is going to be the most popular high school kid in Australia... (Via Bruce Schneier.)

Headline of the day (real-life, not a parody): "Tiny brain no obstacle to French civil servant".

Includes images from his brain CT and MRI scan. I'll leave any political commentary to others. (Via Marginal Revolution.)

"How ads affect our memory."

Invention of the day: The iRobot gutter-cleaning robot. Can the Woomba be far behind?

More details on the Google GPhone.

"Apple now sells more than one in six laptops in U.S.":

The market share increase pushed Apple past Gateway Inc. into third place on NPD's list of laptop sales leaders, behind Hewlett-Packard Co. and Toshiba Corp. Research firm IDC also has Apple in the third spot; data it released last month put Apple's share of U.S. sales at 5.6%, far behind leaders HP (28.4%) and Dell (23.6%) but tied with Gateway.

(Via Instapundit.)

Can a roller coaster scare you to death? Here's an interesting physiology tidbit:

Interestingly -- if not surprisingly -- the maximum increase in heart rate occurred not during the drops and racing, but in the anticipation phase, as the cars slowly ascended to their maximum height and the riders thought about what was to come. The maximum heart rate for some riders exceeded 200 beats per minute.

Interesting article on the legal status of unlocked iPhones. (Via Instapundit.)

Technology Review dissects the iPhone.

"Are weathermen checked for forecast accuracy?"

I've spent too much time perusing this blog on EDC (every day carry) items.

"Monkeys Use Baby Talk With Infants". (Via SciTechDaily.)

2/3rds of your ancestors are women. (Via Andrew Breese.)

Mathematics of mutating computer worms.

The only flowchart you'll ever need. (Via Boing Boing.)

Klingon language computer keyboard. (Via Gravity Lens.)

Which is the safest seat on an airplane?

Too bad I didn't get the ZunePhone instead...