“Terra preta is found only where people lived, which means that it is an artificial, human-made soil, dating from before the arrival of Europeans. Neves and his colleagues have been trying to find out how the Amazon's peoples made it, and why. The soil is rich in vital minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, zinc, and manganese, which are scarce in most tropical soils. But its most striking ingredient is charcoal—vast quantities of it, the source of terra preta's color.” - Amit Patel
for clarification, I didnt shop that :). A friend of mine point me to the link. - Alvin Woon
Sorry to say this, but I have to: at least our crown prince Willem Alexander looks slightly intelligent when he's enthousiastic about somebody's Olympic medal. - Ton Zijp
"Hey little one, have you seen my asshole? It looks like this. Ask my wife, Ronald McDonald, she'll tell you." - Jason Wehmhoener via Alert Thingy
ahaha Jason that was very funny. Now just be aware the Secret Service may be visiting all your asses shortly. - Nathan Rein
dang, it's hard to imagine how they could be more goofy and unappealing in a photo - Mark Schulz
Hey guys keep an eye on @amandachapel on Twitter I think the new persona is not Brian Connolly the Failed PR blogger but some usa government watch group! Watch your Asses! - Igor The Troll
For anyone who might be visiting or interested in Machu Picchu, take a look a this gigapixel image with a zoomable web UI. - Amit Patel
I read this as "Mega Mega Pikachu - 1.5 GigaPixel" and wondered why anyone would that much detail for a cartoon character that can probably be accurately/completely represented with a 128 x 128 image. - Mihai Parparita
Its really amazing to see each and every individual in that mega sized image :) - Krishna
"However, Mr. Angry Overreaction Man decided that he now had a problem with me. He confronted me, demanding my camera. Of course, I refused. He got in my face and started threatening me, telling me that I cannot take his photo without his permission. I told him that yes, in fact, I can. He then walked up and bumped into me, trying to act tough. I told him that one more touch and I would call the police.
Of course, he didn’t like that very much, and at that point told me that if I put his picture on the internet, he would call his laywer. I assured him that his photo would be on the internet" - Paul Buchheit
"Mr. Angry Overreaction Man" is the best phrase I've heard all day. Brilliant. - Matt Harwood
Awesome. I think he deserves to be a new meme. Not only put him up on the internet, but make prints and post them all over the place, make tshirts, videos, ytmnd animations, and on and on and on. - Bill Bittner
lets call him MAO - Man with Angry Overreaction - viki saigal
what an inventive way to make sure that your portrait is widely popularized and massively linked to :D - 9000
@viki is that politically correct? (do we care?) - Alex von Halem
@viki Ahem! That's Mr. Angry Overreaction Man to you! (MOAM) - Kevin D. White
From the look of the guy, you'd just better watch out for detached equine crania in your nocturnal rest area. Uh-oh, did Slippy just use an Italian-American stereotype? You bet he did, but just in fun, honest! - Slippy Lane
Tudor, wait, where does the weird part come in? (ahem, ⓞnor, you're not allowed to answer) - j1m
It's unusual to use Eclipse for non-Java work, though theoretically it supports many languages. And I keep forgetting that FF uses Java, at least for indexing with Lucene (I think?). - ⓞnor