Looks pretty awesome - j1m

"In the lower courts, according to a study Professor Long published in the Washington & Lee Law Review last year, Mr. Dylan is by far the most cited songwriter. He has been quoted in 26 opinions. Paul Simon is next, with 8 (12 if you count those attributed to Simon & Garfunkel). Bruce Springsteen has 5." What, no Tupac? - Nathan Young via Bookmarklet

"Because we know that dinosaur bones were really planted by Beelzebub." - Nathan Young

"In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online social networks. He called the whole thing a “réseau,” which might be translated as “network” — or arguably, “web.”" - Nathan Young

Arguably the most dramatic game of a great day for watching sport. Down 0-2, Turkey scored three goals in the last 15 minutes to advance to the quarters of Euro 2008. Missing from this video is the fact that Turkey played a man down (their keeper no less) during stoppage time! Classic reaction from the announcers after the game winner. - Nathan Young

"Obama raised $18 million in Northern California - $1.5 million more than he raised in the southern half of the state. He collected $1 in Northern California for every 17 cents raised by McCain and for every 62 cents raised by his primary contender Sen. Hilary Clinton, who did most of her fundraising in the southern part of the state. In Southern California, Obama raised $1 for every 41 cents raised by McCain and every 97 cents raised by Clinton." - Nathan Young

"Scientists argue that the brain has evolved to see a split second into the future when it perceives motion. Because it takes the brain at least a tenth of a second to model visual information, it is working with old information. By modeling the future during movement, it is “seeing” the present." - Nathan Young

"...partly shrouded on the trailer of a red Peterbilt truck, sat a sculpture made of hundreds of thousands of [Erector Set truss] pieces, painstakingly screwed together into a sturdy, almost crystalline creation. In essence, he had transformed a toy inspired by Manhattan buildings into a toy building approaching the size of some real buildings in Manhattan." So cool. My childhood dream come true... - Nathan Young

"All Hindus know that Hanuman can lift mountains and leap oceans, but ancient texts make no mention of his business acumen." Ah yes, another candidate for: http://wtfcnn.blogspot.com/ - Nathan Young

"Among the top 10 picks is an ornate sleeper ray -- Electrolux addisoni -- whose name reflects "the vigorous sucking action displayed on the videotape of the feeding ray" from the east coast of South Africa that "may rival a well-known electrical device used to suck the detritus from carpets."" - Nathan Young

The answer's not really a surprise, but I'm fan of all the wooly animals (mammoths, rhinos, monkeys...), so I couldn't pass this one up. - Nathan Young

"This week, it’s unlikely that there will be much good news coming from China. But the rescue crews will, one hopes, make progress, and there may be reason for some Sichuan-style optimism." - Nathan Young

I feel really sad whenever I think about the earthquake. I visited some of these exact towns just last fall. It's hard to imagine how different it must all look now. - Ana

Story about the experience in and around the Wolong Nature Reserve: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05... - Nathan Young

Some beautiful pictures of these weird sea creatures. Be sure to check out the photo gallery. - Nathan Young

Wow, cool. I thought these were plush toys at first. - Ana

WOW! Unbelievable! - Maryam Ardakani

"Politics in the 21st century relies heavily on spin, the Internet and heavy-rotation television advertisements, but you still win on the ground — and Obama’s ground game in Allen County trampled Clinton’s." - Nathan Young

I love it! Go Fort Wayne! "Obama supporters signed up 5,676 people to vote, according to Allen County Voter Registration board member Deb Morrone. Clinton supporters signed up 49." - Ana

"An elaborate phenotypic architecture can be produced by the interplay of a relatively small number of components. The difficulties evolution faced in generating your teeth—those lovely permutations on a theme—are minimized by the use of subtle algorithmic variations, by rules and formulas that can only be discerned by looking beyond the genome to the epigenetic processes that shape the actual tissues." - Nathan Young

One of my favorite bits: "An Obama Presidency may approach both government bureaucracy and obstacles to Obama’s policy prescriptions the same way the Obama campaign has come to dominate caucuses against the Hillary Clinton campaign: provide supporters (and citizens) in depth information on how to team up and then explain to them the steps they have to take to prevail." - Ana

I've liked all the movies scripted by Kaufman, so it'll be interesting to see how he does as a director. - Nathan Young

Wow, I can't wait for this movie. Eternal Sunshine is one of my favorite movies ever. That said, I read the line "spoilers ahead" in this review and stopped reading. I want to be as surprised as I was for every bit of Adaptation :) - Ana

Plus [geek alert!], "synecdoche" was always one of my favorite words growing up... - Ana

You would've been awesome in my seventh grade english class then. I have bad memories of needing to remember and identify a parade of figures of speech... - Nathan Young

For those of you still manning the phones this weekend...keep up the good work :-) - Nathan Young

"If turnout for the primary is 50%, as some analysts expect, these new converts would account for about 3% of the total vote -- and presumably a larger share of Obama's tally." - Nathan Young

Woohoo! Made 250 calls today :) - Ana

Ana++, Nathan++ - j1m

Turns out this morning was not the best time to try and get my visa... - Nathan Young

Oh my goodness :( I loved his movies. I can't believe he's dead. - Ana

Yeah, some of his movies are among my all time favorites. It's a shock to think there won't be any more... - Nathan Young

Ooh, so cool! Where's the FriendFeed station? :) - Ana

Fully expecting it to be right in the middle of next year's edition :) - Nathan Young

"Arguably cute and spanning at most 20 cm from head to tail, the rough-skinned newt packs pretty near the most poisonous punch known to the animal kingdom. ... Some Taricha newts could wipe out thousands of mice or a clutch of humans with their toxic issue." So, a "clutch" is the mass noun for people? Good to know. - ⓞnor

Methinks she transposed her plurals, but still: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/abou... - Nathan Young

"Paper-folding enthusiasts in Japan want to push the envelope by launching 100 small paper planes from the International Space Station. The Japan Origami Plane Association came up with the idea in the late 1990s. Their plan got its first scientific test last month, when a team demonstrated that a 7-cm-long, 5-cm-wide model of the space shuttle made from heat-resistant paper could survive Mach 7 (about 8500 km/h) wind speeds and 200°C temperatures in the Hypersonic and High-Enthalpy Wind Tunnel at the University of Tokyo. Shinji Suzuki, an aerospace scientist at the university who conducted the tests, hopes the project will help designers of lightweight aircraft and inspire schoolchildren to study science and engineering. Suzuki figures that he'll need a few years to convince NASA that the project meets its safety standards. If the agency approves, astronauts will launch 20-cm-long planes carrying multilingual messages with instructions to return any that reach Earth safely and are recovered." - Nathan Young

I have to say, the thought that NASA's mission may be reduced to having astronauts throw paper airplanes on us from orbit is not very inspiring... - Nathan Young

"Let's call it the Solomon Solution: Seat the Florida and Michigan delegations at the convention and divide their votes equally between Clinton and Obama. That would be a fair deal for Clinton, who won 50 percent of the vote in Florida and 55 percent in Michigan, where Obama's name was not even on the ballot. An even split would not change the delegate math in either candidate's favor, but it would accomplish what everyone says they want - the seating of these two "rogue" delegations at the convention." - Nathan Young

all foods should have a deliciousness scale/rating! - Jess Lee

If they did I'd have to put wagyu near the top and maybe natto or hijiki at the bottom :) - Nathan Young

Great idea that I wish I heard about a few days ago... - Nathan Young

This O'Bama shirt is newly available (and not backordered yet) on his site, just in time for St. Patrick's day: http://store.barackobama.com/p... - Ana

As technically savvy as the Obama campaign is, the fulfillment side of their operation is pretty bad. 4-6 weeks backorder for just about everything is crazy, especially since we're talking about tshirts not Wiis... - Nathan Young

"...at least one thing about Texas remain[s] predictable: It has always appreciated a good old-fashioned showdown." - Nathan Young