I’ve been groving on http://digg.com for a while now, and of course I’m not the only one. Another Digg fan has been doing some, ah, digging around to get some info on the site:
Recently, I have been using Digg instead of Slashdot to get all of my geek news, tech, info, and deals. I hardly ever use Slashdot any more because Digg usually has the same links as well as a lot more interesting links. Now that Digg is becoming so popular here is a little more info about it.
CNET’s 10 hot vehicles for techies
I’ve got another year of payments to make on my 2001 Xterra, and I’ll probably keep it for a year or two after just to enjoy some time with no monthly car payments.
That said, I’m still looking forward to my next car already..something a bit more high-tech. C|Net’s article has me drooling. 🙂
Thanks to Scott for bringing this one to my attention:
Astronomers: Earth’s ‘bigger cousin’ detected
This, to me, is huge. Think about how long its been since the first extra-solar planet was found. Just a few years, right? And already we’ve gone from gas giants to the first rocky worlds.
I can’t help but think that this all but proves that there are other planets out there capable of sustaining life. We’ve looked a such a tiny percentage of the galaxy and we’re already finding planets. Its likely that eventually one (or dozens) will be found in the right ‘belt’ to have liquid water.
And while this doesn’t mean that there’s any other life out there, it does mean that there are horizons still to be explored.
It saddens me that I grew up with the Apollo program and the future held such promise and then…it just stopped. For 30 years the exploration of space crawled forward where it had been bounding before.
I truly hope that the kids who’re growing up with SpaceShipOne and other private space exploration endeavors see the excitment build and build, rather than dropping off. We need the room and the resources, but most of all, as a race, we need to keep exploring.
Report: Five worst jobs for young workers – Jun. 9, 2005
My god, can we swaddle the world in any more layers of padding? Now they’re saying that lawn mowing is one of the 5 most dangerous jobs for teenagers.
“Working to help save for college, contribute to your family’s budget, or just to enjoy some spending cash is a great idea,” said Darlene Adkins, vice president for fair labor standards policy at the consumer organization. “But teenagers and their parents need to ask: is this safe work?”
The article goes on to say that more than 175 teens died on the job in 2001. I’d love to know what percentage of the teen workforce that represents. And in that same year, how many teens died while riding their bikes to a sporting event?
Cut the damned apron strings, will you America!?
Thanks to Kevin Gerich for pointing me to this.
t3h blox0r is an RSS aggregator along the lines of bloglines, but its built on Gecko’s XUL toolkit. So you’ll need Firefox or something along those lines to use it. (Firefox is a great browser anyway, if you don’t have it, get it.) Anyway, it’s a lot more ‘slick’ than Bloglines. I think I’ll be switching…
UPDATE: Nope, I won’t be switching, yet. Some of my feeds that work in bloglines don’t work in blox0r. I imagine they’ll get that sorted out, though. I’ll check back in later.
DLO Flexible Dock Cable for iPod shuffle
I don’t have an iPod Shuffle, but if I did, this would be a pretty neat gizmo to have since the USB ports on my iMac are on the back of the system.
Mars rover freed from sand dune
They clearly need a ‘let some air out of the tires’ routine for situations like these. 🙂
I honestly didn’t realize these rovers were still crawling around on Mars. Anyone know how long they’ll run for?