Engadget HOW-TO: Upgrade your organic dog

"Over the course of a day or so, we had the dog take photos. Most of them were pretty good, for a dog."

Cures before cash

New Scientist has a very interesting interview with Victoria Hale, who has set up a non-profit pharmaceutical company to address diseases the big companies are ignoring:

"The problem is the [pharmaceutical] industry is so profitable, so these diseases don't make it onto the radar"

Eric's Archived Thoughts: They Got It Fixed Right On

Interesting comments on an "age of innocence" (pop songs in this case) that certainly never existed.

How to handle media attention...

...According to the West Coast Brownlow medal winner, Chris Judd:

"If there is a microphone, I try and talk, and if there is a camera, I'll try and look pretty"

New Scientist: Traffic deaths rise after terror attacks

I knew that you're more likely to die in a car accident than a terrorist attack, but terrorist attacks causing car accidents makes the whole thing a lot more complicated!

Where'd I leave my boat?

The NASA Earth observatory has an amazing before and after photo of Pensacola, Florida, after Hurricane Ivan hit.

My New Favourite Language

I think I've jumped on the Python bandwagon after reading Dive into Python

Update: I'm a bit slow off the mark though.

New Scientist: Google's Gmail inspires imaginative 'hacks'

Sun ZFS

The weirdness of crowds

This is a very interesting idea. Would make a really good high-school maths class project. Also see the follow-up.

Space

• Space probes feel cosmic tug of bizarre forces
• Crashed capsule may still reveal solar secrets and Lots of Science Intact in Smashed-Up Genesis Capsule. Makes you wonder why they bothered trying t catch it in the first place...

Dear diary, you make me sick | New Scientist

"We decided to test the idea that writing is cathartic"

Kite Aerial Photography

projectcensored.org

The Age of the Essay

Yet another excellent Paul Graham essay, this time on essays!

Hey, Hold my Beer and Watch this...

Toxic tatties | New Scientist Lastword

This is a bit scary. May have to think again about how I prepare potatoes!

perl.com: Hacking Perl in Nightclubs

Creating music using a little "band" of programs all edited and controlled in real-time.

Changing the System

From The Big Issue. Interesting point that there is nothing in the Australian Constitution to prevent our Government going to war against our wishes.

Tonight on ABC TV: Soundtrack to War