On 12 January 1992 or 1997, HAL, from 2001: A Space Odessy, became operational. The difference in dates depends on whether you are reading the novel based on the movie (1997) or watching the movie (1992) which was based on an earlier short story "The Sentinal".
via wired
is it my 2nd cousin or my 1st cousin twice removed
A nice chart to figure out all those weird relationships.
wikipedia
wattzon
This is another graphical free online tool to quantify, track, compare and understand the total amount of energy needed to support all of the facets of your lifestyle.
wattzon
northern lights / aurora borealis
boing boing has links to some excellent photos.
iTable
this looks better than Microsoft Surface, and no it's not for the Mac, despite the name.
via crunchgear
quite the staircase
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