August 2012
21 posts
“Last week Assange attempted to sneak out of the embassy in a very big laundry basket but his plans were ruined when he published them on the Wikileaks website.”
—Assange to be tempted from embassy with trail of secrets
Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram | ExtremeTech →
extremetech.com
This makes Johnny Mnemonic looks very dated indeed…
BBC News - Pussy Riot: Kasparov arrested outside Moscow court →
bbc.co.uk
What’s that… you DON’T support Putin? TO THE BUS WITH YOU!
writeLaTeX →
writelatex.com
Another collaborative LaTeX writing tool. Could this be the one?
'Just kidding, don't shoot me!': Canadians ridicule unarmed US tourist's fears →
brisbanetimes.com.au
Nothing like a little bit of fun being poked at the US’s gun obsession.
Pathfinder Mission, 1997, landing site →
mars.arounder.com
One rover meets another on the surface of Mars.
“There has also been controversy after a French rider’s dad accused Team GB of using illegal spokey dokeys to gain an aerodynamic advantage.”
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Olympics BMX dilemma as final clashes with tea time
Oh man.
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