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Google Maps, UK. I’m thrilled!

MIT pulls a prank on the World Multi-Conference on Systemics by submitting a computer-generated paper titled “Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy”. I was among the people spammed by Nagib Callaos, the organizer of the conference.

The students were soliciting cash donations so they could attend the conference and give what Stribling billed as a “completely randomly-generated talk, delivered entirely with a straight face.” They exceeded their goal, with $2,311.09 cents from 165 donors.

An incredibly detailed look into the rescue of the Apollo 13 mission.

What follows is a little known story, even to many involved in the Apollo 13 mission. While they have been complimented on rapidly getting the lunar module into lifeboat mode, stretching its resources to keep the crew alive for the journey back to Earth, few realize the lunar module controllers first had to overcome a basic problem: how to get the lunar module to turn on at all.

The Corporate Takeover Photoshop contests has some cool pictures: Revlon’s lip service, AT&T’s takeover of the moon, and Microsoft toilet.

Yahoo’s Buzz Game tracks various technology markets, and lets people bet on which one will win. So, for instance, C leads language, Livejournal leads blogs, Flickr leads tags, and Bittorrent leads P2P.

D-Lib magazine reviews Social Bookmarking Tools.

Adobe Photoshop comic art effect.

MERLOT is like a Wikipedia for online learning materials are collected here (along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments).

Compare Yahoo and Google searches. This site lets you compare the rankings of each site on identical searches with Yahoo and Google.

Surprises lurk in satellite maps. Like the tsunami hitting Sri Lanka, an erupted volcano, bombing at Baghdad, etc.