30 April 2005
That’s no planet…
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Planet ’seen’ around distant sun
“The planet, known as 2M1207B, is about five times the size of Jupiter and is orbiting at a distance nearly twice as far as Neptune is from our Sun.”
29 April 2005
That Ol’ Dot-Com Magic
NewsForge | OSI Hosting.net: Deception in Texarkana
Interesting article about Jason Macer and his Texas-sized claims about his hosting company.
Silent Bob Does Sith
The View Askewniverse - Kevin Smith geeks out on ‘Sith’
Kevin Smith reviews “Revenge of the Sith,” with tons of spoilers.
Google’s First Web Site
Slashdot | Google’s Past Homepage
Actually, it’s oddly more nicer looking than the mature Google of today. Note the very Yahoo!-like exclamation point at the end of their name. Interesting.
28 April 2005
Popemobile up on eBay
Want a “popemobile”? Yours for $1 million - Yahoo! News
The auction in questions appears to be this one - though it has only reached €150,000 rather than Yahoo’s breathless €1,000,000.
Yahoo! News Redesigned
After years of the same old same old, Yahoo! does the right thing and redesigns their news page. Generally Yahoo! has tacky redesigns but this one really is clean and very useful.
26 April 2005
350
Yahoo! News - ‘The Simpsons’ Hit 350th Episode Milestone
Can you believe that the Simpson’s has been around for 16 seasons?
25 April 2005
Commuter Train Crashes Into Building
Yahoo! News - Train Rams Into Building in Japan; 52 Die
Not just crashed into a building, but jumped the tracks and crashed into an apartment complex in Japan. Dang.
Guess the TV Show or Movie
Guess The TV Show or Movie Name
No, not you… the script, as in program. No, not TV program. Whatever.
23 April 2005
Carless Whisper
eBay item 4543866872 (Ends 26-Apr-05 19:09:58 BST) - RANGE ROVER 3.9i VOGUE SE…CELEBRITY OWNED
George Michael’s old Range Rover on eBay.
In Too Deep
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cavers smash world depth record
I don’t particularly have claustrophobia, but at 2,000 metres underground I suspect I would be considering it.