Anyone wondering what the NRO replaced these two satellites with? I bet they can see 1,000 times better at the very least. I wish NASA could have *that* budget.

Who? Every frat boy in a 250 mile radius. That's a score right there, mang.

Anyone else think that pod vaguely resembles the Android head?

I am having a hard time agreeing with the points you make in your article. You contend Flickr is essentially a backwater company, replaced by instagram/facebook, however neither of thsoe two provide support or decent tools for actual photographers. Facebook is wonderful for one off pics from a cameraphone, but shite…

Great job Sam - I think that was the best article you've written. More please.

This is amazing and reminds me of Bistromathics: [en.wikipedia.org]%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Bistromathic_drive

Jony Ive *is* smiling - he's just British.

My friends Robert and Wendy made a hot tub boat that was featured in Make in 2006, and it's in Lake Union - where these guys are. Go Seattle! I told Robert we should declare hot tub boat war on them...I;m sure it would involve lots of mimosas and hurling of insults. [blog.makezine.com]

I can tell you why anything Nokia is a bad thing: [gizmodo.com]

It never made it out of House committee — HOWEVER this means it was only postponed, and is likely to be picked back up in mid-January. This is good, as we have more time to convince these companies of the evil that is SOPA.

This ringtone was scientifically tested against the control sound of constipated robots taking a dump, and it was indeed confirmed this was indeed crappy dubstep, as all dubstep is.

I am highly disappointed they neglected to set the record for *nekkit* suspended hot tubbing. I mean, they already went through all this trouble...

It's like the Apple Store and Virgin America Airlines had a love child.

Last time I was at Rusty's Hazard Factory (last weekend) I set myself on fire not once but twice while playing redneck soccer (toilet paper rolls + white gas + lighter plus street soccer. Way fun and insane!) Thank you Hazard Factory! Rusty is as awesome as they come.

If I'm going down, I'm going down like this :-)

@enlight10ment: I dig the part that the structural engineers forgot to take into account the weight of *books*, and had to reinforce the building.

Do NOT do this. I have a 3g, and I tried out this theme, however backboard did NOT let me restore to my original settings. I had to completely reinstall the OS and then restore all my settings, which just wasted 3 hours. Thanks!

I grew up in Lancaster and Palmdale, CA, where the space shuttle was built. I remember seeing it in the Lockheed hanger from Sierra Highway. I even remember it being towed in front of my house at 2mph on the way back from Edwards AFB to lockheed after landing.

fruit flies giving us performance-improving algorithms? Why can fruit flies be as hot as this algorithm?