Wikipedia:Unusual articles -
At first I thought this was a link for unused articles which seemed odd.This is where I found the link for micronations, which I found while digging through the blogs of the authors of neatorama.
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Jul 29, 2008
Unusual articles
Jul 11, 2008
Supah' Slashdot!
Wow, slashdot rocked out today. I was just trying to decide whether to link to the bottomoniom thing or the memristors or the solar cells or the state of R&D in corporate compuland but I couldnt choose. So go, now, read.
Jul 8, 2008
near certain extinction for near human
A Human Race Is Going Extinct | Wired Science from Wired.com
"The Associated Press recently reported that orangutan populations are dropping at a rate that makes extinction a near-certainty."
Jun 15, 2008
Deception Wizard
Eyes for Lies Blog
This is a fascinating blog.
"Scientists have identified 50 individuals who are able to spot deception with great accuracy after testing more than 15,000 people. Eyes for Lies is one of the 50 people."
Jun 13, 2008
Jun 2, 2008
May 31, 2008
Plows are for losers.
Farming with Dynamite
"Son, bring me the dynamite, its time to plant the potatoes".
via gearcult
May 28, 2008
May 21, 2008
Sick food.
Rice Grown In United States Contains Less-dangerous Form Of Arsenic
So if you added up all the contaminants in your food for a year, what would it look like? Lets say you eat a healthy diet of vegetables (grown in another country with who-knows-what-pesticide-regulations) and organic locally grown meats (animals who munch on grass grown in acid rain) and some lovely Indian rice (contaminated with arsenic). So much for the eat clean idea. This is in fact the most depressing thing ever.
May 20, 2008
Thinking hard about what car to buy.
Buy a Used Car. It's Better Than a Hybrid | Wired.com
How are you supposed to decide what car to buy these days? As if it wasn't hard enough already, when you throw the enviro-guilt into the mix it seems darn near impossible.
May 18, 2008
Pretty close.
Did you know that we are almost as close to gorillas evolutionarily speaking as African elephants are to Asian elephants? Ya I knew that too.
May 16, 2008
The names are scarry too: Anthracenedione
Chemicals Ottawa's watching: The feds take a closer look at 17 substances
The names make you think you might find these in a evil potion but actually, they are pretty much everywhere.
May 8, 2008
Violence Interruptors
CeaseFire - The Campaign to STOP the Shooting
I just heard about this on CBC radio. Treating violence like a contagious disease. Sounds like it is working. 
Apr 29, 2008
Not to worry, the Noodle will save us.
Muslims "Overtake" Catholics, Become Largest Religion
Hmm, well there are alternatives folks. http://www.venganza.org/
Apr 23, 2008
Green to the end.
Slashdot | GPS Used To Find Graves In Eco-Burial Sites
So this is a new one for me. Green burial. OMG I suppose being cremated would turn a person into pollution. Yoikes.
I actually didn't know yesterday was Earth Day (I just thought all the enviro stuff online was a sign of the times).
Am I overcompensating here?
http://www.naturalburialassoc.ca/
Apr 21, 2008
Shoe lovers unite!
How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take -- New York Magazine
A startlingly long article about how shoes are bad. You can find those links to "barefoot living" you have been looking for.
via Digg
Apr 17, 2008
O-oooo-ooold parrot.
BBC NEWS | UK | Winston's obscene parrot lives on: "Charlie, a blue macaw bought by Churchill two years before the outbreak of World War II, is now entertaining customers at a Surrey garden centre with obscene anti-Nazi tirades."
via Digg
Apr 16, 2008
Just thought we should all learn a bit more about Alan.
Alan Turing - Wikipedia: "On 8 June 1954, his cleaner found him dead; the previous day, he had died of cyanide poisoning, apparently from a cyanide-laced apple he left half-eaten beside his bed."
Apr 15, 2008
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