Getting Drunk On Stars : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/04/16/150761211/getting-drunk-on-stars?f=5500502&ft=1

The Delights Of Reading Upside Down : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/04/26/151311708/the-delights-of-reading-upside-down?f=5500502&ft=1

Cool Components - Olimex, Arduino, Sparkfun, GPS, Bluetooth, PIC MCUs, ARM MCUs, programmers, debuggers and much more.

http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/index.php

News - DeepSee Discovers Rare Pelagic Octopus

http://www.underseahunter.com/n28/deepsee-discovers-rare-pelagic-octopus.html
via today's http://memepool.com/Subject/Science/

Super Slow Motion Footage of Stupid & Dangerous Things

http://laughingsquid.com/super-slow-motion-footage-from-stupid-dangerous-danish-tv-show/

James Price Builds Simulator In Garage | MilkandCookies

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/300380/detail/

Ultra Violet SUPERPOWER (!) after Cataract Surgery with Crystalens - color glow

http://www.komar.org/faq/colorado-cataract-surgery-crystalens/ultra-violet-color-glow/

MetaFilter | Jordan Mechner has posted the source code for the original Apple ][ version of Prince of Persia to GitHub.

http://www.metafilter.com/114962/jmp-TRIGSPIKES#4297849
http://www.6502asm.com/

Militarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPgqfnKG_T4

BBC News - Training computers to recognise emotion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17733455#

Best AntiVirus Software Review 2012 | Compare AntiVirus Software - TopTenREVIEWS

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/index.html

FARK.com: (7052349) Man convinces judge his $400 traffic ticket defies physics. Geeks rock

http://www.fark.com/comments/7052349/Man-convinces-judge-his-$400-traffic-ticket-defies-physics-Geeks-rock?cpp=1

A Better Way To Program

http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/3900-a-better-way-to-program.html
Hmm. Nice for a simple scene, but how would it manage a large database-based app? Or a compiler...
I haven't watched it all, just 5 mins or so. I skipped the first few minutes, which sounded like a suggested-lifestyle add to me

April 16, 1947: Ship Explosion Ignites 3-Day Rain of Fire and Death | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/04/april-16-1947-ship-explosion-ignites-3-day-rain-of-fire-and-death/

Google BBS Terminal

http://www.masswerk.at/googleBBS/

IIPMooViewer 2.0 :: IIPImage High Resolution HTML5 Ajax Image Streaming Viewer

http://djer.roe.ac.uk/vsa/vvv/iipmooviewer-2.0-beta/vvvgps5.html
a billion stars
http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/milky-way-image-reveals-detail-billion-stars-27-03-12

First Raspberry Pi computers to be delivered

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17703852
FANTASTIC bit of marketing - It's got an (old-style) TV Output (A la BBC Micro, ZX81 etc) so there's a use for all those old analogue TV sets ... lets hope more people don't just bin their old TVs

Creating graphics for the Yellow Pages, 1970s-style - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/13/creating-graphics-for-the-yell.html

John Cleese on how to be creative - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/13/john-cleese-on-how-to-be-creat.html

Octopus vs Sea Lion | MilkandCookies

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/299380/detail/

To teach kids math, researcher devises 'brain games'

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-kids-math-brain-games.html

BBC News - Submarine or boat 'submerged in Lough Foyle'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17692429#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OsZTJ5vfUs

How To Scale A $1 Billion Startup: A Guide From Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger | TechCrunch

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/12/how-to-scale-a-1-billion-startup-a-guide-from-instagram-co-founder-mike-krieger/

Techtales - Humorous Technical Support Tales: Tech Room

http://www.techtales.com/​techroom.php
also http://www.rinkworks.com/​stupid/

via http://www.fark.com/comments/7044619/Yes-hello-Is-this-IT-department-Can-you-help-me-fix-my-toilet-No-How-about-find-me-a-video-of-Elvis?cpp=1

The 2012 Flame Challenge Theater | The Mind's Flight

http://ferrisjabr.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/the-2012-flame-challenge-theater/

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/07-animals-harnessed-nanotechnology

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/07-animals-harnessed-nanotechnology

Rhapsody on the Proof of Pi = 4

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/298696/detail/

BBC News - Print-your-own-robots developed in US

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17614392

Project Glass, Google Developing Android-Based Display Glasses

http://laughingsquid.com/project-glass-google-developing-android-based-display-glasses/

Antiquity Journal

http://php.york.ac.uk/org/antiquity/projgall.php

I thought the Rude Man and White horse were unusual - Now, a donkey?

http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/grigoriev331/

3-D, after-the-fact focus image sensors invented

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-04-d-after-the-fact-focus-image-sensors.html
I'm sure I posted about some guy who'd developed a camera to do this sort of thing a while ago

AI that Mimics the Human Brain --The Next Revolution in Artificial Intelligence

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/04/the-next-revolution-in-artificial-intelligence.html

Tomorrow’s brain debate: simulcast and livestream update #brainbrawl | The Loom | Discover Magazine

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/04/01/tomorrows-brain-debate-simulcast-and-livestream-update-brainbrawl/

Computer scientists form mathematical formulation of the brain's neural networks

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-04-scientists-mathematical-brain-neural-networks.html

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-04-scientists-mathematical-brain-neural-networks.html

NASA: "Goldilocks Planet Will Be Found Within Next Two Years"

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/03/fairtales-with-finess.html
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/03/from-the-x-files-dept-saturdays-comment-of-the-day-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDailyGalaxyNewsFromPlanetEarthBeyond+%28The+Daily+Galaxy+--Great+Discoveries+Channel%3A+Sci%2C+Space%2C+Tech.%29

Clocks in south London must go forward by nine minutes, experts warn (From Your Local Guardian)

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/9621183.Clocks_in_south_London_must_go_forward_by_nine_minutes__experts_warn/r/?ref=rss
Wandworth gets itsown International Time Zone

BBC News - Email and web use 'to be monitored' under new laws

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745
Interested to see what they'd make of this site:)