The 555 Timer IC | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/119196/The-555-Timer-IC


http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/david-manners-semiconductor-blog/2012/08/hans-camezind.html

http://hackaday.com/2012/08/17/inventor-of-the-555-timer-passes-away/

Imaging at a Trillion Frames Per Second, A TED Talk by Ramesh Raskar

http://laughingsquid.com/imaging-at-a-trillion-frames-per-second-a-ted-talk-by-ramesh-raskar/

Disney Researchers Develop New Physical Face Cloning Method | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/118891/Disney-Researchers-Develop-New-Physical-Face-Cloning-Method

Marblar

http://www.marblar.com/MTY4OQ==

Yay! Ferrite Cores are back in fashion (unpacks his flared trousers)

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-phenomenon-nanodisk-magnetic-vortices.html
New phenomenon in nanodisk magnetic vortices

Irish Olympic Sailing Commentary - That Video Site (NSFW language)

http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852

Wikipedia's list of infamous software glitches - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2012/08/06/wikipedias-list-of-infamous.html