links for 2007-12-26
- Windy Christmas in Los Angeles It's a warm and windy day today in LA. Winds gusting over 102mph! (tags: los.angeles santa.ana.winds weather)
- Baby Spiders Freshly Hatched This is a somewhat disturbing but creepily fun photo of a new batch of spiders (tags: spiders baby baby.spiders)
- Senate Hacking The Democratic majority has hacked Bush's recess appointment trick by leaving a single senator in session over the holidays. [via digg] (tags: democracy hack senate recess.appoinment)
- Remember that list of 400 "scientists" who don't believe in Global Warming? Well as it turns out most of them weren't scientists. Doh. [via Digg] (tags: global.warming bs psuedo-scientists science politics)
- Peruvian Kids Love OLPC Not that I had any doubts whether kids would enjoy OLPCs, but they clearly are enjoying them. I still believe that OLPCs will change the world. (tags: olpc peru one.laptop.per.child)
- Going Sledding... Lolcat of the day (tags: lolcat xmas sledding)
- Heathkit Still Exists and Launches HE-RObot Kit Do want! This is a bad ass robot! (tags: wishlist heathkit robot robotics he-robot herobot kit)
- Smart Drugs Become a Reality I remember reading about smart drugs in WIRED when I was a kid. It seems that some drugs used to treat various ailments from ADD to narcolepsy are being used by poker players and test-takers to enhance their mental performance. Interesting... (tags: drugs adderall provigil smart.drugs performance.enhancers mental.doping latimes)