"Futurity features the latest discoveries in all fields from scientists at the top universities in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. "

"Your time is valuable, but the Web is distracting. Surf by Osmosis minimizes the time you spend staying in the loop by showing you some of the Web’s top content really quickly."

"NITF uses the eXtensible Markup Language to define the content and structure of news articles."

Basically a Planet Mozilla on crack. Man, that's quite the firehose.

An interview with xkcd creator, Randall Munroe (plus, bonus comics!)

Hrm: "With the new browser plugin from SpinSpotter, you can edit and share any sign of bias on the web." Curious to see if it works, my gut says the "spin makers" will abuse this tool.

Maybe the greatest news story of all time: "A burglar who broke into a home just east of Fresno rubbed food seasoning over the body of one of two men as they slept in their rooms and then used an 8-inch sausage to whack the other man on the face and head before running out of the house, Fresno County sheriff's deputies said Saturday."

Country of Georgia is keeping a Blogger blog concerning the Russian invasion. Seems legit.

"Webpage-to-RSS Pipe generates RSS from any webpage which doesn't have native syndication. It utilizes a data mining service called Feedity ( www.feedity.com ) to dynamically build the RSS, and then only return unique items."

Nancy Pelosi's weblog complete with embedded Youtube videos.

It is official, Twitter has gone ape-shit. CNN?

List of notable transactions made as NHL teams try to fill out their rosters under the rules outlined in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Lightning sign goaltender Burke to 2 year deal. Burke tends to perform consintently in the regular season but has had trouble in the playoffs. Danger, Will Robinson. Danger.

My guess is the NHL begged him to do this for the publicity because Wayne has always done whatever the NHL asked of him. Regardless it'll be nice to have him more visible again.

Problems in translating arabic, particularly entity names. Arabic, as a language, is *so* interesting.