kafka
5764 Karma Points
I grew up on a ranch in the middle of nowhere and now work in IT for a faceless corporation.
[Welcome to Darwin's waiting room; Evolution will be with you shortly.]
http://kafkaintx.blogspot.com/
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HBO Documentaries: Baghdad High view story
25 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.hbo.com/docs/docuserie...)
[could be interesting...] Baghdad High. The story of senior year through the eyes of four students from Tariq bin Ziad High School for Boys in Iraq.
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Humorous Road Signs Popping up in Australia view story
36 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.knoxleader.com.au/arti...)
A MYSTERY artist is having fun with motorists by installing witty road signs in the Frankston area. But not everyone's amused. The signs - including a speed hump sign with a couple in bed - have been causing offense among residents.
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Children are born with a natural sense of good - Telegraph view story
28 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2...)
Although small children can often be little horrors, they do display a natural caring instinct, new research has disclosed.
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Music as 'Torture' May Incur Royalty Fees | guardian.co.uk view story
30 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/...)
If US interrogators have been using pop songs as torture, as has been reported, then they may owe the songwriters performance royalties.
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Aetiology: "Around here we call it Iraqibacter" | Science Blogs view story
25 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology...)
Soldiers bring a deadly bacterium back from service in Iraq. A genomic analysis revealed that the bacterium has 52 [drug] resistance genes--it's no wonder it shrugs off everything doctors throw at it.
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YouTube - [Original] Techno Chicken view video
27 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_...)
[how I get down] Puts a spin on the "Chicken Dance"
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YouTube - Kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum view video
26 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV...)
[Gets really cool after 0:50 or so] Kinetic sculpture (ball bearings on string) at the BMW Museum.
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Sumo Wrestlers Demand Pay Raise b/c of Increased Food Costs - Telegraph view story
29 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 5 months ago
- (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/n...)
Japan's sumo wrestlers, whose bulky frames require a generous diet, are demanding a pay rise after a surge in food prices.
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Segway FAIL Roundup view story
26 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 5 months ago
- (http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/arc...)
See people you don't know look stupid through the majesty of FAIL!
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Tunguska, 100 Years Later: Scientific American view story
28 votes- Submitted by kafka
- 5 months ago
- (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?...)
[includes slideshow] What happened on June 30, 1908 in central Siberia? Was the atomic bomb size airburst caused by antimatter? An extraterrestrial spacecraft? A wayward black hole?

