Society has some good news this time.

Technology:
-An airless, integrated tyre and wheel combination dubbed the TWEEL. The Tweel promises performance levels beyond those possible with conventional pneumatic technology.

Society:
-Castro resigns as president, state-run paper reports. The resignation ends nearly a half-century of iron-fisted rule that inspired revolutionaries but frustrated 10 U.S. presidents. See you around Mr. President.
-Spain opens new bullet train link. Spain's first high-speed rail link between Madrid and Barcelona has become operational, after years of delay. Finally!
-Former Councilman accused of slipping drug into woman's drink. Waiter Sees drugging attempt, intervenes. It brings faith to human nature when the good man takes action. :)
-China Set to Resume Human Rights Dialogue. Response to Western charges that its rights record renders it unfit to host the Games? Still it's a good thing.
-Paparazzo loses Kidman court case. "He is a man who makes his living from taking and selling candid photographs... of famous people; he had made a goal of obtaining photographs of Ms Kidman; he had waited all day, unrewarded, for a photograph of her." What a sad life... I really dislike paparazzis.
-German court limits cyber spying. Germany's highest court has restricted the right of the security services to spy on the computers of suspected criminals and terrorists. It's called privacy people!... respect it.

Humor:
And because we all need a good laugh:

Feldberg

Yup.... this is it... now I started to make short movies :p
After 4 tries I kind of like this one. I'm considering signing up for their service and do this more often :)
Tell me what you think:

Just playing around with some things from work :) I guess I will start doing this more often, it's cool :D

Too late for V-day, to early for Christmas.

Arts:
-10ft 'photographs' drawn with a ballpoint pen. Casas, 31, can use up to four 14p ballpoint pens for a canvas and his works are already a sell-out at exhibitions.

Science:
-US scientists close to creating artificial life: study. It is one of the Holy Grails of science, but also one that stirs deep fears as forseen in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel "Brave New World" in which natural human reproduction is eschewed in favor of babies grown artificially in laboratories.

Society:
-Three models banned from fashion show in Madrid for being too thin. Spain has taken the lead on the so-called “size 0” debate, even asking high street shops to stop using unrealistically thin dummies.
-The Pirate Bay Interrogations. I had to share this because it was funny, but also place it under society, because I believe that someday... someday...

Ecology:
-City sues man for canceling trash service. “I don’t understand a city ordinance that requires you to fill up a can. That’s downright foolishness,”.

Humor: because... what's life without a good laugh.
-John Cleese’s “Letter to America”
Dear Citizens of America,
In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy), as from Monday next.
Errata: it was not written by John Cleese.
-This is the funniest photoshop video I've seen. You will not only learn, you will laugh with someone else's misery. Why is misery funny?
Ask Miguel Esteves Cardoso, o amor é fodido.

And again on love: