Some old but funny news....

Society:
-Gunkanjima: Ruins of a Forbidden Island. This is one cool ride that I would like to undergo myself.
-The Burdens Of Our Fathers. The Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it. (April 2010, Romania) A thirty-five-year-old man from Braila was only trying to fix a broken soil tamper, a tool his father had made himself and used for decades. The metal handle of this family heirloom had rusted loose and our man was trying to weld it back into position, but unfortunately he was welding the metal rod onto an antique WWII cannon shell.
Yes, the family had been banging a cannon shell against the garden dirt for two generations!
Specialists from the Bucharest ISU (General Institute for Emergency Situations) stated that the first weld had been made in a harmless position, but the second weld was made in exactly the wrong spot. The heat triggered the shell to explode, mortally wounding the man. In his defense, he was sure the projectile was harmless because his father had used it to compact earth for almost 40 years.
If one generation doesn't get it right, the next does.
-Update on google china. This is becoming interesting...

Technology:
Even Wil Wheaton agrees with me that the current situation is B.S.. "There has got to be a better way to balance the needs of consumers with the rights of creators to be compensated for their work. I don't know what it is, but I think it has to be a change in philosophy and thinking, because what the way they're doing it now just isn't working for anyone."
-Huge Security Flaw Makes VPNs Useless for BitTorrent. Ahhhhh shit....
-Self-folding sheet offers lazy way to origami. "Imagine foregoing all the tools in your toolbox and instead using a stack of self-folding sheets to produce the tools and structures you need for a particular job," says Wood.
-There's a New A/V Cable Standard in Town.
Three connectors for the Internet under the sky,
Seven for your A/V devices in all their power,
Nine for wired peripherals doomed to die,
One for the mighty computer in his metal tower,
In the world of gadgetry where awesomeness lie.
One BaseT to rule them all,
One BaseT to find them,
One BaseT to bring them all,
And in a harmony bind them.
In the world of gadgetry where awesomeness lie.

Science:
-A drug that could make you live 30 percent longer - but only if you're fertile. We still don't know exactly how this works mechanistically, but we've shown that the presence of the germline is absolutely essential for this longevity extension to happen.
-Blinded eyes restored to sight by stem cells. Stem cell research producing the first positive and palpable results.

Arts:
From National Geographic: View From the Top of the World. Not many people have had the opportunity to look down on the peaks of the Himalaya, but this 1963 picture from photographer Barry Bishop gave proof that Americans had finally reached the summit of Mount Everest. Bishop's teammates became the first Americans to summit Everest on May 1, 1963.
-Pop Icons In A Different Light. This is so cool :D

Humour:

http://wedinator.com/2010/06/10/funny-wedding-photos-wedding-trailers/