Pictures from the International Space Station via Twitter user @Astro_Soichi (Soichi Noguchi).

They Don’t Make Computer Manuals Like They Used To.

The Chilean earthquake may have tipped the earth's axis. The latest quake was big enough to affect the planet's rotation. more inside

The Oops Design Award is only in its first year, but you can already find dozens of silly, impractical and sometimes downright dangerous product designs on the site.

Home Sheep Home Get your wayward sheep back home. A little fleecy flash foolishness.

A temple complex in Turkey that apparently pre-dates the Pyramids of Egypt. Could this be the site of the worst mistake in human history? (agriculture or religion, take your pick...)

A life in the trees is a longer one.

An 8.8 earthquake has occurred in Chile. Australia and other pacific regions are on tsunami watch.

How not to use Flash on your web site. It does load quickly, at least. But wow, how do you go this far wrong? more inside

Right now you can watch a live chat with Lawrence Lessig. You can interact via Twitter.

Singing android! The hair, the face, the suit, the song, the set. It overwhelms.

10 ways civilization could collapse because of MonkeyFilter!
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Immortality! I gap like a rube on the tube at the possibility that relatively young mummified humans may yet cavort with the already predicted cloned furry mammoths in the not too distant future... more inside

I've always wondered why they had that war.

"Do not believe anything the wretched girls tell you. I was kind and generous and loving and beautiful..." Far and away the funniest obituary I've ever read. more inside

Put that god down, you don't know where it's been.via J-Walk blog more inside

Don't worry , "this feature was only used for the narrow purpose of locating a lost, stolen or missing laptop." Except, "the assistant principal told him the camera had caught him doing something inappropriate at home."

A metanews report from Charlie Brooker: how to report the news, BBC style.

Sign Language - a short film A mockumentary about Ben, a man who holds a sign for a living. An entry into a short film competition; the others are viewable from here.

Wooden clock plans. Beautiful. (via)