Moo, er, tweet?

Cows tweeting about their milk production. Fascinating use of technology in a millennia-old process. And poetic too. http://mashable.com/2010/04/27/cows-on-twitter/
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India, Google and privacy

Interesting map of countries that have either asked Google for information on users or have asked Google to remove content: http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/

For the six months from Jul 1 2009 to Dec 31 2009, India ranks 3 on removal requests (142) and 4 on data requests. Our bedfellows (above us on the charts): Brazil, US, UK and Germany. 

Are these indicators of governments being proactive, snoopy, paranoid? Efficient? More info needed.
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The day the falls didn't

March 30, 1848: Niagara Falls didn't. 

More at Wired.
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User Interface Nirvana

A stunning collection of gorgeous user interfaces at http://wellplacedpixels.com and some pretty nifty programs too! Epitomises what first hit me when I moved to the Mac - the user interfaces are so much sexier than almost anything on Windows. 
Filed under  //   mac   random   software  

Red-eye special

Awe-inspiring photo of Jupiter and the Great Red Spot – the longest-running and largest storm in the solar system that we know of – 300+ years and counting! Humbling when you consider that three Earths could fit side by side into the Red Spot and that’s just a blob on Jupiter.
Jupiter, courtesy Wired

Read more at Wired.
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