Stuff below the fold

The netbot attack against the US and South Korean sites was thought to be from North Korean hackers...or was it? Discussion here

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How to tweet from your browser

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Living on a budget?
Here is a discussion on the economics of marriage in Jane Austen's time.
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Webecoist has some awesome photos and discussion of whirlpools and maelstroms...

Very small whirlpools can be seen spinning when a sink drains, but the powerful whirlpools in nature are magnificent and destructive. A whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence is a maelstrom. The swirling vortex is deadly.

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The perils of living on a tropical island...the LATimes discusses a Philippine outpost in the Spratlys islands...

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and, from Japan: A basketball playing robot.