Saturday, March 10, 2012

Stuff below the fold

A Turkish soap opera celebrating the times of a more tolerant Islam. Will "Ottomania" spread?

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The story and photos of the now abandoned Infectious disease hospital of New York City. In the old days, people were sent here to quarantine them, and people living there included lepers and Typhoid Mary.

Fascinating.

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Bad Karma.

Consumer reports is not pleased:
Our Fisker Karma cost us $107,850. It is super sleek, high-tech—and now it’s broken....
We buy about 80 cars a year and this is the first time in memory that we have had a car that is undriveable before it has finished our check-in process.
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Tiny Dino has flashy feathers.

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Okay, okay, this solar storm fizzled.

But just you wait....

Since the solar maximum, when the sun is at its most active, isn't expected to peak until 2013, we could see much stronger sun storm over the next year or so
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Angry Birds In Space

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