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Notes:   A lot of people didn't get the Potpourri reference (its a category on jeopardy that can be anything and everything, hence all the wonderful pictures of Alex over the past few years).   Regardless, I figured I ought to come up with another name and came up with Potluck, in hopes that everyone else might bring a link to the post in the comments that is out of left field but still interesting.

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"Bizarre" Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters
Absolutely one of the coolest things I have seen in awhile.


NASA - Spirit Gets Stuck, Makes a Big Discovery
Interesting notes proposed by scientists utilizing Spirit on Mars. It is really amazing we are making these discoveries almost 6 years later. From what I can gather from the article, the place where Spirit seems to be stuck is a line of demarcation that changes seasonally (I hesitate to use that word, buts its the best one I can think of) and that they have been able to monitor the change over the past 6 months.


Some thoughts on Google DNS
Interesting response from OpenDNS on Google's new DNS service. I don't like Comcast's DNS service and have been using another for awhile, but I am not quite sure I want to switch to one owned by the G yet.


Airmile hackers use mileage credit-cards to buy $1 coins that they use to pay the CC bills
I know how voracious a lot of tech deal website communities are, just check out some of the awesome savings zealotry on some of the bigger sites forums like slickdeals, techbargains, etc. So it really doesn't come as a surprise that someone came up with this, but man, $70k in $1 coins... Nice.


People who look young for their age 'live longer'
My theory is that they don't start drinking till later because no one believes they are 21.


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The Black Team
Great read about IBM's "Black Team". I had never heard of this merry band of QA slashers until I read this. Good stuff.


The Mysterious Letters Aftermath
I have supported a couple of projects at kickstarter, but didn't see this one (Irish town) until I read their write up about it. Sounds like an amazing project. I know the core of it is that they don't put a return address on the envelopes, but maybe if they got some kind of anonymous PO BOX somewhere it would be cool to see if anyone replies.


VIDEO: 1000 year of war through the world


Not-So-Safe Sex
Good read on why mandating condoms in the porn industry might increase the amount of AIDS/HIV. Sounds counter intuitive at first, but if you read the article the author makes some pretty good points


Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform Bill
There is no doubt in my mind that once the government looks into the system in which this is handled, taxing that system would be the second thing on their mind. Regulation would be impossible and would only hamper game developers.


Study: Redbox Will Destroy the Entertainment Industry
I am so fascinated with RedBox because if you had asked me 5 years ago if a need would exist for them I would have told you no way. I honestly had thought digital distribution would have caught on so much faster by now. The HD/BluRay war slowed things down a bit, but it really seems like the industry is doing their best to keep physical distribution the man method in which people watch movies. Can't tell if RedBox is just a swift kick in the industries knees, or something that is going to be around for a long long time.


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