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I had no idea. I loved miniature golf as a kid. Maybe I missed my true calling.

It must have been the fat content that my cat Tiger used to enjoy in chocolate chips; apparently cats can’t taste sweet things.

Arthur Conan Doyle stands accused as a murderer and thief.

Two crooks were apprehended in Yonkers because a computer analysis of crime patterns had indicated police should keep close watch on a particular street at a particular time. That’s almost spooky…but in a good way. (via Technovelgy.com.)

It looks like any other USB Flash Drive– but it’s really a Linux PC on a stick. It has its own complete onboard operating system, can be booted from any PC with an x86 processor, whether its running Linux or Windows, and even includes the OpenOffice Productivity Suite and many commonly used desktop and Internet …

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MUSA is a Japanese kendo fighting “companion”–a robot that can use kendo moves to help train human fighters. Made by the Manufacturing & Mechatronics Lab of Seoul National University, it can fight at different levels of experience. And it looks, frankly, terrifying. (Via Technovelgy.com.)

Maybe! And if they’re there, we may soon know about it.

Volunteers are working to uncover what may be a never-before seen species of sauropod in Montana. I’d say, “Cool!”, but it’s actually probably very, very hot work.

A rap version of The Canterbury Tales sounds interesting, but for my money the greatest rap song ever has to be Moxie Fruvous‘s rap version of Green Eggs and Ham: “Hey kids, listen up if you wanna be sick, ’cause your dinner looks like something from a Cronenberg flick…” it begins, and it only gets …

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The House of Representatives in the U.S. has endorsed NASA’s new mandate for Moon and Mars missions. Doesn’t mean they’ll actually give NASA all the money it says it needs, of course, but the support is nice.

If they hold up, the conclusions from this story bode ill for the discovery of existing life on Mars. But that’s a big “if.”

Here’s a fascinating article about the true story that inspired the tragic tale of Madame Butterfly, made famous by Puccini’s opera of the same name. It turns out the real-life story was also tragic, but in a very different way.