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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - "Is this the way to Armadillo?"

> Science/Tech

Confirmed: the first image of a planet outside of our Solar System. [Details]
A long article on how the decline of oil availibility and production could drastically affect the Western way of life in the coming half-century. Draw your own conclusions, but it's certainly thought-provoking. [Details]
New Scientist have launched a new Space website, focusing on spaceflight and astronomy-related news and articles. [Details]
The most entertaining scientific paper I've ever read. Shame it's all gibberish generated by a script, diagrams 'n' all. [Details]
> Geek

An insightful talk given by EFF activist Cory Doctorow to Microsoft employees on why DRM is bad and why content (music, DVDs etc.) should be as open and fair-use as possible. [Details]
You don't even need to quit the game any more to check Blue's News - view it from within "Half-Life 2"! [Details]
If Microsoft still isn't scared of Google - and it certainly sounds terrified - then it damn well should be. Edit: Whoops, looks like Vitenka already added this. Oh well. [Details]
The first trailer for the upcoming first "Chronicles of Narnia" film, "The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe". Starts slow but is soon looking fantastic - and more epic than I remember from the book. Definitely one to look forward to. The film is released in December. [Details] [Direct Download - 54.37MB]
Simply incredible. Accurate and effective colouration of black and white images and even videos using only a few scribbles in Paint and a clever algorithm. Click for lots of examples. [Details]
I just lost The Game by posting this, but now so will you. [Details]
Say what you like about Google, but they still do some great quirky stuff. [Details]
The future history of... online stuff. Google and all that. Flash thing - take a look, it's only 8 mins. [Destroy]
> Stuff

We made BBC News online! [Details]
They didn't actually link the petition, though. [Petition]
Bored British squaddies in Iraq create something fantastic. You must watch this! If you're confused by all the download options, go for this one. [Details]
NWA's album "Straight Outta Compton" - the explicit lyrics only version. [Download]
Everybody likes penguins - even airport security. [Display]
Gah, it must die! KILL! BURN! INCINERATE! [Details] [Petition]
Star Wars meets 20Q.net - play twenty questions against Darth Vader in Burger King's new viral marketing thing. [Destroy]