Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Daily Links: July 19, 2011


Steampunk Computer Mod by Steve La Riccia

15th Annual Webby Awards You could easily spend hours here, exploring the sites that won the Webby award or nominations, as well as the People's Choice award. There's something here for every interest, and odds are, there are many you hadn't known about (I didn't, and I spend a LOT of time hunting for the good stuff).

Dawn spacecraft now orbits asteroid Vesta - After almost 4 years of space travel, the Dawn spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Vesta, an Arizona sized rock. Dawn tweets, takes pictures, and there is a Vesta Fiesta party to celebrate. After hanging out at Vesta for a year, Dawn will head off to visit the Ceres asteroid next, a three year trip. Amazing achievement of engineering, innovation and accuracy.

Did you ever find a picture on the internet and thought, "Where is this?" We can help you find this place!

In the U.K., sometimes the bookstore comes to you on a barge. The Book Barge: a floating bookshop on a canal boat (57' Cruiser Stern) in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Job searchers have begun outsourcing the process of applying for jobs to companies in India. The results have been mixed.

Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks on the future of NASA. No other part of government has the inspirational bang for the buck that the space agency has, but we are currently squandering it.

Ocean Voyager shark cam: As a tie-in with the upcoming Shark Week, Georgia Aquarium has set up a live webcam of the world's largest shark tank through August 7.

A tenured professor explains "Why I will never pursue cheating again"

The World's 18 Strangest Pools

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