Have you ever been faced with the dilemma: “I want pancakes, but I also want a cheeseburger?” Or, better yet: “I want pancakes, but I also want to play Tetris?”
Quotes: Jimmy Harrell on Deepwater Horizon Explosion
“The rig’s on fire! I told you this was gonna happen.”
— JIMMY HARRELL, installation manager for the Deepwater Horizon, allegedly shouting after the explosion that eventually sunk the rig and started the oil spill in the Gulf. …
Facebook Group: Plug the BP Oil Spill with Sarah Palin
Disasters require out-of-the-box thinking, after all.
Australia Launches Investigation Into Google Privacy Breach
It’s not just Facebook that has a privacy problem.
What To Expect From Steve Jobs’ WWDC 2010 Keynote
Yes, there will be turtleneck. But there also may be a new iPhone and a new version of Apple’s Safari browser. TIME’s Peter Ha breaks down what to expect from Steve Jobs keynote at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference today. …
Drummer Stuart Cable Dead at 40
Cable, the original drummer for Stereophonics and a radio host for the BBC Wales, was found dead at his home in South Wales. No cause of death was immediately given.
Apple’s Seven Biggest iPhone Snafus
It’s a good bet Apple will roll out the fourth generation iPhone at the company’s developer conference today in San Francisco. But hype aside, we explore seven rocky moments from the iPhone’s history.
What’s the Most Beautiful Tweet Of All Time?
You know you’ve been wondering. And, of course, Stephen Fry has the answer.
Los Angeles Shaken By Minor Earthquake
A magnitude 3.6 quake struck off the coast of Santa Monica, Calif. early this morning, waking residents across the L.A. area but causing no injuries or damage. Happy Monday! (via the Los Angeles Times)
Quotes: Gadgets Effect on the Human Brain
“We are exposing our brains to an environment and asking them to do things we weren’t necessarily evolved to do. We know already there are consequences.”
— ADAM GAZZALEY, neuroscientist at the University of California, …
Madoff Behind Bars: Cocky and Unrepentant
So says a new profile from New York that digs into disgraced financier Bernie Madoff’s life in prison.
Doomsday Scenario: Could the Oil Spill Reach Europe?
Experts seem confident that the oil spill will hit Florida, and then proceed to race up East Coast. But then what? (via Discovery)