Friday, April 24

Listmania, April 2009

   1. "20 Things You Didn't Know About... Money"
     <http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/20-things-you-didn.t-know-
        about-money>

   2. "Top 11 compounds in US drinking water"
     <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16397>
   "A comprehensive survey of the drinking water for more than 28 million
    Americans has detected the widespread but low-level presence of
    pharmaceuticals and hormonally active chemicals."

   3. "8 Brilliant Scientific Screw-ups"
     <http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23600.html>
   "Hard work and dedication have their time and place, but the values of
    failure and ineptitude have gone unappreciated for far too long. They
    say that patience is a virtue, but the following eight inventions prove
    that laziness, slovenliness, clumsiness and pure stupidity can be
    virtues, too."

   4. "10 Old Wives' Tales Debunked"
     <http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/Conditions-Diseases/
        10-Old-Wives-Tales-Debunked.html>

   5. "12 Good Gadgets for Hard Times"
     <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/12-good-gadgets.html>

   6. "Gadget Graveyard: 10 Technologies About to Go Extinct"
     <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,515647,00.html>

   7. "The 10 Worst Microsoft Product Names of All Time"
     <http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,161618/printable.html>
   "From Microsoft Bob to Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft has shown a
    real talent for unfortunate product names. Here are our picks for the
    worst--along with alternatives that might have worked better."

   8. "25 Websites To Have Fun With Your Photos"
     <http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-websites-to-have-fun-with-your-photos/>

   9. "IMDb: Top 250 movies as voted by our users"
     <http://www.imdb.com/chart/top>