Friday IT Fun: Science! -- Redmondmag.com

Friday IT Fun: Science!

By Chris Paoli
12/02/2010

NASA has discovered that there is no trace of Arsenic in this week's batch of links. If you've found something you think other IT pros will appreciate, send an e-mail to [email protected] so we can include it in next week's edition. Also, keep up with us all week long on Twitter.

Early Adopters Through History (Collegehumor.com) - Just wait for Bone 2.0 which will add retina display.

Arsenic-Based Life (XKCD.com) – Still using phosphorus molecules in your DNA? That was so last week...
20 Ways We Can Use Social Media To Dominate the Aliens (FunnyorDie.com) – And if none of these work, we can always have Jeff Goldblum send the alien mother ship a virus from his Mac.
20 Small Changes That Would Ruin Great Ideas (Cracked.com) – I have one: Take a smartphone, remove easy Web access, give it a goofy design and make it almost impossible to share photos with others. Also, call it Kin.

About the Author

Chris Paoli (@ChrisPaoli5) is the associate editor for Converge360.

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