First Planet Confirmed Within "Habitable Zone" According to NASA

Of the thousands of planets that could possibly hold life, only one (so far) has been confirmed to be within the "perfect" location for liquefaction of water (as opposed to being on the edge). Read the full article on Kepler-22b here.

The universe as rounding error

Image via Wikipedia

I enjoyed this quote: "Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium. That's already 100 percent. The rest of the periodic table, Elements 3 through 118, lithium through ununoctium, barely register on a cosmic scale. The rest of the universe, you and I included, is a rounding error."
                       Sam Kean/  Hydrogen: Where It All Started in Slate

Coldplay- Music Video

I quite enjoyed this, well made even though music in general isn't my favorite...

Rules for my unborn son

Although I don't agree with all the advice, I do enjoy the blog Rules for my Unborn Son, which consists of 1001 rules written by a Dad for his son.

I do agree with Rule 387.

The most useful information on the Internet

I've always wanted to be able to do this. Maybe now I can.

Erepublik

Erepublik is a browser game similar to MyBrute in the sense that everyday you can only do a certain number of things (2 in this case). But is still a fairly interesting life simulator. Photo here.

Life

Perseverance

Failed in business, 1831
Defeated for legislature, 1832
Again failed in business, 1833
Elected to legislature, 1834
Defeated for Speaker, 1838
Defeated for elector, 1840
Defeated for Congress, 1843
Elected to Congress, 1846
Defeated for Congress, 1848
Defeated for Senate, 1855
Defeated for vice-president, 1858
Defeated for Senate, 1858
Elected President of the United States, 1860
Abraham Lincoln

Atheist Spirituality from Alan Watts

Maybe too long for today's Internet-disabled attention span at 9 minutes. Alan Watts is a religious philosopher I liked very much when I was young. This is a recent animation of some excerpts from his old talks. (There are many more Alan Watts vids on YouTube.)

Oddly enough, religious atheism was a theme in my life today- I heard about it independently three times by chance!

The Legend of Zelda Real Life and Film

Here's the real life, the movie trailer let's hope it's better than the Mario film and a Zelda Heart for the Hero, Wii Zelda and that's it for now.

Real Transformer

There are a few Real life Transformers. Here are some sites: 1.) and 2.)(Robot). Some YouTube movies: 1.) , 2.) and 3.).