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May 27
2009

Looking into the past

An awesome Flickr photo pool offers a window into the past lives of neighbourhoods.


Mar 10
2009

What I learned from Wikipedia last night: Stone Age Edition

Michael learns about the pre-historic origins of Stonehenge, those that built it, and how The Flintstones may have been accurate in its depiction of which animal was higher up on the food chain at the time. Stonehenge was built over the course of almost 700 years, primarily due to red tape in the zoning department. [...]


Feb 14
2009

Neanderthal Genome Project

Wikipedia offers a fascinating look into our nearest evolutionary neighbour: the Neanderthal. Scientists began sequencing the Neanderthal genome three years ago from a bone fragment of a 38,000 old male, and came to a not-so startling conclusion for Darwinists: we share 99.5% of our DNA with this ancestor. Digging into the DNA has taught us [...]


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  1. Alan Cross is a radio legend.

  2. Bruce Sellery is a former colleague who’s passionate about people managing their money

  3. Carmi Levy is the broadcast media’s go-to guy who truly knows his stuff.

  4. Cory Doctorow is someone I knew before he was famous for editing Boing Boing, jet-setting around the world to protect freedoms you didn’t know you were losing, and writing novels. And he even still returns my emails.

  5. Craig Sebastiano is a television and print writer. Got something that needs writin’? Craig’s your man.

  6. Jason Tan is a film guy who is pretty laid back for someone who’s done some pretty cool stuff.

  7. Jon Nye & The Hackits - the hard rockinest guys with day jobs.

  8. Lindsay Smith is one of the geekiest girls I know. And coolest.

  9. Lou Schizas is the Happy Capitalist.

  10. Matthew Ingram is one of the smartest guys in tech reporting today.

  11. Richard Burdett is a great portrait and news photographer who gets to work with beautiful models. I hate him.

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