Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms. They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to networks and modems. And the freedom of digital networks will make government more democratic.

Baloney.

A guy, in China, working in a factory, assembling things.

Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report

From British Medical Journal:

As a surgeon Rogozov had no difficulty diagnosing acute appendicitis.In this situation, however, it was a cruel trick of fate. Heknew that if he was to survive he had to undergo an operation.But he was in the frontier conditions of a newly founded Antarcticcolony on the brink of the polar night. Transportation was impossible.Flying was out of the question, because of the snowstorms. Andthere was one further problem: he was the only physician onthe base.

“A 10 minutes taste from the total 7 hours long travel from Bergen to Oslo by train.”

via BIGSTEREO: “The genius that is Oli Chang never seems to surprise us with a new and intelligent interpretation of pop culture and turning it into something fresh and his own. We’ve all come to love his videos and fun and quirky tracks, but this time he turns a classic pop track and turns it into something beautiful that touches you in a way you never thought it would. He completely morphed this track into a dark and disturbing remake that would make you cry if you heard in a touching drama film. I am blown away.”

This is a real photo of the sky over northern Norway last night. And no one knows what it is.

This is a real photo of the sky over northern Norway last night. And no one knows what it is.