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When the Amazon Cloud Goes Down, Your Favorite Internet Time Sucks Go With It

Amazon’s EC2 cloud storage service had some problems while we were all sleeping last night (Read: IT CRASHED), causing a few websites we’ve come to know and love to take a brief nap (Read: THEY CRASHED). EC2 is Amazon’s scalable data center, which lets companies pay for more server storage and bandwidth on the fly,…

Wasting Time Online Is Strong In This One

Sometimes you switch the targeting off of your computer because you trust in the force. But most of the time it’s to make yourself stop lurking on Reddit, already. [XKCD]

FYI: Car Stereos Don’t Get Viruses From iPods

If a car dealership ever claims your stereo unit got a virus from pirated MP3s on an iPod connected via 3.5mm audio cable, they’re wrong. Dead wrong. So wrong, in fact, you should punch them in the face. [Reddit]

National Opt-Out Day Is A Bust, Says TSA

According to the TSA’s “Blogger Bob,” basically nobody is choosing to opt out of the advance screening at airports across the country despite “National Opt-Out Day“. Some airports report zero opt-outs. So much for the uprising. [Blog.TSA.gov]

Ask a NASA rocket scientist anything

Over at social bookmarking site reddit, a NASA scientist working on the Orbiter vehicles is answering user questions. Learn about the day-to-day life of a NASA engineer (plus the 50-mile high club), and ask a question of your own. [reddit]

Hot Girlfriend Motivates Guy to Trade iPhone for $30 Camera

Reddit commenter icallthebigspoon posted an ad on Craig’s List trying to swap his camera for a usable AT&T phone. I sincerely doubt that he expected this offer, but he’d be one cruel man if he didn’t take it. Click on the image for a bigger version. According to icallthebigspoon, he posted this simple, unremarkable Craig’s…

If Websites Were Nations, Digg and Reddit Would Go to War

What if the websites we choose to frequent weren’t merely websites, but nations that reflect our homes and ideals? The comic War imagines a world where website membership equals citizenship, and the reddit aliens “liberate” Diggers from their oligarchy. The first installment of War, created by ncomment, appeared online this past April. It imagined the…

Really like reddit.com? Buy the two Apple G4 PowerBooks that helped code it so you can lick the keyboard and hope some of their juice rubs off onto your own project. [eBay]