This is really cool - new Federal spending, according to the recent stimulus bill, will need to be exposed through an RSS feed. This means, in theory, that as new spending is approved, we can all receive notification in our blogs… or better yet, since these updates will contain structured data...

RTFA: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5… An odd, greenish backward-flying comet is zipping by Earth this month, as it takes its only trip toward the sun from the farthest edges of the solar system. The comet is called Lulin, and there’s a chance it can be seen with the n...

RTFA: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/04/m… MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) — A recently retired Mexican army general whose bullet-riddled body was found Tuesday near Cancun had taken over as the area’s top antidrug official less than 24 hours earlier, officials said. Retir...

RTFA: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/4412176/Rubik… Now the reclusive Hungarian inventor hopes to recreate the buzz of Rubik’s Cube with his new game, featuring six balls trapped within three transparent plastic spheres. The puzzle, shown to the Sunday Telegraph ahead of its unveil...

RTFA: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/31/geo… NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — George Obama, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested by Kenyan police on a charge of possession of marijuana, police said Saturday. Related posts:Okfuture.net » Schwarzenegger Sa...

RTFA: http://whitehousefarmer.com/ The United States has a White House chef . . . and now is the time for a White House Farmer. Everyone, from your family and friends to our First Family and their guests, needs to know who grew their food and how it was grown. Thank you for your 100 nominations of k...

YousableTubeFix changes YouTube from a world of pain to a much nicer experience. The biggest improvements (IMO) are: * the video window is a reasonable size (not fullscreen, but not too small either) * any video is trivial to download * switching to high quality is easy It’s such a pain to tra...

Courtesy of Dena Lurie: January 20, 2009: It was Inauguration Morning at around 5 am, my boyfriend Nick returned home after working at the “Black Tie and Boots Ball.� I awoke to his entrance and greeted him. He told me that people are already lining into the Metro stations to head down to the Ma...

In case you’ve heard about Obama backing the Bush total-surveillance program, there is a lot to learn. In short, Obama has always backed this program, which is disappointing but unsurprising. More importantly, though, is that these actions are taking place under the initiative of Bush’s ...

Almost immediately after watching the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, I began looking for full text versions of Obama’s Inaugural Address online. Of course, many sites are offering text of the address. However my paranoia demanded that I copy the provided full texts in...