Space Elevators

Freebie of the day - Colgate Maxfresh

Space Elevators
" Space elevators - a futuristic idea in which space is accessed via long tethers with the power needed being transmitted on beams of light - are the target of two new cash prizes, sponsored by NASA. Winning teams will receive $50,000 in 2005 for either building the strongest strand of material or for using light to power a wireless robot up a cable. "

Dad and Diabetic Daughter
Pretty cool story..In 1999, dad invested around $18 million in a drug company to keep hope that the company's diabetic drug would get approved by the FDA and his daughter could use it. Now, the drug has been approved, his stocks are worth over $200 million and his daughter gets to take the drug. Dad "plans to pour the profits from most of these ventures into his philanthropic projects in Central America." He initially got rich by having a computer software company LightSpeed International which developed programming that allows long-distance calls to be made over the Internet. That company was sold in 1998 to Cisco Systems.

Nap Time

Freebie of the day - Coupon for a Free Pillow expires 5/31/05 (yeah you will need the pillow after reading this post)

Turn Your old Cell Phones into Cash
If you're thinking of throwing away your old cell phones, you could get a few bucks for it. Also compare with http://cellforcash.com/ to see which site gives more cash.

Yahoo is matching Gmail's Storage Size
Yahoo said late Tuesday that it will provide 1 gigabyte of storage for each free e-mail account. The previous limit was 250 megabytes.

The Mother of All CPU charts
Has benchmarks for mostly all CPUs from the last 10 years.

Bust-Up Gum

Freebie of the day - Dog Stuff

Chewing Gum that Can Enhance Breasts
"A chewing gum which the makers say can help enhance the size, shape and tone of the breasts has proved to be a big hit in Japan.
B2Up says its Bust-Up gum, when chewed three or four times a day, can also help improve circulation, reduce stress and fight ageing. " I just like the name..

Self-Lighting Cigarettes
'The cigarette has a tip anointed with sulphur and phosphorus. Striking the tip against a rough pad on the side of the packet ignites the cigarette, which is reinforced with slivers of bamboo or tobacco leaf to stop it breaking. '

Corporate Logos
If you ever feel the need to download a company's logo, the above link has a repository of 5,000+ company logos.

Blokus
A game that combines tetris and go.