Men on road to extinctionSource: Telegraph
Men are on the road to extinction as their genes shrink and slowly fade away, claims British professor Jennifer Graves.
Ecstasy's Long-Term Effects RevealedSource: newscientist.com
Enough time has finally elapsed to start asking if ecstasy damages health in the long term. According to the biggest review ever undertaken, it causes slight memory difficulties and mild depression, but these rarely translate into problems in the real world.
Boy or girl? It's in the father's genesSource: e! Science News
A Newcastle University study involving thousands of families is helping prospective parents work out whether they are likely to have sons or daughters.

Listening to an early, mid-70s song by The Police today made me start thinking about music.
INTERESTING WORLD: Amazing X-ray artSource: weirdandinteresting.blogspot.com
Nick Veasey is an award-winning photographer, who works with clients from all over the world. His studio is a converted RADAR station on a hill in Kent. Nick has appeared on television in the UK and the USA (on the "Today" show).
Most Gen X'sers Don't Expect To Retire... Source: Yahoo! News
More than two-thirds of Americans aged 27 to 42 don't think they will ever be able to stop working, according to a survey published jointly on Monday by Scottrade and BetterInvesting.

1975: Nixon aides sentenced for Watergate

X. Their name is short and to the point, and when you mention them to people, their name usually elicits the same question: Who is X? Well, let me tell you: X is one of the best punk bands ever. I saw them last night at the House of Blues in Anaheim, and I was blown away.
How to Access Your Ubuntu RemotelySource: blog.thembid.com
When I was using Windows XP I would use UltraVNC to access my desktop remotely, then when I "upgraded" to Vista I did not take to the time to do that, instead I used the built in Remote Desktop feature.

Today I got some updates to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, not a big deal, updates happen all the time. This one has me a little worried though. It's an "Important Security Update" to xscreensaver. Yeah that's right security flaws in your screensaver.
The Illuminati are real and they're in it deep.Source:
The Beyonder started the Secret Wars and he's sorely mistaken if he thinks the Illuminati have forgotten. Bringing the fight to the enemy, this team of powerful super-heroes has a giant, cosmic challenge in store for them.
A day without X (server)Source: terminally-incoherent.com
Would you be able to survive one full day without using the X server? Linux offers us a wide assortment of CLI based tools which use curses and/or framebuffer for functional user interfaces.

US equities fell at the open, ostensibly due to rising energy costs, but were able to climb back into positive territory just before the close.

Although major US equity indices fell on Tuesday, our market safety index stands at 127 for Wednesday, which is unchanged from Tuesday, and down only slightly from 134 for this past Monday.
ROX Desktop provides light, quirky alternative to GNOME and KDESource: applications.linux.com
The ROX Desktop is a lightweight alternative to GNOME or KDE built around the ROX-Filer file manager. The project's name is an abbreviation of "RISC OS on X." The ROX Desktop's performance is reminiscent of IceWM, and it's noticeably faster opening programs than GNOME or KDE.

So the Vista launch has come and gone, and the good and bad reviews have both started to pour in. In addition to the comparisons to Windows XP, many of the reviews look at how Vista stacks up against Apple's Mac OS X.

IRC channels, LUG mailing lists, and Ubuntu wikis were buzzing with the news this morning that a recent Ubuntu Xorg update (xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3) crashes the X Window System on some video hardware.
Download Skype for MacSource: skype.com
Skype for Mac w/ VIDEO beta! Finally Mac users can hold our heads high and smile into our intergrated iSight cameras as we chat with the world via Skype