Orange announces an amp integrated with a Windows PC that they are calling the OPC. I’m not sure where this is going or if the hard drive will be safe with huge amplifier magnets nearby, but I am certainly intrigued…

I can’t wait to see them live.

Last week, a 700-foot Chinese coal ship rammed into the world’s largest coral reef, dumping 4 tons of heavy fuel and causing a 3 km oil slick. This is the nightmare scenario to an ecosystem already under siege by global warming and over-fishing.

Here is an update on events posted April 13, 2010: Damage will take 20 years to disappear.

“Their mission is to mimic a full mission to Mars and back as accurately as possible without actually going there: Mars500 will be the first full-duration simulated mission to Mars, starting in a special facility in Moscow next summer. 250 days for the trip to Mars, 30 days on the surface and 240 days for the return journey, totalling 520 days.”

Works great with Nintendo and Gameboy emulators.

“Place names, people’s names and company names or brands will now count…Mattel said there would be no hard and fast rule over whether a proper noun was correct or not.”