harp's groups' newest posts Atom Feed from Searchles Thu Aug 21 11:28:40 -0400 2008 en-us Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell - TIME driftabit Edison had his lightbulb, Ford had his Model T, and Jan Vinzenz Krause has his spray-on condom. Inspired by the mechanics of a drive-through car wash, the German sexual-health educator designed a custom-fitting male contraceptive using liquid latex and some materials from a hardware store. "I felt a little like MacGyver," he says of building the contraption. Putting US Energy in the Wrong Place - TIME driftabit John McCain stood atop an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and proclaimed that he had the key to solving America's energy woes, slashing the price of gas, and unfettering U.S. foreign policy from its addiction to foreign oil. 10 Best Movie Songs of All Time diane_court as chosen by Mental Floss magazine Ten Mysteries of the Solar System g8rrrry Weve all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets (plus Pluto and all those other dwarf planets) orbit within a very small volume of the heliosphere (the volume of space dominated by the influence of the Sun), whats going on in the rest of the volume we call our home? As we push more ro Apple hit with class-action lawsuit over iPhone 3G flakiness Makin We all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time. A lawsuit has been filed against Apple over what the plaintiff is referring to as the Defective iPhone 3G, which she hopes will become a class-action complaint. Scientists Make a Fat-Burning Fat maybelline What if fat could make you lose weight? 13 Magnificent Renewable Energy Successes and Failures : EcoWorldly maybelline Last week, EcoWorldly hosted a renewable energy festival, highlighting energy projects and issues around the globe. Here, with links back to the original articles, are some inspiring successes and dismal failures in renewable energy as they were explored by our team of international environmental writers this past week. School Wars - Politicians, Billionaires, and Mavericks Can't Fix Public Schools Kimberley McKee This summer, as I listened to the unbridled joy of children playing outside my window, I read a New York Times article about first graders being placed in “Gift of Time” summer schools. Charge your iPod with Vodka? Kimberley McKee A Chinese company is releasing a product that you might not be able to show off at the fifth grade science fair this year. Microsoft taps Seinfeld for ad campaign Kimberley McKee Jerry Seinfeld will appear as a celebrity pitchman as part of a new $300 million ad campaign being developed for Microsoft, The Wall Street Journal reported. OpenSocial Now Reaches 350 Million Users, And Growing Kimberley McKee Six months ago, OpenSocial was nothing but a list of promised partnerships. But the social network application platform backed by Google has made a lot of progress since then as those partners started to go live with their OpenSocial Apps. First there was MySpace and Orkut, then Hi5, and most recently Friendster. Green Burials: Close to Nature and Far From the Ocean’s Surface ecocollegecampus I did some research and found a great article on MSNBC.com that discussed the rising popularity of eco-friendly burials. Here are two entirely different yet very green ways that graves are going green: Facebook's New Social Ads Turn Your Friends Into Marketers | Epicenter from Wired.com diane_court With a new social approach to advertising, Facebook hopes to present marketers with unique and coveted advertising opportunities, but there's a real risk that Facebook users, who already pretty much ignore ads, will not take kindly to passively shilling with their feeds. Harry Potter Fans Fight 8-Month Film Delay diane_court Fan outrage is boiling online over the delayed release of the next installment in the Harry Potter film franchise. Blogs to Riches: Perez Hilton Migrates Into Cosmetics, Fashion and Music diane_court Mario Lavandeira hates to leave the house. He prefers to stay in his gated-community condo, which has all the charm and personality of a just-cleaned motel room, so he can torture the rich and famous from the safety of his computer. EBay Cuts Fixed-Price Sales Fees by 70% diane_court EBay, the world's largest Internet auctioneer, lowered fees for listing fixed-cost items by more than 70 percent to attract additional sellers and compete with Amazon.com. EBay said the changes won't affect its annual earnings projection. Bush Praises Georgia and Condemns Russia diane_court Before Veterans of Foreign Wars, President Keeps Up His Call for Withdrawal The Islamofascists, Islamofascism is our biggest enemy and it`s the biggest enemy of culture, civilization and everything. west The Islamofascists. I mean, Islamofascism is our biggest enemy and it`s the biggest enemy of culture, civilization and everything. And a terrible thing that`s going on now is we have lost -- our culture has lost confidence in itself. And this is why I keep telling people you can fill the Supreme Court, you can put Ronald Reagan back in the White House, we can have conservatives winning elections. If you lose the culture, you lose everything.