links for 2009-02-05

I giggled for about a minute.

"The current research estimates that there are at least 361 intelligent civilisations in our Galaxy and possibly as many as 38,000." Cool research.

Google adds in their own basic location based social networking, available from iGoogle and their Android phones.

Looks like Bill Gates' Ted talk went over really well.

Bahhh.

Looks like we found our bird.

Just awesome wallpapers.

Facebook at five and really needs to find a good revenue stream.

How freaking cool is this?

How much are the photos that we use as our profile pics our identity in an online world.

Fix those browser issues with jQuery.

Vatican is forcing a Holocause denier to recant. Seems if the church wants to control all aspects of your life, why can't they tell you how to think about history?

Very pretty image.