Morality: Don't be afraid - science can make us better - via NewScientist.com - While I don't agree with the insinuation made by the author that "economic prosperity" is a suitable moral guide, I do enjoy a good debate on the subject.  "Economic prosperity", or as it's better known, "Making a shit-ton of money" is one of the primary causes (if not the main cause) that people abandon morals that would otherwise preclude them from doing something.  I'd like to see more research on the "morality as an evolutionary response" theme mentioned in this article.  Better living through technology, I say!
 
Popular Facebook apps found to be collecting, selling user info - via ArsTechnica.com - Surprise, surprise!  Most of those "FREE!" apps and games you've been using on Facebook have been mining and selling off your personal data.  Unfortunately most people would sell their soul for a free cheeseburger, so I don't expect many people to care.
 
Surviving the Apocalypse Hollywood Style - via Wired.com - Everything I know about surviving the end of the world I learned from movies.  This one breaks it down by sub-genre:  Virus/Nuclear, Natural Disaster, Alien Invasion, Authoritarian Distopia.  For anyone concerned, the Zombie Apocalypse falls under the Virus/Nuclear category.

I'm not sure how many times the whole vampire genre can be reinvented before it reaches a saturation point.  Hell, I'm pretty sure I saw Bill Compton from True Blood in this trailer for Priest, scheduled for release March 4, 2011.  It still looks like it will be pretty awesome, although I'm still partial to Kate Beckinsale in second-skin black leather.

Zombies, however, are and forever will be the scariest thing imaginable.  Here's the TV spot for The Walking Dead, the AMC adaptation of one of the best comics ever.  This one premieres on Halloween. 

Martin Aircraft's commercial jetpack looks to take flight - via DigitalTrends.com - Got $100,000 and nothing to do with it?  Soon you'll be able to buy a fucking jetpack!  It's not exactly the Rocketeer, but it would beat the shit out of sitting in rush hour traffic.
 
Carry-on liquids could return for air travel - via CBC.ca - As someone who flies frequently for work, let me just say that airport "security" is a fucking joke.  Fortunately for me I'm a thirty-something white guy so they tend to leave me alone.  Here's a riddle of sorts...
     Guy (unsuccessfully) tries to blow up plane by lighting shoe-bomb on fire.  Solution - No lighters allowed and every passenger has to take off their shoes for x-ray.
     Guy (also unsuccessfully) tries to blow up plane by bringing "liquid bomb" onto plane.  Solution - No liquid/gels/aerosols allowed.
     Guy (note: UNSUCCESSFULLY) tries to blow up plane with an underwear bomb.  Question - How long until the TSA wants to x-ray my boxer-briefs?  Answer - Some airports already are. 

'Star Wars' saga set for 3D release starting 2012 - via HollwoodReporter.com - No surprise here.  There's new technology available so that means it's time to yet again re-release the Star Wars movies.  Not only is George Lucas going to make a shit-ton of money from all the fanboys who buy the super-mega-deluxe remastered Blu-ray edition, but you'll also get to see Jar-Jar in all his 3D splendor when the movies are released in 3D starting in 2012.  The joke is on George Lucas though, because the world ends in 2012.  Sorry George.
 
Internet disconnection 'like being imprisoned' - via Telegraph.co.uk - OK, I wouldn't exactly say it's like federal "pound me in the ass" prison, but it would make finding porn more complicated.
 

Urban Park Elementary is Academically Acceptable... - via DallasObserver.com - Can you use the word "studant" in a sentence, please?
 

Yesterday I read that Blockbuster is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  Apparently they're about ONE BILLION DOLLARS in debt.  Even if their stock price hadn't already been steadily declining for more than ten years I can't see how this development could really surprise anyone.  I'm sure some people will blame BitTorrent, other peer-to-peer services, and piracy in general for Blockbuster's fall from glory but I don't buy it.  I'll explain why...