First Daily Blog links 12/24/08

I'm going to start blogging my web discoveries here, check back daily!

FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE DAY:
Santa Rocks-

This photo of old Santa was taken June 29, 2008 in the City of Rocks, Almo, Idaho. At the right angle, this outcrop looks like an old fashion Santa -- from another angle it could be a gnome. Up close, though, it's just a collage of rocks shapes. Our brains sometimes create recognizable objects from inanimate random objects. This phenomenon is known as pareidolia.


RECENT SCIENCE:

Sientists say TAKE MORE NAPS!
Skimping on sleep linked to hardened arteries
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16351-skimping-on-sleep-linked-to-hardened-arteries.html

Ancient Family Heirlooms Used to Snort Hallucinogens:
http://www.livescience.com/culture/081223-nhm-family-artifacts.html

Groundbreaking, Inexpensive, Pocket-sized Ultrasound Device Can Help Treat Cancer, Relieve Arthritis
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219172050.htm

Neat Flash summary of the golden disks aboard Voyager (or for you Star Trek fans- Veejir)
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/voyager_record/

Tradition and Superstition in Spaceflight
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1137/1

GALLERY:The Top Ten weird things that have flown in space
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16325-things-in-space

HUMOR:

An Xmas card from John?
http://www.engrish.com/wp-content/uploads//2008/12/hey-ho-family-lover-friend.jpg



I caught this on a Simpsons episode when Bart is sent to a therapist:
CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST

Where Imaginary Friends
Come to Die

ART NEWS:
This is a great source of the latest art news around the world-
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp

FOR SF CITY LOVERS:
Cool photo exhibit:



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/20/DD3S14PV7F.DTL&hw=jazz+fillmore&sn=001&sc=1000