Mini Link-Fest

Really Old Architecture

"The site isn't just old, it redefines old: the temple was built 11,500 years ago—a staggering 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid, and more than 6,000 years before Stonehenge first took shape. "

http://www.newsweek.com/id/233844

Google's Algos Challenged by the Future of Media

"But over the past five years, a slew of companies have challenged Google’s central premise: that a single search engine, through technological wizardry and constant refinement, can satisfy any possible query. Facebook launched an early attack with its implication that some people would rather get information from their friends than from an anonymous formula. Twitter’s ability to parse its constant stream of updates introduced the concept of real-time search, a way of tapping into the latest chatter and conversation as it unfolds."

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_google_algorithm/all/1

Scale of the Universe

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347

Greece - Germany, EU and euro

Theodoros Pangalos, deputy prime minister, said Germany had no right to reproach Greece for anything after it devastated the country under the Nazi occupation, which left 300,000 dead. "They took away the gold that was in the Bank of Greece, and they never gave it back.