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Frack IE6

Microsoft has recently come out with its IE8 and I’m sure Firefox is shaking in its boots (if Firefox had boots and actually was afraid of Redmond).  Either way, it means that IE6 is even more outdated.

If you didn’t know browsers can get served particular versions of sites because sites can auto detect what kind of browser is visiting that site.  Some folks try to make their page work with every browser.  Some people have other ideas.  At Hugs for Monsters, they have a line of “overly judgmental IE6 splash pages.”  The site officially does not care what browser you use, but they mocked up a whole bunch of these pages. [Source]

Get some special ink

There’s a lot of information about electronic ink floating around thanks to the Kindle 2 and that new color ebook reader.  But what about the venerable non-electronic ink?  Ink is making advances on its own.

Some enterprising folks in Sydney, Australia have applied a special ink to their beer labels.  What does the ink do?  Does it tell you that you beer is at optimal temperature?  Nah.  Some of the ink disappears as you drink your beer.  Oh, and they used that ink to put a bikini on a drawing of a woman.  So as you drink your Skinny Beer, she loses her clothes.  [Source]

Bionic people from Texas are coming!

Science in America isn’t dead yet.  The University of Texas at Dallas has put together artificial muscles.  These muscles can be used for prosthetics and for robotic applications.  The muscles are using nanotubes and aerogel sheets which make them incredibly light.  These artificial muscles are also able to withstand temperatures from 25 degrees Celsius to 1200 degrees Celsius (that’s 77 to 2192 degrees Fahrenheit).  Outside of that range, the properties of the material are somewhat unstable.  So, expect bionic people in warm weather places or keep a look out for people in sweaters.  [Source]