Daily Blend: Friday, July 02, 2010

When 2.1 billion years old you reach, look as good, you will not

Seeing my computer lag just in moving my friggin’ mouse reminds me quite vividly of why I chose to forgo an antivirus program for so long in the first place. Bloody resource hogs.

• 2.1-billion-year-old fossil [pictured] may be the first multicellular specimen ever to exist on Earth. No, not you, Mr. King. Or you, McCain.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• 11 of the craziest things about the universe. Explains how a Sun made out of bananas would be just as hot and how you’re breathing T-Rex fumes.
  (via The Huffington Post)

• “In the beginning, man created God.” New Zealanders just got a little more godless.
  (via Friendly Atheist)

• Glenn Beck: “Call me crazy […] but maybe it’s time to start firing teachers” who refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. You make it too easy, Beck.

• When the going gets tough: California Gov. Schwarzenegger orders the salary of most state workers cut to minimum wage (US$7.25/hour). And to think, minimum wage in Québec is CA$9.50/hour, (US$8.96/hour). Now I almost feel guilty.
  (via @BreakingNews)

• Tibetans feature the fastest human evolution ever seen, at least when it comes to their genetic ability to thrive in elevated environments with less oxygen.
  (via @todayspolitics)

As always, if you have any story suggestions, feel free to send them in.