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From Piracy to a Free Nation

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The Pirate Bay wanted to buy Sealand or some other island to form their own nation or something along those lines. Anyway, as a result a group of Pirate Bay members (edit: the group started as a result of a conversation on the Pirate Bay and now has no association with the Bay) have decide to actually create their own free nation!

From the Freenation Foundation their mission is:
“To establish an ecologically sustainable society that provides the freedom to advance humanity through science, reason and cooperation.”

Fun Cartoon Room

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Cartoony Room

An artist as made a really cool paint scheme in a room, it’s like living in a cartoon.

I would love to live in a house painted like this!

More images and a brief description can be found here.

BBC Climate Change Challenge

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picturedThe BBC has a neat game where you get to be the president of Europe (!) and guide Europe to environmental success.

“A game where you are president of the European Nations. You must tackle climate change and stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office.”

It’s fun to play!

Denmark is Happy

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Denmark is one happy place, and has been that way for decades. When measuring life satisfaction, researchers have consistently concluded that the Danes are the most satisfied, but what is their secret to their happiness?

It’s that Danes have low expectations.

“It’s a David and Goliath thing,” said the lead author, Kaare Christensen, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. “If you’re a big guy, you expect to be on the top all the time and you’re disappointed when things don’t go well. But when you’re down at the bottom like us, you hang on, you don’t expect much, and once in a while you win, and it’s that much better.”

The above link is for the NY Times, so use bugmenot.

Look at the Cosmos in 2007

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What’s Up 2007 – 365 Days of Skywatching is a free e-book that can guide you to the stars this year. The e-book is desgined to help experienced and inexperienced people find the stars for fun viewing. If you like, you can also order a printed copy.

“Each day is specifically geared to give you the best of what can be seen with the unaided eye, binoculars, and small telescopes and even has challenge objects for seasoned observers. It’s beautifully illustrated and contains many special features, such as anotated lunar maps.”

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