I hit #2 and was already astounded. Leslie Lemke..how in the world?? He's blind but knew how to play the keys and pedals on a piano to mimic an incredibly complicated piece he just heard. There's smart and then there's just things like this that make no sense in the world of learning humans have studied. His mother also..we need more parents like her.

well photoshopped if it is. i can't imagine someone being able to get on the ground anywhere near these people without being whisked away by the secret service.

No wonder I haven't caught Olympic fever. People being fast just isn't...exciting. Unless they do it naked..for a technologically-level playing field of course.

Google would gain back a lot of respect if they did just that. Also, Viacom has said that they are open to getting the information that wouldn't require the exposure of usernames/emails but take that with a grain of salt. Don't be surprised if you suddenly get a lot of spam from Viacom-owned companies based on your user preferences!

The Schappell sisters are insufferable. Have you seen their interviews?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bExMq2DVINM&eurl=http://onedatatime.typepad.com/dick_liker/2008/05/the-fear-of-bei.html

That section on Hooke is amazing..the fights with other famous scientists and his casual description of colleague Leeuwenhoek's discoveries of small organisms, fascinating!