317
POPSGoogle + Firefox = Free Music There’s a lot you can do with Google if you can take advantage of it’s advanced search features. Expanding on this tip which shows you how to find music in open directories, here’s a step-by-step walkthrough on how to use Firefox Smart Keyword searches to speed up the process.
33
POPSA Diamond Bigger than Earth Discovered The diamond is actually the crystallized interior of a white dwarf – or the hot core of a star that is left over after the star uses up its nuclear fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon and is coated by a thin layer of hydrogen and helium gases.
21
POPS11 Things The Bible Bans, But You Do Anyway Letting people without testicles into church: Whether you’ve been castrated or lost one or two balls to cancer isn’t important. The Bible doesn’t get that specific. It just says you can’t pray. Deuteronomy 23:1 reads “A man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off may never join the assembly of the Lord.” More at the source. .:lol:
16
POPSYellow Submarine to be remade by Disney more: The band made a live-action cameo appearance in the final scene of the 1968 film. The new version of Yellow Submarine will be made in performance-capture 3-D, a medium explored by Zemeckis in The Polar Express, Beowulf and the forthcoming Jim Carrey vehicle A Christmas Carol. The use of 3-D technology is being touted as the future of Hollywood cinema, with James Cameron’s soon-to-be-released Avatar generating the biggest cinematic buzz of the year.
14
POPSAnother Beatles Legacy - CAT Scans Interesting little story how the Beatles revenues for EMI allowed a scientist to invent CAT Scans. And here I thought their only contribution to the world was great music...
13
POPSBecause the World is Round !! according to another legend: Best was just fresh married with a new little one and refused to play for low salary with young Lennon and Paul cause he's got some mouths to feed at home. they asked him to give it some time and soon all will be better.. yet Pete went on his way. They went on their's. What's the truth? who knows?..who cares?.. try take a lesson thru yr own experience & go on cause the World is Round .... .. !!
13
POPSThe Nature of Nature How nature gained its positive connotation is a mystery. This unnatural understanding of nature likely developed during the 20th century, when human interventions — vaccines, food fortification, water chlorination — led people to forget how much nature sucked.
10
POPSThe Beatles in Space "I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe," said Yoko Ono.
9
POPSRolling Stone: 500 greatest songs, ranked 68. Tangled Up in Blue, Bob Dylan 69. Crying, Roy Orbison 72. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, James Brown 74. Superstition, Stevie Wonder 75. Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin 76. Strawberry Fields Forever,The Beatles 80. I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Marvin Gaye 82. You Really Got Me, The Kinks 83. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), The Beatles 84. Every Breath You Take, The Police 85. Crazy, Patsy Cline 86. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen 87. Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash
9
POPSBedroom Pics: John and Yoko’s Bed-In For Peace 1969 FTA: Forty years ago today, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged a bed-in for peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. Photojournalist Gerry Deiter captured it on camera, but his pictures have never been seen until now. They form part of an exhibition, Give Peace A Chance: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In For Peace, showing at The Beatles Story in Liverpool until 15 August, 2009