Same Cambodian kid I posted pictures of a couple of years ago.

• First off bye bye Pontiac and Jalopnik has a nice round up of its history
• Then Top Gear betrayed their Aussie fans with fake Ferraris
• Digital Mom – a report from Razorfish and Cafe Mom
• Giant rat caught in China
• R/GA is AdWeek’s digital agency of the year 2008
• Bouya Blan, one of only 12 white alligators in the world
• TechCrunch’s review of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 (and c’mon, the name My Phone for it’s syncing service is ridiculous)
• Microsoft offers $250k reward for hacker who took out the french air force
• SEED magazine says Welcome to the Universe in 2009
• A big list of datasets available on the web
• Huge Singapore port panorama picture
• VentureBeat and All Things Digital’s posts on YouTube’s plans to monetize downloads
• Twitter professors: 18 people to follow for a real time education
• The Pirate Bay trial started in Stockholm
• Pretty Loaded, the preloader museum
• Photos of Dirk’s magnet accident
• 2d code reports on research that only 1 in 10 UK students know what a QR code is
• iMedia article about whether Facebook is worth $15bn or not
• Good little reporting overview video of Google Analytics
• Guardian article on how Twitter infiltrated our cultural world (I noticed CNN keeps pointing to their Twitter stream every 2 minutes)
• This is why you’re fat
• Slate post on what content wants to be sold
• TeleGeography’s global internet map looks good but is expensive at $250
• Disqus, a fantastic looking commenting system for websites
• Last but not least some pictures of an Indian toilet snake

Samudra from the Oregon zoo is just too cute.

These inspirations for the sea serpent myth can apparently grow up to 15 meters. More infos on Wikipedia.

• MIT students turn internet into a sixth human sense (Wired)
• Wired further reports that the digital overload is frying our brains
• And Wired also has an article on the Action Figure Museum in Oklahoma where nerd’s dreams come true
• CIO magazine’s case against cloud computing
• Pew Internet’s report on Twitter and status updating shows that ‘… 11% of online American adults said they used a service like Twitter or another service that allowed them to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others.’
  
• Tjoos is here to help you get discounts when shopping online, similar to RetailMeNot
• Possible link between dam and China quake (NYT)
• Be close to the musicians in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall (there’s a concert on tonight at 8pm GMT+1)
• Lingerie manufacturer Agent Provocateur is leveraging social media again, this time around with a blog and on Twitter
• The aXXo files – an article about the interwebs most famous pirate who just ripped his 1000th DVD
• Get some insights into your sex life with Bedpost
• Web analytics thoughts on bounce rates and engagement
• 5 insights into allocating digital dollars
• 2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia
• Last but not least the research you’ve been waiting for: Dog-show watchers buy pet supplies online

An epic shot from the tragic Victorian bushfires. The koala that was later named Sam stopped to quickly drink three bottles of water before getting herself some first aid for her burnt paws at a wildlife shelter. Full story at The Australian. Of course you can be useful too and make an online donation at the website of the Australian Red Cross.

Good stuff. Should sink them next time.