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Links for 5th January 2009
Velcro City Tourist Board —
... an "electricity hotspot" and no longer have to delve past legs, bags and furniture in search of an awkwardly located socket." Wireless power gets trotted out about every six months; yet to see it for sale anywhere. And even then it'll be proprietary by manufacturer (grumble grumble)…
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Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan
"… a series of stones – ...
Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan - SF Books
Planet-x.com.au —
Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan - [Image: Standing stones beneath Lake Michigan? View larger ]. In a surprisingly under-reported story from 2007, Mark Holley, a professor of underwater archaeology at Northwestern Michigan …
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Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan - SF Books
Stonehenge was ‘prehistoric rave venue’; Lake Michigan wants slice of the action
Futurismic —
... Meanwhile, Geoff Manaugh at BLDBLOG points us to more mysterious stones arranged in a circle… this time, though, they’re at the bottom of Lake Michigan. ...
Around the Web: LEGO steampunk, Orwell blogs 70 years later, and the top 50 movie special effects
Tor.com —
... Stonehenge beneath the waters of Lake Michigan - “If verified, the carvings could be as much as 10,000 years old—coincident with the post-Ice Age presence of both humans and mastodons in the upper midwest.” ...
[links] Link salad turns its lonely eyes to you
Lakeshore —
Skycar Expedition 2009 — :: wants :: 1967 Movie Poster: Teenage Mother — Heh. Wow. 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography — More fun with tilt-shift, originating from various sources. Where on Earth? — A game of architecture and monuments. (Thanks to willyumtx.) Stonehenge beneath the waters of Lake Michigan — Interesting, if vague. (Thanks to lt260.) Analysis: GOP urging restraint in ...
Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan? [Mad Science]
io9 —
... be out of place at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The region already has its share of petroglyphs from ancient tribes and other standing stone sites. These submerged stones could have been raised by local populations at a time when the lake bed was dry, in the late Ice Age. More research is needed to determine whether these stones were arranged by humans, or merely look that way. SOURCES: Mastodon? Rock Brings History to Surface [via Associated Press] Stonehenge Beneath Lake Michigan? via BLDG BLOG (with sonar pics!)
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