Now this is a bad day in IT World

There are bad days, and there are bad days. This would definitely have to rank up there with the worst.

JUNEAU, Alaska - Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion.That’s what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents’ biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.

Oops! Techie wipes out $38 billion fund - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com

Metal is good for the brain

This explains a lot; I hope. I love the heavy music, and now my kids do to. They are only young ATM, but nothing makes them eat their dinner faster than having something heavy playing through iTunes.

Intelligent teenagers often listen to heavy metal music to cope with the pressures associated with being talented, according to research.The results of a study of more than 1,000 of the brightest five per cent of young people will come as relief to parents whose offspring, usually long-haired, are devotees of Iron Maiden, AC/DC and their musical descendants.Researchers found that, far from being a sign of delinquency and poor academic ability, many adolescent "metalheads" are extremely bright and often use the music to help them deal with the stresses and strains of being gifted social outsiders.

Heavy metal 'a comfort for the bright child' | Science News | Connected | Telegraph

Chumby

Tech Gadgetry at its best. Take something that hasn't changed in years, and make if flexibile and available to personalisation all with increased functionality. I like this paragraph:

We also decided that the chumby would be different because it will be “open and hackable.” If you happen to be another card-carrying hacker, you can blow off the warranty, pull out its electronic guts and reprogram it. If you're more of a "crafter," we're providing patterns so you can give your chumby a new skin. You can sew on patches, attach enameled pins, bury it in glue and glitter; whatever you want to do to personalize it. If you're a Flash artist, we hope you'll use chumby as a sort of always-open art gallery for your coolest stuff.

Chumby Industries

M3 Concept

From the Geneva Motor Show. Agreesive looking from BMW. I guess it is only a concept. One day, one day.

Geneva Premiere: BMW M3 Concept - Jalopnik