Here are links I found interesting on January 4, 2011:

• INSANELY awesome solar eclipse picture – Oh, yeah. This is DEFINITELY awesome. In Discover Magazine.
• Predicting Apple’s Future Made Easy – "So…you want to be an Apple prognosticator. You want to be able to predict where Apple will be headed in the next 12 months. "You want to impress your friends with the accuracy of your predictions. No problem. You can do it. You can even foretell the exact month when most of your predictions will come true. And you can do it all with almost no effort." Read this article to learn how from Ted Landau.
• In Beebe, Ark., 5,000 Dead Blackbirds Drop From the Sky – I don't know about you, but I find this disturbing. Could our New Year's celebrations have caused the death of 5,000 birds in one small city?
• How to make a decent cup of tea, following George Orwell’s golden rules – "Ignore Yoko Ono and John Lennon, and heed George Orwell's tea-making advice." By Christopher Hitchens.
• How to Take Better Pictures – Ken Rockwell's Web site is a great resource for all photographers. Plenty of excellent content to read to help you be a better photographer.
• PowerBalance Admits Their Wristbands Are a Scam – "I don't think this would surprise anyone, but PowerBalance—manufacturers of plastic wristbands with hologram stickers on it—have admitted that there's "no credible scientific evidence that supports [their] claims and therefore [they] engaged in misleading conduct."" Read more on Gizmodo and stop throwing away your money on woo-woo crap like this!