FortySouth

What, O what, to be made of this? Only from the Land of Lincoln:

Where the Illinois Senate finds the jurisdiction to reinstate a planet, is beyond me. Hmm.. maybe this has something to do with it:

What? No. Americans have discovered hundreds of planets.

Sigh. Stay classy Illinois!

[via Bad Astronomy]

Are you starting a business or already have a small business in operation? Taking the headache out of routine administrative tasks definitely goes a long way in freeing up more of your time to concentrate on building a great product for your company. This is especially true if you’re running a small shop with limited staff.

So I came across this great resource for starter web apps for small businesses that I’ve found to be particularly useful and that I’m actually putting to use.

A few of the take-aways:

• Managing your projects – Basecamp
• Taking notes, capturing information – Evernote
• Billing, invoicing, client account management – FreshBooks
• Track employee status, clock-in and out times – InOutBoard
• Resume management, hiring – The Resumator

[Getty. Read via CNET Webware]

Your privacy and security on the internet is plummeting down the tubes, so do we need a new internet? [via NYTimes]

“You hereby grant Facebook your soul” [digg] with their new Terms of Service. [via Consumerist]

A baby birth streamed live – any moral implications to this? [via TechCrunch]