This appeared on the This Is Broken site, a place where people report wacky things they see that don't work. I thought this was too funny not to share. Once you understand the explanation, it becomes even funnier.

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So I don't go in for product recommendations, and I have unfortunately not gotten the chance to test this out, but Microsoft's new mobile PC is, at the very least, a product to watch. Looks fairly innovative anyway. Not quite the iPod of portable computing, but maybe that's iteration #2. For more details, CNet has answers.

Is Your Site Red or Yellow or Green?

When searching on Google or Yahoo or whatever, you can now get a sense of the safety of the site you’re going to visit before you go there. Site Advisor tells you how often a site will e-mail you (i.e., whether they could be a source for spam), whether downloads are clear of adware, and whether they link to other sites rated green for OK to go. I’m a huge fan since it saves me from having to guess whether a site is legit from a security/privacy standpoint. This plugin is for Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Holy Magma, Batman!

Did you know a giant collapsed volcano is called a caldera (think cauldron). You know one better as Yellowstone. Here’s the Wikipedia jaw-dropper: “When Yellowstone Caldera erupted 630,000 years ago it released 1000 cubic kilometers of material, covering half of North America in up to two meters of debris.”