There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- This Google Maps hack takes out everything but the location markers and names. Somehow, it's still navigable. [From: xn-slarsteinn-gbb.com, via: Kottke]
- Mary Roach weighs in on the best and worst of space food. Turns out that "astronaut ice cream" was never a hit -- only three astronauts ever ate the dehydrated stuff. Oddly, the NASA Shrimp Cocktail topped the list as the all-time favorite. [From: BoingBoing]
- Twitter's new bookmarklet makes it even easier to Tweet without needing to leave your browser or use your mouse. Throw the bookmarklet in your bookmarks bar, and you'll be able to shave milliseconds off the time between reading and tweeting. [From: Twitter]
- The UPenn team trained its PR2 robot, which doubles up on drum and keyboard duty, to play U2 and Beatles cover songs. [From: YouTube]
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