Elian Gonzalez, 10 Years Later [now & then]

Remember the controversial custody case in 2000 a la Elian Gonzalez & co? That's him pictured above with Cuban President Raul Castro, marking the ten-year anniversary of his return to Cuba.

Ed Vulliamy explores the case that was the decade-opening custody battle here in an article featured in the Guardian.

Kirsten Dunst is Made of Awesome.

I've had a life-long crush on Kirsten Dunst that started at 12; in essence it is she who can be credited with awakening my young sexuality. Anyways, a decade after the release of Jumanji, and she is still quite busy.

She is set to star in Lars von Triers' latest sci-fi thriller "Melancholia", which is set to film in southern Sweden July through September.

She also co-wrote and directed a short film, Bastard, which will premier at the Tribeca Film Fest and was just accepted into the prestigious Cannes film festival in France.

Go, Kirsten!

Yale Accepts, Quadrupally.

This is pretty cool. A set of quadruplets got into Yale!

They Have Pole Dancing Championships?

I didn't even know they had Pole Dancing Championships. Then again, I live in a cave.

Here is Jenyne Butterfy practicing her routine for the US Pole Dance National Championship in Manhattan.

MIT students do it on the cheap

in the true DIY nerd spirit, two MIT students launched a camera built out of a cellphone attached to a helium balloon into the stratosphere and took some pretty amazing photographs. it's amazing what creative minds and $150 can do.

read the original article at space.com