Microsoft Oslo's roadmap is mainly a bad news for smaller companies that wanted to provide independent solutions in the .NET world, even if we can remember many announces of ambitious architecture that have never materialized in working products.

Hungry pigeons are baited with food, netted, dumped into a van and then allegedly sold to out of state pigeon shoots and restaurants as fare for the menu. The Humane Society of the US in Washington, DC has been working on the Hegins pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania for years. Pennsylvania is the last state to allow the cruel practice to continue.

The Science Barge is a sustainable urban farm designed by New York Sun Works, a Manhattan-based environmental nonprofit organization. Situated atop a floating ‘barge’ greenhouse powered by solar, wind and bio fuels, and irrigated by rainwater and purified river water, the farm grows food with no carbon emissions, no net water consumption...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Coca-Cola and Cargill are working on a new sweetener, code-named rebiana. Rebiana is derived from stevia, which is a South American herb. NetSweat.com Comments: With both new food additives and medicines, it can take a few years before the full safety is known.

There’s also Rodeo Jesus, Surfer Jesus, Football Jesus, Soccer Jesus, and “Will Work for Food” Jesus.