CBS News posted the top 10 reasons to have sex tonight. They cite stress relief, exercise and cardiovascular health as reasons. MY personal favorite:

2. Sex Boosts Immunity

Good sexual health may mean better physical health. Having sex once or twice a week has been linked with higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A or IgA, which can protect you from getting colds and other infections.

Baby, I feel a cold coming on…

Read the top 10 here.

TechCrunch first reported this

For those unaware, The Pirate Bay is a controversial BitTorrent site that has earned the wrath of the MPAA and RIAA. Both have lobbied to have the site shut down, but have been unsuccessful thus far as the company is located in Sweden. A list of legal threats against the company is available on their website.

Is this censorship? Is this the beginning of Yahoo! filtering other sites large organizations oppose? What happens if the government asks Yahoo! to filter results it does not care for? I know personally I will not use their search until their actions are explained and ThePirateBay.org returns to their top search position.

However, this year’s Internet darling is Senator Barack Obama.

Obama pulled in $4 million from Internet donation this weekend. He dominates the MySpace “friends” categories, and has over 200,000 more supporters than Hillary on Facebook. He now has his own YouTube-style site dedicated to videos supporting his candidacy – YouBama. The site’s top videos include George Clooney, a five year old girl, Charles Barkely, and a 20-something named Chris.

There is still a long way to go in the 2008 campaign, but if Internet support is a measure of popularity and votes, Obama has a healthy lead.

Then again, so did Howard Dean.

This Venn Diagram shows:

a: that higer priced PS3′s offer more features
b: that newer models of the PS3 have limited or no backwards compatibility with PS2 games
c: multiple reasons to choose a Wii over a PS3

From BB Gadgets via Gizmodo

While Valleywag makes a strong argument, there are two reasons why gadgets need to be covered by magazines.

First there is technology that is important to readers of various magazines.  A person planning a trip might be interested in pocket translators.  Outdoors magazines cover relevant technology better then most web sits.  I know if Quill (Published by the Society of Professional Journalists) did an article on voice recorders, I would read it in a heartbeat.  A good magazine knows its audience and presents gadgets that are important to them.

Second and more important, not everyone is a geek.  Valleywag is based in San Francisco, the heart of technology country.  While they are surrounded by what is new and exciting, those of us in the Midwest do not see much of this until it comes knocking on our door.  While there is a great deal of coverage of the iPhone currently, I can guarantee very few Midwesterners could tell you anything about the Nokia N95, even the tech savvy.  As AT&T prepares to roll out the N95 in the U.S., magazines such as Maxium and Playboy will undoubtedly cover this “new gadget.”  While it is old hat to those like me that seek out new technology, it will be breaking news to many.  Magazines serve the purpose of bringing technology to those that do not seek it out.

Read the Valleywag article.

Apparently Adobe sees the future the same way I do.

Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen announced last week that the company plans to move all of their desktop applications online.  Chizen says this is several years out, but it the future of the company.

It will be a while before this comes to fruition.  The United States needs to increase its broadband infrastructure, which will take at least a decade.   However, I continue to stand by my prediction, and enjoy when I see large corporations moving towards this model.

Ars Technica has an article about Adobe’s future plans.

Joseph Kosinski got his start by making television commercials for Nike, Apple, and Nintendo before moving to Hollywood to starting his directing career.  His first movie will be a remake of “Logan’s Run.”  Many have never seen this forgotten classic (unless I’ve forced them to watch it) about a society where at the age of 30, you are eliminated.

The second classic was announced by Disney, and is a sequel to the nerdcore classic “Tron.”  For anyone that is unfamiliar with this story, Wikipedia provides a great synopsis.  While the new Tron will not be out until 2010, geeks around the world will keep their fingers crossed, hoping Kosinski’s version is as good (or better) then the original.

Apple apparently has it right compared to other companies. Pogue points out in his aricle:

Pop song ringtones from T-Mobile and Sprint cost $2.50 apiece; from Verizon, $3. You don’t get to customize them, choose the start and end points, adjust the looping and so on. Incredibly, after 90 days, every Sprint ringtone dies, and you have to pay another $2.50 if you want to keep it. Verizon’s last only a year.

I think we found another reason for record companies to stop their whining. Read the full article.

The Times dumped their “TimesSelect” service, which would charge users $7.95 per month for the opportunity to read editorial pieces. This move was rumored for a while, and the change is welcomed by the Internet community. In a letter sent to subscribers, Vivian Schiller, Senior Vice President & General Manager of NYTimes.com states:

Since we launched TimesSelect, the Web has evolved into an increasingly open environment. Readers find more news in a greater number of places and interact with it in more meaningful ways. This decision enhances the free flow of New York Times reporting and analysis around the world. It will enable everyone, everywhere to read our news and opinion – as well as to share it, link to it and comment on it.

I subscribe to the print version of the times, and there is often commentary worth blogging about. However, if I can’t link to an article so that readers can view it, I am not going to discuss it. This s a smart move by the Times. I believe the ad revenue over time will make them significantly more then if they kept it a pay service, plus the exposure by bloggers will hep their view rate thrive.

Visit TimesSelect for free starting today. Thanks to James for the update.