Reports this week of Iran’s “successful” launch of a monkey into space and its safe return were met with skepticism when images revealed that the space-traveler before the flight was replaced by a different monkey after the flight. It was launched into space with a prominent mole above its right eye. When it returned, the mole was gone. It could be heralded as the first successful cosmetic surgery performed in space, a claim that is about as credible as what Iran is actually saying. After journalists picked up on the discrepancy, Iranian quickly asserted that a mistake had been made with the images….

Most industry experts (AKA Tech Bloggers) thought that when the NY Times website went to an online subscription model in March, 2011, that it was the beginning of the end for the once proud media giant. It was called a desperate move that would not yield the results that they were expecting. The general opinion was that a free and open internet was the way to go and embracing it by generating revenue through online advertising made much more sense than asking people who were used to free news to suddenly pay up to read what they can find on other sites. Everyone who felt this way was apparently wrong. The…