March 2010
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February 2010
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January 2010
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Headline of the Day →
DS Web: The Duel →
December 2009
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Criminal Escapes Prison, Taunts Police Via... →
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If you’re on the run from justice without a care, then why not? People can’t help but to root for him. He’s got all the characteristics of the defiant and plucky hero, the police…
November 2009
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The Menu
Thanksgiving at the girlfriend’s household in Portland:
Appetizers with Champaign and Chablis
Trim Tuna Tartare with Chives, Endives, and Crackers
Grilled Shrimp with Lemon and Herbs
Scallops and Roasted Red Peppers
Dinner
Salad of Roasted Beets, Oranges, Walnuts, and Arugula, Fresh From The Garden
Leg o’ Lamb
Roasted Turkey
Cranberry Chutney
Corn Pudding
Roasted...
Large Hadron Collider: Now This Is Just Getting... →
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Gah!! Taken down by a piece of bread? Unacceptable!
Popular Science is reporting that a piece of bread, dropped by a passing bird, has managed to damage the Large Hadron Collider.
October 2009
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strip for October / 09 / 2009: To The Moon →
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It all makes sense now :)
To The Moon Days like this make you really wish you’d tried harder in school and went to work for NASA just so you could go out…
Battery Refill Required [Caffeine] →
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Want!
This t-shirt visualizes what we’ve all known for a long time: He who merges with the caffeine merges with the power. $20. [Glennz Tees via Fashionably Geek]
The Health Care Debate →
There really isn’t much to debate.
The US healthcare system, in its present state, is a failure. It fails those with and without coverage. We spend more, care for fewer and are sicker…
Parachute Fail →
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Hahaha.. this is so good
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Cincinnati Area Man Unhappy with iPhone... →
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Um.. to the iphone / ipod touch users out there, any similar feelings?
I wonder how often this type of thing will happen at the Guru Bar.
38 year old Ohio man Donald Goodrich…
September 2009
5 posts
Weather Fail →
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And for the weekend, we’re expect a large floating head over Little Rock. Ha ha, back to you Stacy!
Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: dunno source via Fail…
You Must Be Certified →
From the wilds of Craigslist:
Vampire hunter (Seattle)
Date: 2009-09-28, 9:20AM PDT
I need a certified vampire hunter immediately, I fear for my life everyday. There is someone in my…
Amazing LED-Based Hard Drive Clock →
Check out this absolutely amazing remote controlled LED-based hard drive clock build by a Polish tinkerer:
Amazing little device isn’t it? And while I wouldn’t put it on display anywhere…
A Hidden Gem in HTML →
I don’t know how one goes about finding these things, but someone noticed a weird source code for this page. It’s a very basic, unspectacular catalog page for Fujinon Binoculars. But take a look…
Swing Fail →
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Holy crap! Amazing fail.
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August 2009
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I am the almighty! →
I am the almighty! Fear the fuzzy! Fear it!
u gotz a fierce.
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Poor design-choices in the Star Wars universe →
John Scalzi’s list of bad design decisions in the Star Wars universe had me LOLing when I should have been working:
C-3PO
Can’t fully extend his arms; has a bunch of exposed wiring in his abs;…
Sears Caught Selling "Grills to Cook Babies"... →
Yesterday a reader sent us a pretty funny screen capture of a Sears product page with a suspicious category description (see above). By the time we got around to checking it out, Sears had…
Poor design-choices in the Star Wars universe →
John Scalzi’s list of bad design decisions in the Star Wars universe had me LOLing when I should have been working:
C-3PO
Can’t fully extend his arms; has a bunch of exposed wiring in his abs;…
Geeky Water Drops →
I came across this set of photographs on flickr because the first flower was labeled “geeky water drops” with a note that it’s actually “that weird alien pod-flower from Omicron Ceti 3 that caused…
In Focus: Guy Who Just Beat You To Bus Stop Usain... →
NEW YORK—Eyewitnesses confirm that the unusually quick young man who sprinted past you on the sidewalk this morning carrying a briefcase in…
http://www.snacksandshit.com/ →
http://www.snacksandshit.com/ http://www.snacksandshit.com/2009/02/1_05.html “This blog is about rap and hip-hop lyrics that are absolutely absurd, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous, basic,…
Peachy →
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peachy! Bye-bye! (stupid cheating AI! I was in 1st the whole race!!)
Now in season: Washington-grown peaches and nectarines.
You gotta love anything that has to be…
Suffer, Teabagger →
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This is too good.
Meet Kenneth Gladney, 38, of St. Louis. He recently disrupted a town hall meeting to complain about health care reform, got in a fight with some union members,…
Baby Book Fail →
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300 BABIES!!! POWERTHIRST!!!
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Thought For The Day →
Helen’s Bike Shop, Santa Monica, California. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Number of the Day: 75 →
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Haha, definitely C
(A) Amount of miles Mike McGinn rides on his bike every week.
(B) Amount of miles Greg Nickels rides on his bike every ten years.
(C) The number of asses…
Report: Two journalists imprisoned in North Korea... →
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Solid Snake, we have one more mission for you… wait, Clinton already did it? Shit, nevermind.
Word coming in that Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two reporters for…
Warren Ellis » IGNITION CITY #4: The Bit... →
Warren Ellis » IGNITION CITY #4: The Bit Everyone’s Mentioning
This is an excellent catchphrase to adopt.
July 2009
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Firefighter allegedly shoots cyclist in head to... →
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WTF. More reason to always wear a helmet, I guess..
Police say firefighter Charles Diez was upset that a man was riding a bike with his 3-year-old son on a busy street so…
The Apollo Guidance Computer →
Let’s say you’re a NASA engineer in the 1960s, wearing your snazzy black plastic glasses, thinking of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. You start thinking navigation….
Moon Advertising: Robots to Draw Ads On the... →
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No, no, no. A while ago, there was a billboard for “moonvertising” or some such nonsense near the Ballard bridge. Anyone else remember seeing this?
A company wants to “license a…
We Came in Peace for All Mankind →
Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 (if you believe in that sort of thing).
Apollo 11 is one of the most staggering achievements in human history, and The Boston Globe’s…
Office 2010: The Movie →
Yeah, that Office 2010, as in Microsoft Office 2010. Enjoy!
[Via TechEblog] Related posts:
The Great Office War (Video)
7 Random Acts of Office Violence
Get ready for…
Lawyer asks judge to force rival to wear nicer... →
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Haha, he’s a real-life cartoon character
A lawyer in Florida filed a motion to force his rival to upgrade to newer shoes, on the grounds that his homely old hush puppies gave him an…
Man who walked into Burning Man fire loses lawsuit →
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FAIL
Anthony Beninati sued the organizers of Burning Man because he said they failed to restrain him from walking into a fire. He lost the lawsuit. Beninati’s complaint stated that…
June 2009
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Very Tiny Drill Has a Very Tiny Number of Uses... →
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So tiny! Bzzzzz!
This drill is comically tiny, but I’m sure there are some good uses for it. Like, uh, well. You know, drilling tiny holes in things. Tiny, shallow holes. The…
E.U. Agrees To Universal Standard For Phone... →
Ugh, next time those snooty Europeans come over to blanket us with their Euro-gold, they’ll have one more reason to be all smug and superior: ten of the world’s largest telecoms have agreed to…
RIP Michael Jackson →
It’s all over the everywhere, but I just felt like it was worth mentioning here, too. Michael Jackson was a supreme talent and dealt with a tremendous amount of pain. He made many critically…
Because "Sorry!" Was Already Taken →
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Peter’s proclamation of “I’M BETTER THAN HITLER!” did not go over so well at playtests..
The Wall Street Journal has an interview with the creator of a very peculiar board game,…
RIP Michael Jackson →
It’s all over the everywhere, but I just felt like it was worth mentioning here, too. Michael Jackson was a supreme talent and dealt with a tremendous amount of pain. He made many critically…
British cops stop and hassle thousands to... →
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What the hell?! “Welcome to City 17…”
Glyn sez, The UK government’s official anti-terror law watchdog says that the thousands of people are being stopped and searched by the…