January 2009
114 posts
Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending... →
Not that it’s anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it costs the Times about twice as much money to print and deliver the…
car bomb cupcakes →
Folklore says that if you order an Irish Car Bomb in an Irish bar, you’ll either be greeted with a smile and a drink or a black eye, so proceed at your own risk. The way the drink is made…
Just Five Red States Left? →
Gallup is in the midst of releasing a series of data from the more than 350,000 interviews that it conducted over the course of its daily tracking in 2008. The first data they’ve released, on…
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High Five Fail →
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Design Fail →
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IE=’\v’==’v’ →
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Slumdog Millionaire’s child actors still live in... →
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, two of the child actors in “Slumdog Millionaire,” are still living in the slums of Mumbai, despite the film’s $14 million budget and worldwide success. Ali…
Cal to offer course in Advanced Starcraft Theory →
I would expect to find Starcraft courses in Korea, but here in the States it comes as a surprise — a pleasant surprise, but a surprise nonetheless. UC Berkeley is offering a Starcraft…
test different ;) →
test different ;)
Design Fail →
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#18442 - I survived the Bush Administration! If... →
I survived the Bush Administration!
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Shelby's amazing Aero EV: 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds,... →
Man juices in a boil? No shame, that’s Shelby Super Cars’ Aero EV in pursuit of the “world’s fastest production electric car” title. SSC just came clean with the details behind its…
An Open Letter To The American People →
Dear You Guys,
When Paul Blart: Mall Cop was the top-grossing film in the country on its opening weekend, I didn’t say anything. It happens. There was no word-of-mouth to speak of, maybe you…
cali things i miss
cali things i miss
cheap, organic, extremely high quality meat, produce, etc.
good mexican food
good vietnamese food
good korean food
good sushi and sashimi for CHEAP
good ramen for CHEAP
surfing
sunsets
palm trees
having “chillin” be ok cuz there isn’t shit else to do
garbage disposals
modern plumbing
showers that have reasonable fucking temperature settings...
Nigerian Goat Detained On Suspicion of Armed... →
A group of Nigerian vigilantes recently pursued two armed car thieves until “One of them escaped while the other turned into a goat.” The goat is being held in Nigerian prison. Two armed men…
Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk →
A 21-year study finds that moderate coffee drinkers are much less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia..
Hirotoshi Ito: The Meat Inside the Stones →
Photo by TruShu on Flickr: “With smiles like that they must be … stoned. Bada-bum!
Aww, look at those toofs. I kinda wish these three guys would start bobbing up and down and singing me a…
Plutonium From Manhatten Project Discovered In... →
But this wasn’t just any plutonium — this was an extremely pure sample of the fissile isotope plutonium-239, used to make atomic bombs such as the one dropped on Nagasaki.
Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells... →
Monty Python started a YouTube channel with tons of their sketches streaming for free. The included links to their DVDs at Amazon. The result was a whopping 23,000% increase in sales.
For…
No _____ on the Subway! →
A reader sent us the above photo today, saying “a friend snapped this on the new E train this morning, and no one can figure out what it means. do you guys know?” We asked the MTA and they…
Bonus Quote of the Day →
“I won.” — President Obama, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, in response to Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on why he’s not including more Republican ideas in his economic stimulus plan.
The Problem With Phone Orders →
[answering phone] “Cakey Cake Bakery, Jill speaking! How can I help you?” “Hi, I need to order a cake for my boss. We have a photo of him playing golf that we’d like to put on it, though - can you…
Wasted Efforts →
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Man Kills Wife for Changing Facebook Status to... →
A man murdered his estranged wife after he became “enraged” that she had changed her marital status to single on the social networking site Facebook.
Kids these days and their rock n’ roll hair. →
Kids these days and their rock n’ roll hair.
soon he will b wering his pantz liek dis.
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in the first 52 mins of benjamin button, brad... →
The Curious Case of Forrest Gump: ya, it's pretty... →
Getting Waterboarded // Current.tv →
Homemade Scrabble Keyboard: Double Nerd Score... →
This wood and brushed aluminum keyboard features real Scrabble tiles with the points score slightly modded to show each key’s secondary function. It’s classy, it’s nerdy, and it’s worth a ton…
Lego President of the United States →
This really does have to be just one of the coolest, cutest, and most fun things I’ve ever seen. Legoland has created a mini, Lego inauguration for Barack Obama in intricate — and I do…
Nirvana Bassist Vexed by Own Song on Rock Band... →
“I knew the bass line to the song, of course, but I couldn’t quite master this new, different way of playing it,” writes Krist Novoselic, bassist for Nirvana, of his encounter with Rock Band 2.
Homemade Scrabble Keyboard: Double Nerd Score... →
This wood and brushed aluminum keyboard features real Scrabble tiles with the points score slightly modded to show each key’s secondary function. It’s classy, it’s nerdy, and it’s worth a ton…
Briteness: →
Briteness: 100% 50% 0%
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hilarious and accurate: How To Criticizing... →
Twitter breaks the news of flight 1549 crash →
Citizen journalists were able cover the crash of flight 1549 faster than the mainstream media.
Four minutes after US Airways flight 1549 landed in the Hudson river, New York resident Jim…
Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15... →
Valve: Pirates Are Underserved Customers →
While the traditional video game industry view portrays game software pirates as criminals, Jason Holtman of Valve has a different view.
Speaking this week at the Game Business Law Summit at…
Presented Without Comment: That Extra $2,000 Is... →
Awesome Person Obtains Capital One Card... →
David L. Mackie, a 35-year-old salesman from Oklahoma is perhaps the coolest person ever. He personalized his Capital One credit card with Nick Nolte’s mugshot, and now, embarrassed, Capital…
toki doki , oki doki? →
first ever toki doki sample sale. jan 22-25. 123 w 18th st.- metropolitan pavilion
You can't fire me, I'm drunk →
Peru’s top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job, a decision that was criticized by the government on Wednesday for setting a dangerous precedent.
Clowns →
Clowns Made it look easy
we didz it wif our pet taxi.
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Google's Loss of Innocence: 100 Jobs Cut →
The Magical Kingdom of Larry and Sergey has laid off 100 full-time recruiters, a tipster tells us. Inevitable, given the economy. But a crushing blow to Google’s self-image as a…
Courage Fail →
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Do you make these 6 mistakes when buying a video... →