October 2009
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John Hodgman On the Coming Geek Culture →
An anonymous reader writes “Famous writer and minor television personality John Hodgman posits the end of the culture of Jockdom in favor of a cultural reverence for engineers, scientists and…
Oct 29th
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If You See Something, Look Away →
If you had a possibly compromising stain on your skirt, would you be offended if an unknown guy ran up to you and said “HI YOU DON’T KNOW ME BUT YOU HAVE CUM ON YOUR ASS?”
Oct 29th
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“At my job, someone once put Nelson Mandella on a poster promoting a jazz fest in...”
– (via Videogum)
Oct 29th
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McDonalds Shakes Cane At Teens, Calls Police On... →
Four teens in American Fork, Utah, have been issued citations for disturbing the peace after they drove up to a McDonald’s and recreated this food order. Doesn’t McDonald’s know that they…
Oct 29th
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Oct 28th
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“Hey I tried to install windows 7 alpha but now my computer doesn’t work? I...”
– Oh users… (via Slashdot)
Oct 28th
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There is a reason that Em is last here - he kills it.
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Yep, Trying To Trade Sex For World Series Tickets... →
We know you really want to go see the Phillies/Yankees World Series, but you’ll have to find some way to pay for it that doesn’t include sex acts. One Philly fan found out that hard way when…
Oct 28th
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Behind the scenes: Haystack →
Very cool look at the process of putting 37Signals’ service Haystack together. Without being too subliminal - I’m inspired for my future projects.
Oct 27th
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Studio turns Dementor over Harry Potter party →
Warner Bros said that while it was ”delighted” she was a Harry Potter fan, ”no one may copy, license, exhibit, reproduce or otherwise trade on the Harry Potter Properties without the prior authorisation and consent of Warner”. ”Warner does not, of course, object to you holding a generic wizard/Halloween night.” Ms Marmite Lover said she had written back to...
Oct 27th
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Nell Scovell Is My New Hero →
At this moment, there are more females serving on the United States Supreme Court than there are writing for Late Show with David Letterman, The Jay Leno Show, and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien combined. Out of the 50 or so comedy writers working on these programs, exactly zero are women. It would be funny if it weren’t true.
Oct 27th
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Pau Gasol To Be A Guest Star On CSI: Miami →
Shared by brownie My friend Kristijan is going to love this… You would think that CSI: Miami would pick Dwyane Wade to guest star on an episode of the show, but no.
Oct 27th
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Gogol Bordello are touring. I’ll say it again. GOGOL BORDELLO ARE TOURING!!!!
Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Gawker Scammed By Malware Crew Pretending To Be... →
Gawker Media just got scammed by a malware company pretending to be Suzuki. The “ads” crashed readers’ browsers, and, in some cases, installed spyware.
Oct 27th
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My fantasies about a future prohibition era...
kathleenjoy: joshdivision: “Brisbane is like a row boat time machine set to prohibition.” Police want pubs to close earlier to combat violence I have an entirely romanticesed view of prohibition in my head, Brisbane. I want unlicenced clubs that play jazz and punk. I want to drink out of cracked mugs. I want to drink straight out of the bottle. I would welcome secret passwords that keep out...
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oi! I haven't finished that newspaper →
No sooner do I put one paper down to browse through another it gets appropriated by someone without even asking if it belongs to me. It is as though every single newspaper of any description has become common property once on the underground. I believe in share and share alike but this morning I put my copy of the Guardian down on top of my bag while looking for my reading glasses and somebody...
Oct 26th
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The scribbled note that changed TV →
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 TV veteran Alan Boyd saw two men he had never met before in his London office and the meeting changed the face of Saturday night entertainment. Nothing about the then head of Thames TV’s meeting with two Simons suggested that television history was in the making, or that he and his production team were about to benefit from an enormous stroke of luck. As...
Oct 26th
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This Chuck E. Cheese Restaurant Really Knows How... →
Police had to respond to three separate incidents in one day this past Saturday at the Chuck E. Cheese in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, according The Patriot-News.
Oct 26th
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Huge PR Firm Has Bunch of Kids Digital PR... →
Here is just the latest example of how a large PR agency can be a huge, huge, huge, hustle, staffed by hustlers, who will charge you too much money to do dumb, simple things, on…
Oct 26th
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The Insane Clown Posse Are Laughing All The Way To... →
The Detroit Free Press takes a look at the entrepreneurship of the Insane Clown Posse, the Motor City duo who head up an empire that brings in—please take a second to finish whatever beverage…
Oct 26th
MaximumFun.Org (14)  Saigon (9)  30 for 30 (2)  Daft Punk (1)  Dub Trio (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Ramen on the Rise →
Luckily for the ramen-obsessed, it’s become increasingly easy to geek out about the soup. Hundreds of posts on Chowhound dissect the ramen in ramen-ya’s across California, industriously ranking them and comparing in minute detail the offerings therein. Blog owners across the globe document their owners’ fanatical addiction to the savory soup. Ed Wu helps support his ramen jones...
Oct 25th
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Vaginal Mints Are A Very, Very Bad Idea →
Jen Philips over at Mother Jones received a sample of an exciting new candy from a PR rep. Called Linger, it bills itself as “the intimate mint.” Or “feminine flavoring system.”
Oct 25th
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The DVR vs Internet Video →
The “conventional wisdom” of internet intellectuals is that its a foregone conclusion that the future of content delivery is via the internet.  Furthermore, the same internet panel populaters seem…
Oct 25th
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5 Releases That Have So Far Shaped My Mediocre... →
I always get the impression that if you run a music blog, you are supposed to be a certain type of person. You know, your facebook should be littered with photos of you and friends at gigs,…
Oct 25th
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When Software Leaks (And What Really Goes Down) →
Bryant writes “The Windows community is somewhat notorious for leaks from upcoming versions of Windows (obligatory link to this guy since that’s most of what he does), and while the official PR word…
Oct 25th
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Music Stores, Booksellers Getting Creative to... →
p-perez: Surprisingly, as many music and book retailers have shuttered in recent years, a number of stores — like Amoeba — haven’t seen their sales fall at all. How have they managed to do that? The book and record stores that have survived are playing up their roles as community centers that serve as unique cultural spaces rather than just a place to buy a quick CD or magazine. “Big chains...
Oct 25th
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“i’d sit in the car at The Antler @ Frenchs Forest while the old man went...”
– Peter posts his memories of his dad’s pub trips at mess+noise.
Oct 22nd
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Evolution of print to online journalism ‘held back... →
Journalists are keen to learn new skills to cope with the changing news environment, but aren’t being given the training or resoruce to do it, a debate in Darwin heard last night. Speaking at…
Oct 22nd
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And Scene →
Oct 22nd
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Sean Parker: Twitter/Facebook Will Soon Dominate... →
Sean Parker, a managing partner at Founder’s Fund, gave an interesting talk today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The key to it is simple: Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and eBay will…
Oct 22nd
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Never Mind the Pity →
While still hospitalized, Killian puts together a dream list of musicians he’d like to work with, focusing on those who spend time in the Catskills. E-mails are sent, calls made, favors asked. He wants to make the record a love letter to the idyllic, eclectic swath of America where he’s lived the past few years. As the responses come in, however, the project shapes up to be far more ambitious than...
Oct 22nd
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Good Vibrations 2010 Lineup Leaks
Thanks to tysonwray: The Killers Basement Jaxx Armand Van Helden The Gossip Busta Rhymes Friendly Fires Salt-n-Pepa Z-Trip Kid Cudi Naughty by Nature Plump DJs Gym Class Heroes Chase and Status Dave Seaman DJ Craze Chuckie Art vs Science Bass Kleph Sam Obernik KillaQueenz
Oct 21st
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Richard Heene urges kids to play with boxes in a clip from his television show Box Time. Why is the box floating?
Oct 21st
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“The Weather Channel has announced that it is adding movies to its schedule. The...”
– Bob Sassone on The Weather Channel expanding it’s scope. Thank you, bean counters!
Oct 21st
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Some Users Say Win7 Wants To Remove iTunes, Google... →
Foofoobar writes “Due to a strike with the UK’s postal system, people in Great Britain are getting copies of Windows 7 early and have already posted their experiences about the install process. Some…
Oct 21st
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Disney Close To Unveiling New "DVD Killer" →
Uncle Rummy writes “The Wall Street Journal reports that Disney is close to releasing a new system that will sell permanent, multi-device access to digital media. The system, dubbed Keychest, is…
Oct 21st
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Windows 7 On Multicore — How Much Faster? →
snydeq writes “InfoWorld’s Andrew Binstock tests whether Windows 7’s threading advances fulfill the promise of improved performance and energy reduction. He runs Windows XP Professional, Vista…
Oct 21st
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Oct 20th
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Is the Adelaide Now drunk man video bad news... →
Shared by brownie I was talking to a friend about this last night. A desperate play to keep readers on the same domain. I’m not sure if this is a change of strategy to get clicks or a…
Oct 20th
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19 Words A Man Should Never Say
Reach out (unless you’re talking about actually reaching out… with your arm) Panties (“underwear” does the trick) Über- Mixed bag Tummy Veggie Vino (unless you’re an Italian. In Italy.) Natch (as opposed to “naturally”) Wingin’ it (“wing it” is fine) Nippy The first name of any female celebrity when you don’t follow it with her...
Oct 20th
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rickyv: Friend: Tell me what you think of this business idea… Me: Does it involve advertising on the internet? Friend: Yes. Me: Awful.
Oct 20th
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The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars →
The show may or may not get higher ratings than the American Idol finale, but the subject of who will host and produce the 82nd Academy Awards telecast remains Hollywood’s perennial…
Oct 20th
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Bitchslap: Madness
This is when she asks if I want to fight her. I have no idea what to say. What I am thinking is, Look lady, I just put a trashcan over a fucking rabid raccoon; I don’t know what I’m going to do next. So don’t push me. Because there are other trash cans in this park and one of them might have your name on it.
Oct 20th
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Kids Design Cute Heinz Ketchup Packets, Learning... →
Oct 20th
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Decisions decisions.
heuteund: Would love to see The Dirty Three, but I don’t think anything can top seeing them at Mt Buller during ATP. Seeing them during the lightning storm at Meredith?
Oct 19th
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