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HathBanger (8) Calexico (3) DJ Schmolli (3) MGMT & Justice vs Notorious B.I.G. (3)...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:22:51 +1100

Advice: Do Not Shave Your Privates While Driving

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:48:18 +1100

Advice: Do Not Shave Your Privates While Driving:

Much is said about distracted driving. Don’t text, don’t talk on the phone, don’t eat soup. Apparently nobody bothered to tell one Florida woman not to shave her privates while driving. Clearly,…

Life Inside Scientology: Physical Abuse, Psychological Torture and Billion-Year Contracts

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:31:24 +1100

Life Inside Scientology: Physical Abuse, Psychological Torture and Billion-Year Contracts:

The New York Times has a lengthy, front-page story about Scientology today and while it doesn’t break much new ground—many of the more salacious tales first appeared in The St….

Michaelsoft Binbows Is Japanese For "Get A Cheap PC Here"

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:39:08 +1100

Michaelsoft Binbows Is Japanese For "Get A Cheap PC Here":

We have no idea who first posted this picture, but just to set the record straight, the sign is using a bilingual pun on the Japanese word 貧乏 (binbo) which can be translated as “poor.” It’s…

Advice: Do NOT Get A Circumcision On Craigslist

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:39:08 +1100

Advice: Do NOT Get A Circumcision On Craigslist:

We all know Craigslist can be great for finding an apartment, retrieving your stolen property and getting a law degree from Georgetown. And apparently, the site’s reputation is so solid that…

Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:46:52 +1100

Scalpers Earned $25M Gaming Online Ticket Sellers:

SeattleGameboy writes “An indictment has been issued for online ticket brokers known as ‘Wiseguy Tickets and Seats of San Francisco.’ From 2002 to 2009, they used bots, server farms, and CAPTCHA…

Jeffrey & Jack Lewis (26) Freeway & Jake One (6) Little Brother (4) The High &...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:56:33 +1100

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How EA Plans To Squeeze More Money Out Of Madden Buyers

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:33:19 +1100

How EA Plans To Squeeze More Money Out Of Madden Buyers:

Speaking today at the Morgan Stanley Technology conference in San Francisco, EA Sports boss Peter Moore has spoken of Madden’s digital future. Madden fans, and sports game fans in general, may…

National Enquirer Editor Corrupts Impressionable Columbia J-School Students With Stories About Reporting

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:35:56 +1100

National Enquirer Editor Corrupts Impressionable Columbia J-School Students With Stories About Reporting:

If you’re a journalism Brahmin who’s simply appalled at the prospect of the National Enquirer winning a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of John Edwards’ atrocious moral life, look out—they’re…

Magazines Admit: We Have No #*&%ing Clue What To Do With iPad

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:40:10 +1100

Magazines Admit: We Have No #*&%ing Clue What To Do With iPad:

While many media outlets were heralding today’s news that magazine giant Condé Nast plans to bring five of its biggest selling titles to Apple’s new iPad tablet thingy, if you actually read what…

Do Not Go To Kmart In Speedos And Terrorize Customers With A Sex Toy

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:18:45 +1100

Do Not Go To Kmart In Speedos And Terrorize Customers With A Sex Toy:

That headline may have ruined your plans for the remainder of the weekend, but it’s for your own good. Seven college-age men were caught doing just that on Saturday at a Panama City Beach, Florida…

“Millions of people now can hear your...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:18:48 +1100

“Millions of people now can hear your inpatients…” (via myheadlookslikemypenis)

Nando's honours Grill'd vouchers... So be well fed, not fed up!

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:10:34 +1100

Nando's honours Grill'd vouchers... So be well fed, not fed up!:

Shared by Doctor Grondo
That’s some brilliant split-second marketing from Nandos! I feel sorry for poor Grill’d though, getting “grilled” by Nandos like that.

Following Grill’d’s decision to pull…

Latvian "Robin Hood" Hacker Leaks Bank Details

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:27:07 +1100

Latvian "Robin Hood" Hacker Leaks Bank Details:

eldavojohn writes “Move over Russell Crowe, an anonymous hacker in Latvia is being hailed as a real life modern Robin Hood. The hacker refers to himself as ‘Neo,’ claims allegiance with the Fourth…

Who’s Embedded With Whom? Videos Will Be Everywhere – or Invisible

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:58:46 +1100

Who’s Embedded With Whom? Videos Will Be Everywhere – or Invisible:

A very long time ago – 5 years to be precise – a rock band from Chicago called OK Go made a music video on a series of treadmills.

You remember it, don’t you?

Well, Damian Kulash sure…

the Mountain Goats and Kaki King (25) Natural Elements (22) Lyricist Lounge (10) Ted Leo and...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:06:40 +1100

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Jimmy Wales' Theory of Failure

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:17:11 +1100

Jimmy Wales' Theory of Failure:

Hugh Pickens writes “The Tampa Tribune reports that Jimmy Wales recently spoke at the TEDx conference in Tampa about the three big failures he had before he started Wikipedia, and what he learned…

Inside TED

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:38:36 +1100

Inside TED:

At the ultra-cool “ideas” conference, there’s no recession, Sarah Silverman is tame and all we need is “mind shift”

Sarah Silverman's Ideal Valentine's Day Is...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:48:47 +1100

Sarah Silverman's Ideal Valentine's Day Is...:

Chocolate. Hearts. Smooching. How was your Valentine’s Day? Good, we hope. Comedian Sarah Silverman describes the perfect Valentine’s Day with her new guy:

“We like the same things,” she says…

"Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:37:08 +1100

"Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver:

lurking_giant writes “The Seattle Times is reporting that the Men’s 500 meter speed-skating competition was delayed more than an hour Monday evening by the breakdown of the two ice grooming machines…