February 2008
5 Reasons to be Very Afraid of Mike Huckabee →
You might think that anyone who coaxes an endorsement out of Chuck Norris is nothing short of the greatest world leader of all time. Don’t let the celebrity affiliation fool you, though - Huckabee is a total whack job. Why? Glad you asked! Here are five reasons not to heart Huckabee.
Private Cloud Is a Rocking Bed (Both Ways) →
The Private Cloud is a patented rocking bed by German designer Manuel Kloker. They don’t tell the price, but it is real. You buy it and it’s supposed to be all like, you know, wheeeeee, and then whoooooo, and suddenly you find yourself…
Codex Seraphinianus - the weirdest book in the... →
This wonderfully weird book is a visual encyclopedia, only partially comprehensible, of an unknown world.It has a kind of unearthly beauty and logic to it, qualities pleasing to a different class of people: people who are more at ease with free-wheeling fantasy and, in some sense, craziness.
Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun →
Futuristic weapon can fire solid projectiles at speeds up to Mach 5.
January 2008
SUV Owners Must Pay $50 Per Day to Drive in London →
London already charges a tax, known as a congestion charge, on almost all vehicles that enter central and parts of west London. Certain vehicles, such as those hybrids or eco-friendly fuel cars are exempt. Livingstone’s most recent announcement, however, vastly increases the charge for the highest polluting vehicles.
Should Nintendo Bring Back The "Seal Of Quality"? →
As part of their regular analyst roundtable feature, Gamasutra have asked three analysts - Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter, Jesse Divnich of The simExchange and Screen Digest’s Ed Barton - a question hanging limply from so many of your own lips: Should Nintendo bring back the “Nintendo Seal of Quality”?
REALLY Bad News Day for Hillary Clinton →
Start with Hillary Clinton’s inaction during her tenure with Wal-Mart, throw in her willingness to behave no differently than her Whitewater accusers if she can gain politically, a dash of Bill Clinton’s quid pro quo favors and top it all off with Barack Obama raising a stunning $32 million in January.
Bush gives away Alaska forest →
Despite logging representing only 1 % of Alaska’s economy, Bush is giving away 3 million acres of forest for mining, logging, and new roads, of which 2.7 million acres is pristine, and containing rare species. Under current law, they are also protected areas - but the Bush administration wants to change that.
101 Design Patterns & Tips for Developers →
An excellent collection of useful tips on design patterns, refactoring and other programming tricks
12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22 →
By the time I was 22, I knew who I wanted to marry, was in the process of quitting college, going into debt, and thought that I would be a millionaire by the time I was 30 because I was so smart. If I could go back in time, here are a few items I would tell my 22 year old self.
Soldier suicides reach record level, study shows. →
Vets’ battle with depression reveals effects of long tours, lack of resources.
8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make →
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JUST NOW IN SWEDEN: Four indicted in Pirate Bay... →
Four people involved in the running of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay were indicted in Sweden on Thursday on charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law.
Pillow Design Looks Like Rock Avalanche →
These pillows had me fooled for a minute.
Garmin announces the Nuviphone! →
Garmin has just announced its new iPhone-like smartphone, the Nuviphone. The device features full browsing, PIM, phone and of course, GPS functions galore.
See the MacBook Earth, Water and Fire! →
Leaked photos of the new MacBooks! Ever wanted your computer to be recyclable, blazing fast (literally), or poured out of a bottle? If you answered “yes” to any of those, there’s now a MacBook for you.
Sports car that turns into boat at the touch of a... →
It’s the sort of car that any self-respecting secret agent would be proud to be seen in.
Recipe: Homemade Girl Scout Cookies →
“Samoas, also known as Caramel de-Lites, have always been my favorite girl scout cookie (although I do enjoy Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs and Thin Mints)…”
8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make →
“An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often find designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at design…”
The Colbert Report: The New Capt America, Obama is... →
Marvel’s Editor in Chief Joe Quesada visits Stephen Colbert to let him know that he wont be the new Captain America. He also reveals that Stephen is still a strong presidential candidate in the Marvel universe, and a shocking alien plot to take over the US presidential elections! [VIDEO]
The Modern Library | 100 Best | Novels →
Under 30s not happy as oldies invade social media →
The older generations are moving in on the hi-tech, online world and the under-30s are not impressed. Increasingly young people are feeling uncomfortable about their elders encroaching on what many young adults and teenagers consider their technological space.
Study of starling formations points way for... →
Scientists have uncovered a simple rule that explains how thousands of starlings flock in formation and hope to use the discovery in the future to coordinate swarms of robots.
The Science of Sex: Does the Nose Know? →
Though personality and looks definitely play a part in initial attraction, smell may play a larger role than we suspect.
Lots o' Details - Smash Bros. Brawl →
So, wanna see the list of full playable characters (including one random one I haven’t seen mentioned before)? Joystiq has the story plus screens and a video clip.
Wet Bar plans →
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Wet Bar - Plans and Construction Tips →
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Wet Bar renovation - Living Rooms - Rate My Space... →
The big secret about secret societies →
Step right up, folks, and read the one true guide to Western and Eastern esoteric societies from the Freemasons to the Rosicrucians. Relics, totems and secret handshakes revealed!
19 Best Ads I Have Ever Seen - UADDit →
One Pill Makes You Autistic -- And One Pill... →
Need to finish that work project, and wish you had the mental intensity to do it? Just take a synapse-regulating inhibitor, induce temporary autism, and you’ll want to ignore your friends and do nothing but number-crunching for days.
Ender's Game Now A Reality →
Chair Entertainment has announced a partnership with Orson Scott Card to start working on a game. They have purchased the rights to use the Ender’s Game series of books to create a gaming series based on the writings of Orson Scott Card.
Cheeseburger in a Can Signals the Downfall of... →
I honestly can’t figure out how I feel about this: is it the greatest achievement of mankind thus far, or is it an abomination of foodstuffs that deserves to be hucked back into the gaping maw of whatever food processing plant it was spewed from? I just don’t know what to think anymore. Would you eat a cheeseburger in a can?
Food War →
“Watch as traditional comestibles slug it out for world domination in this chronologically re-enacted smörgåsbord of aggression.” “Food Fight is an abridged history of war, from World War II to present day, told through the food of the countries in conflict.” This delicious short movie is another brilliant work of Stefan Nadelman,
11 Personalities Guaranteed to Ruin Your Super... →
Many folks agonize over throwing or attending the perfect party, but agony is futile because, really, all Super Bowl parties feature the same things: lots of nachos, lots of beer and the following infuriating cast of characters.
11 Power Tips for Gmail →
I saw a few requests that can already be done today. Considering that real Gmail users didn’t know about these options, I’m going to call them power tips.
Norwegian Broadcasting publishes popular TV-series... →
NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting has decided to publish the very popular Norwegian series “Nordkalotten 365” with adventurer Lars Monsen for free on the web. No DRM, full quality - MPEG4 H.264, 1024×576 25fps, 3 Mbit/s. No DRM. All eight episodes will be published, and NRK hopes to publish more programs via P2P if this is popular.
'To Catch a Predator' Actress Dani Miura Interview →
What is it like to play 11-year-old bait to sketchy pedophiles? Dani Miura of NBC’s ‘To Catch a Predator’ comes clean with her opinions of the show and what she really wants to be doing with her talents.
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This Week →
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looks like its gonna be another good week!
Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile is game... →
The Skyfire browser is set to finally bring PC-like browsing to your Windows Mobile device with crazy speeds and support for all manner of embedded content. Sure, there are ways to get Youtube and other mobile video content through proxy sites that convert on the go or with other 3rd-party applications, but this puppy does it […]
Beijing's Bubble-Wrapped Water Cube Unveiled →
China officially unveiled its bubble-wrapped National Aquatics Centre, nicknamed the “Water Cube”, on Monday, one of the two iconic venues for this year’s Beijing Olympics.
LEGO Brick 50th Anniversary Time Line and... →
The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today. This timeline shows fifty years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the LEGOLAND themed sets to TECHNIC and MINDSTORMS NXT, as well as all kind of weird curiosities about the most famous stud-and-tube couple system in the world.
OpenOffice 3 has PDF import, native Aqua UI, and... →
There’s been quite a bit of buzz recently after it was announced that OpenOffice 3 was due in September. It seems, however, most people still aren’t aware of what’s in store.
7 Abandoned Wonders of the Former Soviet Union [w/... →
There are abandonments all over the world, but the former Soviet Union has some of the most interesting, unique and strange abandoned buildings. The complex political, military and social history of the country has led to everything from almost-finished buildings abandoned before actual use and entire abandoned cities to chilling gulags.
Rambo: Still Buff, Bandannaed & Bad-Ass →
After 25 years, Sylvester Stallone still kicks ass as former Green Beret turned one-man army John Rambo in this fourth installment of the First Blood franchise.
From today, feel free to download all the music in... →
After a decade fighting to stop illegal file-sharing, the music industry will give fans today what they have always wanted: an unlimited supply of free and legal songs.
How Tiger Woods Makes Everyone Play Worse →
When he’s in the field, everyone else plays worse. How Tiger throws off golf’s incentive structure.