June 2008
35 posts
Stupid Secretary--WTF →
This morning, I had to deal with one of our HR secretaries, and it was déjà vu.When I first started to work for this place I was in HR. I had passed my interviews and was doing paperwork as part of…
May 2008
92 posts
Descent of the Phoenix! [Astronomy Photo of the... →
In this sweeping view, the 10 kilometer-wide crater Heimdall lies on the north polar plains of Mars. But the bright spot highlighted in the inset is the Phoenix lander parachuting toward the…
Revision3 Sends FBI after MediaDefender →
The popular Internet television network Revision3 suffered from a severe DDoS attack, launched by the infamous anti-piracy organization MediaDefender. After targeting The Pirate Bay’s trackers,…
Swarm Theory-Photos.Great Pics: Birds, Locust,... →
Beautiful pics of swarming of birds, fish, mammals. Scientists studying swarm behavior among multiple species to better understand — & to help adapt organic collective behavior to human…
Crysis - 5,000 Car Explosion →
This guy plays with the Crysis world editor and shows different scenes of 5,000 exploding cars.
Daily Show Video: The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy! →
Stewart on Bill Clinton saying everyone wants to rush Hillary out of the race because she’s winning the “general election”, the election that hasn’t taken place: “There is a vast right and left-wing…
Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit. →
Awesome.
SquirrelFish: WebKit has a new, fast, JavaScript... →
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4x faster than Safari 3.1, and it’s already blazing fast!
SquirrelFish seems to be the code name for a new JavaScript engine for WebKit. You can see performance benchmarks…
Large Web Host Urges Customers to Use Gmail →
1sockchuck writes “LA hosting company DreamHost, which hosts more than 700,000 web sites, is encouraging its customers to use Google’s Gmail for their e-mail, rather than the DreamHost mail servers….
What OS do you use? →
Wait, don’t tell me. I already know. Here’s the OS breakdown of GitHub visitors in the past month:
BTW, the #4 spot? iPhone.
Creepiest Blind Date Ever →
Some people are a little too into their work.
Nintendo DS freestyle music creation →
Can’t wait to try this out on my friend’s DS!
Charlie Rose digs into the Film "Recount" →
A discussion about the HBO film Recount with Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Toobin, Senior Legal Analyst at CNN and David Boies. Recount is a chronicle of five weeks between the Nov. 7, 2000, presidential…
TED | Talks | Mark Bittman: What's wrong with... →
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In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too…
Vast Cracks Have Appeared in Giant Arctic Ice... →
Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military. Scientists travelling with the troops found major new fractures during…
'Powers of 10' (1977 science documentary) →
This famous short film takes the viewer exponentially outward from a picnic in a park — first one meter, then 10 meters, then 100 meters, etc. — to show humanity’s place in the universe, and then…
Jon Stewart: You Probably Don't Understand the... →
Former Bush Admin Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith was on The Daily Show to set the record straight on the war. Apparently we were not misled into war. Jon started summer early by firing up…
GTA IV's Roman is Looking for Work →
You may have heard how some of the voice actors from GTA IV don’t feel they were compensated well enough for their work, most prominently Michael Hollick, the voice of Niko. Well, the voice of Roman,…
Electronica Alice →
“Alice” is an electronic piece of music by a young South African artist named Nick Bertke. He explains that “90% is composed using sounds recorded from the Disney film ‘Alice In Wonderland’.”…
Stream Music, Movies, and iPhotos to Xbox 360... →
I have a fairly large music and movie collection, and a fairly nice TV/stereo setup in the family room. To watch my movies and listen to my music on the good TV and stereo I could hook my…
If I had 1¢ for every load… →
Flash Element TD 1 has now had over
One Hundred Million loads!
You can see all the stats here which includes a list of the 12,000+ sites that are currently hosting a copy of the game.
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Stream Music, Movies, and iPhotos to Xbox 360... →
I have a fairly large music and movie collection, and a fairly nice TV/stereo setup in the family room. To watch my movies and listen to my music on the good TV and stereo I could hook my…
Firebug 1.2 beta for Firefox 3 RC 1 →
Firebug 1.2 beta is in the wild. The latest beta of the bug your FF3RC will love features: Enablement UI Disable always: when the Firebug UI is not active on any page, the debugger is disabled…
42 Unusually Brilliant Business Card Designs... →
In today’s world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. A brilliant business card that speaks to your profession, serves some unusual function…
Building the Next Last.fm →
Since 2002, Last.fm’s determined team of music lovers has been on a mission to make online music easier, better and more discoverable. We’re still working as hard as ever halfway through 2008,…
How many F-bombs are in the Linux Kernel? →
An entertaining look at one of the most famous open source code repositories.
Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology... →
A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.The unnamed youth was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful…
Leaked Earbud Pic: The New iPhone Will be Huge →
Exclusive image suggests that the next iPhone will be huge.
Digg - How many F-bombs are in the Linux Kernel? →
Original Japanese Version of "The Office" (SNL) →
Imaginary Numbers →
McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare →
McCain’s YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare
Bob Ross is Alive! →
The worlds most famous public access painter Bob Ross is alive and well! And hes much darker than I remember him being.
Amazing Drawings of Superheroes Rendered as Senior... →
Spiderman, Wonderwoman, Supergirl, etc. They’re all here!
Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto IV →
Its the event of the year…
Flash 10 “Astro” prerelease →
With Silverlight 2 aimed square at Flash, many of us were interested to see what Flash 10 would have in store for us. We get our first glimpse with the Flash 10 prerelease, code named…
Bert P. Krages Attorney at Law Photographer's... →
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this is probably worth keeping in your camera bag.
A downloadable PDF flyer describing the rights of photographers.
Lakeshore Skaters →