July 2008
41 posts
Homophobic news site changes athlete Tyson Gay to... →
The funny people who run the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site are so frightened of gays that they’ve set up a filter to change every instance of the word “gay” to “homosexual.”
June 2008
58 posts
dear internets: i want you to know that... →
dear internets: i want you to know that powerschool is great up until you have to actually use it. much better in theory than in practice
Benjamin Mako Hill: One Step Behind →
My friend Aaron is moving back to Boston and in the process
getting stuff for his apartment from Ikea. A lot of Ikea stuff is
secured with hard plastic strapping. Luckily, Ikea also…
McDonald's is being sued by Devo →
Filed under: On the Blogs, Fast Food
Does anyone remember McDonald’s coming out with some Happy Meal toys last year that were “American Idol” inspired? Apparently the toys were meant…
Muffin Fail →
Thx Jonathan D.
Russell Coker: The New DNS Mess →
The Age has an interesting article about proposed DNS changes [1].
Apparently ICANN is going to sell top level DNS names and a prediction has been made that they will cost more than $100,000…
Designing devices to be remotely overridden is a... →
Bruce Schneier’s new Wired column discusses the growing trend to designing devices so that other people can shut them down against your will — the movie theater can mute your phone, OnStar can shut…
Spock ears knitting pattern →
Natalie Zee Drieu of Craft found this tutorial on knitting Spock ears with leftover sock yarn.
Spock ears knitting pattern →
Natalie Zee Drieu of Craft found this tutorial on knitting Spock ears with leftover sock yarn.
Designing devices to be remotely overridden is a... →
Bruce Schneier’s new Wired column discusses the growing trend to designing devices so that other people can shut them down against your will — the movie theater can mute your phone, OnStar can shut…
The Coffee Mug Affair →
At my favorite local coffee shop, Lorraine gives me shit when I purchase coffee in a paper cup, “You… are not saving the world.” She’s right. I’m not, and it’s actually worse. Each time I…
Storm Worm invents fictional events to entrap... →
The mammoth StormWorm botnet has left off its usual strategy of using news headlines to lure people into clicking on badsite links that result in their computers being hijacked and added to the…
Links for 2008-06-19 [del.icio.us] →
iMKS
Cross-platform VMware Remote Console solution
Professor: Web 2.0 an awkward fit for the academic... →
A pioneer in online education at the Open University in the UK says that the growth of interactive sites on the Web is creating a mismatch between student expectations and the reality of the online…
Papercraft cartoon characters for kids and... →
This is probably the cutest/coolest thing I’ve seen on a network television website in a while: free papercraft cartoon characters for kids, including Leonardo from the Teenage…
Daily Congressional debate in one word →
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“Pimpmobile!”
Gabriela sez,
Bush. Energy. Oil. Caribbean? These were the most frequently uttered words in Congress last week, brought to you by a new site, Capitol Words…
“Anonymous Cruel Comments on a Blog Are Cowardly.” →
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WTF Do You Do For 10 Days While You Look Like a... →
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Horrifying.
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Jeff Bailey →
Dear recruiters #2: There are now *two* standards to follow: not only can you not send me posts from a noreply address, you should also try to convince me that your founders are insane ;) I seem to…
Emperor Workstation: Emperor Workstation Belongs... →
Stop Looking At My Bottom [PIC] →
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Ovulation moment caught on camera (with pics) →
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Dogs that know when their owners are coming home... →
Avi Solomon says: “Amazing videos of experiments that test whether dogs can know telepathically when their owners have decided to come home.” The Dogs That Know Phenomena We’re looking for dogs…
Purity →
(with apologies to Randall Munroe; bubble from Open Clip Art)
Purity →
Giant snail [pic] →
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Murdoch of Fox News Admits Manipulating the News... →
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William Shatner accidentally watches old Star Trek... →
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Collection of funny items clipped from newspapers →
Collection of Tonight Show style newspaper items.
Here’s the question — “Should Congress quit funding for Public Television and NPR, Public Radio?” Richard Guess of Charleston says,…
The Sky, From Above [Pics] →
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Cat Graph From Our Sister Site, GraphJam →
» See more lol-able graphs on GraphJam: Pop Culture for People in Cubicles.
*Warning: PG-13 site does not contain cute animals, only geek-lolz.*
graph by: Katterli
» Recaption This
Collection of funny items clipped from newspapers →
Collection of Tonight Show style newspaper items.
Here’s the question — “Should Congress quit funding for Public Television and NPR, Public Radio?” Richard Guess of Charleston says,…
All the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are... →
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Recognize the guy? He's the CEO of Countrywide,... →
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Josselin Mouette: Rock’n’roll meme →
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Batleth, Rick Roll, and Bjork
hadess asks:
You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have:
One weapon
One song blasting on the speakers
One famous person to…
Moog releases its first guitar →
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This could be incredible.
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June 28, 2000: Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said... →
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Drinking the Anti-Vaccine Kool-Aid: It’s not... →
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Number of men who will die in the U.S in 2008 as a... →
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Bill O'Reilly gets totally out-debated by a 16... →
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Why does organic milk last so much longer than... →
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Being poor: Being poor is knowing exactly how much... →
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Don't like legalese boilerplate in emails? Do what... →
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Futurama All Cast [ Pic ] →
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For those of you who maintain there's no... →
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Dream big my little friend. Dream big →