Second time (un)lucky
A bowhead whale was recently killed off the coast of Alaska. When its hunters carved it up, they discovered someone else had attempted to kill it- more than a century earlier.
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“They wuz stupid…”
Australian TV show The Chaser recently went to New York and asked some American citizens what date the September 11 attacks occurred on. Here are some of their answers.
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The nastiest divorce/custody/dead baby stories you’re ever likely to run across
Here’s the background of one of the nastiest divorce/custody/dead baby stories you’re ever likely to run across. Alan Rodgers is a horror writer. This is his wikipedia entry, and this is his blog/forum at sff.net. He was originally married to Amy Stout, and together they had three children, two girls and a boy. After he tried to kill Amy Stout, she left him and married —
Me, Dan Moran. I’m the handsome dude in the eyepatch, if you click through to my profile. Together Alan and Amy #2 had a baby: Anthony Rodgers. Who died under interesting circumstances. A tragedy, I believe Alan Rodgers has called it, and by "tragedy" I suspect he means, "Thank God I wasn’t prosecuted for negligent homicide." Or worse.
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More than a browser.
Safari: innocuous browser alternative or sneaky way for Apple to build its homegrown platform on top of Windows? Through suggestions and bundling Apple is installing more on your PC than just a browser.
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Everything the Segway is but cheaper.
The Easy-Glider is everything the Segway is, but cheaper. Electric engine, 16-25 kilometers (10-15 miles) on a charge. Looks like fun [8mb qt] for only less than EU1000 ($1300 US).
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Don’t be low, keep your own style, and paint your bus
Decorate a bus with paint, stencils, and other graffiti. (Click the big red button, and then the paint bucket to get started. You’ll figure out the drawing controls. Click the "All-around view" icon in the upper right to return from drawing and OK! to save it, if you like – give it a name, and you’ll get a linkable URL.) Here’s a gallery of designs.
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Five Anonymous Doctors Spill Their Guts
Self-Diagnosis: Five anonymous doctors frankly discuss their patients, other doctors, American healthcare, and the inevitable mistakes doctors make, including mistakes they’ve personally made that jeopardized their patients’ lives.
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Playing with my Wang (heh heh)
The Wang Freestyle (warning: Google Video; part one of video). A curious footnote in the history of computing that took the desktop metaphor to new levels back in 1988. Featured sampled sound, high-res graphics, and the ability to stack documents on top of each other, the last of which is due in a certain big cat operating system later this year. Watch for how slow the system is, and the subsequent magician-like distraction techniques used by the presenter to avoid people noticing.
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Right Place at the Right Time Musically
If you missed Elvis Perkins on Late Night with David Letterman making their national television debut, at least now you can say you knew about these guys before they really hit the big time (check out "Acoustic Slip Away"). I first heard about them on Lex and Terry. Warning, may be NSFW, youtube and audio links. Click at your own risk.
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Is it Danish? Only the Danish could make something so cheesy
Relive the glory days of being the only male flutist in the middle school band. Fløjte Hero. [warning: danish flash sound]
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Silly rabbit, diabetes is for kids!
Poor Sean Clifton, age 6, doesn’t know the difference between a cartoon and an ad. "They just, um, taste so fruity to me." "They taste fruity, the Fruit Loops? What about real fruit? How do you like real fruit?" "Mm… I don’t really like it." Kellogg agrees to major changes in the marketing of foods that are considered of "poor nutritional quality".
Executive Director of CSPI Michael Jacobson explains.
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Kids + Money + Los Angeles = ?
“I just like to have the hottest of the hottest. Whatever’s hot at the time” In the spring of 2007, Lauren Greenfield conducted interviews with Los Angeles teenagers on the subject of money and how it affects their lives.
The link is a 15-minute selection of those interviews.
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I’m in ur address book, callin ur peeps
How secure is your password? If you’re like some people, it’s probably not secure enough. When did you last change yours?
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100 words every high school graduate should know
100 words every high school graduate should know.
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I’m f*cking Tintin, I am.
Yeah, you better walk away before you get a couple of fucking slaps! You know who I am? I’m fucking Tintin, mate, alright?
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What You Want, Baby I Got It …
“What You Need, You Know I Got It!” The Detroit Free Press celebrates 40 years of Aretha Franklin‘s "Respect" in grand style.
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Pimp My Vag
The gals at Jezebel.com recently completed a short series about vaginal plastic surgery, called Pimp My Vag.
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Let’s get ready to….um….rumble.
Not at all satisfied with the "Maxim Hot 100," the editors over at AfterEllen decided to ask their readers to assemble their own lesbian and bisexual-oriented Hot 100.
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A Bicycle Built from Wood
Meet JANO, the beautiful bicyle built out of wood. This hybrid bike is the thesis project of Roland Kaufmann and is designed for both the very active and every day cyclist.It is totally made out of wood chopped with miter saw.
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Best hack ever.
We’ve all seen the multitouch interfaces of Jeff Han, Apple, Tactiva, and Microsoft. Now, the ultimate guerrilla hack – the $2 multitouch pad.
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I Sing The Body Electric
Fritz Kahn was a German writer & illustrator in the 1920s who specialized in illustrating the physical processes of human bodies as though they were machine powered. Perhaps it’s easier to show than describe.
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Because you were getting too much done before.
From the Makers of Desktop TD and Flash Circle TD, comes the all new, all-addictive Vector Tower Defense! Goodbye productivity.
RobDurdle.com 
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