Thursday, October 9, 2008

Sarah Palin Says She'd Love to Appear With Fey on 'SNL'

It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall's presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin coming on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey. "All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey's three skits.

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Asteroid Exploded in Earth's Atmosphere

A small asteroid exploded over Africa this week following what astronomers said was the first firm prediction of an incoming space rock. It did not strike Earth. The asteroid was about the size of kitchen table, astronomers estimated, and they think the explosion left nothing but perhaps a few small bits to fall to the surface.

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Rock Out With Your Bailout

Days after federal officials agreed to an $85 billion bailout of American International Group, the insurance firm spent more than $440,000 for a corporate retreat at a swanky California resort. An invoice from the week-long getaway, a copy of which you'll find below, was obtained by the congressional panel that has been holding hearings this week a

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator

Bugorski, a 36-year-old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, was checking a piece of accelerator equipment that had malfunctioned - as had, apparently, the several safety mechanisms.

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Skydiver makes first ever jump over Mount Everest

A British skydiver has entered the record books as one of the first to parachute jump over Mount Everest towards the world's highest landing zone.

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Tina Fey As Sarah Palin In VP Debate On SNL (VIDEO)

Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen Latifah as debate moderator Gwen Ifill, as well as Tina Fey, reprising her role as Governor Sarah Palin.

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Friday, October 3, 2008

Spermicide Coke, stale chips research wins Ig Nobels

A researcher who figured out that Coke explodes sperm and scientists who discovered that people will happily eat stale chips if they crunch loudly enough won alternative ''Ig Nobel''.

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

How Exactly Did NASCAR Get in the Bail Out Plan?!?!????

Title III Sec. 317. "A Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track facility." ---- That's fancy talk for "Bush likes NASCAR".

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Apple files motion for dismissal of Psystar counterclaims

Apple has filed a motion with U.S. District Court seeking to dismiss the claims of Psystar, which allege that Apple has used a monopoly position as the manufacturer of Mac computers to cause restraint of trade, unfair competition, and other violations of antitrust law.

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Does This Linux Distro Make Me Look Fat?

Your choice of distro can reveal who you are.

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Congress Should Watch DuckTales

DuckTales discusses inflation

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Meet Rupert, the fawn

He is growing up without a mother's love. But this tiny muntjac fawn appears to have a lucky streak nonetheless. He was born three weeks early after his mother was hit by a car.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The sapphire mines of Madagascar [PICS]

The tiny village of Ilakaka, Madagascar had barely 40 residents before 1998. Then, a large deposit of sapphires was discovered along a nearby riverbed, and caught the eye of some Thai businessmen in the gem trade.

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Diesel launches 'porn film' advert

Diesel has risked controversy by launching an advertisement featuring clips from 1980s pornographic films.

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What To Expect During Thursday's Debate

Scandalous Candice lists some tactics that Sarah Palin may pull during the Vice Presidential debate on Thursday. And goes through point by point about what Joe Biden should say and do. And how to handle Sarah Palin.

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God of War Film Confirmed By Brett Ratner

This movie has been rumored since last year and at E3 only reveal the third installment into the serie is well on it’s way. Well, we all knew that this was going to happen, it was just a matter of when.

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Angry Video Game Nerd - Chronologically Confused About AC/DC

A look at the early & confusing discography of rock legends AC/DC.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Monday, September 29, 2008

Cute Mario Chalk Art



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Chef dies after making ultra-hot sauce for chilli-eating

An aspiring cook who challenged his friend to a chilli-eating contest died just hours later. Andrew Lee, 33, had used a bag of home-grown red chillies to make a super-hot sauce.The forklift truck driver, who had recently passed a medical at work, dared his girlfriend's brother to eat a spoonful - then ate a plateful himself, then died.

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Xbox 360 Slim Is Really Real

At a recent event held in Delhi, Microsoft India revealed some very key information on the future of Xbox and the present. At the event they confirmed that the long rumored Xbox 360 Slim is actually real and that we should wait for an announcement sometime in December

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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Movie legend Paul Newman dies, 83

Hollywood legend Paul Newman has died at the age of 83, his spokeswoman has confirmed.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

It's alive!: Ars reviews AmigaOS 4.1

From its very inception, the Amiga has been about defying conventional wisdom. In the early 1980s, everyone knew that personal computers weren't powerful enough to multitask, but the Amiga proved the naysayers wrong.

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iPhone Developer Made $250K From Apple Store In Two Months

Steve Demeter developed the iPhone puzzle game Trism as a side project, but now he's quitting his day job. Why? Because he says he's generated $250,000 in profits since he started selling the $4.99 game on iTunes this summer. That's after Apple (AAPL) has taken its 30% cut of total sales, and after subtracting his initial investment of about $5,000

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Microsoft Goes 'Back To The Future'

Great Scott! This is heavy...

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IEs4Linux lets you install Internet Explorer under Linux

Because a large portion of end user machines attached to the Internet are Windows machines, Web developers have no choice but to develop Web applications that, while they don't necessarily rely on Microsoft technology, do have to work properly with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. That usually means developers require a Windows installation a

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"I'm A PC" Windows Ad Better Than Seinfeld (VIDEO)

Phase 2 Windows ad delivers better message than Gates/Seinfeld head scratcher: Not all PC users look like John Hodgman. Spot includes Deepak Chopra, Bill Gates, A-Rod, Eva Longoria and other proud Windows users.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Learn Kernel Command Using Linux System Calls

Linux system calls -- we use them every day. But do you know how a system call is performed from user-space to the kernel? Explore the Linux system call interface (SCI), learn how to add new system calls and discover utilities related to the SCI.In this article, I explore the Linux SCI, demonstrate adding a system call to the 2.6.20 kernel.

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New Mozart piece of music found in French library

A French museum has found a previously unknown piece of music handwritten by Mozart

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TwitterKeys: ♥ ✈ ☺ ♬ ☑ ♠ ☎ ☻ ♫ ☒ ☤ ☹ ♪ ♀ ✩ ☠ in Twitter!

How I added ♥ ✈ ☺ ♬ ☑ ♠ ☎ ☻ ♫ ☒ ♤ ☤ ☹ ♪ ♀ ✩ ✉ ☠ ✔ ♂ ★ ✇ ♺ ✖ ♨ ❦ ☁ ✌ ♛ ❁ ☪ ☂ ✏ ♝ ❀ ☭ ☃ ☛ ♞ ✿ ☮ ☼ ☚ ♘ ✾ ☯ ☾ ☝ ♖ ✽ ✝ ☄ ☟ ♟ ✺ ☥ ✂ ✍ ♕ ✵ ☉ ☇ ☈ ☡ ✠ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ♁ ✇ ☢ ☣ ✣ ✡ ☞ ☜ ✜ ✛ ❥ ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ ☬ ☫ ☨ ☧ ☦ ✁ ✃ ✄ ✎ ✐ ❂ ❉ ❆ ♅ ♇ ♆ ♙ ♟ ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ to Twitter.com and what happened in the first 48 hours...

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Review: EFiX Dongle Perfectly Transforms PC to Mac

When we first heard about EFiX—a simple USB dongle that'll let you magically install Leopard on your PC—it sounded too fantastic to be true. Well, I used it to turn my gaming PC into a Mac Pro over the weekend, and I'm somewhat amazed to say this, but it works perfectly.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

HiVision Shows Off Sub-$100 Linux Mini Laptop

For $98, you get a MIPS-based processor, 1GB flash storage, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, an SDHC card reader, WiFi, audio in and out, voice-chat and Firefox browser support on a Linux user interface.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Mars Phoenix Will Twitter until its last electronic breath

The Mars Phoenix Lander has been Twittering away its mission details since landing on Mars in May. But lately, you can see a sense of impending doom starting to creep in, slowly.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

MrBabyMan Breaks Silence and Adresses All Questions in Video

MrBabyMan adresses a ton of controversial questions including scripts, and how he diggs all of those articles in a short amount of time.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Recover a Lost Linux Password

Here's a step-by-step account of the command line fix you can make by booting into "single user mode." The fix is written from an Ubuntu perspective, but applies to most any Linux system that boots with the GRUB manager. It's also a reminder that even a password-protected Linux box isn't truly protected from the curious, so encrypt your data.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Best South Park License Plate Ever (PIC)

Our hats are off to you, sir or madam, as you have struck comedic gold with your handicapped vanity plate.

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CG Animation Shows What Happens When Large Meteor Hits Earth

Though most of us hope a large meteor will never hit earth, some may wonder what if it really does happen. Well, this CG animation shows just that and more. Continue reading to watch.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

"In a World," Don LaFontaine, King of Voiceovers, Dead

LaFontaine's powerful tones appeared on more than 5,000 movie trailers and nearly 350,000 commercials. His website lists voiceovers for Terminator II: Judgement Day, Shrek, Minority Report and Dodgeball among his most famous work, and he had also worked as the in-house announcer at the Oscars and the Screen Actors Guild awards.

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Another Spin for Vinyl Records

With a bump in sales, the LP is reliving a little of its glory days.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Mythbusters Adam & Jamie at NVISION 08

Jamie and Adam demonstrate the difference between a CPU and GPU at NVISION 08 Mythbusters style. They utilize robots, paintballs and lots of compressed air. Filmed at NVISION 08 in San Jose, CA on August 27th, 2008. This video has the full 16 minutes of the Presentation by Jamie and Adam.

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Hack Turns iPhone into Macro Camera

Forget about buying cheap, tacky plastic add-ons to mod the iPhone's camera. Flickr-er Daniel Forsythe instead used his knowledge of cellphone camera lenses to make this quick-and-dirty manual focus hack for the iPhone.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Magenta Ain't A Color

A beam of white light is made up of all the colors in the spectrum. The range extends from red through to violet, with orange, yellow, green and blue in between. But there is one color that is notable by its absence. Pink (or magenta, to use its official name) simply isn’t there. But if pink isn’t in the light spectrum, how come we can see it?

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24 Core, 48GB Linux Render Cluster built inside IKEA Cabinet

This amazing Linux Cluster consists of 6 Intel Core 2 Quad(2.4GHZ) Processors, 48GB of RAM spread across 6 GIGABYTE GA-G33M-DS2R Micro ATX motherboards and put inside an IKEA Helmer cabinet, WHY YOU ASK? 3D computer rendering is very CPU intensive and the best way so speed up slow render problems, are usually to distribute them on to more computers

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Iconic Ramen Noodle Celebrates 50th Anniversary

"I invented instant ramen when I was 48 and Cup Noodles at 61. In life, there is no such thing as too late." Read about the life of Momofuku Ando, and if you've ever enjoyed a cup of this time-tested food it's definitely worth a read.

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Despite Airlines' Promises, Customers Hack VOIP on Flights |

Just days after American Airlines made the big-deal announcement that it had rolled out in-flight internet on certain routes, hackers have found a way to use the service for voice-over-internet protocol calls, despite promises from the airline that its air-to-ground system, developed by Aircell, would block voice calls.

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30 Free High-Quality Wordpress Themes

In this article we present over 30 fresh free high-quality WordPress themes. All themes can be downloaded, customized and used for free — in personal or/and commercial projects. Please read license disclaimers carefully before using the theme in commercial projects — they can change from time to time.

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The crime that created Superman

On the night of June 2, 1932, the world's first superhero was born — not on the mythical planet of Krypton but from a little-known tragedy on the streets of Cleveland.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Wrestler who quit was right

The Olympian who threw away his bronze medal had reason to be upset, judges rule.

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Kevin Smith (Sort of) Reviews The New Star Trek Movie

TrekMovie previously reported that JJ Abrams has completed a first rough cut of his Star Trek movie and now it appears that he is showing it off. Director Kevin Smith was a guest on KROQ’s Kevin and Bean show this morning and the subject of the new Star Trek movie came up with Smith giving a review of the movie in a roundabout way.

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Cuban taekwondo athlete banned for life after kicking ref

A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification. Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos' actions during the men's over-80 kg (176 pounds) match.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Worlds’ most distant webcam goes live

You can use a webcam to sneak peeks at birds’ nests, active volcanoes, watch the Shuttle launch, and even to check traffic. But that’s just local stuff. What if you want more of a far look? Then you need to check out the most distant webcam (so far) in the solar system: the Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera

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5 Really Weird Things About Water

Water, good ol' H2O, seems like a pretty simple substance to you and me. But in reality, water - the foundation of life and most common of liquid - is really weird and scientists actually don't completely understand how water works.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

MRI Scans of My Brain (PICS)

I need to do this. We once were at the Enchanted Broccoli Forest at Stanford University drinking Full Sail that a stranger offered us out of a keg, and then another stranger gave us bong hits, and we walked down the halls and the students in the dorm had the coolest shit on their doors. Brain Scans and more brain scans is what i remember. Ahh.

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Comcast to slow down heaviest 'Net users to DSL speeds

Comcast is offering more details about the "protocol agnostic" throttling solution that will replace its current, FCC-denounced approach to network management. Heavy users will be "deprioritized" for 10 to 20 minutes at a time.

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Amazing Facts About Michael Phelps (pics)

Here's at least one reason WHY Michael Phelps is so dominating. With his arms outstretched, he's wider than he is tall.

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Why Playing Doctor Can be a Dangerous Game

"How to go off medicines isn't routinely studied and remains more of an art than a science," says Jack E. Fincham, PhD, a pharmacy professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy. Here are some common reasons for stopping a medicine and what you should know before you do.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Stryde Hax: Hack the Olympics!

There's been some widely publicized controversy regarding the competition age of the Chinese women's gymnastics team recently. I have an Internet connection, that means I should be able to verify the age of the gymnasts in question with primary state-issued documents and find out for myself if someone's cheating, right? Right. Let's go to work.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

War on Terror boardgame snatched by police

Absurd story of a satirical board game confiscated by police as part of a climate change protesters' weapons cache.

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Speaking UNIX: The new and improved Vim editor

If you've worked on IBM® AIX®, another flavor of UNIX®, or Linux®, you've more than likely used the vi editor. Since its conception in 1976, vi has become a staple for anyone wanting to edit files. How could someone make a more powerful editing tool than vi, you may ask? The answer is Vim, and this article provides details on the many enhancements

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Phew, what a scorcher: The world's hottest chilli pepper

Its lethal effects include burning eyes, streaming nose, uncontrollable hiccups and much, much worse. And it is about to be sold at Tesco. The world's hottest chilli pepper, the Dorset Naga, will be available in 10g sachets containing up to three tiny fruits, at a price of 89p.

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Friday, August 15, 2008

Guy Films Space Shuttle Launch from Passing Airliner

Watching a space shuttle launch from the ground is undoubtedly very awe inspiring, but this video of a launch takes the biscuit: It's filmed from thousands of feet in the air.

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Get Started: Firebug, Firefox's 'Killer App' For Web Develop

Ask web developers to name their desert island Firefox extensions (ignoring for now the improbability of having a laptop while stranded), and they're bound to put Firebug at or near the top of their lists

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What If Your Wife Were A Porn Star?

Life with a XXX actress has its perks—hearing about her day isn't one of them.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Joss Whedon's Batman Movie That Never Was

The center off all things cult worship, Joss Whedon, opened up to MTV Splash about his Batman pitch to Warner Brothers, pre-Christopher Nolan. "It wasn’t what they did but the vibe was very similar,” Whedon explained. “Mine was a bit less epic. It was more about the progression of him and it was more in Gotham City." More Batman movies please!

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Monday, August 11, 2008

BSOD Strikes Bird's Nest During Torch Lighting

At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax of the opening ceremonies, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled amongst the Nest's steel twigs. Perhaps an Opening Cermonies IT dude spit out his coffee on the machines in the server room when Li took to the sky?

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Girls Get the Anime Look with Extra-Wide Contact Lenses

Girls in Japanese comics, cartoon videos or anime share a common look - big eyes that, by making the rest of the face look small, add the cuteness and sex appeal prized by many Japanese men. Since no amount of cosmetic surgery will make actual human eyes larger, some girls are trying another way to up their cute quotient: extra-wide contact lenses!

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Federal Judge Orders Halt to Defcon Subway Hacking Speech

A federal judge on Saturday granted the state of Massachusetts' request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system. The undergraduate students are scheduled to give a presentation Sunday afternoon at the Defcon conference.

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

An Illustrated Look at the World's 25 Strangest Fetishes

If you find yourself intensely attracted to people with leg-braces, it turns out you're not alone. Somehow.

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Friday, August 8, 2008

Play the original Oregon Trail!

This is the original game. Need I say more. Requires I.E. : (

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10 Things You Don’t Want To Miss At The 2008 Summer Olympics

The Summer Olympics start this Friday, and it's sometimes dizzying and tough to know what to watch with the hundreds of events, and NBC's 3600+ hours of coverage this year. Here are 10 must see events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

'Ninja' Sighting Shuts Down NJ School

Public schools in Barnegat were locked down briefly after someone reported seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Kick-Ass Guide to Write with Clarity

Have you ever read an email from someone that was too wordy, lacked focus, and left you confused? How do we compose emails and writings that others will actually want to read?

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So…How many guys have you slept with?

This golden question is inevitable. As time goes on, and curiosity builds, you’re partner will end up slapping you in the face with this hum-dinger of a question.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

How Mixers Effect Your Drinking

Does what we consume with our drinks help us to process alcohol, or should we always ask for it neat?

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Star Trek Charcter Teaser Posters [PICS]

Check out some high-resolution versions of the Comic-Con posters for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek."

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Monday, August 4, 2008

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Beautiful Video of a Solar Eclipse Taken From an Airplane

Now this, this is cool. This is a video shot from an airplane of the recent total solar eclipse, showing the moon passing in front of the sun. This video shows the entirety of the eclipse — they're quick — and you can see just how the sky is changed and darkened by the shadow of the moon. Remarkable stuff.

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Friday, August 1, 2008

NetShare Tethering iPhone App Reappears on App Store

After an unusual sequence of events, Nullriver, Inc.'s NetShare app has reappeared on the iTunes App Store. The $9.99 application promises to allow you to share your iPhone's network connection with your computer.Share your iPhone's EDGE or 3G Internet connection with your computer using NetShare...

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Forget the iPhone--The iPod Touch is Good Enough

I'm amazed at how little love the iPod touch gets. It's a slimmer iPhone with almost all its features, it requires no contract, and when you can't get a Wi-Fi signal, your plain, humble cellphone can step up to take its place. Here's why anyone considering the iPhone should opt for its oft-ignored sibling—the iPod touch—instead

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16 Secrets The Restaurant Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

A hidden force behind America's obesity epidemic is the fact that many chain restaurants-which provide one-third of all restaurant meals, according to the New York Department of Health-obfuscate the fat and calorie counts of their menu items, and fight any attempt to shed light on what, exactly, is going on between their buns and inside their taco

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16 Secrets The Restaurant Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

A hidden force behind America's obesity epidemic is the fact that many chain restaurants-which provide one-third of all restaurant meals, according to the New York Department of Health-obfuscate the fat and calorie counts of their menu items, and fight any attempt to shed light on what, exactly, is going on between their buns and inside their taco

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Digg user in national commercial! WTF???

I've seen this commercial a few times and always thought this guy looked familiar, but then I was watching a video on Digg and it all clicked! Check it out, I'm pretty sure it's him!http://digg.com/users/hollywoodphony

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How Linux Boots, The Boot Process Explained

The process of booting a Linux system consists of a number of stages. This article explores the Linux boot process from the initial bootstrap to the start of the first user-space application. Along the way, you'll learn about various other boot-related topics such as the boot loaders, kernel decompression, the initial RAM disk.

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Now You Can Play The First Star Trek Video Game Ever

Yesterday, we told you about the rebirth of the Star Trek Online game, but that's by no means that only time technology has enabled you — yes, you — to fight the Klingon menace. In fact, back in the 1970s, one Enterprising fan (Sorry) created his very own Star Trek computer game - and now you can do the same.

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Exxon Mobil 2Q profit sets U.S. record

Exxon Mobil reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results fell well short of Wall Street expectations and shares fell in premarket trading.

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Top 10 Norton/Symantec Secrets You Shouldn't Know

Here is a list of Norton/Symantec Secrets they don't want you to know.

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8 Best E-mail Clients for Linux

Managing e-mail is made easy with the use of e-mail client, also known as e-mail reader. Some e-mail clients can also function as feed reader and can support plug-ins and themes.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Free Multiservice IM App Arrives on iPhone

A free iPhone application that launched Tuesday allows users to instant message with the service of their choice -- AIM, ICQ, Jabber, Google Talk and so on. In addition to chat capabilities, Palringo, available through the App Store, allows you to snap photos and send them to your friends.

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New Windows Vista Ads That Will Crumble Apple Mac Propaganda

It's an eye opener full of PWN.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Anti-Bush Graffiti From 25 Countries, Six Continents [PICS]

Traveling by air — er, compressed air, that is — and landing on everything from brick walls to telephone poles to the doors of trash chutes, Bush boasts a presence in just about every last nook in the world.

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The Ultimate Rejection Letter

We've all gotten them, but this is the rejection letter YOU should have sent.

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What It Feels Like... To Pose for Your First Nude Photo

Since the shoot, I’ve started taking a good look at myself every time I get out of the shower. And I’m pleased. I definitely take a little longer getting dressed now.

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In Mother Russia..(sfw image)

Yes, Another Cliché Mother Russia Joke.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

Guy busted asking for answers to a job questionnaire

A job applicant posted the questionnaire in full on Ubuntu forums asking for "help from the experts" for his job interview, expecting them to do the work for him. Someone tipped off the hiring manager, and the guy responded! Great thread, worth a read.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Who Said It: Bush or Batman?

Can you guess which of these quotes belong to our president, George W. Bush, and which belong to Batman? It's harder than you think...

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Microsoft Drops Player Fees On Games For Windows Live

Games For Windows Live is "now offering completely free online multiplayer" service, Microsoft said in a statement posted on the service's Web site. The company previously charged a monthly fee of $7.99. However, the emergence of several free online gaming services may have prompted Microsoft to drop the monthly charge.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Get Your Computer Online Using Your iPhone's Data Connection

When tapping out an email or pinching and swiping on the iPhone's web browser just doesn't get the job done, and you want to use the full keyboard and screen on your laptop in a Wi-Fi-less place, the best way to put your newly jailbroken iPhone 2.0 to good use is to turn it into a cellphone modem for your laptop.

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Things you learn after you turn 21

Five things you learn after you turn 21. Good advice on how not to be a douche bag

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Big X Window Manager Guide [window manager screens]

As promised, today we’ll take a look at the various interesting window managers for the X Window System which aren’t (necessarily) a part of a certain desktop environment (that means Enlightenment DR 17 doesn’t count here people, sorry, please take a look at the desktop environment guide).

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