October 2007
Google Roll Out GMail 2.0 [pics] →
Google are starting to roll out thier new and improved new look GMail 2.0 to a few selected users. Find out how to check if you are a “selected user”
[Obvious] Juvenile admits starting California... →
CNN
[Amusing] Australian ex-prisoner liked his old... →
News.com.au
[Amusing] You're wiccan and you win the lottery.... →
The Raw Story
[Weird] If you've always wondered what a... →
BBC
Gravel Excluded from Debate →
A block away from the site of the Democratic debate at Drexel University, excluded candidate Mike Gravel gave a running commentary on the event before a crowd of 125, making good use of a Tivo’s pause button. “Let’s analyze what’s going on,” he said, stopping Sen. Hillary Clinton in mid-sentence. “She’s the queen of the military-industrial complex.”
Bob Dylan Hallowe'en costumes →
Here’s a nice selection of paper doll “Hallowe’en costumes” inspired by Bob Dylan lyrics, courtesy of the Seattle Weekly.
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Veronica Belmont is BACK! →
Well she never left, but our fave Buzz Outlouder is back in all her podcasty goodness from next Monday with her new show ‘Mahalo Daily’. Subscribe to their feed, follow their twitter and bask in the fuzzy glow of Mahalo’s new show.
Mahalo Daily Finally Arrives →
Those of us who are devoted listeners to Buzz Out Loud (CNet’s daily podcast of indeterminate length) have long awaited the return of Veronica Belmont to the virtual airwaves. For those of you who don’t fall in the first camp of folks, Veronica co-hosted CNet’s Buzz Out Loud with Tom Merritt and Molly Wood until late July when she left to join Jason Calacanis’s new search venture Mahalo.
Since...
Auction of Modernist Landmark Raises Concerns →
The Kaufmann House, set into the California desert, enjoyed a restoration after years of neglect and is to be auctioned in May.
Guillermo del Toro's Ghosts →
There’s a cool video interview with director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) available on the website of The Guardian which any movie or monster freak will enjoy:
Director Guillermo del Toro talks to Mark Kermode about the genesis of his ‘beautiful daughter’ Pan’s Labyrinth, how a visit from a faun prompted his love affair with monsters and why...
Stephen Colbert's joke is on the press →
Think of the political press corps as that fat kid from Willy Wonka &The Chocolate Factory, Augustus Gloop, and the Colbert candidacy as Wonka’s river of chocolate. The press seems to do everything it can to avoid campaign substance. Instead, it covers haircuts, laughs, cleavage, cats, and accents. Colbert’s running gag is simply too tempting.
Robert Goulet, Actor, Dies at 73 →
Robert Goulet played a dashing Lancelot in 1960 and went on to a wide-ranging career as a singer and actor, winning a Tony, a Grammy and an Emmy.
The Lede: FEMA Official Addresses Fake Briefing →
The FEMA official who lost his job last week after the fake news conference says the incident was the result of delay in sending out a notice to reporters.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 →
FEMA Official Addresses Fake Briefing →
The FEMA official who lost his job last week after the fake news conference says the incident was the result of delay in sending out a notice to reporters.
FEMA Official Addresses Fake Briefing →
The FEMA official who lost his job last week after the fake news conference says the incident was the result of delay in sending out a notice to reporters.
MoveOn Takes On Dems →
A day after the House joined the Senate in condemning MoveOn.org for besmirching the top U.S. commander in Iraq, the liberal behemoth sent an e-mail to its 3.3-million members. “When the only thing our elected representatives can agree on is to silence the war critics, it is time to get louder,” the message read. It announced a new project to redouble efforts to lobby Congress....
Wired editor bans PR flacks →
For the past week or so, I’ve been blacklisting PR flacks from my email inbox. Anytime I get a press release that doesn’t interest me, I add the domain name of the PR agency to my killfile list.
I just found out that Chris Anderson, Wired’s editor-in-chief, has been doing the same thing.
He’s also published his long, long list of banned flacks. Good for him.
I’ve...
IRS Grants Tax Relief To California Wildfire... →
The IRS is extending deadlines for those of you within the Presidental Disaster Area caused by the wildfires. Taxpayers in the Presidential Disaster Area — consisting of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties — will have until Jan. 31, 2008, to file returns, pay taxes and perform other time-sensitive acts.
The extended deadline...
Behind the scenes video Ron Paul being censored by... →
Here is exclusive footage of Ron Paul being censored by Fox news. This version of the video shows Tim Skubick of a Fox affiliate instructing the cameramen not to film the Ron Paul’s people, just film “people eating” and “crap like that.”
Smoked Glass Dock for Leopard - Much Nicer! →
By simply replacing 4 files you can completely alter how the dock looks. Try out this dark dock, it’s much nicer.
Donovan to open meditation-based college →
Donovan, singer of such fantastic 60s tunes as “Mellow Yellow” and “Sunshine Superman” is opening his own Donovan University in Scotland where students will all practice transcendental meditation. He’s working on the idea with his surrealist film director pal David Lynch. From the Associated Press:
“The Maharishi told me during that 1968 visit that I should...
Stephen Colbert's joke is on the press →
Think of the political press corps as that fat kid from Willy Wonka &The Chocolate Factory, Augustus Gloop, and the Colbert candidacy as Wonka’s river of chocolate. The press seems to do everything it can to avoid campaign substance. Instead, it covers haircuts, laughs, cleavage, cats, and accents. Colbert’s running gag is simply too tempting.
FEMA PR chief loses new job after fake news... →
The man who oversaw public affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it held a fake news conference last week will no longer be taking over as head of public relations for the director of national intelligence.
Mukesh Ambani Becomes World’s Richest Man →
Mukesh Ambani, helped by the Great Indian Stock Market bull run, has made it to the top of the list of world’s richest men. List of top 5 richest men in the world and their market capitalistion inside.
Smoked Glass Dock for Leopard - Much Nicer! →
By simply replacing 4 files you can completely alter how the dock looks. Try out this dark dock, it’s much nicer.
[Scary] Man walking dog hospitalized after vicious... →
BBC
[Weird] 78-year old man injured in bizzare Rube... →
The Tennessean
[Weird] Fisherman catches insurgent shark in... →
Yahoo
[Scary] Teacher-student sex has become a common... →
Houston Chronicle
Bombardier launches Learjet NXT mid-size business... →
Bombardier has launched the Learjet NXT, its first all-new business jet since the Challenger 300 was introduced in 1999. The new mid-size Learjet is to be publicly unveiled in October 2008.
“Development of this all-new jet with a group of international collaborators continues to progress well,” says Bombardier Aerospace president Pierre Beaudoin.
The Canadian company has not...
Behind the scenes video Ron Paul being censored by... →
Here is exclusive footage of Ron Paul being censored by Fox news. This version of the video shows Tim Skubick of a Fox affiliate instructing the cameramen not to film the Ron Paul’s people, just film “people eating” and “crap like that.”
Why French Women Don't Get Fat →
Only 11 percent of the French population qualifies as obese, while we almost triple that percentage mark here in the land of plenty. Furthermore, the French eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do and only a third as many die of heart attacks.
FBI Accused of Abusing Criminal Database →
Peace protesters were unable to leave the country to speak in Canada because their names had been added to a database of criminals. There’s a serious due-process violation here because a listing in this database is equivalent to an “infamous” conviction. “‘The FBI’s placing of peace activists on an international criminal database is blatant political...
Prostitutes' photos, case details put online →
EL CAJON, Oct. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Mug shots of convicted prostitutes are appearing on the El Cajon Police Department’s Web site. Police hope to discourage them from plying their trade in town using a 21st-century version of public flogging.
Documentary on the women who hacked ENIAC →
Danny sez,
The Invisible Computers: The Untold Story of the ENIAC Programmers is a documentary on one of the first programming teams: Betty Snyder Holberton, Jean Jennings Bartik, Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas Spence.
The six-woman team hardwired code for ballistics trajectory calculations, but were overlooked in the...
FEMA Aide Loses New Job Over Fake News Conference →
A fake news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency has produced, along with outrage and ridicule, its first personnel casualty.
FEMA Aide Loses New Job Over Fake News Conference →
A fake news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency has produced, along with outrage and ridicule, its first personnel casualty.
Maneless Maneaters May Leave USA →
There has been a demand from Kenya that Chicago’s Field Museum return the remains of the infamous maneaters of Tsavo. The strangeness of the maneless male lions is in the spotlight again. Photos.
The rise of secular America →
The number of Americans who say they are atheist or agnostic, or choose not to identify with a religious tradition is increasing, albeit from a very low base. The most secular Americans are those 30 and younger - 19% of whom do not identify with a religious tradition.
ZeroHouse, an Off-Grid, Modern Green Dream →
ZeroHouse generates its own electrical power, collects its own water, processes its own waste products, and is completely automatic. Conceived by architect Scott Specht, AIA, zeroHouse has everything you could ever ask for in a modern, green home.
The 650 square-foot home can be shipped to a site on two flatbed trailers and put up in a day. It’s not meant to be austere, either,...
11 "Righteous" Album Covers from the 80’s... →
This collection of 80’s albums is awesome. I don’t know which is better, “Songs for Gay Dogs” or “Back to the Sh*%” with a picture of Millie Jackson struggling on the toilet.
[Dumbass] Man who burned the Burning Man busted... →
(KCBS)
[Asinine] From the Department of Redundancy... →
Houston Chronicle
Oct. 30, 1938: The Martians Have Landed in New... →
Orson Welles doesn’t intend to perpetrate a hoax, or to panic his listeners. But to a 1938 radio audience unused to the intrusion of hysterical reporters, the dramatization seems real enough.
The Best Conspiracy Theories (Lizard-People Are... →
Wired dishes the top ten conspiracy theories. Is Paul McCartney really alive?
[Cool] Owner of local gas station wins lottery and... →
CBC
Are you still trying to get a Nintendo Wii? Check... →
A PR rep for Amazon.com tells when the sale is going down this week.
Why French Women Don't Get Fat →
Only 11 percent of the French population qualifies as obese, while we almost triple that percentage mark here in the land of plenty. Furthermore, the French eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do and only a third as many die of heart attacks.