October 2008
Twitter Updates for 2008-09-30 →
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Link: [Scary] News: Man dies after being stabbed 100 times. Fark: With tweezers http://is.gd/3jnx #
Link: Taibbi: Scariest…
Daphne Oram: electronic music pioneer →
Daphne Oram (1925-2003) was a pioneering electronic musician and sound engineer at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. She established a workshop to develop experimental techniques for…
Spicy chili kills amateur chef →
Andrew Lee, 33, apparently died after making and eating an intensely spicy chili. Lee was apparently in good health and toxicologists are running tests to figure out exactly what killed him. From the…
Palin believes dinosaurs and men once coexisted →
The vice presidential candidate of a major political party in America apparently believes dinosaurs and men once walked the earth at the same time: After conducting a college band and…
High Times Presents World Stoner Games 2008 →
High Times presents the first annual World Stoner Games on October, 4th in Toronto.
The World Stoner Games consists of five events that will showcase stoner prowess in the…
US House Limits Constituent Emails →
Plechazunga passes along this note from The Hill: “The House is limiting e-mails from the public to prevent its websites from crashing due to the enormous amount of mail being submitted on the…
The House of Death: An Interview with DEA... →
Radley Balko, senior editor of Reason magazine, says: “Federal agents looked the other way while one of their drug informants [Guillermo Ramirez Peyro, also known as “Lalo”] participated in a series…
September 2008
Pushing the Limit: For Rock-Climbing Guru, the Sky... →
Charles Victor Tucker III, the harmless and stoned jester of the mountains to some and the scourge of Yosemite National Park to others, is better known as Chongo, a rock climber who wrote books on…
Construction Defect Firm Corruption Investigation... →
Federal and local law enforcement officers raided nine sites around the valley on Wednesday in a sweeping probe into possible collusion between homeowners associations and businesses benefiting…
Last Supper Menu revealed: mmm, delicious eels. →
New research on Da Vinci’s Last Supper suggests that the meal being consumed in this painting was not bread or lamb, as previously believed. “Instead, [John Varriano] writes in a new…
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Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow →
Riding with Robots writes “NASA reports that the Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. According to the Canadian team running a weather experiment, a laser instrument…
How To Drop Off The Grid →
Is today’s stock market crash getting you down? It might be a good time to watch this informative how-to video on “How To Drop Off The Grid”, the first video in the new “Oh Crap! It’s…
Taibbi: Scariest thing about Palin isn't how... →
Snip from a blog post by Rolling Stone contributor Matt Taibbi on the media phenomenon surrounding Republical vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin:
Sarah Palin is a symbol of…
Stephen Colbert Makes His Debut In Amazing... →
Spider-Man and Stephen Colbert will be joining forces in Amazing Spider-Man #573.
In January on the Colbert Report Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada informed Stephen…
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9/27/2008 Ron Paul Advisor Peter Schiff On Your... →
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Indie Band Survival Guide, now in book form! →
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Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan just recently published through St. Martin’s Griffin the print edition of their wonderful handbook for indie musicians, The Indie Band Survival…
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-29 →
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Link: Top 10 Banned Books http://is.gd/3hFH #
Link: Report: new DS hardware coming; will the DS go iPod? http://is.gd/3hPU
Space Visionaries Prove Naysayers Wrong -- Again →
SpaceX’s Falcon 1 joins SpaceShipOne as proof that the conquest of space is open to all, not just big national agencies.
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You 2.0, A Documentary On Life Hacking →
Joey Daoud, a student at Florida State University, is working on “You 2.0″, a documentary about Life Hacking, a process of using productivity tips and hacks to help deal with…
Kathy Strain Looks At Giants & Cannibals →
The book melds her two interests together: focusing on the oral history of Bigfoot-like creatures in American Indian cultures. Strain found that tribes all over the nation have described similar…
MQ: Sasquatch Attack II? →
Can DNA tests on blood and tissue from the alleged beast reveal its true identity?
Gorton's Wants To Know If You Noticed Anything... →
Reader Dave was doing an online survey about Gorton’s Fish Sticks packaging — and it looks like something fishy is going on… Dave says: I was doing an online survey and was questioned…
Violations Reported at 94% of Nursing Homes →
Most nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, a report said.
Paul Newman, 83, Magnetic Hollywood Titan, Dies →
Mr. Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century stars, acted in more than 65 movies over half a century.
Video: "Make Porn Safe For Work" →
Inspired by Something Awful articles and forums where folks used Photoshop to transform porn photos into images that are hilariously “safe for work,” the brand Diesel put together an…
Report: new DS hardware coming; will the DS go... →
A report in a Japanese business publication may have broken the news of a new DS with built-in camera and music playback. If true, Nintendo may be eying the personal media player market in a big…
A Temple For the Worship of Science →
An artist built a temple for the worship of science in Berkeley, California hoping to evoke discussion of the question, “Can science replace religion?”
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Border Patrol agent stabbed during fight →
OCEAN BEACH: An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was stabbed several times in the back during a fight early yesterday, San Diego police said.
Pirates Seek $35 Million for Ship →
Somali pirates in a hijacked ship carrying more than 30 battle tanks were steaming toward a notorious pirate den on Saturday and demanding a ransom.
James Howard Kunstler's "Eyesore of the Month" →
Author and social critic James Howard Kunstler has a section on his website called “Eyesore of the Month.” It includes photos of things in and around his town (Saratoga Springs, NY) he…
Paul Newman (1925 - 2008) →
Paul Newman, one of the greatest American actors of all time, died yesterday at the age of 83. Newman was not only an absolute legend as an actor, but a great humanitarian and…
Top 10 Banned Books →
Here is a list of the most challenged books of all time.
Twitter Updates for 2008-09-28 →
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Wade Davis: an Inuit elder and his shit knife →
I just watched this 2003 TED Talk video lecture by Wade Davis, the pioneering ethnobotanist and anthropologist who has lived with an amazing array of indigenous cultures around the world. Of…
Twitter Updates for 2008-09-27 →
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-26 →
Link: Taser Use in Man’s Death Broke Rules, Police Say http://is.gd/399M #
Link: Next-gen MacBook, MacBook Pro spotted in matching outfits http://is.gd/399O #
Link: Magazine Preview:…
History Hacker, Hosted by Bre Pettis on The... →
Our good friend Bre Pettis who produces new media for Etsy, has created a television pilot for “History Hacker” airing tonight on The History Channel. On the show, which Bre…
Endangered Bison Turn a Former Soviet Republic... →
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European bison — seen here at a park in Belgium — are slightly smaller than their American cousins, but still weigh between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds when fully grown. They once…
Wade Davis: an Inuit elder and his shit knife →
I just watched this 2003 TED Talk video lecture by Wade Davis, the pioneering ethnobotanist and anthropologist who has lived with an amazing array of indigenous cultures around the world. Of…
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