March 2010
Web Ink Now: Marketing lessons from the [Grateful]... →
Alert readers of this blog and my books will recall that I discuss the Grateful Dead as an example of an organization with great marketing. I’m a fan, having listened to the music since…
Funk Bassist Bootsy Collins' Offers the Online... →
Is it us or are the historic halls of higher education getting a little … funky? Oh, no, it’s just Bootsy Collins’ online university.
Music Ally points us to the announcement that the…
Sweet Stank of Innovation Wafts Across Parsons'... →
Black balloons, filled with the scent of “Sexy Time,” a potent mix of chocolate, condoms, candles, post-coital bed sheets, sweat, nail polish, and lipstick—in short, the smell of a college…
Funk Bassist Bootsy Collins' Offers the Online... →
Is it us or are the historic halls of higher education getting a little … funky? Oh, no, it’s just Bootsy Collins’ online university.
Music Ally points us to the announcement that the…
Sweet Stank of Innovation Wafts Across Parsons'... →
Black balloons, filled with the scent of “Sexy Time,” a potent mix of chocolate, condoms, candles, post-coital bed sheets, sweat, nail polish and lipstick — in short, the smell of a…
Couple Arrested For Replacing Jell-O Mix With... →
In what may be the lamest reenactment of an Indiana Jones scene ever, a Long Island couple has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of petit larceny and tampering with a consumer…
Drunk Carnival Cruise Passenger Makes Fake Bomb... →
A Jerry Bruckheimer movie was accidentally activated Sunday when an allegedly drunk Carnival Cruise passenger started yelling bomb threats as the boat was approaching Port Canaveral, FL. The…
EA500 owners behold new Total Eclipse →
Eclipse 500 very light jets are again for sale seven months after the New Mexico-based factory re-opened its doors. The factory’s new owners on 29…
15 Classic April Fool’s Pranks You Can Do At The... →
April Fool’s Day 2010 could be the best workday of your life–if you plan your office pranks right. To help you strategize, we compiled 15 classic April Fool’s pranks that you can do at the office….
Hey students: snitch on pirates, earn $26K a year →
Movie studios spying on P2P networks is a phenomenon most users suspect occurs, but have never really seen proof of. Until now, that is—Warner Bros. in the UK has published a job listing for an…
Texas Woman Awarded $9 Million In Walmart False... →
After being accused of cashing counterfeit money orders and arrested at a Walmart in 2008, a Houston woman has won $9 million in damages in a civil lawsuit against the retailer. 24-year-old Nitra…
To Your Brain, Bacon And Chocolate Are Sort Of... →
A recent scientific study on rats shows that our brains’ wiring is what causes humans to love overeating so darn much. Rats offered a selection of rich, tasty human foods not only became obese,…
Ex-Scientology lawsuits reveal elite Sea Org group →
At the edge of arid foothills far outside Los Angeles, hundreds of Scientology followers live on a gated, 500-acre campus and work long hours for almost no pay reproducing the works of founder L….
9th Circuit Rules Against Tasered Pregnant Mom;... →
A federal appeals court has ruled 2-1 that officers who Tasered a pregnant woman three times when she refused to sign a traffic ticket have immunity from her lawsuit. The ruling by the San…
Turntable Porn [Audio] →
The model for a new Frank Gehry building? No, just a beautiful—and extremely expensive—gadget: The DaVinci Audio Labs UniSon MK II. More »
Cigarette Book Packaging →
London compnay, Tank Books, has really done a bang up job, not just with the selection of books, but also in their design to mimic the iconic flip-top cigarette package.
The flip-top…
Amphibious Hawaiian Caterpillar Proves Evolution... →
Amphibious Hyposmocoma larvae on silk line underwater by Patrick Schmitz, Rubinoff Lab Scientists at the University of Hawaii have discovered the first truly amphibious insect. Daniel…
Hemet, Calif.’s Police Dept. Under Siege -... →
By the time four city trucks were set ablaze next to Hemet City Hall last week, the police here had become familiar with their new life under siege.
William Wilson Lewis III/The…
Raleigh Councilman Offers Child Naming Rights To... →
Anonymous Meoward writes “In what may be the weirdest perk proposed by a municipal authority to entice business, city councilman Bonner Gaylord has offered to name his unborn children Sergey and…
June Havoc, Vaudeville Star and Actor, Dies →
June Havoc, who first appeared on vaudeville stages when she was 2 as Baby June and went on to a successful stage and film acting career — but saw her real-life accomplishments overshadowed by…
Unearthing the Sex Secrets of the Périgord Black... →
The black truffle of Périgord, the cynosure of every foodie’s dreams, is about to yield its most intimate secrets to a team of French and Italian researchers who have decoded its genome. Surely a…
Man Files $530K Lawsuit Against Neighbor For Using... →
Beware your home electronics — your phones, wireless routers, even your dimmer switches — because they might be making your neighbor ill. Or at least that’s what one man in New Mexico is saying…
These Antenna Installation Instructions Are... →
I am typing this post with a digital TV antenna stuck in my ear, and all because nobody told me that this wasn’t the right way to install it. Ow! Apparently Antennas Direct of Missouri knows…
Sleeping Insects Covered in Dew Drops - Crazy Cool... →
Photos via The Daily Mail; Credit: Miroslaw Swietek A few months ago we were blown away by the photography of Thomas Shahan, who brought us super up close and personal with bugs through his…
Airport Security FAIL →
FIVE BOYS: THE STORY OF A PICTURE →
For 70 years, this picture has been used to tell the same story – of inequality, class division, “toffs and toughs”. As an old Etonian closes in on Downing Street, it is being trotted…
SLYT: If David Lynch directed Dirty Dancing... →
SLYT: If David Lynch directed Dirty Dancing.
Islamic hardliners force closure of LGBT... →
LGBT conference forcibly shut down by hardline Islamists. Last Friday, in Surabaya, Indonesia, a mob of 150 occupied the hotel where an ILGA-Asia conference was taking place. According to the…
Pirate Party Pillages Private Papers →
David Crafti writes “Pirate Party Australia has made the move to host the recently leaked ACTA document in order to highlight the lack of government transparency in the negotiation process. We…
“(313): How do I tell my mom that she just went to the gym with my water bottle...”
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High Times: California Gears Up for November... →
The 2010 midterm congressional elections should provide no shortage of interesting contests: Will Barbara Boxer keep her seat? Who will win the battles over the seats vacated by Chris Dodd and…
Do You Need an Eco-Sex Guide? →
Over at Planet Green we’ve covered the basics for greening the more erotic parts of your life, with biodegradable condoms, recyclable dildos and a more environmentally sensitive approach to…
Crime Report FAIL →
PETA and Octomom, Together At Last! →
Image by graymalkn via Flickr The woman currently known as Octomom has agreed to place a PETA sign on her lawn urging passersby to spay or neuter their pets to ensure they don’t become…
Burger King Employee Tells Facebook Friends He... →
While it may not be as egregious as the Domino’s Pizza employees who videotaped themselves desecrating their work kitchen, a Burger King employee in Michigan is in hot water after blabbing on…
Squarely focused →
John Gibbins / Union-Tribune The preliminary Rubik’s speed cubing contest that will send competitors to the Science Festival’s Expo Day at Petco Park Saturday was held at UCSD on…
Cause I'm Leavin' on a Jet Plane →
On his March 8th show Rush Limbaugh declared that if health care reform passed he would be getting his future heath care in Costa Rica. Mike and Patrick would like to buy him a ticket (as…
Airport Guard Accused Of Using Scanner To Harass... →
You knew this had to happen eventually. A security guard at Heathrow Airport is now facing harassment allegations after using a full-body scanner to snap a revealing pic of a female co-worker……
Video: Kotex Apologizes For Years Of Euphemistic... →
In this new Kotex ad, the 90-year old tampon company sends up, well, Kotex. “How do I feel about my period? I love it…Usually, by the third day, I really just want to dance,” says the actress as…
Concert Promoters Replacing Paper Tickets with... →
Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promoter, is on the case of paper tickets. The firm has been trialling smart-chip wristbands in an attempt to cut down on ticket fraud, and it is…
Poacher Attacked by Rhinos Hippos, Devoured by... →
Poaching seems quite a bit less appealing today after an incident that occurred in South Africa. All that remains of one man, who entered Kruger National Park with the intent of illegally hunting…
Suspicious package at SDPD headquarters was vodka →
A suspicious package left at San Diego Police Department headquarters shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday turned out to be a bottle of vodka, police said. A rolled-up and bound paper sack with the…
Jim Marshall, Rock ’n’ Roll Photographer, Dies at... →
Jim Marshall, a photographer whose images of Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash and others in the 1960s and ’70s helped define their subjects as well as rock ’n’ roll photography…
New Hospital Designs Encourage Greater Privacy,... →
The British Design Council rethinks hospital design from top to…uh…bottom.
The London-based American fashion designer Ben De Lisi can usually be found creating jersey knits for …
Tater Tots FTW! →
Tater Tots were first created and produced in 1953 by Ore-Ida, now a subsidiary of H. J. Heinz Company, as a means of utilizing potato shreds remaining from French fry production. From those humble…
Mixed Media: MCASD serves up a quartet of new solo... →
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego serves up a quartet of new solo exhibitions Opens Friday, March 26; runs through June 20. Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacobs Building, 1100 Kettner Blvd.,…