Shall be
Noviembre 29th, 2007Posting soon.
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[Cool] U.S. economy ....g.....g.....(what's that word?) ....GREW an unexpected 3.3% in the second quarter
MSNBC [Link]
[Obvious] Western nations warn Russia: "hai, you better change course in this Georgia conflict or......or we'll.....uh, warn you to change course again." Putin: "Yeah, we'll get right on that, LOL"
AP [Link]
Lifehacker
Eight Great Back-to-School iPhone Apps [Back To School]
If you're headed back to school this semester with an iPhone or iPod touch in your pocket, you're in luck: The iTunes App Store is filled with applications to make your life easier as a student and... [Link]
Hive Five Winner for Best FTP Client: FileZilla [Hive Five Followup]
Open-source FTP client FileZilla takes home the top spot in last week's Hive Five Best FTP Clients poll with an overwhelming 52% of the vote. The rest of the field was split up relatively evenly... [Link]
Wired Top Stories
Q&A: Philippe Starck on Bioplastics, Virgin Galactic, and His Impossible Chair
Philippe Starck's latest creation — a plastic chair — earned its name on the first sketch: Mr. Impossible. The French designer said it simply couldn't be made. The challenge? The weld. Polycarbonate chairs are typically formed using a single mold, but Starck's translucent design required two: one for the legs, one for the seat. Fusing the parts using existing methods would ...
[Link]In Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas Friedman Calls for a Green Energy Revolution
Thomas Friedman is about to dive into the green-tech fray. In his latest book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, the multi-Pulitzer-winning journalist says everyone needs to accept that oil will never be cheap again and that wasteful, polluting technologies cannot be tolerated. The last big innovation in energy production, he observes, was nuclear power half a century ago; since then the field ...
[Link]Overheard in the Office
With a Name Like Mary Jane, You Kinda Have to Be
Lady suit #1 (serious): But I'll tell you this, I flew the highest kite. I usually do.Lady suit #2 (joking): That's what I've heard about you.Lady suit #1 (serious): Yeah, I feel high all the time.Parkway Commons Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Men and Women May Laugh at This for Diffent Reasons
Wholesale meat salesman to customer on phone: We've got 12-inch weiners on special.Fairbank Road
Ashville, New York
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Cool Site of the Day - Aug 28, 2008
Today's Cool Site of the Day:
The Sign Designer!
'After looking all over the web, we couldn't find anyone with a website that actually worked for designing signs. We built this using html and javascript to avoid users needing to wait while a flash application loaded, and to avoid the flash version problems. Lettering is dynamically displayed, and shows the effects of ... [Link]
Cool Site of the Day - Aug 27, 2008
Today's Cool Site of the Day:
Girls Ask Guys!
Mystified by guys? Wondering about girls? Need advice about sex, love or dating? Ask questions here and get honest answers from real-world guys and girls.
Check it out at: http://www.girlsaskguys.com/
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AskMen.com - COOL_SITE
RestroomRatings.com
Find out if a public washroom in your area is worth the visit or worth avoiding. [Link]
WaiterRant.net
Check out Waiter's blog and his adventures in the food industry. [Link]
Bad Science
Part two of my Radio 4 show on the placebo effect, 9pm tonight (Monday)
So tonight at 9pm on BBC Radio 4 (Monday) you can hear the second episode of my two-part miniseries on the placebo effect, one of the most effective and neglected evidence based treatments known to man. In this show we look at the ethical and practical implications of research into the placebo effect, and discuss [...] [Link]
Think yourself thin…
Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday August 23 2008 What I particularly enjoy is the spectacle of fat people – ideally drinking beer – watching television, while somewhere on the other side of the world citizens of all nations are getting some nice exercise in the Olympics (throwing javelins, jumping over metal bars, climbing lamp posts with banners, and [...] [Link]
Oddee -
10 Homes that Defy Gravity
The expression "living on the edge" is about to take on a whole new meaning. Homes dangling from trees, balancing on sticks, hanging upside down, rotating around a spit, are just some of the residential wonders in our roundup. [Link]
10 Manliest Guitars ever
O Lord, bless this Guitars, that with them thou mayst blow Christina Aguilera and A-HA and Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias to tiny bits, in thy mercy. [Link]
The Onion
[audio] Challenging New Iraq War Video Game Will Take 14 Years To Play
Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland [Link]
[video] Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans
Overjoyed civil rights leaders say that Barack Obama has paved the way for future black politicians to be smeared as country club snobs. [Link]