8.31.2006
Football
Well college football is here. I was watching the Boston College/Mississippi game tonight, and they showed the Mississippi QB take one of the hardest hits that I have seen in awhile against Clemson. Here it is slowed down, but it looked worse at full speed. He was actually fine and led the Eagles to a victory in that game. But this must of really hurt.
Bartender gets $10,000 tip on $26 tab
Two weeks ago, one of Cindy Kienow's regular customers left her a $100 tip on a tab that wasn't even half that. This week, he added a couple of zeros. Kienow, a bartender at Applebee's, got a $10,000 tip from the man, for a $26 meal on Sunday.
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8.24.2006
Pluto no longer a planet
According to this, Pluto is no longer a planet.
Ah well, Pluto had a pretty good run. The thing I'm worried about is how schools will have to change the pneumonic devices to remember the planets....
My
Very
Excited
Mother
Just
Served
Us
Nine
.........
Millions of children could be traumetized by this.
Ah well, Pluto had a pretty good run. The thing I'm worried about is how schools will have to change the pneumonic devices to remember the planets....
My
Very
Excited
Mother
Just
Served
Us
Nine
.........
Millions of children could be traumetized by this.
8.22.2006
iPods at War
Interesting piece about how technology along with blatant piracy is causing new problems on the battlefields of today.
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8.20.2006
The College-Football Success Index
Seeking a different way to measure the success of college football programs, the Wall Street Journal looked at how many of each school's alumni have made it to the NFL and how effective they've been there. After copying down every player who appeared on an NFL game roster in 2005 and sorting them by college, they devised a six-point scale and gave every player a score. Florida State came in number 1, with Ohio State rounding out the top 5.
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8.15.2006
Top Ten Highest Earning Celebrities of 2005
Film director Steven Spielberg was the world's highest-earning celebrity last year, according to Forbes magazine. Second was someone you might not immediately think of: Howard Stern. He beat out George Lucas and Oprah Winfrey.
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8.10.2006
Bill Gates donates half a billion dollars to AIDS research
Say what you will about Mr. Gates, he is using his vast fortune to help many, many others. I can't even fathom having enough money to give away half a billion of it. Kudos Bill.
Read about it.
Read about it.
23 full episodes of Penn and Teller: Bullshit FREE!
Here are links to 23 free, full episodes of the great show Penn and Teller: Bullshit! If you've never seen this show, it is pretty damn funny and informative. One of the better shows on TV, and the only decent thing on Showtime.
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8.07.2006
AOL Shits the Bed
For some reason, AOL last night released a list of 20+ million searches done by over 500,000 users. Their screen names are replaced by a string of random numbers, but if you analyzed the data you come up with some truly scary results.
For example, user 17556639 most recent searches:
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 wife killer
17556639 how to kill a wife
17556639 poop
17556639 dead people
17556639 pictures of dead people
17556639 killed people
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 murder photo
17556639 steak and cheese
17556639 photo of death
17556639 photo of death
17556639 death
17556639 dead people photos
17556639 photo of dead people
17556639 www.murderdpeople.com
17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 car crashes3
17556639 car crashes3
17556639 car crash photo
The shit is going to hit the fan here big time, I don't know what AOL was thinking. This is the kind of information that Google fought succesfully against the government to keep private.
See more here. (yes, a blog linking to a blog, albeit a much more popular one).
For example, user 17556639 most recent searches:
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 wife killer
17556639 how to kill a wife
17556639 poop
17556639 dead people
17556639 pictures of dead people
17556639 killed people
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 murder photo
17556639 steak and cheese
17556639 photo of death
17556639 photo of death
17556639 death
17556639 dead people photos
17556639 photo of dead people
17556639 www.murderdpeople.com
17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 car crashes3
17556639 car crashes3
17556639 car crash photo
The shit is going to hit the fan here big time, I don't know what AOL was thinking. This is the kind of information that Google fought succesfully against the government to keep private.
See more here. (yes, a blog linking to a blog, albeit a much more popular one).
8.06.2006
Minority Report becomes reality
Jeff Han is a research scientist for New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Here, he demonstrates for the first time publicly his intuitive, "interface-free," touch-driven computer screen, which can be manipulated intuitively with the fingertips, and responds to varying levels of pressure.
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Joe Francis Exposed
Claire Hoffman of the LA times exposes Joe Francis, the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" series for what he truly is. Thanks to the bravery of this reporter, hopefully he is put away for a long time very soon.
8.04.2006
Sex Starved Wife Calls Police To Intervene
Police in the German city of Aachen received an unusual call for help late Wednesday when a woman telephoned to complain her husband was not fulfilling his sexual obligations.
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8.03.2006
The 10 Best Will Ferrell Skits of All Time
In possibly one of the greatest top 10's ever compiled, the CRACKED writing staff compile the top 10 Will Ferrell Skits of All Time. Personal highlights for me include, Get Off the Shed, The H. is O., and VH1 Storytellers: Neil Diamond. Missing from the list in my opinion are the Karate master sketch (What kind of wood was that!?) and the never seen again "Shaq Plaque" sketches with Chris Kataan. Still, a pretty good list.
See the List.
See the List.
Hungarian Bridge May Be Named After Chuck Norris.
A new bridge in Hungary could be named after the action film actor Chuck Norris after officials left the naming to an internet vote. Votes for the Chuck Norris Bridge have so far attracted 11 per cent, of the vote, organised by the Ministry for the Economy.
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8.02.2006
73 atheist quotes
Thought-provoking quotes on religion from Isaac Asimov, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and other well-known figures.
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8.01.2006
ZuluPad: The Personal Wiki Notepad
I thought this kind of cool, so I thought I would share it. From the website:
ZuluPad is a notepad on crack. It's a place to jot down class notes, appointments, to-do lists, favorite websites, pretty much anything you can think of. The great thing about ZuluPad is that it combines the best parts of a notepad with the best parts of a wiki
