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The End of Empathy
How the media's oversaturation of violence makes us care less and less about what's happening globally.
// 19 November 2008, 4:50 pm
The 16 Highest Paid Supermodels in the World [w/ pics]
They're the face (and body) of the world's biggest lifestyle brands. They are supermodels, and they aren't cheap. They are the world's highest paid supermodels, arguably the most beautiful women from across the world. To salute them and their pocketbooks, here is a list of the 16 highest paid supermodels in the world…
// 19 November 2008, 4:30 pm
CIA Agent Warns Against Chinese Trojan Horse Microchip
Robert Eringer, a CIA and FBI spook, also the man responsible for bringing American traitor Edward Lee Howard to justice, is claiming some Chinese-built systems are secretly equipped with a hidden microchip (called the 'Manchurian Microchip')that can be activated any time by China's military intelligence services, the PLA.
// 19 November 2008, 4:20 pm
5 predictions from 1968 that were dead-on & 5 that were nuts
40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 -- today. He made some impressive guesses. He also made a few understandable missteps. Explore an amazing retro future that was wild, but isn't as far off as you would think.
// 19 November 2008, 4:20 pm
Thanks to gamers, the desktop supercomputer arrives
Nvidia today unveiled a workstation it calls the Telsa Personal Supercomputer at the annual Supercomputing 08 show here. The Tesla sports 960 cores, almost 4 teraflops of performance and costs less than $9,995. It achieves that speed and price by using four graphics processing units (GPUs), each of which has 240 cores.
// 19 November 2008, 4:10 pm
Derek Jeter's 10 Hottest (Alleged) Conquests
On the field, he hasn't brought the Yankees a ring since 2000. Off the field, his game has never faltered.
// 19 November 2008, 4:10 pm
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for ''organized criminal activity'' related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons. The indictment...
// 19 November 2008, 4:00 pm
Drug to increase muscle mass 20% with no side effects
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System report that a daily single oral dose of an investigational drug, MK-677, increased muscle mass in the arms and legs of healthy older adults without serious side effects, suggesting that it may prove safe and effective in reducing age-related frailty.
// 19 November 2008, 4:00 pm
The Fed is collapsing
Ron Paul being interviewed by Robert Kiyosaki adviser Mike Maloney. See why silver and gold are the best investment you can have right now.Silver is set to make enormous gains like it always has in times of economic crisis, and collapsing fiat currencies.
// 19 November 2008, 4:00 pm
iPhone Glitch Excuse for Email Affair Falls Flat
A woman's husband told her that a raunchy photo which had been sent via email from his iPhone was the result of a glitch. Not the photo itself; he admitted to that. No, the pic was automatically attached, addressed and sent because of a bug in the iPhone. Ahem. The woman, not an expert in these matters, asked the following...
// 19 November 2008, 3:50 pm
A Spider has Gone Missing on the Space Station
Spiders are welcome guests, though one of them is missing. Flight director Ginger Kerrick says they are looking for him. "The way it was explained to me is that he is a backup spider and he has his own contained space on board and he had moved out of that area. We think he came out of his bedroom and is in the living room of his house."
// 19 November 2008, 3:20 pm
Its a face, no its a bank, no... wait WTF?
weirdest piggy bank ever
// 19 November 2008, 3:20 pm
2,900-Year-Old Gravestone Reveals Ancient Belief System
A 2,900-year-old gravestone from the ancient kingdom of Sam'al, located in what is today southeastern Turkey, has shed light on an ancient religious belief heretofore unknown. The gravestone, called a stele, is in nearly pristine condition and archaeologists were able to translate all the writing on it.
// 19 November 2008, 3:20 pm
Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum (Photos)
I remember fighting my brothers for the crappy toys that came in these cereals, and devouring the Cookie Crisp as fast as possible before someone else got to it.
// 19 November 2008, 3:00 pm
Every man's dream girl / assassin
// 19 November 2008, 2:40 pm
Inmate gets $300,000 for lost genitals
Washington state has agreed to pay $300,000 to an ex-prison inmate whose penis was consumed by a flesh-eating bacteria while he was behind bars...
// 19 November 2008, 12:50 pm
Jerry Stackhouse says stay with Dallas Mavs may be over
Jerry Stackhouse believes he still has a lot of minutes in him -- he's just not getting the chance to use them in Dallas, so he is broaching the idea that maybe it's time for him and the Mavericks to part ways.
// 19 November 2008, 12:50 pm
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
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20 Twitter Status Design Tutorials, Icons & WP Plugins | Noupe
Let me google that for you
Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On
Audio Books by NewFiction - Home of the iSoap
Amazon CloudFront
YouTube - MontyPython's Channel
Saudi owners 'talking to pirates' - BBC News
Times OnlineSaudi owners 'talking to pirates'BBC News - 1 hour agoThe owners of a Saudi Arabian oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign...
// 19 November 2008, 3:59 pm
Israel Ignores UN Plea to Ease Gaza Blockade - Voice of America
ABC NewsIsrael Ignores UN Plea to Ease Gaza BlockadeVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy VOA News Israel is ignoring pleas by the United Nations to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip,...
// 19 November 2008, 3:55 pm
Moscow court closes Politkovskaya trial to public - The Associated Press
ABC NewsMoscow court closes Politkovskaya trial to publicThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoMOSCOW (AP) - A Moscow court reversed itself Wednesday and barred the public and media from the trial...
// 19 November 2008, 4:21 pm
Shoving Halts Iraq Debate Over Security Pact - Wall Street Journal
Voice of AmericaShoving Halts Iraq Debate Over Security PactWall Street Journal - 1 hour agoBy GINA CHON BAGHDAD -- A tussle in the Iraqi parliament on Wednesday delayed the start of debate on a...
// 19 November 2008, 4:12 pm
APEC Ministerial Meeting kicks off in Lima - Xinhua
AFPAPEC Ministerial Meeting kicks off in LimaXinhua - 56 minutes agoLIMA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting started in the Peruvian...
// 19 November 2008, 4:36 pm
UN peace mission in DRC confirms rebel pullback from strategic town - Xinhua
Sydney Morning HeraldUN peace mission in DRC confirms rebel pullback from strategic townXinhua - 1 hour agoKINSHASA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tutsi rebels have withdrawn from a strategic town in the...
// 19 November 2008, 3:56 pm
Pakistan: 6 Killed in Suspected US Strike - Voice of America
Voice of AmericaPakistan: 6 Killed in Suspected US StrikeVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy VOA News Pakistani officials say a suspected US missile strike in the country's northwest has killed...
// 19 November 2008, 3:56 pm
Miliband hopes 2009 'year of change' in Mideast - AFP
GulfNewsMiliband hopes 2009 'year of change' in MideastAFP - 1 hour agoBEIRUT (AFP) - Visiting Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he hopes 2009 will usher in changes around...
// 19 November 2008, 3:45 pm
Al Qaeda message to Obama: A 'legacy of crimes' awaits you - CNN International
Aljazeera.netAl Qaeda message to Obama: A 'legacy of crimes' awaits youCNN International - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- A purported message from al Qaeda's deputy leader posted on Islamist Web...
// 19 November 2008, 4:18 pm
Knife Attacks in Japan May Be Tied to Pension Scandal - Washington Post
BBC NewsKnife Attacks in Japan May Be Tied to Pension ScandalWashington Post - 1 hour agoBy Blaine Harden and Akiko Yamamoto TOKYO, Nov. 19 -- Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese...
// 19 November 2008, 3:40 pm
MPs start new jobs with an instant pay rise - New Zealand Herald
TVNZMPs start new jobs with an instant pay riseNew Zealand Herald - 50 minutes agoBy Paula Oliver Newly sworn-in Cabinet ministers and other MPs will get an instant pay rise - one likely to...
// 19 November 2008, 4:42 pm
Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
// 19 November 2008, 2:11 pm
Beau Biden will not accept Senate appointment
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says he plans to fulfill his National Guard duties and won't accept an appointment to his father's U.S. Senate seat.
// 19 November 2008, 4:35 pm
Weather around the U.S.A.
// 19 November 2008, 5:08 pm
US Justice Department sends Medtronic subpoena
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a subpoena to medical device maker Medtronic Inc. as part of an investigation into unapproved, or "off-label," uses of its Infuse spinal graft.
// 19 November 2008, 5:08 pm
'That's my cat!' says man with bat
Police are looking for an irate pet lover so intent on liberating his lost cat that he wielded a bat to fend off animal shelter employees.
// 19 November 2008, 5:07 pm
eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches
Online dating service eHarmony is adding another personality trait to its 29 dimensions of computability.
// 19 November 2008, 5:07 pm
Romania suspends tax on new cars
The Romanian government will suspend a tax on new cars to protect jobs in the auto industry, which has been hit by the world economic crisis, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Wednesday.
// 19 November 2008, 5:05 pm
Winners of National Book Awards to be announced
The publishing industry will attempt a break from the bad news of the marketplace and cheer for literature at the 59th annual National Book Awards.
// 19 November 2008, 5:05 pm
Anchorage mayor takes restrained route to Senate
Mark Begich had every candidate's fantasy — a seemingly unbeatable opponent who became embroiled in scandal at the height of the campaign.
// 19 November 2008, 4:05 pm
Ohio executes man for killing store owner in 1992
Ohio on Wednesday executed a man for the 1992 stabbing death of a collectibles store owner in Toledo, the state's second execution in as many months.
// 19 November 2008, 5:00 pm
Exxon, Turkey sign Black Sea oil exploration deal
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Turkey's state-run oil company, TPAO, signed a deal Wednesday for the joint exploration and development of oil and natural gas off its Black Sea coast.
// 19 November 2008, 4:08 pm
Pakistani army chief meets with NATO commanders
Pakistan's army chief urged NATO commanders to focus on winning the population's backing in areas bordering Afghanistan to prevent Taliban and al-Qaida militants from using them as safe havens, an alliance official said Wednesday.
// 19 November 2008, 4:23 pm
Lawyer: 3 Saints took no steroids
The lawyer for three New Orleans Saints players facing suspension says none of them took steroids. The three were accused of taking a banned diurectic and went before an NFL appeals hearing Tuesday.
// 19 November 2008, 4:34 pm
Somali pirates transform villages into boomtowns
Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women — even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.
// 19 November 2008, 4:16 pm
Police arrests highlight anger with force in China
Long identified with corruption, abuse and political repression, China's police are facing an increased outpouring of public anger that has led to mob attacks, caustic Internet postings and displays of sympathy for a convicted cop-killer.
// 19 November 2008, 4:13 pm
Bush reopens renovated American history museum
President George W. Bush urged all Americans Wednesday to come visit the newly renovated National Museum of American History, which he called a "fantastic place of learning."
// 19 November 2008, 4:22 pm
Boars thrive in Germany; Hunters in hog heaven
Time to fire up the grill.
// 19 November 2008, 4:03 pm
Reddit: How many of us want a legal way to buy marijuana with a sensible pricing structure and no risk of getting jumped?
Let me google that for you...
I want to be a cheerleader too!
India sinks Somali pirate ship
Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good And Why Most Modern Food Is Actually Devoid of Flavor
Ted Stevens Loses Recount! Booya!
Mayor sorry for kids' anti-Obama chant. Parents in Idaho town accused of 'damaging young hearts and minds'
Mirror mirror on the wall, Who's the most useless gadget of them all [vid]
New 64-bit Free Open Source Operating System. Not a Unix, created from scratch.
Hey Mommy, can I play with your Tiddy Bear?
Nestle, world's largest food manufacturer has reduced sugar levels of some of its top-selling kids' foods and will stop advertising non-nutritious products under a plan to improve its image worldwide
Stupid Coding Tricks: The T-SQL Madlebrot (sic)
This needs to be brought back
"For 3 years, you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them up on YouTube..." -- Monty Pyton's YouTube Channel
Nate Silver embarrasses creator of HowObamaGotElected.com and exposes his deceptive push polling
Phonecam Stunner Adds Web, GPS and Image Editing to Super Optics
The Nokia N82 is still the best phonecam on the market. Fine optics and a good image-editing suite pal around with GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and a music player to make this one well-rounded rig. ...
// 19 November 2008, 1:00 pm
Nov. 19, 1981: Marcos Regime Puts the Kibosh on Games
1981: Citing their socially destructive effects, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos bans videogames in his country. Filipinos are given two weeks to hand over or destroy their game...
// 19 November 2008, 1:00 pm
Datastream: Measuring Our World, From Decibels to Blood
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// 19 November 2008, 1:00 pm
Watching the Watchmen: Geeky French '70s Timepieces Make a Comeback
: Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.comUnless you're a deeply geeky watch aficionado, a frequent patron of Barney's or a protesting student during the French labor strikes of the mid-1970s, then you've...
// 19 November 2008, 10:00 am
Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transform Science
With two supercomputers reaching petaflop-per-second speeds, and a crop of other petascale rigs in the making, science will get a major boost.
// 19 November 2008, 9:24 am
Facebook's New App Verification Program Offers Protection — for a Price
Facebook's new application vetting program is designed to help you decide which Facebook apps to trust — but the program bears a striking resemblance to basic, mob-style extortion schemes and...
// 19 November 2008, 9:00 am
Video Chat With Wired.com's David Kravets
Threat Level's David Kravets will be on justin.tv at 11 a.m. PST Wednesday discussing the Recording Industry Association of America's five-year litigation campaign. Kravets will discuss the...
// 19 November 2008, 8:39 am
4 Things to Keep in Mind While Killing Zombies in 'Left 4 Dead'
This isn't your typical survivor horror videogame. These tips will keep you the blood bath going just a little bit longer.
// 19 November 2008, 8:13 am
Tennessee Adopts $9.5M University Piracy Measure Despite School Layoffs
The 222,000-student Tennessee public university system is bracing for layoffs and class reductions as part of a $43.7 billion budget shortfall, but Tennessee lawmakers have approved a $9.5 million...
// 19 November 2008, 7:19 am
Review: 'Wrath of the Lich King' Adds Finest 'Warcraft' Content Yet
Solid out of the box, the latest World of Warcraft expansion adds hours of glitch-free new content to the expansive fantasy world.
// 19 November 2008, 7:18 am
Despite Gloom, L.A. Auto Show Looks to the Future
Even though GM and Chrysler are pulling out of the expo, the L.A. Auto Show promises a look at some new hybrids, electrics and muscle cars.
// 19 November 2008, 7:13 am
Defense Says Jury Pool Filled With 'Viciousness' Towards Lori Drew
Jury questionnaires show 80 percent of the potential jurors in the MySpace suicide trial have heard of the case, and half already hold "devastating opinions" of the defendant, says Drew's defense...
// 19 November 2008, 6:15 am
Jury Selection Begins in MySpace Suicide Trial
Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of Lori Drew, a Missouri woman accused of making unauthorized use of MySpace to cause emotional harm to a 13-year-old girl, who committed suicide. Experts...
// 19 November 2008, 5:10 am
Twitterpillar Emerges as Fail Whale Becomes 'Endangered'
When a colorful caterpillar and his wisecracking ice cream cone sidekick show up to inform Twitter users of a service disruption, a contest to name the new characters is born. ...
// 19 November 2008, 3:50 am
Nintendo's Newest Portable Is 10th-Level Awesome
The Nintendo DSi upgrades the company's popular dual-screen portable with two cameras, an SD card slot and the ability to download new games wirelessly — but it's only available in Japan, for...
// 19 November 2008, 3:30 am
New Clues Revealed About Universe's Strongest MagnetsSuperstrong Space Magnets Are Just as Weird as We Thought
European space telescopes observe dead stars known as magnetars, the most magnetic objects in the universe, and find clues about the strange light they emit.
// 19 November 2008, 1:15 am
Navy Pursuing Dial-a-Blast Bomb
The Navy wants a smarter bomb. Not just a bomb that can land within a few meters of the bull's eye -- but a bomb that can do so, with just the right amount of blast.
// 18 November 2008, 10:50 pm
I Hate Them. I do
Britney Spears - Womanizer - Parody
F*CK YOU PRIUS DRIVERS
I Know What You Are
"Youtube Live" (Live Your Life parody)
Look Ma, No Pants! Cocaine! Fred! 69!
Montecito Santa Barbara Tea Fire Possibly Caused by Westmont College Students Bonfire
The fire that destroyed scores of homes in Montecito and Santa Barbara was caused by a group of young people who had built a bonfire, authorities said today.A group of 10 young men and women described by authorities...read more
// 19 November 2008, 9:31 am
Membership List Published for Far-Right British National Party
The British National Party (BNP), a far-right group in the UK, has had its entire membership list posted online. The list reportedly includes the people's names, addresses and telephone numbers. The far-right party...read more
// 19 November 2008, 9:14 am
Strong quake(6.2) rocks Panama-costa Rica border
" A powerful earthquake has struck south-western Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica, says the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was reported with a magnitude of 6.2 and happened at a depth of 48.2km...read more
// 19 November 2008, 9:22 am
India: Pirate 'mother ship' left in flames
India is reporting that one of its vessels has taken down a chief pirate ship off the coast of Africa. India says the battle took place late last night, and the ship is currenty on fire."An Indian warship has exchanged fire with a pirate "mother vessel" off the...read more
// 19 November 2008, 12:22 pm
Government to defy critics with secret GM crop trials
Despite opposition, the UK government is drawing up plans to go ahead with GM crops. To be done in secrecy. The current rules is that scientist must disclose the location. Hilary Benn is pushing to go ahead. He is...read more
// 19 November 2008, 2:54 pm
Economic crisis hits African countries
African countries, specifically those who strongly rely on the export of their natural resources, are feeling the crunch of the global economic crisis.Together with stock exchanges around the world, commodity prices have plunged to all time lows, including the oil price. One...read more
// 19 November 2008, 12:50 pm
Update 2: Senior al-Qaeda operative among 5 killed in expanded US missile strikes in Pakistan
A latest report has quoted a senior security official as claiming that a senior al-qaeda operative of Arab origin was among those five killed in the US missile strike in Bannu district of Pakistan. It is the first US...read more
// 19 November 2008, 9:40 am
New UK law to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women
The UK government has unveiled new laws for cracking down on men who pay for sex. The new laws will apply specifically to trafficked women, or women who are being controlled and pay money to a pimp."New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no...read more
// 19 November 2008, 1:12 pm
London 2012, Vancouver 2010 share similar financial woes
Concerns over the increasing cost of hosting the 2010 games in Vancouver include unknown security costs, a grossly overbudget convention/media centre and a $100 million bailout for the developer of atheletes' housing.Those concerns are being shared across the pond in London...read more
// 19 November 2008, 4:17 pm
Heavy Fighting Erupt Muhamalai Sri Lanka
Since last Saturday, heavy fighting in Muhamalai and Nagar Kovil FDLs northern Jaffna Peninsula.At the moment Sri Lanka Army tries to break the FDL. Both Sri Lanka Army and LTTE claimed about the fight. Heavy...read more
// 19 November 2008, 10:42 am
Pakistani police fail to recover kidnapped diplomats, propose diplomatic enclave in Peshawar
The police in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have failed to recover the kidnapped Afghan and Iranian diplomats, however, they have proposed setting up of a diplomatic enclave in the provincial capital, Peshawar, for ensuring security of the foreign...read more
// 19 November 2008, 10:47 am
10 Most Alien-like Insects on Earth
A common mistake when searching for alien life forms is to look up into the sky for something big. But alien life is right here, at our feet, in our backyards. Millions of tiny but frightening aliens, many just a few...read more
// 19 November 2008, 2:42 pm
773 Lounge- The Oldest New Game in Town - Brooklyn, NY
More and more, young artists and musicians are fleeing their overpriced, underserved neighborhoods for the land of big houses, front yards and clean, peaceful streets. No, they're not moving to the suburbs --...read more
// 19 November 2008, 4:12 pm
NEWS ALERT: Zimbabwe Cholera reaches South Africa
Phuti Selobi who is the spokesperson for the Department of Musina, Limpopo, South Africa has reported that his town has received and treated 68 patients with Cholera. The majority of the patients are citizens of Zimbabwe with a few from South Africa who have been involved in...read more
// 19 November 2008, 2:24 pm
Christmas Chopping in Japan.
By, Uwe Paschen.Now believe it or not, but it is November 2008 and I went Christmas chopping in Chiba Shi today. Well I though that this year I will finally get those Christmas and New Years cards out in time for...read more
// 19 November 2008, 3:57 pm
ATB-Stars come out-the music for spirit
ATB-Stars come out - ATB-Stars come out
// 18 November 2008, 9:21 pm
Pay It Forward For Entrepreneurs Day
Today is dedicated to Pay It Forward Day For Entrepreneurs and you can not only get free entrepreneurial tools, you can now get free Pay It Forward Bracelets shipped to you for free as well. Thanks to Charley Johnson who purchased approx. $50,000 worth.
// 18 November 2008, 5:43 pm
Los Angeles Wildfires: California 'Beverly Hills' Of Mobile Home Parks Ruined By Blazing Fires
"Specially-trained dogs have been searching for victims at a mobile home park ravaged by the wildfires that have brought areas of southern California to its knees."
// 18 November 2008, 4:03 pm
Subliminal Sex Messages
Subliminal messages revealed! This presentation won't leave you hanging!
// 19 November 2008, 1:48 am
100 Everyday Habits for Your Health and Wealth
The following habits range from daily routines to activities that will keep you mentally and physically fit to ways you can keep more money in the bank. Read these suggestions for everyday habits and see if they can pay off for your well-being and your wa
// 18 November 2008, 5:29 am
Print: In Praise of a Rocky Transition
The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington's handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal. Share this article * * * * * Add to Mixx! * * * Rela
// 18 November 2008, 1:30 am
How To Boost Your Blog By Holding A Contest
Do you really know how to run a contest in your blog? This is a case of study which you can learn how I ran my latest contest, boosting my statistics over 100%!
// 18 November 2008, 3:47 am
Don't Believe these 10 Social Media Myths | Design And Marketing Blog
Ten Most Common Social Media Myths in Social Media Marketing
// 18 November 2008, 3:00 pm
Twitter Moms Create a Motrin Sized Headache for J: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance
Twitter is getting majorly powerful. This is a winner....you must read this one if you are into this whole "social web" thing. that's all i can say. reputation staked.
// 18 November 2008, 4:24 pm
Somali Official Vows to Rescue Hijacked Supertanker 'By Force If Necessary'
Somali Official Vows to Rescue Hijacked Supertanker 'By Force If Necessary', The pirates who seized a Saudi oil supertanker in a brazen hijacking dropped anchor near a Somalia fishing village as a Somali official vowed to rescue the vessel and 'use force
// 18 November 2008, 7:43 pm
BBC NEWS | Health | Bone marrow cures HIV patient
// 12 November 2008, 10:21 pm
t r u t h o u t | Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans Than Illegal Drugs
// 12 November 2008, 7:04 pm
Pot Wins in a Landslide: A Thundering Rejection of Americas Longest War | | AlterNet
// 12 November 2008, 1:52 pm
George Monbiot: How these gibbering numbskulls came to dominate Washington | Comment is free | The Guardian
// 12 November 2008, 9:21 am
Forget Red vs. Blue -- Its the Educated vs. People Easily Fooled by Propaganda | Media and Technology | AlterNet
// 12 November 2008, 12:43 am
Frank Schaeffer: Sarah Palin Will Never Be President -- Trust Me
// 11 November 2008, 10:38 pm
I know whats best for me, insists girl of 13 who refused a life-saving heart transplant | Mail Online
// 11 November 2008, 8:43 pm
The Burdens of Martyrdom - Martin Luther King: An Assassination Remembered - TIME
// 10 November 2008, 9:52 pm
Olbermann: Gay marriage is a question of love - Countdown with Keith Olbermann- msnbc.com
// 10 November 2008, 7:13 pm
ABC News: Another AIG Resort "Junket": Top Execs Caught on Tape
// 10 November 2008, 5:44 pm
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: &Smile& Octopus Spawned Many Species
// 10 November 2008, 2:44 pm
Barack Obamas vision of a scientific America - Telegraph
// 10 November 2008, 2:18 pm
BBtv: SELK Bag, Boing Boing Gadgets review with Joel Johnson
// 18 November 2008, 10:58 pm
Reporting from Banff for BoingBoing
I'm doing my guestblogging assignment this week while in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. I came here to give a talk about Make and makers at Digitel (Digital Game and Intelligent Toy...
// 18 November 2008, 8:45 pm
Today on Offworld
Following our successful lift off, today on Offworld we saw the community start to extend the life of 2D Boy's brilliant indie puzzler World of Goo, and saw reason to be hopeful for Microsoft's...
// 18 November 2008, 8:43 pm
Scrap market collapse threatens Bay Area recycler
ACCRC is in desperate straits. The Bay Area electronics recycler is going through tough times with an emergency re-org and a lack of funds to pay taxes and healthcare for its employees. Its own...
// 18 November 2008, 6:34 pm
Dead Kennedys for Rock Band
The release of the Dead Kennedys pack for Rock Band may lead to my first videogame console purchase since the Atari 5200. Dead Kennedys for Rock Band (Boing Boing Offworld)
// 18 November 2008, 4:33 pm
Video camera mounted to Coke bottle
Cool videos using a video camera mounted to a Coke bottle. Video mounted to Coke bottle
// 18 November 2008, 4:18 pm
Beauty mask instructional video
The best science fiction short video ever, only it's real. (Via Mt. Holly Mayor's Office)
// 18 November 2008, 3:41 pm
Europa Film Treasures
BB pal Vann Hall turned me on to Europa Film Treasures, featuring, as he says, "tons of historical footage in a well-annotated website. (And downloadable with the right tools!) Seen above, a...
// 18 November 2008, 3:34 pm
Lawsuit over inmate's flesh-eaten groin
In 2004, ex-con Charles Manning, 61, was infected in prison by a flesh-eating bacteria that ate away at his groin. Prison doctors first thought he was just having an allergic reaction. He sued and...
// 18 November 2008, 3:08 pm
Spare parts for Spore
I haven't played Spore yet, but I find this image of appendages in the latest Spore patch to be just the kind of Wunderkammer-esque collection that I appreciate. Brandon Boyer has more over at our...
// 18 November 2008, 2:53 pm
Books in my stack
I get lots of books sent to me to review. I can't read them all, even though many of them look promising. Here are a few I plan to read, eventually. I hope. Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know...
// 18 November 2008, 2:39 pm
Attempted suicide on Brazilian exchange floor
Unlike Sad Guys On Trading Floors, this is no laughing matter. A trader on the floor of Sao Paulo's Bovespa stock exchange shot himself in the chest. According to the Associated Press, Paulo Sergio...
// 18 November 2008, 1:34 pm
Guy Overfelt's inflatable smoke installation
Transmedia artist Guy Overfelt created this massive inflatable "smoke" installation for the Cantocore Export Guangzhou show in China a couple months ago. It follows the thread of Overfelt's...
// 18 November 2008, 1:19 pm
Vintage paperbacks featuring good girl art
I enjoyed the "carnie girls" collection of vintage paperback covers from the Good Girl Art website. Shown here are covers to two (sadly out-of-print) carnival-themed books I highly recommend:...
// 18 November 2008, 5:59 pm
Boing Boing tv Update: OFFWORLD, YES MEN, and THIS IS THE FIRST.
In this week's Boing Boing TV update, we discuss what's ahead with the launch of BOING BOING: OFFWORLD, and we speak with the YES MEN about their EPIC STUNT last week in which they printed and...
// 18 November 2008, 1:17 pm
Making of the Jumping Brain resin toy sculpture
Fun Flickr sets showing the making of a cute sculpture called The Jumping Brain. The Jumping Brain is a limited edition toy created by artist Emilio Garcia that is a detailed plastic model of the...
// 18 November 2008, 1:02 pm
Automatic baby walker
Guy attaches a drill to a cheap stroller and locks its front wheels to make it go around in circles until either the batteries run out or the little brat falls asleep. Genius. Automatic baby...
// 18 November 2008, 12:40 pm
Microsoft Feared Mac vs. Vista In '05
American Nerd
Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVA
Ray Kurzweil Wonders Can Machines Ever Have Souls?
Fewer Than 1% Arrested From TSA's "Behavior Detection"
Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed
Oldest Nuclear Family Found Murdered In Germany
The Importance of Procedural Content Generation In Games
Court Slams Door On Sale of Spyware
Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots?
Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid
Microsoft To Offer Free Anti-Virus Software
NASA Tests Deep-Space Network Modeled On the Internet
McColo Briefly Returns, Hands Off Botnet Control
Google To Host 10M Images From Life Magazine's Archive
The Internet Answer To Obvious Questions
There are times when you are asked startlingly obvious questions - here is the all-purpose response.
// 19 November 2008, 8:02 am
NYC Rooftop Beekeeper
NYC Rooftop Beekeeper - At 6:30 in the morning I met David Graves of Berkshire Berries outside a lower Manhattan building whose rooftop plays host to one of the 15 beehives he keeps on roofs around...
// 19 November 2008, 7:28 am
20 compelling photos from the Civil War.
20 photos from the Civil War via listverse
// 19 November 2008, 7:20 am
AP Calls Alaska Senate race for Begich.
One last goodbye for the memories. Theodore Fulton Stevens has lost his Alaska Senate seat.
// 19 November 2008, 6:14 am
Gorilla Hospitals
The invisible hand of the Free Market guides insurance payments to hospitals "Call it the best-kept secret in Massachusetts medicine: Health insurance companies pay a handful of hospitals far...
// 19 November 2008, 3:46 am
BNP members 'outed'
British media goes mental when someone leaks a list of British National Party online. The list is here as news outlets are wary of quoting directly. Given that membership of the BNP is forbidden for...
// 19 November 2008, 3:31 am
YouTuberama
YouTubeFilter: The Monty Python Channel: "No more of those crap quality videos you've been posting. We're giving you the real thing - HQ videos delivered straight from our vault." l a feast...
// 19 November 2008, 1:22 am
Kinetic Illusions in Op Art
Art as Visual Research: Art and neuroscience combine in creating fascinating examples of illusory motion.
// 18 November 2008, 11:45 pm
"You say?" Apparently they do.
It's not even Thanksgiving yet and already the 2008 "best of" lists have begun. Here's a list of the Top 60 popular Japanese words/phrases of 2008. "Morning banana" doesn't mean...
// 18 November 2008, 10:18 pm
Drawing No Lines and Making No Distinctions
Fraction is a bi-monthly online photo magazine that promotes work from established artists and emerging artists side by side. In the current issue, I particularly like the work of David Eisenlord and...
// 18 November 2008, 9:25 pm
It happens every year?
Despite the much-maligned economy, people are seemingly starting the holiday season early this year in Loveland, Colorado by "paying it forward" for strangers' coffee at a Starbucks...
// 18 November 2008, 9:05 pm
Neil Gaiman is creepy, but not a doll
Neil Gaiman helps Jonathan Coulton perform the song "Creepy Doll." [slyt]
Sure, it's not Bike Hero, but still pretty awesome if you like Coulton or Gaiman.
// 18 November 2008, 8:50 pm
FUN FUN FUN
30 seconds over Tokyo is a song that is both unpretentious and epic at the same time. Anticipation mixed up with fear, flying, crashing, burning. Nevermind just give it a listen 30 seconds over...
// 18 November 2008, 8:22 pm
What's wrong with primary care in the US?
What's wrong with primary care in the US? With a new survey suggesting that nearly half of all primary care physicians would leave medicine if they had a viable alternative, and with American medical...
// 18 November 2008, 7:01 pm
Lube Jokes will be too Obvious
At a cost of $20,000 a pound (google search prices vary). You have to wonder how much this cost. Poor Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped her tool bag But don't worry, NASA tracks NEOs. And then there...
// 18 November 2008, 5:57 pm
BIKING + GUITAR HERO
BIKE HERO (slyt)
// 18 November 2008, 4:28 pm
MLYT: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in Dm on Guitar
California Guitar Trio plays a quiet version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in Dm. Here is another solo electric version by Sean Conklin. Finally here is a passionate acoustic electric treatment by...
// 18 November 2008, 4:11 pm
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
"Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." Saved By: Alex Jones | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: desigin inspiration, inspiration, photos, life magazine, history
// 18 November 2008, 7:42 pm
Lorem 2: An all-around better Lorem experience.
Lorem 2 is a simple and better way to grab Lorem Ipsum text content. Saved By: William Dodson | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: lorem-2, greek-text, manoverboard
// 26 October 2008, 11:14 pm
Showcase Of Clean And Minimalist Designs | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
By Jacob Gube and Smashing Editorial Team Minimalism, in the context of design, refers to simple, unadorned designs that embody only the most basic and fundamental needs. In art, it is a movement that has Saved By: fm00 | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: design, webdesign, list
// 18 November 2008, 3:35 am
50 Incredible Fonts for Professional Web & Print Design | Noupe
The web is rich with creative and amazing fonts, and the choice is enormous. So today we would like to present 50 incredible FONT which you can use for web or Saved By: skieast | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: fonts, web
// 17 November 2008, 1:50 am
Malo - CSS Library
Malo is ultra small css library for building web sites. Saved By: vladocar | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: css, css library, css framework, web design
// 17 November 2008, 5:29 pm
Building Custom WordPress Theme
This is the Chapter II of the Complete WordPress Theme Guide series. This chapter will show you how to build a custom WordPress theme. Although the Codex site provides very good documentations on how to create a theme, but I find it too complicated for a beginner. In this tutorial, I will explain the basics of how WordPress theme works and show you how to convert a static HTML template into a theme. No PHP skill is required, but you need Photoshop and CSS skills to create your own design. Saved By: Lisa McMillan | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wordpress, theme, design, guide, custom, codex
// 17 November 2008, 1:47 pm
30+ High Quality And Free Vector Object Sets To Beautify Your Designs
Free Web Resources Everyday - WebResourcesDepot Saved By: Mustafa Navruz | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: None assigned
// 19 November 2008, 1:12 am
10 Advanced PHP Tips To Improve Your Programming | How-To | Smashing Magazine
By Glen Stansberry PHP programming has climbed rapidly since its humble beginnings in 1995. Since then, PHP has become the most popular programming language for Web applications. Many popular websites are powered by PHP, and Saved By: stephen | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: php
// 18 November 2008, 4:51 pm
15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
These are some really useful in-browser tools for IE, Firefox, and even Opera. Saved By: Dustin Boston | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: utilities, tools, browser, css, webdesign
// 19 November 2008, 1:07 am
A List Apart: Articles: A More Useful 404
Encountering 404 errors is not new. Often, developers provide custom 404 pages to make the experience a little less frustrating. However, for a custom 404 page to be truly useful, it should not only provide relevant information to the user, but should also provide immediate feedback to the developer so that, when possible, the problem can be fixed. To accomplish this, I developed a custom 404 page that can be adapted to the look and feel of the website it’s used on and uses server-side includes (SSI) to execute a Perl script that determines the cause of the 404 error and takes appropriate action. Saved By: Frederik Van Zande | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: 404, htaccess, usability
// 18 November 2008, 3:45 pm
100 Awesome Ivy League Video Lectures
Even if you can't attend an Ivy League college, you can still take advantage of the intellectual and professional resources that many have to offer through the colleges' websites. Check out the list of 100 great video lectures you can watch to learn from experts. Saved By: sunny.speak | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: 'Ivy League, University, College, Education, Lectures'
// 18 November 2008, 6:52 am
Top 10 Tutorials for Converting PSDs to HTML/CSS
Looking to improve your design workflow? These tutorials can help you save time by showing you how to effectively convert a PSD file into a fully-coded website. Saved By: Eric Auld | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: design, css, tutorial, examples
// 17 November 2008, 4:47 am
The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers | Web Resources | WebAppers
The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers Saved By: Jeunium | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: cheat sheets, web devel
// 5 November 2008, 2:37 pm
Drag n drop columns
Saved By: James Taylor | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: javascript, jquery, tutorials
// 18 November 2008, 5:43 pm
Google Analytics Blog: Want to track Adobe Flash? Now you can!
Saved By: Eddie Sutton | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Google, flash
// 18 November 2008, 4:19 pm
A More Useful 404
Encountering 404 errors is not new. Often, developers provide custom 404 pages to make the experience a little less frustrating. However, for a custom 404 page to be truly useful, it should not only...
// 19 November 2008, 2:20 pm
Mastering Grails: Asynchronous Grails with JSON and Ajax
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) are staples of Web 2.0 development. In this installment of the Mastering Grails series, author Scott Davis demonstrates the...
// 19 November 2008, 2:16 pm
Adobe MAX Keynote Day 1
Adobe MAX this year had over 5,000 attendees. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen spoke first. He focuses on what Adobe is calling the Flash Platform which now includes Thermo and Flex Builder. Thermo has now...
// 19 November 2008, 12:41 pm
The Software Product Myth
A certain percentage of developers become unhappy with salaried development over time (typically it's shortly after they're asked to manage people, or maintain legacy code), and they dream of...
// 19 November 2008, 12:40 pm
Mastering Eclipse V3.4: Java Development Tools (JDT)
Discusses concepts and features that may be different in the Eclipse IDE vs. others, or features that may not be apparent to new users of the JDT...
// 19 November 2008, 12:26 pm
Building reusable Django apps
Some tips to make reusable Django Apps.
// 19 November 2008, 10:45 am
Zend Framework: Surviving The Deep End
People have approached me over the months curious about why I don't just write a Zend Framework themed book, get with a publisher, and make mountains of money (or at least a modest hill). After all,...
// 19 November 2008, 9:27 am
ASP.NET MVC: Building Dynamic Forms with the Builder Pattern
Build dynamic forms with the builder pattern
// 19 November 2008, 8:33 am
You Speak: What SHOULD a Software Engineer's Resume Look Like?
Submit your opinion on what a resume should contain or not contain.
// 19 November 2008, 8:28 am
Tapestry 5.0.16 (Release Candidate) is available for download
Version 5.0.16 of the Apache Tapestry web application framework is available for download. 5.0.16 is the first (and hopefully only) release candidate. It is packed with over 80 bug fixes and...
// 19 November 2008, 7:57 am
How to serialize Lambda Expressions
At times I need to serialize my Lambda Expressions, to pass to some web service . Normally this wasn't possible but I realized the MetaLinq project allows it.
// 19 November 2008, 6:44 am
In the Woods - A Crash-Course in Regular Expressions- video tut
This screencast will teach you exactly how to use regular expressions in your coding.
// 19 November 2008, 6:18 am
Using Partial Functions and Pattern Matching
Using Partial Functions and Pattern Matching
// 19 November 2008, 6:14 am
We Are Typists First, Programmers Second
Remember last week when I said coding was just writing? I was wrong. As one commenter noted, it's even simpler than that. [This] reminds me of a true "Dilbert moment" a few years ago,...
// 19 November 2008, 6:10 am
10 Advanced PHP Tips To Improve Your Programming
PHP programming has climbed rapidly since its humble beginnings in 1995. Since then, PHP has become the most popular programming language for Web applications. Many popular websites are powered by...
// 19 November 2008, 5:23 am
JBoss Minimal Configuration Profile
Radim Mare writes: "...the long awaited release of JBoss AS 5.0 is going to stir the landscape of application framework market as we know it. Ignoring for now its Java EE 5 certification, the main...
// 19 November 2008, 5:09 am
Dynamic JFace XML TableViewer Tutorial
The following tutorial will show you how to build a dynamic JFace TableViewer driven from an XML file. The beauty of this solution is that your data model is decoupled from view logic so when the XML...
// 19 November 2008, 5:07 am
Computer virus quarantines London Hospital for second day
Plucky Brits shrug off Mytob network blitz IT staff at three major London hospitals have spent a second day struggling to restore IT systems following a major computer virus outbreak.…
// 19 November 2008, 4:51 pm
NASA's curious climate capers
Computer says: It's getting warmer There have been a few red faces at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in recent days, to match the predominant color of its October global...
// 19 November 2008, 4:20 pm
Celio extends 'smartphone terminal' line
Bigger screens and keyboards for your phone Celio is convinced that some people don't want to lug around a smartphone and a notebooks, so it's expanded its Redfly smartphone terminal range by two...
// 19 November 2008, 4:14 pm
Filesharing ambulance chasers get into the gay smut racket
Davenporn Lyons defends Army F*ckers The law firm Davenport Lyons, best known online for accusing people of illegally filesharing on behalf of video games companies and threatening to take them to...
// 19 November 2008, 4:08 pm
Academics warn of EU 'three strikes' back door plan
Disconnection looms European law is introducing a "three strikes and you're out" law for ISPs to disconnect illegal file sharers "under cover of stealth", according to legal experts. The EU's...
// 19 November 2008, 3:29 pm
BNP leaked list claims first victims
Genie + bottle = foot + mouth The first public sector employees are waking up to the fallout from the leaking of the BNP membership list yesterday.…
// 19 November 2008, 2:45 pm
Oz driver pulled with todger in pasta sauce jar
Continued to crack one off 'while resisting arrest' An Oz driver has been fined AU$600 for "offensive behaviour, resisting police and disobeying a police direction" after cracking one off into a...
// 19 November 2008, 2:29 pm
Follow the Somali pirate scourge via Google mashup
Indian navy sends buccaneer mothership to Davy Jones The world's media continues to follow the long-running piracy problems in the Gulf of Aden, with interest stimulated by last week's fatal...
// 19 November 2008, 2:23 pm
Transmeta takeover threatened by lawyers
Attorneys corral shareholders for class action suit Novafora's takeover of Transmeta could be threatened by a class action lawsuit from disgruntled shareholders.…
// 19 November 2008, 2:17 pm
Spacewalking astronaut drops toolbag
'Steve, can you lend me a grease gun?' Space shuttle Endeavour mission specialist Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper yesterday dropped her toolbag as she and Steve Bowen worked outside the International Space...
// 19 November 2008, 2:04 pm
Nikon Coolpix S710 compact camera
Ridiculously easy to use Review The Coolpix S710 was one of four new compacts released by Nikon this autumn. It's the top-of-the-range model, so the person likely to buy this camera is someone...
// 19 November 2008, 2:02 pm
Lame Mac Trojan limps into view
Malware targets grumble-flick fans Security researchers have uncovered a rare example of a Trojan that affects Mac PCs.…
// 19 November 2008, 1:54 pm
Google tells the world how to talk
Received Pronunciation not received, Scots scotched Google's voice search is, it turns out, optimised for North American accents and has distinct problems understanding proper English as the BBC...
// 19 November 2008, 1:52 pm
T-Mobile kicked for 'more minutes' ad
But TV challenge accepted The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against T-Mobile's claim that "You wont find more minutes for £30", but accepts that the TV challenge "See if you can find...
// 19 November 2008, 1:43 pm
Oz sex trade to spank parliamentary prudes
Sex and politics do mix Australians are having a Sex Party -- and before you all start sniggering at the back, this time they could be serious. Because depending on your point of view, this is either...
// 19 November 2008, 1:13 pm
German bawdy house offers free entry for life
Willing punters queue for promotional brothel tattoo Cologne überbrothel Pascha has been surprised at the number of punters rushing to avail themselves of its free-membership-for-life promotion -...
// 19 November 2008, 1:08 pm
Collaboration: dream or nightmare?
(There's no F in Team) Wave after wave of collaboration software keep crashing on our organisational shores. but with the latest wave of social networking software, should we run for higher ground?…
// 19 November 2008, 1:03 pm