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Locke and Demosthenes

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:12:17 -0400

Bank Lets Customers Deposit Checks by Taking Pics with an iPhone [Downloads]

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:55:22 -0400

Bank Lets Customers Deposit Checks by Taking Pics with an iPhone [Downloads]:

iPhone only: As irrelevant as online banking and ATMs makes the physical bank for a lot of your banking needs, most of us still need to head to our local bank whenever it’s time to cash a…

Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall [Monsters Among Us]

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:50:53 -0400

Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall [Monsters Among Us]:

Researchers at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Cornwall made a discovery worthy of a Frank Herbert novel: A massive, 4-foot-long reef worm that was chomping through their local corals.

According to…

Students

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:50:53 -0400

Students:

Four Experimental Firefox Extensions We're Into [Downloads]

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:40:08 -0400

Four Experimental Firefox Extensions We're Into [Downloads]:

Every so often, Lifehacker rounds up Firefox add-ons that are too new for official approval, but seriously neat-looking. This batch can automate download management and image uploading, queue up…

PooH & Ice

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:40:07 -0400

PooH & Ice:

Eric says: “I just took this photo on the corner of Broad and Beaver Streets in FiDi, NYC. I am alarmed to consider what might be on the bill-of-fare if this is a delivery vehicle.”

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Trompe l'oeil ski-toilet mural

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:40:07 -0400

Trompe l'oeil ski-toilet mural:

This Japanese ski resort toilet has everything: a vertiginous, trompe l’oeil mural, a pink toilet that washes your bum, AND an incomprehensible slogan for a brand of tinned coffee!

Georgia Max…

Tour the ISS

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:46:48 -0500

Tour the ISS:

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Makes my spine tingle when he opens the window for the first time… wow.

Regular readers know I’m not a huge fan of the International Space Station. With an unclear purpose and a…

Electric Bath Duckie

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:46:11 -0500

Electric Bath Duckie:

I’m not really sure what it means that the two people I showed this Electric Bath Duckie to both said it was a good gift idea, but I really like that on the back of the package it…

Ghost Skyscraper [Architecture]

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:09:21 -0400

Ghost Skyscraper [Architecture]:

Earlier this week, the New York Times’ David W. Dunlap took this eerie photograph of 7 World Trade Center, which seemed to be turning invisible as the light caught it at just the right…

No more purple dinosaurs!

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:02:10 -0400

No more purple dinosaurs!: The creators of “Yo Gabba Gabba” tell the story behind the coolest (and least annoying) kids show on television.

Basics: Synteny

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:11:27 -0400

Basics: Synteny:

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This is a very, very cool way of demonstrating evolution using a simple analogy. Long-ish but well worth a read!

Let’s play the most boring card game in the universe!

Here are…

Twelve Books You Should Read at the Beach This Summer [Summer Reading]

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:29:26 -0400

Twelve Books You Should Read at the Beach This Summer [Summer Reading]:

It’s boiling hot up here in the Earth’s northern hemisphere, so hopefully at some point you’ll find yourself vacationing at a beach — or at least lounging near a large body of water. And…

MMORPG Tycoon: a video game about running a video game company

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:42:13 -0400

MMORPG Tycoon: a video game about running a video game company:

MMORPG Tycoon sounds like a delightfully recursive video game — you’re in charge of tweaking the rules for a multiplayer online game like World of Warcraft, and you win or lose based on how many…

Some Fathers’ Day Skepticism

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:42:13 -0400

Some Fathers’ Day Skepticism:

Happy Fathers’ Day to all you skeptical daddies. Today is a special super awesome kick ass fun Fathers’ Days because it also happens to be my birthday! (Best Fathers’ Day gift EVER = me)

It’s…

Eat Better with the 125 Healthiest Supermarket Foods [Food]

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:14:09 -0400

Eat Better with the 125 Healthiest Supermarket Foods [Food]:

We’ve already shown you which drinks you should stick with to stay healthier, and now Men’s Health has rounded up 125 of the healthiest supermarket foods in America by category. That means…

Google News from a better world

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:47:38 -0400

Google News from a better world:

Duncan sez, “A brilliantly done spoof of GoogleNews from a parallel universe where all the world’s problems have been solved, from the petty: ‘Apple announces unlocked iPhone, built-in VOIP’ To…

Worst drinks in America

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:25:21 -0400

Worst drinks in America:

Men’s Health Magazine’s roundup of the five worst beverages in America is pretty amazingly disgusting. I love this fake juice with 84g of sugar in it.

Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry…

Are you on this list?

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:52:47 -0400

Are you on this list?:

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I could fall into about 11 or 12 of these at one time or another. And I’m not even a sports fan!

It’s certainly inclusive.

Wait…sports fans?

Read the comments on this…

WTF?!, a Flash-based World of Warcraft parody

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:52:47 -0400

WTF?!, a Flash-based World of Warcraft parody:

Over on Play This Thing, game designer/writer Greg Costikyan has word of a sweet and funny World of Warcraft parody:

It’s a World of Warcraft screenshot, right? Well, no — it’s a screenshot…