21 hours ago

Shifting Pixel Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Although it is raining right now, snow will be here soon and these pumps will be put to good use. This photo was taken from Shifting Pixel (Permalink, additional comments). (Read More)

Apr 18, 1914

Submitted by Pink Lisa from Google Reader: I got a spam email about a week back that slipped through my filter usually they don't get through, I get maybe one or two every year so I open up the headers and it turns out there's a yahoo account as the reply-to figured it's a long shot but I emailed it saying "stop sending me spam, asshole" turns out this guy is a com (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Lencioni from Google Reader: I favorited a YouTube video: David Attenborough presents the amazing lyre bird, which mimics the calls of other birds - and chainsaws and camera shutters - in this video clip from The Life of Birds. This clever creature is one of the most impressive and funny in nature, with unbelievable sounds to match the beautiful pictur (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Pink Lisa from Google Reader: The cold weather is just setting in for a long cold winter, so you might as well get some gear that makes a statement.  Even if you can’t seem to grow your own beard and mustache, you can have a Beard Head to keep you warm.  Plus it’ll give you that fluffy beard you’ve always wanted.  The Pirate Beard Head is black, the Gra (Read More)

Nov 05, 2009

Submitted by Lencioni from Google Reader: "I do think that there are some baseline things that we should all agree on, the most important being that eating meat matters. It's the No. 1 cause of global warming. The UN and Pew Commissions have said that it is among the top 2 or 3 causes of every significant environmental problem locally and globally." Get more info o (Read More)

4 days ago

Slashdot eldavojohn writes "Almost 6 years ago we discussed a vaccine to help people quit smoking as it entered human clinical trials. Now it looks like the finishing touches have been put on a deal that will go into effect once phase III testing of the drug now called NicVAX is completed. NicVAX was developed by Nabi Biopharmaceuti (Read More)

7 days ago

Cognitive Daily Who's more "sociable," men or women? Common sense says it's women, right? And many research studies back this impression up: Women are more interpersonal, more connected, more interdependent than men. Women are more likely to share intimate information with each other than men. But is that really the whole story?There is al (Read More)

5 days ago

BuzzTracker.com - Twitter In August we announced that we were working on a new API that would provide developers with the ability to geotag tweets. Today, the Geotagging API is officially available.This release is unique in that it's API-only which means you won't see any changes on twitter.com, yet. Instead, Twitter applications like Birdfeed, Sees (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Lencioni from Google Reader: I favorited a YouTube video: http://www.noob.us - A footage from the 1991 beard and mustache competition. Wait for the 2nd guy. (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Lencioni from Google Reader: There is a Croatian illustrator, geek and an all around alright kinda guy putting beards on hitherto naked-faced folks—like Batman, Clint Eastwood, RoboCop and several others. It’s about time!Vanja Mrgan has already posted a few stellar de-shaven illustrations and will continue to do so throughout the month. Keep up with hi (Read More)

7 days ago

TechCrunch Later today Senator Rockefeller is holding a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation full committee hearing on Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and their Impact on American Consumers. He released a report on his findings in advance of the hearing.The documents contain a lot of previously unava (Read More)

7 days ago

Submitted by Lencioni from Google Reader: “Of the 263 no-hitters ever thrown in the big leagues, we can only guess how many were aided by steroids, but we can say without question that only one was ever thrown on acid.”. (Read More)

Nov 16, 2009

Techdirt A few years back, I remember seeing a fascinating study that showed that how a company responds to a problem or a mistake is more important to customer loyalty than not making any mistakes at all. That is, customers felt more loyal to companies that screwed up, but handled it well, than companies that never screw up at all (Read More)

7 days ago

Submitted by Lencioni from Google Reader: This is your head. This is your camera. This is your head & camera inside the mouth of a giant leopard seal... Paul Nicklen gives new meaning to "stay frosty": Amazing (even more so when viewed in high def). [Via]. (Read More)

Nov 16, 2009

Submitted by Pink Lisa from Google Reader: I’m astounded. So don’t people know about using ^ and ! in the shell?!? Last week I watched an experienced Linux user carefully hit the ↑ cursor key to get a previous line of history, then ←&→ just to make a simple edit!Here’s my 30 second guide:!! Repeat the previous command. Example:$ lsbin d Desktop rpmbuild tmp$ (Read More)

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