September 2008
Serious Conversation Gone Wrong →
Suicide help on the internet? Don’t think so.
Grocery List →
I would still forget….
Blackboard Fight!! →
12 essential apps for tweaking your Mac →
Mac OS X, as it ships or gets installed from an Apple DVD, is a mighty impressive operating system, but different people use it in different ways.
How To Create WordPress Themes From Scratch →
I’m going to show you how to create a wordpress theme from scratch in these 3 parts of tutorial series. I will cover from Structuring, designing in Photoshop, slicing, coding into fully css based…
Hands on with some surprising $80 night vision... →
What would you do if you could see in the dark? Jakks Pacific has released a sub-$100 pair of night vision goggles as a toy, but we found them to be much better than expected. Our review inside.
Last.FM Releases Highly Anticipated iPhone App... →
Last.FM has finally released the highly anticipated update to their iPhone application. Initial App Store reviews for the debut of the Last.FM app weren’t very high. The app is currently rated at…
Space X Did It -- A Private Rocket is in Space! →
Space X has made history. The first privately developed rocket has made it into space!
The Moonwalk Superstar [PIC] →
UNLEASH THE MOTHERFUCKING MOONWALK
A Shadowy, Wet World of Squirt-Gun Assassins →
Contestants in the StreetWars tournament dart through New York’s alleyways with water guns in their hands… This is freaking awesome!
Rumor: Is the Apple TV being replaced? →
We just got an e-mail from an anonymous Apple reseller, stating that they received an e-mail from Apple with instructions to remove all Apple TV displays and literature and to destroy them (which I…
Gorgeous Panorama: Astronaut Floating Above Earth... →
At time, longest distance an astronaut ever “floated” free from his ship. Beautiful, dramatic shot. (Can be enlarged.)
WebKit becomes first browser engine to fully pass... →
Maciej Stachowiak of the WebKit team has announced that the browser engine behind Safari is the first to fully pass the Acid3 test, including the test’s condition of smooth animation rendering.
Wal*Mart shutting down DRM server →
Hey suckers! Did you buy DRM music from Wal*Mart instead of downloading MP3s for free from the P2P networks? Well, they’re repaying your honesty by taking away your music.
New iPod nano a notch above the rest →
Each year its competitors add new features to their mid-range mp3 players, making already good products that much better. But then September rolls along and the iPod nano undergoes a redesign that…
IPhone 2.2: Safari Redesign, Possible Cut and... →
With the iPhone v2.1 software out of the door, Apple is hard at work on v2.2. It’s possible that Apple is taking so long to implement copy and paste not because it is difficult, but because Apple is…
The Bittersweet Art of Cutting Up Books [PICS] →
Books being transformed back into trees… sort of.
That Should Do the Trick [PIC] →
Just puttin out a fire, no big deal.
Stewart and Colbert on Cover of Entertainment... →
John Stewart and Stephen Colbert grace the cover of the newest Entertainment Weekly, poking fun at the famous Obama New Yorker cover.
New Gnome Release Pretties Up Linux Desktop, Adds... →
The latest release of GNOME adds more functionality a new coat of paint sure to be welcomed by the point-and-click Linux crowd. There’s also a new GNOME desktop tailor-made for Linux-powered mobile…
Listen to Yourself →
5 Ad Campaigns that Failed Quickly (or... →
Microsoft announced it was moving away from its commercials featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld just two weeks after unveiling the baffling teaser ads. Although the Seinfeld spots were so…
Jack Thompson Disbarred →
Judgment has been entered in the case that started last year and came to a head when Judge Dava Tunis recommended permanent disbarment for the bombastic, showboating law man. The court has approved…
So I Got This Web Client The Other Day →
Comic
PROOF: VW's Newer, Cheaper Diesel Beats Prius MPGs →
It’s this year’s ultimate MPG comparison test: the just-released 2009 Volskwagen Jetta TDi diesel against the uber-popular 2008 Toyota Prius hybrid. And PopularMechanics.com has it first, with nearly…
Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru Action Figures (pic) →
Billboard Fail →
So it was customary to use a RAM-ROD while fighting in the naval during the 18th century?
T-Mobile G1 doesn't have a headphone jack! →
The G1 eschews a standard 3.5mm headphone jack for its proprietary ExtUSB connector, meaning you’ll need custom headphones or an adapter to plug in your own. What’s worse, the adapter won’t be…
Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are... →
Researchers find that, in their haste to get rid of annoying popup alerts, most users don’t bother to examine popups for the telltale signs of browser-based malware.
New ocean sparks questions about changing maps,... →
Betcha didn’t know there was a fifth ocean. Of course, there’s a debate raging as to whether it really should be designated an ocean or not.
Proof that Apple didn't patent stolen ideas for... →
There have been some recent rumblings regarding Apple supposedly stealing iPhone ideas, namely a program which would allow users to check information from the iPhone screen while the phone is still…
The Road That Plays Music As You Drive →
This is a road in Lancaster, California that makes music when you drive over it. A section of Avenue K in a Californian desert town uses grooves cut into the road surface to play the Lone Ranger…
Samso, the Danish island living off-grid (PICS) →
Photographer Nicky Bonne travels to the Danish island of Samso, where the residents have completely eradicated its carbon footprint by using wind power. Everyone on the island owns a turbine, and…
The Pirate Bay Tops 15 Million Peers →
Today, The Pirate Bay reached a new milestone, as they now have more than 3 million registered users. On top of that, they track close to 15 million unique peers. The largest BitTorrent tracker just…
Wisconsin's Finest! →
Sounds yummy…
Google Censorship →
Me thinks that China is trying to hide something with the help of Google
How to Use MS Paint to Keep Flies Away →
Why swat when you can get creative?
Two Space Shuttles + One Rainbow →
Great picture of Atlantis & Endeavour together on the launchpads with the support tower retracted. STS-126 (Atlantis) is the last mission to Hubble, LON-400 (Endeavour) is a contingency rescue…
Worst fighting technique →
Ever.
Major Problems Stall Action for Large Hadron... →
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is still struggling to take its next big step.
Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' campaign created with Macs →
…not even Microsoft itself can wean itself off the Mac…
Perfect Lego Mac Pro Is Two Computers in One →
At first sight, this looked like a perfect working reproduction of a Mac Pro made of Lego, so I was ready to call it the best Lego computer in the history of best Lego computers. Then, when I learnt…
Have you ever seen anything like this? (pic) →
Kinda gross