November 2008
"An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is... →
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“Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year,...”
– Jack Handey’s “Deep Thoughts” (via branduponthebrain)
I loved “Deep Thoughts” so much when I was a teenager. I had the books and my friends and I used to write our favorites on the board in math class. Ahh, the 90s.
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Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing →
Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study by the MacArthur Foundation.
“It may look as though kids are wasting a lot of time hanging out with new media, whether it’s on MySpace or sending instant messages,” said Mizuko Ito, lead researcher on the study, “Living and Learning With New Media.” “But...
A New Wind Is Blowing in Chicago →
News Keeps Getting Worse for Vitamins →
WatchEverything That’s Ever Been Popular To Be Turned Into Broadway Musicals
Jurassic Park not so far fetched →
Scientists are saying that we can make ourselves a whoolly mammoth for as little as $10 million. All it takes is a mammoth genome, a lot of painstaking work, and much computing power.
If the genome of an extinct species can be reconstructed, biologists can work out the exact DNA differences with the genome of its nearest living relative. There are talks on how to modify the DNA in an...
New Mixtape From The Clipse →
Thanks, E. (via hellofriend)
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“It’s just like they say, ‘You’ve got to throw money in a hole and set it on fire, to make money.’”
Why are you pushing this pro-hole agenda?
What about the soldier hole?
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The luckiest day EVER. Watch this Price is Right performance. Unreal.
NUTS.
“On Nov 7, production on NBC’s Medium was temporarily shut down when an extra...”
– Exclusive: Bruno (a.k.a.) Sacha Baron Cohen Disrupts ‘Medium’ | Medium | Ausiello Files | EW.com
I can’t wait for this movie.
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Nerd solidarity
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I hate how the Vista advertisements rave about how parents can limit their kids’ time spent on the internet. One parent says, “…because sometimes I catch them up at 2:00 in the morning still surfing the web.”
I attribute 100% of my web and graphic design skills to the fact that I spent an insane amount of time on the computer in my youth. I wasn’t playing. I was...
Spam's fortunes rise and fall →
Problem with operation turns man's penis black →
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“Her astounding opening speech lasts for more than half of the press conference,...”
– Wonkette : Sarah Palin’s First Press Conference Of The Campaign Happens Yesterday (via theoriginaljoefisher) (via cvxn) (via suitep)
A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence →
'Arrested Development' movie 'a go' →
I hope so.
