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Clean Your Earbuds for Better Sound and Hygiene [Headphones] (4)
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After extended use your earbuds get pretty dirty—both on the microscopic and the visible "that came out of my ear?" level. This simple guide will help you defunk your earbuds to keep your eyes happy and the tunes clear. More »Comment View comments -
Aww. Someone’s a bit special, aren’t they? (27)
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FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (1071) permalink
Soap dispenser fail It’s a special soap. Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: UPSgrrrL88 via Fail UploaderShared by Amir (62) AngelOD (123) aspida (143) benjaminm31 (61) Caio (65) cesarcardoso (183) dragonlady35 (37) easterlingman (146) Fernanda (40) Hubert (28) and 17 more »Comment View comments -
Mr. Burns from The Simpsons Untooned (14)
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deviantART user Martin Beyer imagined what Mr. Burns from The Simpsons would look like if he was depicted more literally. It looks like a sculpture, but Beyer actually used Zbrush to create a digital 3D image. Link via GearFuseShared by Addi (40) ARVash (76) Chris (18) Christopher (17) Jenny (61) jmb1977 (72) Laya (71) Merlene (19) mhking (118) Nico (21) and four more »Comment View comments -
Burglar fail (77)
onBurglar Fail More news from the police blotter. Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: KittyKat via Fail UploaderShared by akiross (14) Amir (62) AngelOD (123) Arun (85) Brad (62) Brandy (22) Brian (14) Brownspank (40) brunoscarto (132) Bumpy (5) and 67 more »Explore read five notes
- Brad said: I wanna know what the joke was that kicked this off...
- Doug said: I sense a new market for home security comedians.
- Nizar said: The joke must have been extreamly funny !!!
- vee said: omg this cracked me up so bad! and i was on the tube as well...
- georgeadams said: γιατί δεν αρκεί να είναι καλό το ανέκδοτο, πρέπει και να το πεις καλά
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Suite Arrival Ships Toiletries Ahead to Your Destination [Travel] (18)
onIf you like to travel light but have a well stocked toiletries bag upon arriving at your destination, Suite Arrival makes it easy to ship your bathroom favorites ahead.Suite Arrival's business model is based on the idea that you'd rather pay low and reasonable prices for toiletries and have them shipped to your hotel than have to check a bag at the airport and lug around the said toiletries. Definitely geared towards business travelers who ...Shared by adrian (29) Alex (4) bluesnyce (17) Brian (33) Dan (5) DJ (41) Elyse (26) Hasan (85) Jakob (74) jmb1977 (72) and eight more »
- Valentina said: un'altra idea geniale.
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Score Free AudioBooks at BooksShouldBeFree [Audio Books] (69)
onYou can find quite a few free audiobooks online but they're frequently scattered all over. Save yourself the run around by checking out the thousands of free audiobooks cataloged at BookShouldBeFree.BooksShouldBeFree houses thousands of books in the public domain, available as both MP3s and as iTunes format audiobooks. Each entry for a book includes links to the full text, supplemental text, and reviews. The reviews are particularly helpful because they are specific to the actual ...Shared by AdamB (33) Ancos (17) Andrew (26) AnthonyP (5) BaddMann (57) Baljinder (32) Bijou (46) Cam (49) Chris (18) Chris Gardner (4) and 59 more »Comment View comments
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Use Newspaper for Sparkling Windows on the Cheap [Cleaning] (18)
onIf you've heard of people using newspaper to clean windows but you've never tried it—possibly for lack of faith in the cleaning ability of smudge-prone news print—check out this before and after photo and guide.Over at the home-centered blog Re-Nest they demonstrate the viability of newspaper as a paper towel/rag replacement when it comes to shining up your windows—as seen in the photo above. You'll need some newspaper, some window cleaning spray—see the full article ...Shared by alessandrobonino (43) Chris (19) Chris (297) Christopher Braden (1) David (26) foxmachia (92) Gera (12) Hasan (85) JAL (42) Koffdrop (29) and eight more »Comment View comments
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#601; The Discovery that Changed the World (98)
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Shared by Alan (20) Alex (150) Alex Kapranoff (27) Alexander (224) Andrew (13) Anna (132) armyofgnomes (125) ARVash (76) Ben (5) bgola (18) and 88 more »Explore read eight notes- endenizen said: Haha. Greatest wondermark ever.
- rbp said: Gênio!!
- Todderick said: Whoa!
- markm said: Best "wondermark" in a while.
- minitotoro said: Oh. My.I do believe this will be my new favorite way to eat cheetos and any other foodstuff that involves consumable orange crap.
- ryan said: I am disappointed Jwo did not come up with this. For at least two reasons.
- Toomore said: 真的有人拿筷子吃洋芋片ㄟ
- marijane said: i am reminded of that seinfeld episode where everyone ends up eating candy bars with a knife and fork.
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Remains of the Day: Why DRM Doesn't Work Edition [For What It's Worth] (53)
onDesigner Brad Colbow details how to download an audio book from the Cleveland Public Library (or why DRM doesn't work), YouTube adds closed captioning to all videos, and a Google employee predicts that "in three years time desktops will be irrelevant."(Click the image above for a closer look.) Why DRM Doesn't Work? Another side of the same coin as why piracy works. [The Brads] Platform shifts Mainframe to Mini to PC to Mobile. Why leaders ...Shared by Airwin (3) Alexandre (118) bcgie (3) blindmonk (24) Bruce (5) Bryan (6) Cam (49) chbm (32) chesty (11) cifero (43) and 43 more »Explore read four notes
- Karin said: Fact: Librarians hate overdrive yet give them tones of $$$ because it's the only thing out there.
- Mookyjooky said: I love these DRM comics.
- IThink said: Entitities are entitled to make money from us for services they provide to us. But oh the pain we have to endure so that those entities can secure their financial interest.
- paradisetossed said: Sad, but true.
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Sonar Power Manager Controls Your Computer with Actual Sonar [Downloads] (26)
onWindows/Linux: Sleeping your computer is a useful way to save energy, but free utility SonarPM takes power management an awesome step further: It puts your computer to sleep automatically when you walk away from your desk—using sonar.Almost any computer with speakers and a microphone can take advantage of this software, so most laptops are good to go. It works by emitting an inaudible frequency from your speakers, and detecting echoes with your microphone, determining whether ...Shared by BaddMann (57) bc (15) Ben (6) Cabalito (19) chelpixie (25) Damon (44) DJ (41) Eric (38) Erich (17) Jameson (5) and 16 more »Explore read five notes
- Xedecimal said: I tried to get this working but due to speaker popping constantly and a headache brewing, I think this is gonna need more work.
- bc said: oh this is so cool, somebody has to try this. having it shut your screen off (or put screensaver on) when you walk away and turn it back on when you come back? so sweet
- Ben said: Pretty clever use of tech
- Erich said: damn, this is awesome.
- Ross said: ooooh, now if it just locked the PC ....
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The Zendo Workspace [Featured Workspace] (18)
onMany people often remark that they wish their workspace was more relaxing or meditative, very few people actually construct their workspace to be a Zen meditation chamber.Lifehacker reader Scott Zagarino wanted a workspace that brought the reflection and creativity of his experiences as a Zen practitioner into his present work. He writes: As a former zen buddhist monk, I spent a great deal of time on a cushion in silence. Often times my best "work" ...Shared by Axel (3) Chad (177) elmikey (7) engelke830 (11) exherb (18) Fred (8) George (32) Glen (10) Guru (51) Ither (77) and eight more »Comment View comments
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Gesture Search Finds Everything on Android with Scribbles [Downloads] (17)
onAndroid 2.0: Do you desperately miss the handwriting recognition of Palms and Newtons gone by? Google's created a Gesture Search app that pulls up apps, contacts, bookmarks, and other phone data using your finger-point chicken scratch.Draw in a letter, and Gesture Search instantly narrows down the field of choices, letter by letter. A nice feature, though, is that in the case of letters that are somewhat ambiguous—like my terrible cursive "a" that might be a ...Shared by Anski (29) bardic (46) crazybob (20) Daggity (58) dave (5) Eric (38) Fred (8) Garci (37) Gavin (61) haraldf (38) and seven more »
- Kyle said: Got the app this morning and it works fine. This should probably be integrated into existing apps instead of acting as a standalone app - simply gesture a certain way while and app is up and turn gestures on/off. Seems easy enough to integrate at least into Google apps.
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March 04, 2010 (16)
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Woop! It's Thursday, which means there's another of our favorite SMBC Theaters up at Funny or Die. Please make us not hate ourselves by giving it a look.Shared by Alexander (224) Andrew (79) bamboowarrior (41) Bill (64) Chung (81) Eduardo Ruiz (7) Gwenny (90) Laura (2) Laya (71) NeonDemon (71) and six more »Comment View comments -
Make 17 Meals from One Chicken [Cooking] (52)
onFood blog Cheap, Healthy, Good is all about stretch food frugality very, very far, while keeping the meals tasty and leftover-friendly. An older post illustrates how one roast chicken can make 17 meals for a total of $26.Blogger and serious home economist Kristen Swensson bought a 7-pound Purdue roaster chicken for $6.92, less than $20 worth of other supplies over a week, and gave herself some rules for cooking dinners and lunches. Swensson went for ...Shared by Aaron (6) Aaron (110) adrian (29) aerogeek (54) Alicson (72) bardic (46) bcm (7) bopm (19) Camden (7) Carl (17) and 42 more »Comment View comments
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Anyone fancy a cool Ice-T? (55)
onVending Machine Win Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: dunno source via Fail UploaderShared by Adam (21) Adam (93) adrian (29) Alex (259) Alvin (56) Andrew (14) Andy (38) Argos (43) bardic (46) Brandy (22) and 45 more »Comment View comments
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guest comic: kc green (49)
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pictures for sad children (68) permalink
2010-03-01 21:53:45 thank you to one kc green for the guest comic prints are now available for a large number of my comics on my archive page, most of my shipping time is taken up by books so it will be nice for topatoco to take care of prints for me. they are 11" by 17" they are not signed or anything but they are nice prints i think and they will be good to ...Shared by Alex (30) Ashe (14) bokane (47) c (31) Casey (52) Chris (11) Chris (46) Chung (81) codemac (14) Dave (10) and 39 more »Explore read seven notesComment View comments -
xkcd: Sex Dice (197)
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Shared by 2sheds (2) Aaron (7) Aaron (12) Abo (20) Acau (5) adamconner7 (22) aDeSe (3) Adrian (19) Alexander (224) angol (21) and 187 more »Explore read 12 notes- Morgendorfer said: Настольные игры )
- norti said: ROTFL
- Jake said: hahaha
- David said: Having played DnD, I know everything goes... but sometimes, things go way left field
- Omegar said: Tarea para hoy: revisar la colección de dados.
- Polina said: haha, I'm pretty sure this could happen to people I know.
- zobie said: lol
- Kim said: LOL
- James said: This could definitely enliven board game nights at our house...
- px said: DnD #gaming
- Trebel said: Playing AD&D with a.... (XKCD)
- Jason said: The alt-text is a plus.
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February 28, 2010 (36)
onKafloom! We've got a pretty awesome vid coming up tomorrow night!Shared by Alex (259) Alexander (224) atomantic (4) bamboowarrior (41) bombox (66) Cheatha (49) Chris (3) chrismartintx (1) Colin (109) Dane (15) and 26 more »
- Jack said: True!
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#599; The Boilerplate Clause (14)
onNominate your favorite examples of horrible business communication for a WonderMark Award! Deadline is March 1; see my blog post for details.Shared by Christopher (1) Crime (5) Erik (8) jborneman (54) Josh (7) Laya (71) Mac (20) Nex3 (7) Rob (9) Ryan (6) and four more »
- Sam said: I always knew those credit card cash back things had a catch!
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