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4chan hacker holds rapper Soulja Boy MySpace account ransom (59)
on Valleywag (3308) permalinkA miscreant from the sordid 4chan message-board community sent rapper and social media whiz-kid Soulja Boy a text message the other day, telling him to fork over $2,500 if he wanted control over his MySpace account back. "I sent him a text message back," says Soulja Boy in a clip below, " I said fuck you, bitch. Do what you do. This motherfucker got to be fucked up." Then Soulja Boy contacted MySpace and got ...Shared by AJ Adoniz (17) Alex (17) Bwana (264) Carbonlord (980) Charli Wag (56) Chris Robertson (18) Chris Wilson (57) Christian Davis (24) Danny Thornton (387) Dennis (22) Derrik (101) digits12 (2004) Dillon Amburgey (20) Dion Rodrigues (73) dobata (965) Eddie G. (4) Elvis (58) Felix (46) Fireman17 (117) George (44) Gerard (252) Guillermo Bravo (460) Ian Ferrell (9) Jay Bandoy (120) Jenner (34) Jeremy (274) Jesse Jardim (33) Joel (79) Joey Foxenberger (74) Kathy (93) Lee (132) Leland Garvin (3) Marshall Place (26) Matt (53) Mattie (38) maxyRO (1165) mike (150) Morgan (45) Nathan Gross (7) Nikollas Ordway (193) Oa (24) OcellNuri (60) Rob Kelley (25) Ronin (13) Ryan Olah (8) RyneNelson (1114) Samuel (176) Scott (10) Spencer Fry (37) Stacey B. (31) stevenedge (28) T. Matt Sanders (12) Ted Reed (4) teh roflmaoer (30) th13rteen (412) Tuneguru (56) Wyatt (6) zach silvey (1) zizzy (60)
- Alex said: 4chan vs Hip Hop
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Movie-going rules (5)
on kottke.org (3767) permalinkI triple endorse every single one of these 17 simple rules for going to the cinema with me. 9. You will not involuntarily exclaim any of the following, or any derivatives of the following, ten minutes before and ten minutes after the end of the screening: "Oh SHIT! OUCH!", "Woah!", "Oooooooh!", "PAIN CITY!", "Holy [anything]!". Such exclamations are not involuntary. If you are a Tourette's sufferer, you will provide a confirmatory note from a registered ...
- Piers said: I really need to reading things like this in the office. I just get odd looks from my colleagues.
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Guitar Praise: Christianized Guitar Hero (17)
on Boing Boing (17255) permalinkGuitar Praise is an, er, Christian knock-off of Guitar Hero. "Grab the guitar and play along with top Christian bands! Shred those riffs or blast the bass…you add a unique sound to the solid Christian rock." Seriously. Brownlee has more over at Boing Boing Gadgets. Guitar Praise: Guitar Hero for Christians (BB Gadgets)Shared by Adam (120) Alan Simpson (15) Alex (17) Cathy (321) Daniel (33) David (76) DXL (29) erbianchi (75) Jamin (188) Jeff Crump (98) Jeff Schmidt (100) Reid (29) robert steburg (84) Ryan (121) SubEWL (65) Tom (30) Will (19)Contribute comment
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Universal Pees On Our Rug With The Big Lebowski 10th Anniversary Edition [The Dude Abides] (18)
on Gizmodo (17061) permalinkOn Sept. 9, Universal will release an amazing 10th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Big Lebowski that's packed inside of a mini-bowling ball. A goddamn bowling ball. And it'll have all-new bonus features, which I hope/suspect is filled with John Goodman screaming various permutations "fuck" a lot. For only $24. Why so cheap? Because it's only on DVD. WTF, Universal? Where the hell is the Blu-ray edition? How can you ask us to buy it ...Shared by Aaron (120) AJ (78) Alex (17) Bill (44) Casey (73) docbaily (233) Fourbin (80) G. (81) Hadyn (28) J. James B (128) James (7) Jason (153) Mike (31) Pete (16) Sean (10) Sean (83) Shaun (13) Travis Roy (54)Explore read six notesContribute comment
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Xbox users can register to vote from the couch [Microsoft] (3)
on Valleywag (3308) permalinkMicrosoft and Rock The Vote today announced a partnership to allow Xbox 360 owners to register to vote via Xbox Live, which I'm sure sounds almost as fun to gamers as learning how to get girls drunk so they'll go to strip clubs in Grand Theft Auto IV. There's also going to be some polls and a chance for users to "voice their opinions," says the press release, which also handily points out that because ...Contribute comment
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New bike commuters hit the classroom, then the road (2)
permalinkThe rush of new cyclists, created by high gas prices, is driving up demand for bike safety classes.Shared by Alex (17) Christopher Dorobek (34)
- Alex said: Please don't hit me with your 2000 lb metal monster ...
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Why is the Joker Batman's archenemy? (3)
on MetaFilter (1105) permalinkThe Joker is Batman's main nemesis. Why him? Why not some other villain?Contribute comment
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LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews (8)
on Slashdot (9968) permalinkAn anonymous reader writes "George Lucas CGI 'Clone Wars' movie has premiered to reviews ranging from MSNBC's 'Ugly animation and an uninspired storyline drag down the film' to AintItCool's 'I hated the film. HATED IT. REALLY HATED IT.' Critics have noted the animation style, music and slapstick humor had more than a passing similarity to Pixar's Toy Story, and wondered if the introduction of new action figures (sorry, characters) like Baby Jabba Hutt and Jabba ...Shared by Aaron (63) Alex (438) Alex (17) Bryce (147) Chad (38) Eric (53) Eric (21) Steinkirch (252)Explore read five notes
- Aaron said: a bad star wars film! what are the odds of that?
- Alex said: Lucas Arts craps out another one ... and gags the reviews? Low ... real low
- Chad said: I really had hopes that this would be good, would draw from the cartoon network clone wars shorts as inspiration. Why do I never learn?
- Eric said: Oh oh.
- Eric said: bad reviews already
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Ain't It Cool News retracts "Clone Wars" review [Rumormonger] (9)
on Valleywag (3308) permalinkHarry Knowles, the founder of fan-driven movie site Ain't It Cool News, published an unabashedly negative review ("hated the score, the animation, the shots, the characters and most of all the retarded ******** idiot story") of the upcoming animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars a few days ago. Over the weekend, Knowles's post was unpublished, as we now say. Another Ain't It Cool regular claims Lucasfilm got Knowles to yank the review — most ...Shared by Aaron Draczynski (37) adamconner7 (277) Alex (17) Brandon M. Sergent (128) Chung (373) giginger (111) Michael (79) Sean (87) Tyler (34)Contribute comment
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Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting [Olympic Fail] (159)
on Gizmodo (17061) permalinkWell this is just perfect. At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled amongst the Nest's steel twigs. Perhaps an Opening Cermonies IT dude spit out his coffee on the machines in the server room when Li took to the sky? Another question is what a projection screen is doing inside the Nest ...Shared by Aaron H. (68) Abhinav (77) adam (76) Adam (77) adam (1854) Adam Fuhrer (220) Adam Martinez (12) Aditya Kavoor (2) Alex (438) Alex (17) Alex Vernon (29) Allen Hurff (2) Andrea Baker (28) Andrew (41) Andrew Greene (12) andy bons (20) Andy Wibbels (74) ani625 (370) Antti Lindström (35) ariel (15) arnet (94) Arturo (341) Ayon J (49) Babychen Mathew (1083) Barry Dobson (8) Bast (57) beggs (34) BenJamin (27) Benny (42) besighyawn (134) Brandon (38) Brian (35) Brian Wilson (22) Cadu (37) Cal (20) Cameron (36) Cherry (12) chills (26) Christian Korsager (4) Christopher Gillespie (30) Cody Carreras (47) Cogo (98) Danny (33) Dave (11) Dave (18) dave mcclure (25) DaveP (20) David (38) docbaily (233) Dominic Hopton (101) Doug Burns (24) Doug Funny (114) Doug Stewart (206) Eduo (193) Edward David (7) emersunn (61) Emil (49) evanc (24) fei (54) FelipeC (50) Frawst (52) Gabriel (47) Geoffrey Bilder (4) George Tziralis (47) Grant (16) Greg Panayotou - www.direct2brain.net (30) Gregory (56) gtanuel (26) Guy DOYEN (114) Hassan (177) haynes (20) Helvick (44) Humberto Gonzalez (145) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (96) jay (45) Jayce^ (49) Jeremy Harrington (59) Jigar Mehta (270) Jim Jannotti (5) Joe (235) Joel Moye (4) John (139) John (95) Josh (54) Juan (31) Katie Watson (16) Kevin Hessel (63) Krypto (62) L.A. King (39) Lee (53) leo (37) Leobardo (114) Liz (25) Luciano (51) Marcel (90) Marco Montemagno (14) Marshall Bose (107) Mat Morrison (4) Matt Morton (8) Matt Yazzie (2) Matthew (740) matthooper (36) mavrevMatt (300) Mic (51) Michael Hanscom (21) Michael Nally (16) mike (150) mr_gadget (1888) Nathan Chase (66) Nathan Reale (59) nathos (66) Nicole (34) Nihar (96) nikan (137) Nishith Prabhakar (29) oniquet (63) Paul (277) Paul Wood (50) phatmonkey (4) Philippe Iujvidin (28) Pieter (8) PJ (50) PJ Kix (90) Pramod (156) Rahul Das (137) richard genthner (12) RodneyJohnson (21) Russ (25) Ryan (100) Ryan (67) Sam Cannell (3) sanyam (51) Satish (32) Shahriar (20) Sham (997) SharonG (295) Sherman (40) Shoshannah F (192) Simon (22) SimonStudio (228) Steve (29) subsky (42) Terrence (71) Thomas (20) TOMHTML (73) Tony Gray (26) tony Speer (47) Tony3182 (16) Travis Barden (11) Travis Roy (54) Tucker W. (7) Uzair (656) Vanchi (24) xaueious (78) xorsyst (83) Yunus Tunak (16) Zac (26) Zoram (115)Explore read nine notes
- Cogo said: Não escapa nenhuma…
- Liz said: fantastic
- Simon said: This is absolutely teh awesome!
- chills said: Nice...
- beggs said: oops... maybe it was a pirated version that got Genuine Windows Advantaged at just the right time...
- leo said: haha perfect!
- Cameron said: Gotta love Windows based Media servers.
- haynes said: ultimate!
- DaveP said: Wow, someone has WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. How much of this event was technology and how much people powered. No matter what, it was FANTASTIC.
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Guy gets locked out of all Google apps (45)
on Boing Boing (17255) permalinkNick Saber, president of CrossTech Media, came back from lunch on Monday and tried to log on to his Gmail account. Instead of his email, he got this message: Sorry, your account has been disabled. [?] When he emailed Google's customer support, he got the following: Thank you for your report. We’ve completed our investigation. Because our investigation was inconclusive, we are unable to return your account at this time. At Google we take the ...Shared by Adam (120) AJ (975) Alex (17) André (72) Ben Harris (23) Bob (77) burkinaboy (777) chip (77) Chris De Vries (32) Coze (35) Crossbar (105) DamienG (45) Dedalus (89) Drewcipher (54) drsoos (57) e.p.c. (61) erbianchi (75) Frank (21) Greg (44) Greg (35) Harper (225) Jeff Schmidt (100) John (114) Jonathan (58) jonathan.beckett (41) kiOwA (27) macshaggy (43) marko (19) Michael (79) Mladen (162) nicerobot (182) Nicholas Schiller (61) OGeleia (77) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (150) Rick (110) Ryan Grove (16) Sara (68) StevieB (151) Sunil Garg (36) Tanath (181) Thomas (20) tsangal (70) Twi (30) Wayne (251) Zinoc (24)Explore read five notes
- macshaggy said: And this is when the Cloud has problems you no longer have access to your apps nor data.
- Alex said: BOOOOO!!!!
- Drewcipher said: It giveth and it taketh away.
- Mladen said: Suddenly, Nick can’t access his Gmail account, can’t open Google Talk (our office IM app), can’t open Picasa where his family pictures are, can’t use his Google Docs, and oh by the way, he paid for additional storage. So, this is a paying customer with no access to the Google empire.
- Jeff Schmidt said: welcome to "the cloud"
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ComicCon's best Star Wars costumes (29)
on Boing Boing (17255) permalinkBonnie sez, "When you’re at San Diego Comic-Con, it’s nearly impossible to walk more than a few feet and not run into a fan in costume. Every year the convention center is flooded with various versions of superheroes, video game characters, horror film icons, pirates, steampunk kids, vampires, werewolves, manga and anime favorites, food mascots and of course lots and lots of Star Wars characters. Even though it seemed the Joker costumes dominated the con, ...Shared by Adam (120) Adamo (204) AJ Slater (21) Alex (17) Andrew (40) Art (272) Chris De Vries (32) Coop (85) Drew Olanoff (564) Eris Siva (46) Esteban (24) Herbal Lemon (54) jhimmelman (30) Kay (100) kramertron (78) Kyle (63) lomodeedee (227) Lord (68) MattJhsn (28) Michael (20) Mike (41) Mikey (65) Nicholas (29) psvensson (75) Randem (149) rszaloki (118) snoopdave (57) Tanya (29) Woland783 (19)Contribute comment
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Best Earthquake Twitter Comment of the Day Ever (2)
on SFist (378) permalinkWe're not sure if this is painful, or exciting, or both, but MissRFTC tweets, "I am totally serious. My Ob/Gyn was IN my vagina and an earthquake started rattling the room!" See, this just exemplifies the awesome power of Twitter, for capturing special moments like this in tasty bite-size form. (LAist)Contribute comment
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Bystander culture (31)
on kottke.org (3767) permalinkMerlin Mann: Some days, the web feels like 5 people trying to make something; 5k people turning it into a list; and 500MM people saying, "FAIL." (link)Shared by Alana (41) Alex (17) Ben (39) bounder (46) Brendan (52) brokekid (422) Chris Clark (35) chrishawn (35) Christian (207) Dave C. (70) Diana (37) Dominik (153) Eduo (193) Harold (37) Hrag (31) Jake Spurlock (17) Jambamkin (27) Jonas | lk9 (60) Jordan Brock (19) Jordan T-H (63) Josh Bancroft (72) Juan (31) kramertron (78) Matt McKnight (43) msanders (56) Nirav (203) Rick (110) shrutes (62) Tim (34) timmow (9) zed (67)
- Harold said: ...which is another, only slightly wittier way of saying "FAIL."
- Jordan T-H said: Yup.
- Matt McKnight said: Adding this to my list of good quotes.
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asian parents' worst nightmare (1)
permalinkA lot of readers sent me this New York Times story last week: My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors. It's a profile on blogger Arnold Kim, who runs the Apple-centric gossip/news site MacRumors.com. The blog started as a hobby eight years ago, but became so lucrative and successful—it now attracts more than 4.4 million visitors a month—he quit his day job practicingShared by Alex (17)
- Alex said: great fucking headline
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Perform Site Searches with the Google Mobile App [Google School] (40)
on Lifehacker (34046) permalinkiPhone/iPod touch only: The Google Mobile app has a hidden secret that can save tons of time looking up web pages on your iPhone: an undocumented shortcut that performs Google site searches. Let's say, for example, you want to read our original post on the Google Mobile iPhone app. Just fire up Google Mobile on your iPhone or iPod touch and start typing in Lifehacker until the Lifehacker homepage shows up in the search results. ...Shared by Aashay (36) Adam (120) Adam Selwood (108) Alan (144) Alex (17) Brandon (76) C.K. (306) Chris (26) Christopher W. Bown (123) ckaroli (142) danliebke (205) Davis S (138) dryan (15) Frank (102) Fredrik Carlsson (49) Gaspare (10) Gene Locklin (402) Glenn Batuyong (261) Glutnix (32) Jack (24) Jim (19) Jim (52) Jonathan Sterling (141) Judi S. (18) judson (27) jv (25) Keck (7) Leo L (26) Luckystrik3 (68) Mark (16) Matt (6) Polina (35) ScrewTheMan.com (141) SFSlim (142) Simon (23) Stelian Iancu (10) Trey (11) Vince (15) Vinko (2) Xdroot (200)
- Alex said: for you iPhone owners
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- The spread of bans on driving while texting (2)
