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Team Cyprus Move To Undo “The Video” (15)
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A group of twenty or so tech elite were partying 1999-style in Cyprusthis last week, and posted a lip sync video of the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing” a couple of days ago. Among the group were Brittany Bohnet of Google, Mike Hudack of Blip.tv, Dave Morin and Aaron Sittig of Facebook, Sam Lessin of Drop.io and Jessica Vascellaro, the Wall Street Journal’s Silicon Valley beat reporter. Team Cyprus: Alcohol + Bad Judgement + Poor ...Shared by Badger Gravling (195) Chimpadink (21) Dan (101) Drew Olanoff (127) eschnou (15) LouCypher (93) Mark (25) Natallini (3) pmccarthy (8) Rey (41) Ryan (27) tig (41) TiTi (161) xabbott (28) Yishuai (20)Contribute comment -
Monkey Waiters Serve Beer at Japanese Restaurant (4)
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If the service is bad at this Japanese restaurant because the waiters are monkeying around that’s because … they’re monkeys! Here’s the story of Yat-chan and Fuku-chan, two macaque monkey pets that serve customers hot towels and drinks (for soy bean tips!): "Yat-chan first learned by just watching me working in the restaurant. It all started when one day I gave him a hot towel out of curiosity and he brought the towel to the ...- Chimpadink said: totally going here...awesome
- MiramarMike said: No! Way!
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10.07.2008 (6)
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New Cyanide and Happiness Comic.- Kluzter said: Fashion and Fun first.. that's me motto!
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Yes, yes, this will make (10)
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Yes, yes, this will make Exclent barfs yep it will. picture: harjaa. lol caption: mikenmar » Recaption ThisShared by Bill (21) Chad (136) Chavtastic Jinx (14) Chimpadink (21) Jeffrey (20) KincaidKMF (25) Nicki (43) Stephen (2) Steve (58) Yada (161)Contribute comment -
10.06.2008 (13)
onNew Cyanide and Happiness Comic.Shared by bnoise (35) Carlo (19) Chimpadink (21) Chris (50) Chris Gurney (26) cisellis (20) Kluzter (14) Matty (11) Michel (20) Tim (75) Typo180 (18) Vince (28) Zombiehype (17)
- Kluzter said: Hay que ver la manera siempre de hacer que las cosas mejoren... para bien o para mal :P
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The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator (70)
onSo with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator? Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator. Here’s the story of Anatoli Bugorski: Bugorski, a 36-year-old researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, was checking a piece of accelerator ...Shared by Ahsan Navid Hussain (499) alphaxion (9) Andrew Hunn (4) Brett L. (20) Brian Enigma (3) Brian Luft (9) Brian Schwartz (19) Cameron Yeager (15) Carlos (36) Chimpadink (21) Chris (35) CJ (34) Cory Carrier (11) dafmetal (3) Daniel Bell (16) Darren Barefoot (12) David (20) David Dahl (6) David V (21) Dimplemonkey (7) DippinBits (23) Dylan Thomas (29) Eli (94) Erik (51) Etienne Tremblay (13) evo (21) Eyebee (33) Guillermo Esteves (45) jan (32) Jawad Shuaib (27) jdowland (121) Jeff Gunn (16) Jenner (23) Jeremy (11) Jim (22) jim crossley (24) Jimmah (18) Joh Rogers (32) Jojo (100) keaton (1) Lev Cantoral (7) Malcolm (10) Matt Smith (13) Matthew Turnbull (6) Mattie (38) MeghnaK (889) Miles (14) moustachu (10) Nathan Gross (14) Neal Jansons (103) Oliver Boryszewski (16) Ondrej Bechyne (23) OrchardKeeper (17) parkylondon (60) Pedro (21) Peter Wooley (14) Philip Campbell (135) Preston Stuteville (4) Rishav Rimal (10) Rob Villeneuve (4) Robert Sefer (11) Ryan Marshall (73) Ryan McKillop (13) Scott (53) Shane Coffey (269) Skellie (78) Steven (74) Tabby (4) Than R (33) William Termini (23)
- Brett L. said: At least he didn't lose an eye.
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Palin Debate Prep Flowchart (129)
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by Aden Renkai, via Political Wire (thanks Teresa Nielsen Hayden!).Shared by Aaron (29) Aaron Huslage (9) aconbere (20) Adam (9) Alex Klein (20) ana (14) André (24) Andrew (32) Andrew Ferguson (21) Andrew Terry (26) appoulsen (20) Art (40) augapfel (19) Barry (18) Bill (9) Bill (20) Bob Goyetche (25) Bob Lee (21) Brent (13) Brent the Closet Geek (38) Brian (10) Brian T. Nakamoto (2) brizbane (19) C Yohman (20) Carl Dunn3 (24) Carlton (31) Cass (27) Charles (20) Chimpadink (21) Ching (56) Chris Furniss (43) Christopher (12) codefin (23) Corey Porter (20) Dan (31) danb420 (48) Daniel (14) Daniel Schultz (24) dasmart (30) DC (13) dev47 (13) Donnie Berkholz (20) Dropkick (24) drsoos (30) dryan (27) Ed H. Chi (43) Eddie (19) fr3dly (53) Friday (32) Greg (18) Halo Efekti (62) heather (16) Heids (11) Houdoken (16) INCyr (30) J. J. (8) James (9) James (9) Jared (24) Jarrod Trainque (7) Jason Gooljar (50) Jeffrey (20) Jennygo (14) Jeremy Jarratt (33) Jeroen (32) Jessica (13) Jim (19) Jim (7) Jim (22) Jim (82) Jim Jannotti (1) Joao Azevedo (21) John Halton (24) jschultz (23) Justin (20) Justin (20) kerim (22) Kevin Anderson (9) Kevin Briody (8) Kris (24) Kuushal (21) Larry (20) leathej1 (18) lostalpinist (15) Luke M (23) mace (30) Mark (6) Michael (19) Michael (8) Mike (14) Mike F (700) Mike Todd (10) Mr. Pants (9) N.L. Vivar (20) Nathan (38) Neil (20) Nick Bouton (12) ocular avulsionist (21) Oddly Zen (48) Peter (17) Piotr O (26) Podcast Mike (21) px (41) Rachel Cobcroft (39) Rob (24) robert steburg (53) Roger (115) Roger Åberg (21) Ruben Llibre (36) rveguilla (20) Sandeep Parikh (5) searingblue (20) Shirizaan (8) somenice (20) Standard Society (32) Steve M. (47) Sunil Garg (27) Svitlana (9) Tad M (8) TO-Double-D (55) Tony B (10) Trace Windham (22) Trevor (21) Typo180 (18) ubernerd83 (55) vergil66 (7) Vi (25) Yvette (25) Zaldor (27)Explore read eight notes- Adam said: I didn't actually watch the debate last night, I just thought this was funny.
- Charles said: Holy crap this is hilarious.
- Typo180 said: At least she had a plan this time.
- Andrew said: stop reading into it and just laugh
- Christopher said: Yes! Wait, really? No.
- John Halton said: Does this nail it? Doggone, you betcha!
- Ruben Llibre said: accurate
- Ed H. Chi said: this is quite accurate!
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Money vs Science (5)
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Sarah Cuda Details (1)
permalinkWhat is worse is its pink....Whats the difference between a real bow and a sissy bow??? I know...lipstick!Shared by Chimpadink (21)Contribute comment
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Netflix Streaming Coming Soon to Macs. [NetFlix] (44)
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Amongst all the other news out of Netflix lately (content from Starz/Warner Bros., new API), a late-night blog post announces that Macs will get streaming movies-on-demand "by the end of the year." No word yet on Firefox compatability. [via]Shared by Adelle (24) AfroWhitey (42) b-rad (41) Ben V (21) Bill (19) Chimpadink (21) chrishawn (26) Claude (34) cwills (20) Dan (21) Dan (50) Dan Russell (35) Daniel Light (20) DaveBinM (14) Degauss (22) Derek (22) dknowles (47) erikeric (33) hober (27) J. Robertson (16) Jason (26) Jason (22) Joe (6) Kate O' (10) KenFan (19) Kenny (23) kev (107) Kevin Hessel (27) mariano (20) Matt Dickman (22) Micah (16) npike (20) Ortelius (53) Program Witch (29) Rick Dillon (17) rowlikeagirl (43) Ryan (40) ScrewTheMan.com (56) Shanthi (24) solsuknjerk (22) Steve Loopipe (23) the Baron of Bore (27) Tom (20) zemote (20)Explore read eight notes- Derek said: Excellent! Quickly, Netflix!
- Dan said: About effin time.
- Bill said: niiiice.
- Rick Dillon said: Excellent! Finally - let's see if they support Firefox.
- Ortelius said: Now I will have one less reason to keep a Windows partition on my MBP
- zemote said: I won't believe it until I see it.
- kev said: Yes!!!
- Micah said: Sweet! My only hope is that it will work on my ol' Power PC Mac Mini
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Fox’s FRINGE Gets Full-Season Pick-Up!! (4)
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- Mac said: woooooooo!
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Metal plates send messages to airport x-ray screeners (33)
onFrom Make Blog: One of my favorite artists, Evan Roth, is working on a project that will be released soon - the pictures say it all, it's a "carry on" communication system. These metal places contain messages which will appear when they are X-Rayed. The project isn't quite done yet, Evan needs access to an X-Ray machine to take some photos and document. If you have access to an X-Ray machine he's willing to give ...Shared by Aaron Ross Powell (18) amoose136 (6) Bernard (26) Bill (12) BillDeys (19) Cameron Nordholm (2) Carlos Villela (26) Cassie Wallender (22) Chimpadink (21) Chris (53) dasmart (30) Fatsleroy (56) ghosttie (33) Jason (41) Jason (20) Jim (82) Jon (22) Michelynn (19) msanders (27) Parker (20) pbizzle (18) Polina (23) Reid (20) Ricardo (24) Rob (50) Rui (20) Sam (29) tante (22) TO-Double-D (55) Todd (27) Veritas Noctis (23) Will (15) Will WM (21)Explore read four notes
- Cassie Wallender said: So awesome. Though, I wonder if they would flag you just for being snarky.
- Jason said: OK, that's just subversive and funny enough to be cool.
- Veritas Noctis said: For the troublemakers..
- BillDeys said: for the traveler that likes the rubber glove!
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xkcd - A Webcomic - Fiction Rule of Thumb (160)
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Shared by [ebarrera] (20) a77ila (53) Aaron Jamison (17) Aaron R (151) ab_aditya (31) abhi (22) adam (33) Adam (34) afreytes (21) AJ (255) Andy Harrison (3) Angry Puppy (4) Anna (8) Anthony (37) Arvin (33) Ben (62) Benjamin (9) Bill (21) bombox (11) bounder (28) Busybee (13) Casey (35) Cassie Wallender (22) cdogzilla (21) César C (17) Chimpadink (21) Chris Miller (23) Chris Ryall (21) Ciaran Hennessy (4) CKL (6) count.dokument (20) Danny (20) danweasel (20) Dave (39) Dave (20) Dave (57) David (34) David (12) David Arcos (38) Dedalus (30) Dennis Laumen (23) Derick Valadao (39) df (19) Digital Davo (18) DJ Unagi (14) Dominic Hopton (54) Drewcipher (20) DVD (18) Ellie (19) emil (22) Emily Lewis (29) engelke830 (23) fractious (12) Frank (13) Gandhi (46) Gautam (65) Haris (32) Harish (20) Helvick (10) Ian (20) issa (32) Jakob (70) James (23) James F (24) Jan (18) Jan (3) Jane (20) Jess (19) jhimmelman (16) jhota (19) jlapenna (22) Johann (17) John Halton (24) JohnTheJohnMan (22) Jon (32) Jonathan (5) Jrod (61) Katie (10) Katie Fellows (36) kebernet (62) kegz (8) Kelly (17) kiOwA (20) Kris (49) kumarhk (20) kunkaweb (32) L (17) L'oracolo (23) Lee (27) Louie (12) maccman (24) Mark (101) Matt (31) Matt Wood (13) Matthew (23) Mattia (20) mernisse (20) Meromo (11) Michael (12) Michelynn (19) MiramarMike (38) Miss P (39) Mitch (26) MMS (18) Neil (6) Nirav (42) NOlo (13) odwl (20) Øystein Fledsberg (12) Page (23) Pat (20) pberry (25) peichin (18) Penny (18) Piotr O (26) Pittaya (18) pkj (7) Psythor (15) purplesque (13) px (41) Radovan (38) Rafael Capanema (25) Redrum (11) Rob Cottingham (19) Robin (4) Rodrigo Amaya (16) Roosh (16) Roshni (21) Ru> (24) Ryan (18) Sammie (27) Sarah (6) Sarah (8) Satyajit Grover (19) Seany G (23) Sebastian (27) Sid (28) sideb0ard (18) SiliconViper (38) Smoo (20) SSDTyphon (24) stern (28) Thadman (22) Tim (22) Tim (27) Tim Saylor (12) Tom (15) Tori (20) Toy (6) Travis Swicegood (42) Typo180 (18) Valentin (15) Voyagerfan5761 (43) Yann (29) Yerameyahu (95) Zac Brown (9) Zach (55) ZarK (8) Zoram (32) 猫影 (28)Explore read 24 notes- cdogzilla said: Guaranteed to tick off Tolkien fans.
- jlapenna said: clockwork orange?
- L'oracolo said: Sacrosanto. Odio dover tenere un vocabolario personale per capire cosa diamine sta scrivendo l'autore...
- Satyajit Grover said: Ha ha! xkcd disses Anathem, which I'm currently reading.
- Chris Miller said: Anyone who has heard me rant about the suck factor of most fantasy novels can get behind this one.
- danweasel said: I assume Shakespeare gets an exception too.
- Rodrigo Amaya said: Ridiculamente cierto...
- df said: So true.
- Roosh said: I'm reading Anathem right now and my only thought is "Oh God, this is soooo true"
- Ryan said: @M: funny you should say that. if you hold your mouse over the image and read the tooltip he says the same thing.
- MiramarMike said: Yes!
- Tom said: Fuck yeah! SciFi / Fantasy wouldn't be half as bad if it wasn't for all those stupid new words. Are the authors 5?!?!
- Ian said: @Brandon: It (Anathem) is sitting on my shelf right now. I'll probably start it on the plane and let you know how it is.
- Tim Saylor said: I'm not sure how it works out, but this needs to be extended to extensive use of slang: "Yo' ole father doan' know, yit, what he's a-gwyne to do. Some- times he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay." - 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', unreadable novel
- sideb0ard said: heh, someone else reading Anathem too!
- pberry said: This does not bode well for Anathem.
- César C said: Primera vez que recuerde yo que no estoy de acuerdo con xkcd. Anathem no está nada mal (después de algo más de 150 páginas).
- Benjamin said: This is one of the reasons I never liked The Lord of the Rings.
- Dave said: Ummm, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess anyone? That one novel breaks your thumb at the rule.
- Aaron Jamison said: What about Dr. Seuss though? =/
- Bill said: The mouse-over text deals with most of the obvious exceptions.
- Busybee said: Harry Potter would really suck according to this rule. LOTR would be unbearable.
- Meromo said: True true true.
- Jan said: Stuff from XKCD occasionally shows up in my FriendFeed or Google Reader feeds and is usually good for a few laughs
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Computer-Generated Sarah Palin Interview (31)
onHere's a program that'll generate realistic Palin-style answers for different questions. Q: What is your foreign policy experience? I think if you ask that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the people of America are not fully satisfied with all the answers. It's going to be considered also. But again, it's got to put government and it's about putting government back on the verbiage that Senator McCain chose to use ...
