Seriously Cheaper (5)
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Vanity Fair's 100 leaders of the information age. (2)
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Vanity Fair has released its list of the 100 leaders of the information age. To be taken with a grain of salt, but still an interesting read. Here's the top 10... 1. Vladimir Putin 2. Rupert Murdoch 3. Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt 4. Steve Jobs 5. Warren Buffett 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum 8. Roman Abramovich 9. Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt 10. Al Gore And look who is ...
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Tim said:
Your Putin worship is showing. Yes, I remember you speaking of it.
Zoë Keating, the quantum cellist (12)
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The excellent Radiolab podcast recently featured Zoë Keating, a classiclly-trained cellist who now makes absolutely entrancing loop music in real time using digital samplers. Radio Lab host Jad Abumrad referred to Keating as the "quantum cellist" and her rich, layered, and haunting music has been described as "the perfect music for apocalyptic landscapes." From Radiolab: Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band ...
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Maurice said:
I heard the podcast too, and I was absolutely enthralled by her music. I bought one of her albums this morning on iTunes and it's FABULOUS.
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Richard Jones said:
Get the podcast, she's really quite talented.
Man Tries To Amputate Own Arm At Denny’s Restaurant (1)
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From FirstCoastNews.com: MODESTO, CA (AP) — Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action. Authorities say 33-year-old Michael Lasiter rushed into the Denny’s restaurant late Friday and started stabbing himself in one arm with a butter knife he grabbed from a table. (via ...
They're changing hats at Buckingham Palace to save the black bear (1)
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They have perched atop the heads of straight-faced soldiers for almost 200 years, been photographed by millions of tourists and generated countless protests, but now the controversial bearskin hats worn by the Buckingham Palace Guardsmen finally seem likely to be replaced with a more modern, humane alternative. The imposing Guards Regiments may soon be topping off their red jackets with natty Stella McCartney or Vivienne Westwood creations, after a meeting next week in which senior ...
New Yorkers Love a Game of "So You Think You Have Problems?" (1)
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Screaming child: Mommy, I want to go home!Disgruntled employee: You think you have problems?! Try graduating from art college in the middle of a recession! Then you can cry!--H&M Store Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-09-01
Palin Humor (9)
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Sarah Palin seems to have been invented by Stephen Colbert - true believer, gun-lover, relentless foe of polar bears, sister with nine kids and no father in the house, caribou killer - but this Stewart clip is a pretty good kick-off to what will be a rich late-night comedy political season:
Game: Guess the accents (1)
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Have an ear for the difference between a Scottish brogue and a Welsh lilt? Can you pick out a Hungarian just by listening to the person speak English? Now you have the chance to prove your aural skills with the Accent Game. This multiple-choice test features videos of 16 real people reciting lines from Rudyard Kipling's "If." It was developed by Language Trainers Group, a Brighton, England-based education company. Earn three points for each country-of-origin ...
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Kaye said:
40 points, bitches!!
TOP TEN ENDANGERED LANGUAGES. (4)
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I know, I know, we're all sick of top-ten lists, and on the face of it a list of the Top Ten Endangered Languages seems... well, odd, but Peter K. Austin is an actual linguist who "has published 11 books on minority and endangered languages, including 12 Australian Aboriginal languages, and holds the Märit Rausing Chair in field linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies where he is also director of the Endangered ...
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Weeeeellll, technically, it is cheaper. Found at Daily Haha - via Slavenka & ObiContribute comment
