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vexillology: Dictionary.com Word of the Day (2)
on Dictionary.com Word of the Day (7) permalinkvexillology: the study of flags.Shared by Chris (9) lnewcomer (107)Contribute comment
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Ball that bounces on water... (6)
on MAKE Magazine (727) permalinkInteresting background about a ball that bounces on water, and its maker... via Land-o-links. The Waboba ball, which is about the size of a golf ball, has taken off around the world after videos were posted on YouTube. Made of a combination of plastics with a lycra coating, it is described as having the consistency of a breast implant. The ball is about the same density as water and floats when at rest, but bounces ...Contribute comment
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Best Movies of the Summer? (1)
on Jon Taplin's Blog (25) permalinkContinuing my jerimiad that we are in a cultural crisis, I present to you the top movie rentals of last week. 21 The Bank Job College Road Trip Step Up 2 The Streets Vantage Point Drillbit Taylor The Bucket List Shutter Fools Gold 10,000 BC This extraordinary pile of crap probably cost the studios more than $400 million to produce and at least another $150 million to market. Here is a similar list of most ...Shared by Chris (9)Contribute comment
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How to Move On From Life-Changing Mistakes [Life Lessons] (44)
on Lifehacker (6477) permalinkFormer CEO of famously failed internet company Pets.com Julie Wainwright publishes a brutally honest inventory of the life-changing mistakes she's made and how she's moved on from them. After her company and her marriage collapsed (in the same week!) and Pets.com's mascot became a symbol for the dot com bust, Wainwright says: I would like to tell you that I was down but not out. That I just brushed myself off and got on with ...Shared by Aaron R (294) Anthony (11) Ben V (23) Bjorn (66) Cade (128) Chris (9) Chris (6) Craig Maloney (35) CurtisB (16) Damien (40) Drew (11) Hakim (14) hillary (5) Hisham (239) jay4el (10) jen (41) John (23) John (99) Jon (27) Joseph (54) Keith (38) kidmarmite (49) kiran (44) Kiwi Nerd (30) Klint (5) Laura Smith (16) Marcus (4) marshall (28) Mike F (1545) Noah (68) Nocky100 (30) Pat (79) potentato (64) Punkin (22) Rachael (28) Rob (26) Robert (30) Sherman (17) Steven W. Buehler (63) Tina K.J (40) Ulises (30) Ullash (47) War-N (18) wizardElite (30)Contribute comment
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How to Pick a Lock with a Bump Key [How To] (46)
on Lifehacker (6477) permalinkFrom the "use this for good, not evil" files comes a fascinating instructional video on how to pick a lock with a "bump key"—a key modified to fit and open any lock. Like the instructor in the video says, thieves have been using this technique for a long time now—so it's interesting (in the "knowledge is power" kind of way) to see how it's done. Before you start making evil plans, keep in mind that ...Shared by Aaron (42) Aaron R (294) Andrew (16) Army of Gnomes (137) Ben (22) Bene (10) Benny Ketelslegers (29) Carl (47) Chris (9) Clay (21) Crutcher D (59) David Kingham (14) davidmat (15) Dwayne (2) Erik (12) Erika Klein (7) Evgeni L. / Reepicheep (43) GKB (25) isocketnet (22) jaholbrook (11) James and Tom (53) Jared (6) JohnC (2) Jon (27) Joshua Hayworth (46) Kenny (20) lnxcwby (53) Lord (37) Lucindo (11) maccman (55) Michael (14) Michael (5) Nathan (7) Noah (68) Philip Spohn (21) PoPPaP (31) SFSlim (99) Shack (44) Stacy (186) Sumesh (148) thr33 (44) tietoukka (266) TiTi (190) Travis Roy (30) Udi (6) Zach (196)Contribute comment
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Awesome Pics of CERN's Large Hadron Collider (13)
on Slashdot (2148) permalinkmactard submitted a collection of insanely beautiful pictures of the Large Hadron Collider. I've always had a warm place for amazing photgraphs, and these really don't disappoint. Science really is beautiful sometimes.Read more of this story at Slashdot.Shared by Al. (24) Andrei (54) Army of Gnomes (137) Bryant (7) Chris (9) davidmat (15) Erik (84) Jeremy (236) leathej1 (21) MikeBoudreaux (51) Orkun (7) Surferbill (12) wvpv (34)
- wvpv said: Amazing pics.
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BBtv: Pinker Tones SEXY ROBOT 2, and Working Bees (music video) (1)
on Boing Boing (3079) permalinkRecently on Boing Boing tv, we aired an animated music video by Bill Barminski and Christopher Louie for the Pinker Tones' song "S.E.X.Y. R.O.B.O.T." We loved the band's vibe, and couldn't get enough of the song, so we reached out to this Barcelona-based electronica duo for more. Today on BBtv, a remix of that song, with an alternate video featuring actual real live sexy robots (director: David Lopez). And in part two of today's show, ...Shared by Chris (9)Contribute comment
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Forget the iPhone--The iPod Touch is Good Enough [Ipod Touch] (210)
on Lifehacker (6477) permalinkBack in June 2007, I couldn't convince my wife that checking my email in grocery lines was worth $1,320—the cost of an original iPhone and one year of the cheapest plan. These days, the trend-setting phone costs even more money over its life, and it's more than a little restrictive and even a bit buggy. So I'm amazed at how little love the iPod touch gets. It's a slimmer iPhone with almost all its features, ...Shared by Adam (140) adam (1003) Adam (47) Adam Fuhrer (125) Adam Maldonado (346) Al Abut (2) Alan (37) Alan (29) Alan Whitney (2) Alberto (289) Alec Peden (129) Alex (263) alex (5) Alex (17) Ali Tehrani (2) Alpha (10) Amish Schulze (209) anand (38) Andrés Milleiro (122) Andrew (155) Andrew (51) Andrew (110) Andy (7) AndyCast Andy (3) Ansgar (29) Anthony Marco (9) Anthony Muoio (114) aNTwNHs (79) ario (38) Art (200) baardoa (44) Backhandzeus (22) Baratunde (37) Barry (11) Beau Giles (36) Bernardo (33) Bill Sodeman (24) Birgit Ferran (10) bodzasfanta (182) Brad 2.0 (9) Brandy (62) Bret (56) Brett (2) Brian (10) Cameron Yeager (76) Carlos Cervantes (5) Ch (123) Chad (16) Charles (10) Charles Wallace (7) Charlie (12) Chris (32) Chris (9) Chris Chan (33) Chris G. Galbraith (1) Chris Gilmore (24) Chris Heath (18) Chris L (81) Chris Moritz (46) Christian (115) Christina (4) Christopher Infante (32) Cindy Bartorillo (60) Cocoy (169) Da5id (4) Damien (107) Daniel Kirk (35) Danny (28) Darren (61) David Blankenship (20) David Fiedler (7) digits12 (1379) Dion Rodrigues (43) dobata (753) Doni (91) Doug Belshaw (51) Doug Stewart (112) downbeat (130) Drew Olanoff (464) Dropkick (42) Eliacin (70) Elliot Gorton (49) embee (262) Eric (15) Eric Murphy (6) Erik (84) Gaby (13) Grandje5ter (57) Greg (38) Greg Rosen (14) grow (22) Hadyn (10) headphonaught (34) HokieGeek (32) Humberto Gonzalez (72) Ian Cleasby (19) id084895 (42) J.D. Rucker (508) Jacob W (34) James Young (7) Jamie Wallis (46) jason (18) Jason (5) Jason Pratt (21) JBu92 (202) Jeffrey (90) jeffry (38) Jennifer Fader (1) Jenny (4) Jeremiah (61) Jeremy (138) Jesse Mercado (19) Jim (7) Jim Schmidt (2) Jking243 (24) Joannie (90) John Kominetz (3) Jonathan (144) Jonathan Sterling (91) Josh Hale (9) Joshua (9) Julianne (18) Junwei (13) Justin Ribeiro (34) Justine (7) JVChuy (19) keith (6) Keith Achorn (38) Keith Barber (7) Kevin (86) Kevin (83) Kevin Sablan (19) kevinpshan (21) Kristian (102) lance (3) lizunlong (89) Martin (20) Martin (4) Matthew (16) Melkir (39) mhking (127) Michael (38) Michael (14) Michael Greene (9) Miguel (3) Mike (31) Mike (9) Mike Gdovin (120) Mikey (53) Mohammad Behdad (42) Neil (13) Neo2049 (57) Nikollas Ordway (117) Nils (30) Nomi Rauf (35) nparker13 (446) Ondrej Bechyne (83) oneAustin (47) Owen van Dijk (13) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (63) Paolo Bozzelli (72) Pat (79) Pavel (50) Rafael Capanema (68) Rahul Gaitonde (32) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (830) Richard (117) Rick (12) Rick Turoczy (300) roel (35) Rosha (358) RossW (5) Russ (27) Rutger Blom (83) Ryan (71) Ryan Handron (29) sadiq kassamali (89) Sam Harrelson (50) sarmar (43) Sean McBride (426) Shane Conder (8) Shawn (47) shrutes (30) Sig Gislason (69) Simon Carpentier (30) simplynutty (32) Sofia (50) Srinvard (198) Stefano Mainardi (14) Stephanie (28) Steve (32) Steve (305) Steve Nimmons (69) Steve Rubel (82) stwn (44) svartling (127) tharik (103) Tim Geraghty (22) Tim Hurd (82) Trevor Wermund (216) Tucker Bickler (24) Wendy DeCora (20) Wes Brown (23) whatevernevermind (110) Worth Baker (7) Wuff (26) ydant (162) York (137) zemlanin (111)Explore read six notes
- Jeremiah said: For those considering the purchase of an iPhone.I'm beginning to wonder... Do I WANT to pay that much for GPS?
- Andrew said: yeah! go go go go!
- Grandje5ter said: Well wife, if you needed confirmation. Here it is.
- Srinvard said: some stuff that makes iPod touch comparable to iphone
- shrutes said: here's to not playing into the hype and finding your own way.
- Stephanie said: I love my Touch. It was only about $50 (we won a regular ipod and traded it up) and I make good use of my phone's internet access and camera when the Touch can't help me. Not that I'm not jealous of those who have iphones, but I am grateful for what I have!
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- David Arcos said: Si fuese tan sencillo como un rubik... :roll:
- Mikey said: ha!
- H. Mueller said: also notice the alt-text!
- Chris K said: See, now this one I can giggle with my wife about
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The Cellphone Problem, Revisited (2)
on FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right (70) permalinkLet me comment on a bit more length on the so-called "cellphone problem" -- the fact that many voters are unreachable to pollsters whose samples consist of landline numbers only. This may have some relevance in explaining the Rasmussen results today in Ohio which showed John McCain with a fairly large lead.The basic issue with cellphone-only households is that their incidence is not distributed evenly throughout the population. Minorities are more likely to be cellphone-only ...Shared by Chris (9) Chung (182)
- Chris said: Sort of a follow up to Matts shared item about people who only use their cell phones with respect to pollsters.
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Send the ISS To the Moon (23)
on Slashdot (2148) permalinkjmichaelg writes "Michael Benson is proposing that NASA send the ISS to the moon instead of leaving it low earth orbit. (While we're at it, we should re-brand it as the 'International Space Ship.') He points out that it's already designed to be moved periodically to higher orbits so instead of just boosting it a few miles, strap on some ion engines and put it in orbit around the moon instead of the earth. That ...Shared by Ankur Gupta (7) Ara (2) beggs (8) C Yohman (0) Chris (9) darkeye11547 (614) Dave (103) David (32) dbb (1) DigitalMike (90) focoma (45) Joewxboy (17) josep (0) lbinic (22) leathej1 (21) Linkletter (0) Matthew (31) Miguel A. Arévalo (0) Ming (0) PMinze (59) pr1000 (38) psvensson (33) Uri (18)
- Miguel A. Arévalo said: Jeje, curiosamente no me parece ninguna estupidez (si es que técnicamente es posible)
- Matthew said: thinking of you dave :)
- C Yohman said: And I'm thinking of you Muerl.
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Free SMS On IPhone 3G Via AOL IM Client (25)
on Slashdot (2148) permalinkGlenn Fleishman writes "Jeff Carlson has discovered that you can bypass the 20 cent per message or $5 to $20 per month fees for SMS (text messaging) with the iPhone 3G and AT&T by using AOL's downloadable instant message client for iPhone 2.0, which is free. Just like the full-blown AOL IM system, you can add buddies that are the phone numbers of cell phones you want to send SMS to, and you establish a ...
