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funniest pie chart ever (23)
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[link: ffffound.com & logicnest.com & adarena.net|thnkx Martin]Shared by (v) (19) Aashay (23) Abby (20) Andrew Harmel-Law (7) Avi (27) Barry Ferg (18) Carey (16) Costantino (31) gabor (19) jeffmincey (23) laptop (18) marciopuga (17) Martin (19) melcorind (27) Mike Todd (10) msanders (27) Nick Main (6) Olli Sulopuisto (44) Simon (21) sunburntkamel (10) terrym (10) Thadman (23) Zef (12)Contribute comment -
Palin Debate Prep Flowchart (130)
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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) Adrian (19) Alex Klein (20) ana (16) André (24) Andrew (32) Andrew Ferguson (21) Andrew Terry (48) appoulsen (20) Art (41) augapfel (21) Barry (19) Bill (20) Bill (9) Bob Goyetche (44) Bob Lee (41) Brent (14) Brent the Closet Geek (44) Brian (10) Brian T. Nakamoto (2) brizbane (26) C Yohman (40) Carl Dunn3 (24) Carlton (31) Cass (30) Charles (20) Chimpadink (21) Ching (56) Chris Furniss (43) Christopher (12) codefin (25) Corey Porter (21) Dan (31) danb420 (49) Daniel (15) Daniel Schultz (28) dasmart (30) DC (13) dev47 (13) Donnie Berkholz (20) Dropkick (24) drsoos (36) dryan (28) Ed H. Chi (50) Eddie (19) fr3dly (54) Friday (35) Greg (18) Halo Efekti (67) heather (23) Heids (11) Houdoken (16) INCyr (32) J. J. (8) James (9) James (9) Jared (25) Jarrod Trainque (8) Jason Gooljar (51) Jeffrey (21) Jennygo (14) Jeremy Jarratt (34) Jeroen (32) Jessica (13) Jim (19) Jim (7) Jim (91) Jim (22) Jim Jannotti (1) Joao Azevedo (21) John Halton (24) jschultz (40) Justin (20) Justin (20) kerim (24) Kevin Anderson (10) Kevin Briody (14) Kris (25) Kuushal (21) Larry (20) leathej1 (19) lostalpinist (15) Luke M (24) mace (31) Mark (6) Michael (20) Michael (8) Mike (19) Mike F (837) Mike Todd (10) Mr. Pants (9) N.L. Vivar (20) Nathan (40) Neil (20) Nick Bouton (17) ocular avulsionist (23) Oddly Zen (48) Peter (17) Piotr O (26) Podcast Mike (21) px (42) Rachel Cobcroft (61) Rob (29) robert steburg (57) Roger (156) Roger Åberg (21) Ruben Llibre (41) rveguilla (20) Sandeep Parikh (5) searingblue (20) Shirizaan (8) somenice (20) Standard Society (44) Steve M. (48) Sunil Garg (27) Svitlana (26) Tad M (8) TO-Double-D (64) Tony B (10) Trace Windham (22) Trevor (22) Typo180 (19) ubernerd83 (55) vergil66 (7) Vi (42) Yvette (26) Zaldor (29)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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Library celebrates Banned Books Week with window-display featuring volunteers reading banned works (52)
onAdrienne sez, "We've created a 'live' Banned Book Display at our library [Twin Hickory Public Library, Glen Allen, VA]. We have volunteer readers who sit in the display and read (silently) banned and challenged books. So far it's gotten a lot of attention – we hear a lot of 'Mom, what are those people doing in there?' The best part has been hearing parents explain to their kids what the display is all about which ...Shared by Adam (20) Alexander Williams (45) Anthony (37) Barry (19) Brent (10) cgsheldon (324) Charles (20) Chris (48) Chris De Vries (11) Chris Furniss (43) Chris Schrier (26) Clay (39) DB (52) Derek Springer (30) Ethan (25) Fearghas (20) Gangles (22) Gonzo (19) Grant (48) hibiscusroto (54) HokieGeek (36) Ian (20) Jana (20) Jared (25) jeffdiogenes (79) Jenn2d2 (22) Ken (16) Kim A (20) Larry (20) Laughing Squid (46) Lee (14) Liz (10) Luke M (24) Marshall Kirkpatrick (30) Matthew (124) Michelynn (19) Mike Todd (10) Mr. Matt (19) Nathan Lott (3) phrakture (23) Rachel Cobcroft (61) Rebekah (20) Rex (150) rveguilla (20) Shannon (47) Simone Villas Boas (21) Stefan Hayden (38) Thomas (8) tosch (24) Trevor (22) webb (43) Wendy (24)
- Ian said: Pretty awesome idea and execution.
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Making Austin Weird: Hair and Balanced (3)
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From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I'll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! I'm excited to let you all know about a very hairy device debut occurring at Maker Faire Austin: the Hair and Balanced TV Filter Kit. In the Maker's own words: The Hair and Balanced TV Filter taps into the composite video input to your TV, detects ...Contribute comment -
funniest pie chart ever (37)
on[link: ffffound.com & logicnest.com & adarena.net|thnkx Martin]Shared by ali1k (23) Andrew (21) Avi (27) Carey (16) Chris (37) Costantino (31) Debajit Adhikary (16) Denubis (19) evan (6) foolarch (98) gabor (19) garrido (11) Jack (19) John-Michael Oswalt (37) Jonathan (40) Jose (16) joz joz joz (26) jrsquared (15) Kuushal (21) laptop (18) Lauren Elkin (2) Lloyd Doppler (23) Markus (27) Mike Todd (10) Odysseus F (41) Peter (18) Preoccupations (60) psybuzz (20) Rowland Hobbs (0) Sarah Reede (18) Simon (21) Steve (17) sunburntkamel (10) Tamas (21) Truong Nguyen (21) xeophin (27) Yandle (18)
- ali1k said: :))
- John-Michael Oswalt said: this really is the ultimate pie chart
- jrsquared said: Haha! That's awesome! [Thanks Jeff]
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A FREE alternative to the taxpayer funded Fed bailout (2)
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CommentsShared by Mark E Mark (19) Mike Todd (10)- Mark E Mark said: Really good way to solve the current Sub prime crisis
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Spore [XKCD] (67)
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Shared by alchemy (9) ani625 (112) Armando (14) Badam (116) Benjamin Golub (25) bittin (334) Bramanga (15) Caio (36) Chris Fried (19) Cigar Jack (31) clickykbd (26) Daniel (46) David (16) Doug Stewart (87) DXL (20) Eric (45) Felipe (20) Florin (20) Franzel (20) GJ (16) graywolf (15) j_aroche (15) Jacob (31) James (22) Jason (42) JBu92 (51) Jeff (16) Jesse (18) JesusDQ (23) Josip Lisec (1) Kevin (27) Kichigai Mentat (98) kmohr25 (35) Louis Rossouw (16) Marko Sultsing (21) Mat (24) maYO (13) Mike Todd (10) MMS (18) MrRio (7) n8dude (64) Nathan Reale (20) nathos (19) Neil Vallon (52) Nikki (45) nikkie (11) OcellNuri (26) oliver gassner (24) Peter Dremstrup (4) Pittaya (18) prattmic (15) Rodrigo Amaya (35) Roy (19) Ryan Joseph (42) sameer (22) Sandesh (18) spiri (44) t94xr (18) tadhgk (16) Tim (95) Trevor Wermund (320) Twitter Sham (142) Typo180 (19) u2 (5) witherj (9) Zach (55) Zsoltik@ (20)Explore read four notesContribute comment -
Banksy in New Orleans (2)
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The celebrated street artist hit up New Orleans before the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.Shared by Mike Todd (10) mkrisher (20)Contribute comment -
Buy My Shitpile: Hey Washington, can you buy my bad investments, too? (11)
onNestled in that Nation post Cory referred to earlier today was this gem: buymyshitpile.com. With our economy in crisis, the US Government is scrambling to rescue our banks by purchasing their "distressed assets", i.e., assets that no one else wants to buy from them. We figured that instead of protesting this plan, we'd give regular Americans the same opportunity to sell their bad assets to the government. We need your help and you need the ...Shared by Brent (14) Dave (19) Helvick (29) isol8d (4) JT (18) Maurice (14) Michael (16) Mike Todd (10) Roadkillkid (22) Sage (18) Scott (20)Contribute comment
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The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To (5)
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Dear President _________, Congratulations! Now brace yourself for an avalanche of advice — from the 21 people in your Cabinet, from dozens of advisory councils, hundreds of members of Congress, thousands of lobbyists and pundits, and millions of voters. Everyone's got an opinion on what needs to be done. But the policies that emerge from such groupthink tend to be weird mashups of conflicting interests or warmed-over slabs of conventional wisdom. Enough of that. The ...Contribute comment - 12-Year-Old May Hold Key to Solar Energy (1)
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Teaching on the TED plan (5)
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Michael Lee at the blog Addison Road is trying a new teaching style this semester -- and a key part of it is adopting the TED time limit: I’ve made it a goal to never “lecture” for more than 20 minutes at a time. At the 20-minute mark, I stop, and we do something else. Either a class discussion, or a small project, or a break, something else. I’ve been on a steady diet of ...Contribute comment -
Anonymous hacks Sarah Palin's email (1)
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"Circa midnight Tuesday the 16th of September (EST) activists loosely affiliated with the group 'anonymous' gained access to U.S. Republican Party Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account gov.palin@yahoo.com and passed information to Wikileaks. Governor Palin has come under criticism for using private email accounts to conduct government business and in the process avoid transparency laws. The zip archive made available by Wikileaks contains screen shots of Palin's inbox, two example emails, address book and ...Shared by Mike Todd (10)Contribute comment -
Sophie Can Walk: documentary on babies born without ability to walk. (14)
onSophie Can Walk is a tour-de-force of cinematic advocacy greater than An Inconvenient Truth and a Michael Moore montage combined -- a film that speaks out bravely, albeit in a cute little googoo voice, against the prejudice faced by baby-Americans born without the ability to walk. Above, the YouTube low-rez; here's a better quality version. (thanks, Sepideh!).Shared by !&# (103) Carl (12) Dan (31) Evo (3) G. (83) Gearoid (1) heather (23) Jeremy Jarratt (34) Josh (10) lomodeedee (21) mark (12) Mike (19) Mike Todd (10) Schmeck (17)Contribute comment
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SideTaker: Crowdsourcing Your Private Disputes, With Hilarious Results (48)
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Every couple has its ups and downs, but most people try to keep their dirty laundry to themselves. But what about those times when you just can’t come to an agreement with your significant other? Today sees the launch of SideTaker a site that asks couples to upload both sides of their arguments and let the crowd settle their debates. SideTaker members can vote on which side they agree with, or leave comments to ask ...Shared by Aaron (81) Aaron (22) aaron (141) Abhilash (18) Abhinav Modi (13) AdiR1 (21) Alfredo (20) Andrew N. Carpenter (26) AndyF (13) bddemir (21) Benedict Lee Zhi En (144) Bret Taylor (18) Bruce (2) Dan (42) Daniel Pritchett (45) Egor (20) Emil Kaiser (27) Eric Herboso (22) fundament (53) Graham (11) Hari Kishore (5) HollowMarkeD (55) iAlja (72) iwein (5) Jack (19) James (22) Jason (22) Jeffrey (25) Jimmy (20) Kerry (14) KevM (6) Leon (19) Mark A (13) marshall (37) Mike F (837) Mike Todd (10) myx (16) onlythoughtworks (26) Rob (164) Roopesh (23) Ryan (19) Samuel F. (7) Sandaruwan (29) Steven McClelland (14) syllabub (3) Tony (7) Varun Mahajan (17) Will (24)Explore read 10 notes- Sandaruwan said: this is a good example to xkcd guys who divorce over Pluto being a planet ;)
- Steven McClelland said: This seems really funny to me.
- Daniel Pritchett said: Funny reads on this site, but some of the stories are hard to believe.
- Jeffrey said: this is great. x.x or =P
- Jack said: Pretty fantastic.
- Emil Kaiser said: Istället för heta stolen?
- Abhinav Modi said: Good one :)
- AndyF said: How brilliant. Not that I like it any more than reality shows and talk shows, but it will be as popular or more.
- KevM said: Honey?! We need to talk.
- Leon said: This is perfect for people who have no ability to think for themselves.
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37 Signals: Charge for your products, Dummy! (11)
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[File under respected opposition] David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried’s business partner at 37signals, begs to differ with the notion that Web companies shouldn't charge for their products. In a very entertaining speech (video below), he makes his case: Forget using free to go mass and hope you'll become Facebook (or be bought by them). Instead, he says, focus on a small market and charge money. There are many ways to have a price in web ...Shared by Anders (11) C.K. (144) Dave (20) Fred Schechter (75) Gauravonomics (32) Harper (119) Hashim (25) Matt (6) Michael (41) Mike Todd (10) Scott (20)Contribute comment -
iPhone/Touch Roundup: Control, Art, Snow Patrol, Visualizers, Recording, One for India (12)
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What could a pocket-sized computer be? It could be a new kind of album extra (yawn), a new kind of generative musical format that samples and responds to the world around it (whoo). It could be a more effective controller (fun), or an Indian drone (really). The Apple iPod touch / iPhone, as always, brings both wonder (potential as an art platform or recording device) and trouble (respectively, restrictions on who can see your art ...Shared by barb dybwad (5) Eric (9) gnusic (98) jean-françois (9) kliger (29) koovus (56) Matt Walker (0) Mike Todd (10) Nathan (40) niepi (5) sean h (60) Steve Ryner (8)- kliger said: creative iphone play
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Conet Project free online (16)
onXeni and I were just talking about the wonder of Wilco and their performance at the recent Outside Lands festival. As many of you know, Wilco's magnificent album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was named for (and uses samples from) the Conet Project, a four CD collection from Irdial-Discs of "numbers stations." For decades, intelligence organizations have reportedly broadcast one-way messages to their agents in the field via shortwave, and the transmissions happen to sound weirder than ...Shared by Anne (9) Chris Metcalf (18) Dave Woodard (22) deusdiabolus (139) Jeff Daly (56) Jeremy Jarratt (34) John (24) John (22) Josh (12) maristaran (15) meta (11) Mike Todd (10) potentato (21) pr1000 (23) tsangal (30) Twi (22)
- Jeremy Jarratt said: conspiracy or not?
- meta said: I have the CDs. 'tis awesome.
- Twi said: NUMBER STATIONS = can has fun. I love these.
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The Arcade Fire - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover) (2)
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If you’ve never heard of In Cadeo , you’re forgiven. Their self-titled EP was purely a studio baby, borne by the band’s two founding members, Jared Scott (guitar/keyboards) and Pete Sustarsic (drums), before the full band ever assembled.… (in post IN CADEO-Self Titled EP from Berkeley Place. )Shared by Harper (119) Mike Todd (10)Contribute comment -
Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities (128)
onCheck out the first two minutes of this clip of Mythbusters' Adam Savage telling the folks at the HOPE hackercon about how the Discovery Channel was bullied by big credit-card companies out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is. Arphid Watch: Mythbusters and RFID
