DecemberDec 4 Friday 09
Should you become a librarian? | LISNews
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NovemberNov 24 Tuesday 09
Grimsby Town Letter
Dear Players of Grimsby Town FC
I am writing with regard to my absolute astonishment and disbelief as to the sheer magnitude of your complete lack of talent and failure to carry out the job for which you are paid to do. I am not aware of any swear word or other …
NovemberNov 23 Monday 09
Brain Scan Finds Man Was Not in a Coma—23 Years Later
I am called Rom. I am not dead. The nurses came, they patted me, they sometimes took my hand, and I heard them say “no hope.” I meditated, I dreamed my life away—it was all I could do.
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NovemberNov 18 Wednesday 09
Determine What Crap to Eat | Grub Street New York
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NovemberNov 14 Saturday 09
Oli Lemieux training w/ trampoline wall
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NovemberNov 13 Friday 09
Philadelphia Union: Are You Spinal Tap In Disguise? | Major League Soccer Talk
You decide. Here’s the picture of Philadelphia Union’s inaugural jersey:
And here’s a still from This Is Spinal Tap with Shearer wearing the Shrewsbury jersey:
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Fingers crossed that this an intentional move by a hilarious Adidas …
NovemberNov 12 Thursday 09
Date Night Trailer
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Steve Carell + Tina Fey (+ Marky Mark!?!) = Extremely High Expectations
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Nobody Wants to Read Your S***
In school anything you write or do will be read and graded by a teacher paid to do so. In the real world nobody wants to read your shit, and you have to earn their attention every single day.
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This really should be a required announcement at every …
International Vegetarian Union: Anatomy Model Woman | Ads of the World
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I’m not a vegetarian, but my wife is, so I’m intimately familiar with the difficulties and rewards of the practice. In our previous place of residence, deep in the heart of Middle America, it was an uphill battle though these days we’re …
Google Poised to Become Your Phone Company | via Wired
Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.
Seriously.
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While, for some, this is just another reason to fear the hulking monolith that is Google, I can’t help but applaud the internet …
NovemberNov 11 Wednesday 09
TOMS + Digg Collaboration
Social news site Digg.com joins TOMS Shoes this Holiday in a unique collaboration. The TOMS + Digg shoes are a fun interpretation of the alpargata Classic style with geometric zig-zag stitching and a neon orange sole.
When Digg Founder Kevin Rose and Chief Shoe …
Alcorcon 4-1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid beat Alcorcon 1-0 at the Bernabéu last night, which wasn’t nearly enough to prevent Los Galácticos losing 4-1 on aggregate and exiting the Copa del Rey. So the team that spent nearly a quarter of a billlion euros this summer has been bounced out of …
NovemberNov 10 Tuesday 09
The Marky Mark Workout
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The humble beginnings of a modern American actor…pow!
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Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies after being hit by a train
Robert Enke won eight caps for Germany and was a leading contender to be their first-choice goalkeeper at the World Cup next summer. Photograph: David Davies/PA
Robert Enke, the Hannover and Germany goalkeeper who was expected to be part of his country’s …
17 Items That Can Be Washed In Your Dishwasher
Use it to wash:
baseball caps: where they’ll get washed without being tumbled around and losing their shape. They’ll need to be washed separately from items with food on them. We’ll also toss in canvas sneakers here (no pun intended)
rain boots and …
Food Carts Portland » Portland’s Food Carts on NBC
Back in August, Portland was visited by NBC Nightly News to do a piece on Portland’s food cart scene. It was a great few days showing the producer around and chatting with him and introducing him to some of Portland’s cart owners. Greg Abbot from Whiffies and I …
Hahahaha! Blockbuster Renting Movies on SD Cards!
Oh, I hope whatever exec came up with this idea scores a huge bonus. Blockbuster is piloting a new program that will load a DRM’d movie rentals onto an SD card from a kiosk. The future!
So say you’re at the airport. You want to rent, I dunno, some movie that …
OctoberOct 18 Sunday 09
Using Google Wave as a Communications Hub
Having experimented with Google Wave for the last few weeks, I’m learning more each day about various methods I can use to integrate the tool into my day-to-day workflow. While there’s a lot of hype around Wave as the future of communication, that’s a bit …