FTC Says Credit Card Scammers Stole Millions over 4 years, $0.25 to $9 at a time
Luckily, they watched Superman III and figured out that Richard Pryor was behind the whole thing.
posted at 10:39 am
on Jun. 28, 2010
French 21-year-old may become the last ever speaker of Alaska’s Eyak language
Why? Because his brain hasn't matured yet. 
posted at 9:38 am
on Jun. 28, 2010
Science says the full brain finishes maturing only at about age 25
Or in the case of ultimate players: never.
posted at 9:35 am
on Jun. 28, 2010
Dating for a decade? Young adults aren’t rushing marriage, sez USA Today
I can attest to this trend.
posted at 9:24 am
on Jun. 22, 2010
The 9 new cars purchased most often by women (2 are VWs)
Why 9? Because there are only 9 cars that are registered by women instead of men more than 50% of the time. Overall, women register 36% of new cars.
posted at 9:56 am
on Jun. 21, 2010
Tornado destroys significant parts of downtown Billings, MT
Wowser.
posted at 9:54 am
on Jun. 21, 2010
Article: How to Call Off a Wedding
I'm always a fan of useful service journalism articles like this. chetongueek.
posted at 10:49 am
on Jun. 19, 2010
It’s official: OK Go is not a band, they are music video geniuses who also write songs (End Love)
Is there an OK Go video I have not linked to? I doubt it.
posted at 12:32 pm
on Jun. 17, 2010
NYTimes story asks: Is It Bad to Have a Best Friend?
Headline rule: Headlines with questions, the answer is always yes (but there'll be a paragraph about 6 graphs down with an expert who contradicts this.)
posted at 8:23 am
on Jun. 17, 2010
Conde Nast Traveler says Vancouver has the Best Chinese Food in the World - including China!
It's from February 2010, sorry. I'm living in a time warp apparently.
posted at 11:39 am
on Jun. 16, 2010
You Can Use Pure CSS2.1 to Count Backwards
Or you can just take off your socks and use your toes like I do.
posted at 3:23 pm
on Jun. 15, 2010
Video: The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody
Yes, it's from 2009. But maybe *you* missed it, too.
posted at 2:48 pm
on Jun. 15, 2010
Farewell, Dr. Demento - his final weekend was this one, after 40 years
I saw him do his 20th anniversary show live in the Pasadena Theater. About 20 years ago, I think.
posted at 8:07 pm
on Jun. 13, 2010
Regret Is A Luxury And A Vice, by Kelly Diels
"If you submit a mediocre effort and it is rejected, you don't really know anything. You don't know what would have happened if you offered your best. You don't know if your best would be good enough."
posted at 3:08 pm
on Jun. 12, 2010
GowallaWalk: See where you’ve been with this check-in heat map
I think this is totally neat!
posted at 10:21 am
on Jun. 11, 2010
Drupal for the Web Developer: How to (re)Configure Your Drupal Website
Here's why I don't recommend Drupal often: it's a whole article, for Web developers, about how to change the default Drupal settings to be more friendly -- but if it's not set up to be friendly to Web Developers, then who exactly do the default settings help? Here's my fave quote: "Error Reporting: by the title, you wouldn't necessarily know this is the place to specify the URL of your custom 404 page, but it is. ... It also lets you set error reporting to the log alone, which is generally what you want on a website. Allowing users to view things like PHP and MySQL errors [is] a potential security problem; however this is the Drupal default. "
posted at 4:44 pm
on Jun. 10, 2010
Kayak travel tool: If you wanna spend $800-$1200, here’s where you can fly from Vancouver
I know a few people who will make this their home page.
posted at 2:23 pm
on Jun. 10, 2010
Video: A fabulous and ominous underwater dive with no tank, to the ‘bottom’ of Dean’s Blue Hole
The video is a composite fiction, but it's still an arresting,exotic and beautiful work that captures the spirit of free diving. Here's the direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0
posted at 3:41 pm
on Jun. 9, 2010
Woman killed by lightning strike as fianc? proposes
I can add nothing funny or insightful to this.
posted at 12:31 am
on Jun. 9, 2010
Always budget enough time for complaining into your project matrix Gantt chart
Then double it and add 10 hours.
posted at 1:03 pm
on Jun. 7, 2010
Why is Belgium always used as a size comparison?
This Web site explores the answer.
posted at 1:03 pm
on Jun. 7, 2010
If you use the public library, and have an iPhone or iPad, you should buy this Library Book app
It tells you when your holds come in, and when you have books due. What more could you want?
posted at 8:08 pm
on Jun. 5, 2010
This Flash World Cup schedule is one of the best interactive info graphics I’ve used
Lovely.
posted at 10:44 pm
on Jun. 3, 2010
What would a hurricane do to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
An in-depth and smart look at some possibilities.
posted at 12:00 am
on Jun. 3, 2010
The Benefits of the Walled Garden
In short: Why is this phrase shorthand for a bad thing?
posted at 4:17 pm
on Jun. 2, 2010
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