July 2007
20 must-see Greasemonkey Addons(No Technical... →
22 Ways to Stop Feeling Tired →
Every day, 2.2 million Americans complain of being tired. We all think it’s because we just didn’t get enough sleep. But it’s our everyday habits that do us in: what we eat, how we sleep, and how we cope emotionally. Read on for some simple, recharging changes that can help you tackle all of the energy stealers in your life.
Flickr: Photos from Oscilloscope Studios →
B-Boys, makin with the freak freak
Best Husband Ever →
Guy sets the bar high for husbands.
June 2007
12 year old Norwegian guitarist plays like a god! →
wow, this kid must get a lot of ladies…
High-Res World Map from 1507 →
The Waldseemüller map, Universalis Cosmographia, is a wall map of the world drawn by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller and originally published in April 1507. It was one of the first maps to chart latitude and longitude precisely, and was the first map to use the name “America”.
Adam Corolla hangs up on Ann Coulter →
so satisfying!
Google Gadget Ventures →
How to add green screen effects to home movies for... →
Wanna make a movie like the pros? Using green screen editing? It’s all free (besides the actual green screen itself) with this awsome program. Debug Mode’s WAX is a video/picture/music editor. It hase a drag and drop time line like in Windows Movie maker, so you can add pictures and music to your video
Apache vs. IIS6, Which handles the digg effect... →
Digg this story so the servers will get hammered with hits.
ONLamp.com -- The Power of Google Gears (Part 1) →
The universe will destroy the evidence of its... →
A look at the future of the universe reveals that its expansion will make the evidence of its history vanish. In the end, it will appear much like it was thought to be a century ago, before Edwin Hubble began the cosmology revolution.
The Column Ann Coulter Really, Really, Really... →
“The Party of Ideas,” By Ann Coulter, November 20, 2003
Hilarious - Cop Thinks He's Dead, Calls 911 →
A police officer and his wife eat some marijuana brownies and start freaking out.
Last.fm Stream Ripper; The Last Ripper →
Freeware app TheLastStream saves and parses Last.fm streams into MP3s. But that’s not all! It also automatically downloads album art, assigns ID3 tags, creates playlists, and organizes recordings according to artist, album, and track.TheLastStream requires that you have a Last.fm account and the Last.fm client. Both free. (Windows, Mac, Linux)
» 30 Great Website Designs (Part3) →
OMGFreeMovies - Watch Full Length Movies Online →
Prince gives away his new CD, Music industry goes... →
The following quote sums it up nicely: “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should know that with behaviour like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores. And I say that to all the other artists who may be tempted to dally with the Mail on Sunday.” They really do sound like a bunch of petulant little kids, don’t they?
U.S. killing of 50-90% of civillians in 67 cities... →
Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 talks about our fire bombing of 67 of Japans citys during WW2.Clip is from Fog Of War.
Chris Rock..."NO SEX" In the Champagn Room →
Chris Rock’s pardory of Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”.
Rare white humpback whale spotted (w/PIC) →
RECORD numbers of humpback whales are on their annual migration up Australia’s east coast, including the rare white whale Migaloo, scientists say.
16 Year Old Has Three Degrees - Neurobiology,... →
Andrew Hsu has not yet been on a date or taken his driving test. But this young genious does have three degrees - in neurobiology, biochemistry and chemistry.
Web Domains: Tools To Use, Articles To Read |... →
The next installment of "Christians say the... →
What could make a sad story about child abuse uplifting and compassionate? I bet you didn’t guess gold, pirates, and jump roping…sinner.
Google Maps "New! Drag the blue line to change... →
You can now drag the blue line in Google Maps to change your route.
10 Things to Know Before Buying/Installing Solar... →
There is a lot of excitement about new solar panel technology, but more likely than not you will choose to install modules that use the same basic technology that was available in 1984. Here are 10 things you should know before speaking with a solar salesperson.
The Power of Google Gears (Part 1) →
Web application development is the perfect 95 percent solution. It’s very easy to develop a simple HTML frontend to something like PHP or Rails, to deliver data to and from a MySQL database. You can even give it a more desktop feel by using Ajax tools. But that last five percent, the ability for desktop applications to work offline, was missing
Life Hacker's Screenshot Tour : Show Us Your... →
Firefox’s strong point is its extensibility, and after taking a look at the way Lifehacker readers extend Firefox to do their bidding, it’s hard to understand why anyone would choose any other browser.
OpenMoko - the Anti-iPhone →
The OpenMoko Neo 1973 has a touchscreen, WiFi, GPS and runs Linux. Unlike the iPhone, it is completely open for developers. They even include a guitar pick so you can ply open the case. Developer version goes on sale for $300 on July 9th.
Picture This: Space Station, Seen Clear From the... →
Astronomers at a Boston-area high school snapped this stunning picture of the space shuttle Atlantis docking with the International Space Station, 190 nautical miles up.
Under no circumstance, you are allowed to play... →
I guess they really hate that song..
John Stamos Drunk on Australian TV →
Uncle Jesse did a bit of drinking before hitting the Australian talk show circuit
Spoiler Alert! "Harold & Kumar 2" Details Arise →
The movie picks up where the last one left off with H&K in there apartment readying themselves for their trip to Amsterdam to track down Harold’s love interest Maria. After a few quick jokes there we have them at the airport, after a little stint with security, getting onto their plane…
Rhino on Rails →
Steve Yegge talks about Rhino on Rails, his port of Rails to Javascript
Kevin Rose’s New Startup: Pownce →
There have been rumors that Digg’s Kevin Rose has been working on a new startup for some time, but he wasn’t talking. I spent a good amount of time this last weekend at FOO Camp trying to get some of the details out of him, but all he would say is that he’d be contacting us soon.
Pownce - Send Stuff To Your Friends →
This is the new project from Leah Culver, Kevin Rose, Daniel Burka, and Shawn Allen. The app (built using Adobe AIR) allows you to send messages, links, files, and events to groups of friends. Check it!
I hung a camera from a kite and flew it up over... →
These are pictures I took by hanging cameras from kites, a hobby I’ve played with on and off over the years. To get the camera to take pictures, I built a 555 timer circuit that, every 13 seconds, throws a relay wired to the camera’s shutter button. I used a small delta kite and a cheap $30 digital camera with a large SD card.
Delta Flight 6499, SEVEN HOURS on the tarmac →
Delta Flight 6499 JFK to DFW on June 25 2007 experienced more than just a routine delay.. for seven hours, four children screamed, and we were told by crew that they couldn’t feed us because Delta simply wouldn’t allow it.
From Egg to Chick (The Hatching Process) // pics →
These pictures give a detailed look into what happens during the hatching process. Warning: These pictures might be a tad graphic for some people.
25 Sites We Can't Live Without - TIME →
Time Magazine Article, title says it all. I’m pretty sure I can live without a few of these. Cool to see digg, technorati, and del.icio.us on there.
Egyptologists claim greatest discovery since King... →
‘Find of century’ for Egyptology: Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s most famous female ruler. Egypt’s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass is to make the official announcement at a news conference in Cairo. It is being billed as the biggest archaeological find in Egypt since the 1922 discovery of Tut…
Make Your Own Firefox Extensions →
Most Firefox users have clicked through Tools | Add-ons | Get Extensions (or visited addons.mozilla.org) to download some from the main repository. But why not make your own? Fortunately, it’s not hard.
I like turtles. (video) →
Random news clip, this kid is hilarious.
Adobe Labs - AIR →
Particletree » Web App Autopsy →
[CNN Video] Man shoots cop after being pepper... →
A video from CNN that shows a man get pepper sprayed, then pulls a gun and shoots the cop as he walks away. The suspect then drives away, running over the cop. A witness takes the cop’s gun and kills the suspect.
List of 745 High Paying Jobs that Don't Require a... →
The list weighs hundreds of careers, looking for those which combine decent salary, a good job growth rate, and a relatively low requirement for a college degree (what we called here “degree not required”).
Weezer Preparing To Record Sixth Album →
The “hiatus” is over. Album Six lives! =w=
Comic: Calvin and Hobbes - On Life →
5 cents for a priceless life lesson.
Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Ann Coulter Live on... →
Elizabeth Edwards calls in to Hardball to confront Ann Coulter, who has called John Edwards a “faggot” and yesterday said “[I]f I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.”