Saturday, January 31, 2009
Six Things You Should Know About Minnesota
Think you know Minnesota? The Coen Brothers movie Fargo may make it seem that Minnesotans are yokels, but the truth is, Minnesota is far, far weirder.Joshua Post Lee of The Black Table…
More badass than Rambo, or Jack Churchill: "Given a pistol with 8 rounds of ammunition, Sgt. Baker's body was later found in the same position, gun empty, with 8 Japanese lying dead before him."
12 seconds of the G.I. Joe Super Bowl TV spot
To add to the evergrowing presence of ‘teasers of teasers’ Entertainment Tonight previewed 12 seconds from the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra TV spot that will appear during the Super Bowl. It’s hard…
Oops! Weirdest Accidents, Part 5
![]() “QUANTUM SHOT” #529Link Nothing is as fascinating as an unexplained accident… Indeed, every picture here is an unopened book of driver’s angst, remorse and often complete… |
Friday, January 30, 2009
Windows 7 Release Candidate Release is next
The Microsoft Windows 7 Beta 1 has been out for a couple weeks now. Due to the high interest, Microsoft extended the beta download until February 10th. The Microsoft Windows 7 team posted now a…
Pregnant 14-Year-Old Ticketed For DUI, Registers Six Times Legal Limit [Daily DUI]
A New Zealand girl pulled over under suspicion of DUI returned a reading six times the legal limit were she actually the legal driving age of 15. Oh, and she was also four months pregnant. …
Verizon Roadmap Leaks Out, Includes New Touch Diamond/HD?
Engadget got their hands on a Verizon roadmap for 2009 and as you might expect, there’s some Windows Mobile-related hotness, specifically:
There will be at least two HTCs released this…
Post Office Could Cut One Day of Delivery—Tuesday [Mail]
Facing a potential $6 billion shortfall this year, the U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting one day of mail delivery—and it would actually be Tuesday, not Saturday. Photo by SC Fiasco.
…Google's GDrive Will Allow Access to Files "Anywhere, Anytime" [Google Web Drive]
The Google Operating System blog points to one blogger’s discovery of text inside the Google Pack software suite that basically lays out what GDrive will do: GDrive provides reliable storage…
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Verizon's 2009: BlackBerrys, HTCs, netbooks, and loads of data
Filed under: HTC, LG, Motorola, Others, RIM, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, HSDPA, UMTS, CDMA
Excitement’s in the air over at …
The New Frontiersman on Flickr
Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfr…
A new viral site for the Watchmen movie — based on the paper The New Frontiersman — also has an awesome Flickr stream. When will Dr….
Ken Lally confirms voice work for Call of Duty 6

Watch Super Bowl Ads Today, Get Stuff Done on Sunday [Super Bowl]
If you’re one of the many who aren’t that into football but stay glued to your TV on Super Bowl Sunday for the commercials, you can head on over to Adweek right now to catch several of…
New $3 Light Bulb 12 Times More Efficient, Lasts 60 Years [Led]
Cambridge University researchers have developed a $3 LED-based lightbulb that is 12 times more efficient than regular tungsten light bulbs, three times more than low energy ones. It lights…
Automatically download TV episodes with Feed My Torrents
Filed under: Internet, Video, Web services, P2P, web 2.0

Google Maps Ran Over A Baby Deer
Google Maps has caught many crazy things on its roving cameras, but nothing quite so self-incriminating. Not quite the way to leave the scene of the crime.
Name the Original Justice League

The lineup of the Justice League of America has changed many times over the years. Can you name the original founding members that debuted in comic books in 1960? In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at…
RIM Selling Beta Hardware; Do You Buy?
In an interview given to The Wall Street Journal, Research in Motion CEO Jim Balsillie was “ballsy” in implying that the company pushed the BlackBerry Storm on Verizon Wireless out despite some…
The Inevitable Rise of Internet News, Circa 1981 [Retromodo]
“Engineers now predict the day will come when we get all our newspapers and magazines by home computer,” the narrator says with a hint of sarcasm, continuing, “but that’s a few years off.”
Post Office Could Cut One Day of Delivery--Tuesday [Mail]
Facing a potential $6 billion shortfall this year, the U.S. Postal Service has asked lawmakers to allow it to cut one day of mail delivery—and it would actually be Tuesday, not Saturday. Photo…
4 Games of the day
Dune Buggy
Collect stars and try to stay upright while racing your dune buggy

Prince of War
Adventure game. Help the Prince of War battle the evil Orc legions and save his…
3D Star Wars Kites

By Andrew Liszewski
It’s about as far as you can get from kite flying season where I live, but these impressive Star Wars-themed flying contraptions make me wish it was Spring already….
Sirius XM announces March price increase
Section: Audio, Satellite / HD Radio
You gotta love loopholes. When Sirius and XM decided to merge, Congress and the FCC had many concerns. As a way of calming those entities, the two…
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Mickey Rourke vs. Chris Jericho
A real live WWE wrestler is mad at Mickey Rourke about something, and Mickey is really sorry. Apparently, this non-fight could cost Rourke his Oscar? I don’t understand Hollywood.
Cemeteries surrounded by parking lots
Alex Steffen sent me this link to a gallery of cemeteries in parking lots.
Tullahassee Creek Indian Cemetery – Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Situated right between an ATM and a postal drop…
Automatically download TV episodes with Feed My Torrents
Filed under: Internet, Video, Web services, P2P, web 2.0

The Cost of Music

We’ve finally seen some definitive proof (above) that Sirius XM will begin charging for online streaming ($3/mo) and Pandora has brought audio advertising into their web…
Free BlackBerry Video Applications - What Do You Use?

As more people get on Twitter and Facebook, we seem to have a fascination with sharing our every detail with the world around us. Sure, pictures are good, but video is so much more…
Verizon moves 1 million BlackBerry Storms, on track for LTE in 2010
Why Yes, a 'Tomb Raider' Reboot IS Happening
Tomb Raider is one of those franchises that always caused far too much angst. Both films were mediocre; neither was offensively bad. Neither was a monumental box office smash and neither was…
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Fish pee in there you know
15 Worst Valentine’s Day Gift
What to get your loved ones for Valentine’s Day? Whatever you do, do not get them these gifts. Here’s the 15 worst Valentine’s Day gift, as compiled by our very own Jill Harness for…
ABC gives the green light for the green-skinned lizards of V to return
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Hey 4400 fans! Co-creator and executive producer of that series, Scott Peters, is back at it again….
Analyst: Xbox Live A 'Gold Mine' For Netflix [New Xbox Experience]
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, who knows everything there is to know about video games, sees nothing but good things for the Xbox-Netflix partnership, one that could translate to…
Roundup: BlackBerry Twitter Clients
It seems that Twitter has made a surge as of late - especially with BlackBerry users. Twitter services have always been available in the form of IM, SMS and WAP - but as every…
Blood Bowl: The Goblin Team [It's Good!]
The second video game adaptation of Game’s Workshop classic fantasy football board game Blood Bowl is coming soon, and developer Cyanide slowly introduces us to the game’s teams, starting…
Free BlackBerry Video Applications - What Do You Use?

As more people get on Twitter and Facebook, we seem to have a fascination with sharing our every detail with the world around us. Sure, pictures are good, but video is so much more…
On The Rocks: HUMMER H2 production suspended
Filed under: SUVs, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, HUMMER

General Motors and AM General have announced that 200 workers at the Mishawaka, Indiana, plant where the…
Spectacular Suicide Attempt In Dodge Van Foiled By Pesky Cliff [Offbeat News]
They say, “Go out with a bang.” A Colorado man got the “bang” part right, but failed on the “out” when he attempted suicide by driving his van over a precipice in Colorado. 34-year-old Daniel…
Three wheeled death wish: blown Hemi-powered trike
Filed under: Etc.
It’s hard to stand out among the customs and hot rods at the Grand National Roadster Show, but…
5 new G.I Joe posters
AICN were given 5 new posters for G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, featuring Sienna Miller as The Baroness, Channing Tatum as Duke, Marlon Wayans as Ripcord, Ray Park as Snake Eyes and Rachel Nichols…
Car Crashes Into Church Roof
In Germany, a speeding car missed a turn, and flew an amazing distance to crash into the roof of a nearby church.
The bank acted like a springboard, propelling the black Skoda about 35…
Road to Super Bowl XLIII flanked by 43 strip clubs
There’s Lip Stixx and Centerfolds and the Bliss Cabaret. There’s Diamond Dolls and Bare Assets and the Wild Gentlemen’s Club. In fact, there are, by one count, 43 strip clubs in the Tampa…
Fallout 3 'Operation Anchorage' DLC Released
The first DLC pack for Bethesda’s Fallout 3, “Operation Anchorage,” has been released.
The content includes a virtual reality simulation of the infamous liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from Fallout…
Monday, January 26, 2009
Watch/Pity The Participants In The Halo Wedding [Clips]
As a man on the cusp of marriage himself, I’ve got a few ideas on the kind of wedding I want. A Halo one, I don’t want. But I do enjoy watching them. Watching them and saying, out loud,…




Tullahassee Creek Indian Cemetery – Sand Springs, Oklahoma 






