August 2011
86 posts
Link: Lion Improvements →
This is a great thread over on Stack Exchange about improvements in Lion.
July 2011
67 posts
WatchOne of the worst calls you’ll ever see (via MLB.com: Multimedia)
“In MY view, games that last 19 innings, last 10 innings longer than most 9...”
– Twitter / @FakeTimMcCarver
The Internet Tidal Wave →
nullarysources:
Browsing the Web, you find almost no Microsoft file formats. After 10 hours of browsing, I had not seen a single Word .DOC, AVI file, Windows .EXE (other than content viewers), or other Microsoft file format. I did see a great number of Quicktime files. All of the movie studios use them to offer film trailers. Apple benefited by having TCP support before we did and is working...
“There’s a very simple business reason why Google cares if they have your...”
– Scripting News: Why Google cares if you use your real name
WatchThe Honey Badger narrator narrates the MythBusters
(via Discovery Channel)
“With President Obama and Republican leaders calling for cutting the budget by...”
– How the Deficit Got This Big - NYTimes.com
A Brevard woman disappeared, but never left home -... →
Neighbors look on as Brevard County crime scene authorities load up the car in which Kathryn Norris’ body was found. “I didn’t think anything was wrong,” said neighbor Marty del Castillo. “I never saw her anyway.”
“Two cannibals are having dinner, and one of them says to the other, “Man,...”
– Jokes from the G hole - Boing Boing
“How did the hipster burn his mouth? He started eating the pizza long before it...”
– Twitter / @hectordbyrd
A visualization of US Debt in 100 dollar bills →
Yikes.
“Listen up. I know the shit you’ve been saying behind my back. You think I’m...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Monologue: I’m Comic Sans, Asshole.
“Are people installing Lion Home Basic, Lion Home Premium, Lion Business, or Lion...”
– Twitter / @_ds
MI5: Britain ‘four meals away from anarchy’ →
MI5’s maxim is that society is “four meals away from anarchy”. In other words, the security agency believes that Britain could be quickly reduced to large-scale disorder, including looting and rioting in the event of a catastrophe that stops the supply of food.
“Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72”
– Mark Twain
Colo. woman accused of groping TSA agent in Ariz. →
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a Colorado woman who allegedly groped a female Transportation Security Administration agent at Phoenix’s international airport is facing a felony count of sexual abuse.
Phoenix police say 61-year-old Yukari Mihamae is accused of grabbing the left breast of the unidentified TSA agent Thursday afternoon at an airport checkpoint.
TSA staff say Mihamae refused to...
The Physics of Cheating in Baseball →
Cheating in sports might be as old as the race between the tortoise and the hare. But not all trickery actually works, especially in baseball.
A corked bat can hit the ball farther, right? That’s a myth, say physicists studying the national pastime. And can making a baseball moister really thwart a slugger from putting one in the bleachers? Well, maybe—depending on how hot it is outside.
To...
The Empire Strikes Cat
WatchGoogle Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy
(via The Onion)
Judgmental Gorilla
animalsbeingdicks:
Susan was appalled at Reggie’s total lack of class. Later, she flung her own poop at a group of children.
“Animals Being Dicks” consistently cracks me up.
Stunt Driver Brings Shrieking Mom Along for Laps... →
The video of the guy with his mother is funny. The video of the Formula One driver with his wife is hilarious.
