March 2011
6 posts
My finger just exploded. However, on the flip-side, I think I just ripped @minamhere off for about $0.10 and had him run an errand for me.
Trailer: Dead Island Video Game From Deep Silver →
I favorited a YouTube video: Dead Island™, the upcoming gruesome zombie slasher by renowned developer Techland, combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character…
I favorited a YouTube video — Trailer: Dead Island Video Game From Deep Silver http://youtu.be/Q0n4Y7AU7E0?a
Feeling like a pimp. Brushing dirt off my shoulder and everything.
Reporter Breaks Up Street Fight →
I favorited a YouTube video: As Shomari Stone prepares to shoot an intro to a news story, he witnesses a street fight break out and jumps into the fray. He’s now the #1 contender for a…
I favorited a YouTube video — Reporter Breaks Up Street Fight http://youtu.be/1nMDicZZAaM?a
Change is now
February 2011
36 posts
I favorited a YouTube video — GOLZAP - Autoagresión http://youtu.be/UsEbf-o83fc?a
GOLZAP - Autoagresión →
I favorited a YouTube video: Uno de los mejores momentos del programa Gol Zap de Gol Televisión, protagonizado por Carrasco, jugador de la Selección Sub-20 de Chile….
Soccer Goal-Detection Tech Hits Roadblock →
Less than four weeks after reports indicated FIFA’s seriousness over implementing next-gen goal-line technology in international soccer matches, none of the 10 companies vying for the contract has…
Cedar Rapids made for an entertaining Friday evening
Seth Greenberg's Virginia Tech team finds... →
Consistency and reliability are a way of life in bucolic Blacksburg, Va., in particular when it comes to Virginia Tech sports. Each fall, Hokies fans can count on coach Frank Beamer’s football team…
The Day the Movies Died: Movies + TV: GQ →
No, Hollywood films aren’t going to get better anytime soon. Mark Harris on the (potential) death of the great American art form
Virus Passed During Oral Sex Tops Tobacco As... →
The more oral sex someone has had, the greater their risk of getting oral cancers that grow in the middle part of the throat. Transmission of the human papillomavirus is the reason, a leading…
Bryan Stinespring is Reportedly No Longer Virginia... →
WOW. QB coach Mike O’Cain now the #Hokies’ O-coordinator. Stinespring to coach TEs and OTs. Newsome to coach interior linemen.less than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
RT @kyletuckerVP: WOW. QB coach Mike O’Cain now the #Hokies’ O-coordinator. Stinespring to coach TEs and OTs.
Baby trashes bar in Las Palmas →
I favorited a YouTube video: Trailer for the short movie “Las Palmas” by Johannes Nyholm. The whole film will be shown at the Market Art fair in Stockholm, Magnus Karlssons booth, #36….
I favorited a YouTube video — Baby trashes bar in Las Palmas http://youtu.be/cds7lSHawAw?a
Couple plead guilty in killing of woman over beer... →
By Shawna Morrison A couple who were found with a body in the back of their van during a traffic stop in Wythe County pleaded guilty to murder charges Wednesday in a North Carolina courtroom.
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Liam Neeson
I have no idea what exactly happened but at some point in the past few years, Liam Neeson went from “random actor guy” to “embodiment of awesome”.
Detroit Will Get a Robocop Statue →
Sometimes the internet is a pretty cool thing. It was just last week that someone suggested to the mayor of Detroit that the city build a statue of Robocop. He declined, but there was such…
“Watson has lots in common with a top-ranked human Jeopardy! player: It’s...”
– Ken Jennings, http://www.slate.com/id/2284721/?from=rss
How Belgium's Jean-Marc Bosman Made Soccer... →
When Belgian soccer player Jean-Marc Bosman took his club to court in the 1980s, he opened the door to vast wealth for the industry — and ended up destitute
A bear? I was going to get a crucifix! #fb
Falcons go for record →
The Burlington Hawk Eye is Iowa’s oldest daily newspaper, serving the Southeast Iowa/Western Illinois region.
pumped up. let’s do this.
Villagers, chambers, traps: D&D board game... →
Castle Ravenloft was a fun way to spend an hour or so playing an entire Dungeons and Dragons adventure, but the board game was definitely heavy on the combat, and it often felt a…
To Get America Growing Again, It's Time to... →
Ed Glaeser is an economist’s economist — as smart as they come, driven by empiricism, with something interesting to say about nearly anything. He has just published a new book, Triumph of the City:…
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Movie Day
I watched 3 movies today and while Hurt Locker and Despicable Me were both decent, the only one that struck me as a pretty good movie was the one people have probably never heard of: Solitary Man.
‘Back to the Future’ Recreated in ‘Little Big... →
/Film reader Jose Cordova has pointed me towards a few user created levels of the video game Little Big Planet inspired by the movie Back to the Future.
The first comes from…
I favorited a YouTube video — Back to The Future (remade in LittleBigPlanet 2) http://youtu.be/2gROgrlnuMo?a
'Guitar Hero' Dead (Scott Steinberg/Rolling Stone) →
Scott Steinberg / Rolling Stone: ‘Guitar Hero’ Dead — The Guitar Hero video game franchise is officially dead. According to publisher Activision, which will close its music…
It’s always angry mob time!
Protesters Are Awesome: Look at This Beautiful... →
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h/t jz
Depicted in this photo, an image from an anonymous source on the ground in Egypt, is a team of Egyptian Christians forming a massive human shield to protect their…
Super Commercial Picks
Favorites Audi - Release the Hounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3snyXTNmFm8 VW - Beetle http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8ulbjaKmKG0 VW - The Force http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0&feature=relmfu Teleflora - Faith Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c8VBQioFH44 Bridgestone - Reply All...
Packers Season Tickets
The Green Bay Packers have one of the most loyal fan bases in all of sports. So it’s no surprise that season tickets have been sold out since 1960. The current wait time for season tickets? An estimated 40 years. Yes, 40. Renewal rates for tickets in 2010 was 99.6 percent, meaning a measly 126 new season tickets were sold for the lucky few who were at the top of the list. There are now...
Virginia pilot program halves electricity bill for... →
Regardless of whether the internal combustion engine gets snuffed out this century, EV chargers aren’t going to replace gas pumps at the rate they’re presently rolling out, so it’s…
Which Hollywood Players Earned The Most in 2010? →
Vanity Fair have released their annual compilation listing of the top 40 earners in Hollywood. Who topped the list this year? I’ll give you a hint — the top earner is estimated to have…
delighting in home ownership, yet again
UM students make cheap and portable solar charger... →
Solar power is the most egalitarian of all energy sources, yet residents in many parts of the world still lack access to electricity. Three University of Michigan engineering students have…
MacBook Air Suspended From Balloon in Apple Store... →
Apple’s marketing prowess apparently extends beyond its TV spots and much-hyped press conferences — it goes into in-store displays as well.
The above video, captured in an…
January 2011
58 posts
17 Years Ago, “What is ‘Internet’?” Was Asked on... →
Has it really only been 17 years? Apparently, Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel had no idea what the Internet was, or even for certain what “@” meant.
We can watch this video and laugh now,…
Lock, stock and two smoking barrels is such a great movie…
Penguins bowed in mourning after the deaths of... →
Prostrate on the icy tundra of the Antarctic, they appear the picture of misery after the deaths of their chicks.
OWC launches Mac mini-based HTPC configuration at... →
Other World Computing, purveyors of all manner of Mac-related accessories, is debuting a new service during this year’s Macworld Expo to transform your 2010 Mac mini into a home theater…
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History: Battle of Fort Stevens
Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, former U.S. vice president and one of Lincoln’s opponents in the presidential election of 1860, was one of the Confederate commanders; the Battle of Fort Stevens marks the only occasion in American history when two former opponents in a presidential election faced one another across battle lines and only the second time in American history a sitting president...
Google won't autocomplete "bittorrent" but will... →
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Google won’t autocomplete searches for “bittorrent,” but if you are interesting in learning how to kidnap someone, make meth, build a bomb, cheat on your taxes, or…
Awful People, exhibit #9458140294... →
My commute today was longer than my workday: 7 hours. To cover 7mi. Snow is awful. Snow at NoVa rush hour is just evil… #fb