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September 7 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8397 diggsWhat if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"?It's hard to find a more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... 269 diggsPeople should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told The Observer that people should start by having one meat-free day per week then cut back further. The 68-year-old Indian ec 444 diggsComcast Driver To Senior Citizen: "Get The F!@# Down From Your Car So I Can Kick Your Ass" Northfaceninja watched in horror as a Comcast employee repeatedly smashed his Comcast van into a car driven by a senior citizen before barking: "Get the fuck down from your car so I can kick your ass." The angry employee quickly abandoned his ass-kicking pla 197 diggsWhether they are blasting apart subatomic particles in accelerators, sequencing the genome or analyzing the wobble of a distant star, the experiments that grab the world's attention often cost millions of dollars to execute and produce torrents of data to be processed over months by supercomputers. Some research groups have grown to the size of... 486 diggsThis set was taken near Newport Station on the Melbourne-Geelong line (AU). This set features a huge wall feature by MOLOTOW - AFPREMIUM. The feature wall is untouched by taggers. 213 diggsRemember back in college when girls in boxers would chase wieners through the hallways of the dorms? That's exactly what's happening in this clever spot as this starving college cutie is set upon having a midnight snack! 303 diggsUsing time-lapse photography and real-time digital video, plant biologist Roger Hangarter and undergrad filmmaker Samuel Orr captured this remarkable life cycle in a 5-minute film complete with soundtrack and descriptive text. 247 diggsExtend the way you use your Mac for phone calls, enjoying music, sleeping, and more 475 diggsIs Kim Jong-il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years but now a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead – and his role is played by a double. 435 diggsSo Google has released Chrome, its entry in the browser wars (bonus points, Google, for promoting it with a Scott McCloud comic). I know, I know, it uses the same rendering engine as Safari... but even still, Murphy's Law of Browsers dictates that weird little quirks and idiosyncrasies will somehow find their way in. 210 diggsA new trend is surfacing, as spammers have sent out millions of emails targeting BitTorrent users. The emails that claim to come from MediaDefender, warn the receiver that he or she has been logged using BitTorrent and points them to an attachment supposedly containing evidence, but which is in fact infected with a virus. 303 diggsWere you one of those guys who took Tae Kwon Do or Karate lessons as a kid? Did you learn to break little boards with your fist, and dream of becoming the baddest man on the planet? Well, consider your dreams shattered. There are martial arts taught around the world that are designed to break people, not boards. 86 diggsI wish Google didn't make me think of tentacles. It never did before I tried avoiding it for 24 hours -- a doomed exercise that began as a challenge and morphed into a horror show. 95 diggs Returning from a long layoff, UFC star Chuck Liddell had the crowd. He had the momentum, chasing Rashad Evans around the Octagon on Saturday.With one punch, Evans changed all that, landing an overhand right that instantly dropped Liddell. Referee Herb Dean rushed to stop the fight, and doctors immediately jumped in the ring to tend to Liddell. 287 diggsArchaeologists have unearthed the mysterious remains of what first appears to be a couple buried together arm in arm more than 1,000 years ago. 293 diggsThe Treasury Department is poised to announce it will takeover Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which together back roughly half of all outstanding U.S. mortgages. The government intervention comes after the companies lost billions in the housing market turmoil, with no sign things are getting better. 266 diggsSince accepting Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) offer to be his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has lied about her supposed opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere in nearly every single campaign appearance: 188 diggsWe here at Project Lore.com are happy to announce the launch of Random Heroes, our new WoW comic! Check out the first run now... 230 diggsRick Davis, campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just told Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace that McCain running mate Gov. Sarah Palin won't subject herself to any tough questions from reporters "until the point in time when she'll be treated with respect and deference." 97 diggsThe man in the cheap brown jacket stood slumped in line, staring at the ground. His hands were fidgety, reaching repeatedly into his inside jacket pocket, or patting it from the outside. A momentary look of anguish, just 1/15th of a second or so, occasionally flashed across his face 377 diggs 239 diggsLesbians rate Rachel Weisz as their top sexual fantasy, a new poll has revealed. The British actress took the number one spot in the 'Women We’d Love To Love' poll of 4,000 gay women. 310 diggsA high school football team pulls off an awesome trick play making their opponent look really really stupid. Theyll never fall for the old Wrong Ball Coach trick again. 110 diggsIt has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe — or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday. Whatever the case, the most powerful atom-smasher ever built comes online Wednesday, eagerly anticipated by scientists worldwide who have awaited this moment for two decades 197 diggsA loophole in the first-ever medicinal marijuana guidelines issued by California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown last month opens the door for patients using medical marijuana to extend their doctor’s recommendation without the doctor knowing it. A physician’s recommendation will grant a patient access to medicinal marijuana, as will a state-issued card. 189 diggsThe government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients. 391 diggsCanada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power. 187 diggsApple’s iPhone 3G made its official debut at Best Buy stores nationwide today. Just as at the phone’s launch in late July, people were standing in line. But there was one distinct difference: Best Buy is advertising the iPhone 3G with its “regular price” and “instant savings”, interestingly highlighting Apple’s misleading advertising for the iPhone 276 diggsKay Jewelers deformed Lisa's wedding ring during a routine cleaning and refuses to provide a replacement ring Lisa first noticed. 597 diggsAccording to McClatchy's report, in 1996, McCain was met in the Senate office halls by a group of family members of POW-MIAs who had been pressing him topursue more information on their relatives. Six people present have written statements describing what they saw. 307 diggsThe technology will be utilized in the development and creation of various algae species targeted to high yield per acre and high levels of usable alternative oil for heating and fuel. 583 diggsPeople thought 9 diggs in 1 minute was bad? This is 3 times as many! 313 diggsChad Johnson has changed his name, but his jersey remained the same Sunday. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver legally changed his name from Chad Johnson to Chad Ocho Cinco, but the NFL decided against allowing him to put his name on his jersey. 121 diggsEnough of this practical advice and useful downloads! I know you've been working hard, and you're probably itching for some fun and excitement. If you've read some of my previous Time Wasters, you'll know that I've got a soft spot for old school gaming. Grab your browser, and get ready for some classic, low-fi action! 479 diggs"I guess I imagined it being like in the movies: drinking champagne, hot-tubbing with honeys, and cruising in customized Escalades while watching the cash roll in. But here I am, freezing my ass off. I've got to say, these drug-dealing scumbags really earn their pay." 188 diggsRyan, the third overall pick out of Boston College, hooked up with Michael Jenkins on the third play of the game against the Detroit Lions. 320 diggsThe iTunes App Store is becoming a trendsetter for other companies in the mobile market. With a thousands of apps to choose from with over 60 million downloads total, what more could you ask for? Apparently a lot. Users still aren't satisfied with the offerings nor the apps that Apple is choosing to not let into the App Store. 196 diggs 416 diggsApple has finally admitted that a British man who left school at 15 is the inventor behind the iPod. Kane Kramer, 52, came up with the technology that drives the digital music player nearly 30 years ago but has still not seen a penny from his invention. 197 diggsIncluding Asbestos Man 441 diggsThis is footage from late spring 2008 in Samara, Russia that shows you two things. 1) Russian potholes are no joke. 2) Spring in Russia is no joke. 746 diggsReason: Cheating the System 138 diggsNEW YORK (AP) — Andy Murray finished a stunning, rain-interrupted victory over No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Sunday to reach his first Grand Slam final. 236 diggsSix months after Favre began a brief retirement, he made a stirring debut Sunday as Broadway Brett. Favre's new beginning had a happy ending when Darrelle Revis intercepted Chad Pennington in the endzone with 5 seconds left, and the Jets won 20-14. 272 diggsBelow we present over 35 beautiful examples of rain photography. This post is supposed to provide you with some inspiration for rainy motifs and is not supposed to be the ultimate collection of best photographs. There are definitely thousands of beautiful “rainy” photos &ndsash; feel free to share links to them in comments to this post! 232 diggsMozilla Corp. on Friday launched the second alpha of Firefox 3.1,adding new video support and boosting the speed of some JavaScript computations.Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2, code named "Shiretoko," will be the last in a short series of alpha editions; Mozilla has set a late-September code freeze for Beta 1, & will be available for the general public in Oct 217 diggsI use these “hacks” myself (in this case, “hacks” refers to workarounds or tricks to reach your goal), and I’ve found them to be effective in many cases. Please note that you might have read some of these once or twice (or thrice) on this blog before, but I thought it would be a useful resource to gather them all into one post. 548 diggsNew England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is expected to miss the rest of the 2008 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to a source familiar with the injury. 203 diggsAs a follow-up to Michael Stutz's excellent article, this article provides 10 more good habits to adopt that will improve your UNIX command-line efficiency. Learn about common errors and how to overcome them, and discover exactly why these 10 UNIX habits are worth picking up! 53 diggsWorld record for high speed skating at over 256 km/h 190 diggsTuesday, September 9 descends upon us, and Apple fans know what that means: it's almost time for Apple's traditional fall iPod event, this time dubbed "Let's Rock." The event, which Apple indirectly announced last week by sending out invites to media contacts, has been widely expected for several months now, as the company has held special events 83 diggsSerena Williams saw off a valiant display from Serbia's Jelena Jankovic to win her third US Open title and regain the world number one ranking. The American, 27, came through 6-4 7-5 in a fantastic match to secure her ninth Grand Slam title. 153 diggsWe actually divorced once over the airplane/treadmill argument. 127 diggsPoor Mr Baby Man...
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