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| The 8 Most Bizarre Patron Saints Posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:30 PM CDT God doesn't have time to sift through every prayer asking for help with a dog bite or syphilis. To help out, over the centuries the Catholic Church has recruited patron saints to act as sort of receptionists to sort through your requests. And lucky for you, there is a Saint for everything. And we mean EVERYTHING. |
| Make McCain Disavow His Dishonest Obama Ad Posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:30 PM CDT Senator McCain,The Washington Post, The New York Times and your friend, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, agree that your latest ad was a distortion of fact.We demand that you disavow your dishonest ad and pledge never to run it again. |
| Microsoft's Midori - a future without Windows Posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:10 PM CDT According to a report, Microsoft isn't just looking at the next version of Windows (no, not Mojave) for future OS possibilities, but is looking beyond the Windows architecture altogether with a project known as Midori. |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:00 PM CDT Very lovely ad for New York Fries. |
| 2000 MW Wind Farm To Send Power from Wyoming to Southern CA Posted: 31 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CDT The Anschutz Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired the rights to a proposed $3 billion, 3,000-megawatt transmission project that will bring electricity from Wyoming to Southern California, Las Vegas and Phoenix. |
| Plug-In Hybrid Bus at Denali NP Uses Up to 70% Less Fuel Posted: 31 Jul 2008 08:40 PM CDT Enova Systems and IC Corporation have delivered a plug-in hybrid diesel electric bus to Denali National Park for use in carting visitors around the pristine wilderness. |
| How to Get Arrested (based on a true story!) Posted: 31 Jul 2008 08:20 PM CDT Do you want to discover a quick and easy way to gain recognition in your community? I have the perfect solution: get arrested! |
| 100s of animals seized from 'zoo from hell' Posted: 31 Jul 2008 07:55 PM CDT Rabbits with various infections jammed into crates, unable to move their heads while sitting in their own feces. Rams and goats with overgrown hooves living in cramped quarters. Birds, ducks and chickens in cages. Those are among the scenes described by authorities at a 1-acre, fenced-in property in a residential neighborhood. |
| MIT: 'Major discovery' primed to unleash solar revolution Posted: 31 Jul 2008 07:20 PM CDT In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. |
| iPhone Developers Get Push Notification API Posted: 31 Jul 2008 07:10 PM CDT What this means to you is that developers can now tailor their apps to receive notifications in the background while it's not running, something supremely useful for apps like AIM, and to a lesser extent, Twitter and other social networking apps. |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT Another cheerleader gets a shot in the face by a football player! |
| Jake Brown Pro Skateboarder and A Little Basketball? Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:40 PM CDT Here is Jake Brown's part in the Blind Skateboards what if video. Its starts of with some pretty incredible basketball shots at the DC Skate Facility followed by some amazing vert skateboarding. |
| 25 People Who Totally Broke The Rules (And Some Laws) Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:30 PM CDT Fortunes are rarely won by playing it safe. On the contrary, the biggest fortunes have been won by those willing to step outside the box and change the way the game is played. |
| Report: Packers offered Brett Favre $20M to stay retired Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:20 PM CDT Brett Favre is intent on playing again and reporting to Packers camp. And apparently not even a heap of money can make him change his mind.A source close to Favre said the Packers offered to pay the quarterback a substantial amount of money to remain retired and away from Packers camp. |
| Top 10 Norton/Symantec Secrets You Shouldn't Know Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:20 PM CDT Here is a list of Norton/Symantec Secrets they don't want you to know. |
| To Provoke War, Cheney Wanted Navy Seals As Iranians Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:20 PM CDT Speaking at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, Seymour Hersh — a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist for The New Yorker — revealed that Bush administration officials held a meeting recently in the Vice President's office to discuss ways to provoke a war with Iran. |
| APOD: Beautiful Galaxies on a String Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:10 PM CDT Galaxies NGC 5216 (top right) and NGC 5218 really do look like they are connected by a string. Of course, that string is a cosmic trail of gas, dust, and stars about 22,000 light-years long. |
| The 24 Best PS3 Games You Should Own Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:10 PM CDT Who says the PS3 doesn't have great games? Like its predecessors, Sony's next-gen console is destined to be the home of some truly awe-inspiring games, and already has several gems to its credit. Here are the 24 titles that every PlayStation 3 owner should have in their collection. |
| Jon Stewart Gives McCain The Coverage He Deserves Posted: 31 Jul 2008 06:10 PM CDT A fly lands on John McCain's face during an interview with George Stephanopoulos. |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:50 PM CDT It's even easier to access Digg on the go with the new mobile version of Digg. This enhanced version - found at m.digg.com - is perfect for phones that support the full web browsing experience, such as a Treo, Blackberry or that new iPhone you just waited in line all morning to get. |
| THIS picture cannot be explained Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:50 PM CDT |
| Turning Water Into … Electricity? Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:40 PM CDT About 8 billion gallons of sea water flow past the southern tip of Florida every minute as part of the Gulf Stream.If some way could be found to tap into ocean currents, a clean,inexhaustible source of energy could power our cities without adding to atmospheric gases.The Gulf Stream could supply all the electricity the state needs, official said.. |
| Judge Milian Tears Dude A New Asshole Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:30 PM CDT He now urinates from his vag... |
| Anchorage, Alaska To Install 16,000 LED Streetlights Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:20 PM CDT Another win for LED bulbs: Anchorage, Alaska plans to replace 16,000 streetlight fixtures—a quarter of all the streetlight fixtures in the city—with LEDs. The new streetlights will use 50% less energy than current fixtures, leading Anchorage to potential savings of $360,000 each year. |
| Delicious 2.0 Launches. Really. It Totally Launched. Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:20 PM CDT YAY! The long awaited, much promised, never delivered Delicious 2.0 launched moments ago, just like they promised again last week. The new Delicious is just like the old Delicious, except for the way it looks. They're also promising that it will be "faster, easier to learn," and "hopefully more desirable." |
| Manny Ramirez traded to the Dodgers! Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:11 PM CDT The Red Sox traded embattled slugger Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers late Thursday afternoon. Jason Bay is going to Boston as part of the deal. And the Pittsburgh Pirates get four minor leaguers as part of the three-way deal. |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2008 05:01 PM CDT Biologists have sunk their teeth into the question of snake fang development, revealing how these poison prickers have evolved from regular teeth and allowed snakes to become such champion biters. |
| Awesome Iceland HDR Photoset (PICS) Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT High Dynamic Range Photos processed from 2 or more exposures in Photomatix. |
| Hasbro's Nightmare: Scrabulous Returns With New Name & rules Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT Well, you kind of had to see this one coming. Days after taking Scrabulous down in response to the lawsuit from Hasbro, the brothers behind the game have put up a new game called "WordScraper" that is similar, but has a few different rules as well. The idea, obviously is to be different enough to get around the lawsuit from Hasbro. |
| Top 10 Moments when Athletes Cracked Under Pressure Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT We all enjoy seeing true sporting genius at work - but for the ying of every Lance Armstrong, Roger Federer or Sammy Sosa out there, there's the yang of dreadful failure to bring some balance to the world of sport. |
| I'm getting mixed messages here... Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT |
| 5 Ways the NYT Science Columnist Distorts the Facts Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT We have heard of climate deniers and chemical industry defenders, but now John Tierney of The New York Times joins the ranks of the Everything Deniers. |
| Schwarzenegger signs pay-cut order Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed an executive order temporarily slashing the pay of roughly 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour. Schwarzenegger administration officials said such action would help give the state enough cash to get by until a state budget is signed. |
| Funniest Japanese Game Show Moments Ever [VIDs] Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:30 PM CDT We all love some crazy Japanese game shows. You know, people dressed in bizarre cartoon-like costumes, getting hit in the nuts, getting spun around like crazy, treated like human tetris. You get the drill. Here are some all-time greatest moments - a total of the top 10. A great laugh and time waster at work! |
| Rocks at their Best! Professional Rock Balancing Photos Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT This is a great collection of photos of rock balancing and stacking. It is an impressive tribute to balancing seemingly impossible items. |
| Heart Attacks Drop 17% in Scotland After Smoking Ban Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT (Reuters) - Scotland's 2006 ban on smoking in public places cut the heart attack rate by 17 percent within one year, with non-smokers benefiting most, researchers reported on Wednesday. The study is the first real-time,... |
| Collection of Cool Pepsi Ads [PICS] Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:10 PM CDT Collection of creative Pepsi print advertising ideas. |
| Even with ''blue skies'', is Beijing's air safe? Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:10 PM CDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has vowed the Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, not the murky ''sauna'' haze that has shrouded the city recently, but even on apparently clear days pollution levels may not be safe for athletes. |
| Why Apple won't drop Intel chipsets any time soon Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:00 PM CDT I know a few details of Apple's software roadmap that I've been sitting on for a while, details that suggest to me that, contrary to recent reports, Apple will not bail on Intel chipsets for those of a competitor. |
| 15 Franchises That Need To Die!! Posted: 31 Jul 2008 04:00 PM CDT On the eve of the third ''Mummy'' flick, we list the long-running film series that we think are simply out of gas.... |
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