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| Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Don't worry. The number of fuckwads you attract is directly proportional to your popularity… or so I've been told. |
| AIG Corporate Security's Tips for Surviving an Angry Mob Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT An AIG corporate security memo, leaked to Gawker, advises employees on how not to fall victim to the populist horde calling for their heads. |
| Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT Ways to skip the bottled water and help the environment. |
| The 10 Best Movies That Wreck San Francisco Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT In real life, people are always fighting to preserve the beauty of San Francisco, but through the magic of the silver screen we can get the slightly wrong thrill of watching it get messed with just a little bit. We don't really want the Golden Gate Bridge to explode, crumble, or be swarmed by crazy creatures... |
| Exclusive Interview: Microsoft Talks IE8 Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT With Internet Explorer officially arriving, TechRadar caught up with Microsoft's John Curran to talk about IE8 and how it will cope in perhaps the most competitive market for browsers of all time. |
| Lasers may spread Internet to rural areas Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT Australian researchers say they are experimenting with lasers as a way to boost the reach of existing high-speed Internet service to large rural areas. |
| Charlotte Bobcats Seeded 7th In NIT Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, NC-The Bobcats' locker room exploded with joy and relief Sunday when coach Larry Brown informed the team that they had defied... |
| 10 Lessons We've Learned From Games Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT To play any kind of game, you've got to go through some kind of learning process. The A button jumps. The trigger shoots. WASD moves around. Once you understand that, you can better blast, smash, and drop kick your way through whatever challenges a game throws at you. |
| How AIG Became Too Big to Fail Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT Years of unregulated and risky deals exposed the insurance giant to catastrophic losses. Now it's paying bonuses to the same people who created the mess. With our money. Here's a look at why a dark corner of the global economy is costing taxpayers $170 billion. |
| CNBC reporter has a freudian slip when saying 'Citigroup' Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT In 2007, CNBC reporter Erin Burnett tried to give us a hint about where Citigroup was going to end up. |
| Earth-Changing: Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Spectacular columns are spewing out of the sea about 6 miles from the southwest coast off the main island of Tongatapu — an area where up to 36 undersea volcanoes are clustered, geologists said. |
| Review: Internet Explorer 8 Is Back: New And Improved Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Internet Explorer 8 has shipped in its final version and is ready to take on its rivals. This latest version of Microsoft's browser leapfrogs its closest competition, Firefox 3, for basic browsing and productivity features -- it has better tab handling, a niftier search bar, a more useful address bar, and new tools that deliver information... |
| Why I Deserve My $4,605,321.54 Bonus Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Since I believe that even bonus recipients deserve equal time in all this controversy over AIG, I am turning over my blogspace today to one of them. |
| 12 Ways to Add Randomness and Creativity to Your Photography Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT One of the wonderful things about digital photography is the creativity that you can engage in once you've got your image on your computer and in Photoshop. All kinds of effects can be achieved to make your shots look any number of ways. But what about in-camera techniques for more creative and artistic shots? Here are 12 fun in-camera hacks ... |
| Paul Craig Roberts: The War on Terror is a Hoax Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT According to US government propaganda, terrorist cells are spread throughout America, making it necessary for the government to spy on all Americans & violate most other Constitutional protections. The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated. |
| Construction Worker Falls to Death From 10th Floor of Hotel Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT Officials said that the dead man was not wearing a safety harness, which was required, as he worked on columns for the new building. |
| 95-Million-Year-Old Octopus Fossil Discovered Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT It's hard enough to find fossils of hard things like dinosaur bones. Now scientists have found evidence of 95-million-year-old octopuses, among the rarest and unlikeliest of fossils, complete with ink and suckers. "These things are 95 million years old, yet one of the fossils is almost indistinguishable from living species," Fuchs said. |
| Willy Wonka + Horror + Christopher Lloyd = Gobstopper Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT What if Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a horror movie starring Christopher Lloyd? |
| Major League Baseball Looks At The Small Picture Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT In the face of recession, MLB.com upgrades its video service to hang on to customers with live game streams in HD and a $10 price break for subscribers. They will also be including DVR functionality, multi-game viewing and a fantasy league-driven player tracker service. |
| Chimpanzee pees on Katy Perry during shoot Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT The 'I Kissed A Girl' singer was posing for a magazine shoot, when the lively animal - which was on the set for the photo shoot - relieved itself on her. |
| Why Does David Caruso Still Get Work as an Actor? Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT It's about time someone got to the bottom of this. Three TV critics judge the ageless wonder and CSI: Miami star on whether it's charisma, talent, or just that he's so bad it's good. |
| Walking catfish spotted in the Thames by angler Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT The air-breathing fish, which can survive out of water for 'extended periods' as it searches for water, was found in the Thames Estuary at Woolwich by angler Birol Koca...Mr Koca immediately phoned the Environment Agency who sent an officer to the scene to confirm the find. |
| Rorschach's Journal (On a Boring Night) Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT Two men laugh. Fat and content. They reek of arrogance. A foul, putrid smell. Like hot dog burps. Or is that actual hot dog burps? Must get mask cleaned. Must cut back on hot dogs. A scream echoes in the night. I smile. Nevermind. Scream just tires squealing. |
| Air steward who raps safety announcement becomes YouTube hit Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT An air steward has become a YouTube hit after he was filmed rapping the safety demonstration to passengers on his budget airline. |
| Yes! Yes! Its coming! Is it possible to orgasm during Labor? Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT Amber Hartnell did not intend to have an orgasmic birth - it just happened. "Trying to have an orgasmic birth defeats the object," she says, "I just got into this ecstatic state where I had these peaks of orgasm. There were these rolling waves coming through me where I was laughing and crying. |
| 79 Hot Chicks in a Cramped Room Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT Enough said! |
| WSJ.com - Guantanamo Detainees May Be Released in U.S. Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT Attorney General Eric Holder said some detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay may end up being released in the U.S. as Obama works with foreign allies to resettle some of the prisoners. |
| Torrent Sites End Up on Aussie Blacklist Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:30 PM PDT There are claims today that the Australian government's top-secret blacklist of banned websites has been leaked onto the Internet. There are a number of strange entries on the list that leaked to Wikileaks, including a couple of torrent sites. However, Australian Minister Stephen Conroy claims the list is not the country's official blacklist. |
| You need "the heart of a telemarketer" to survive in D.C Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT It's infuriating to watch even the best-intentioned people get sucked so quickly into Washington's money-obsessed political culture. In D.C, the fund-raising never stops. Even with U.S. facing financial disaster & 2 wars abroad, many of our elected officials spend more time worrying about filling their campaign coffers than they do about governing. |
| I Have Something To Tell You.. (Pic) Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT |
| 13 firms receiving bailouts owe back taxes Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT At least 13 firms receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday. Rep. John Lewis, chairman of a House subcommittee overseeing the federal bailout, said two firms owe more than $100 million apiece... |
| Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:19 PM PDT Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company's long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts. |
| Rewarding Goofus While Ignoring Gallant Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT Instead of rewarding AIG, giving solvent companies additional capital, companies that have a proven track record of fiscal responsibility, would allow those companies to expand and hire additional staff providing jobs to the recently unemployed. |
| Local Bad Driver Finally Takes My Advice. (PIC) Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT It was a million to one shot, Doc. Million to one. |
| Jon Stewart to Dick Cheney: 'Shut the f**k up' Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT Still overcome with incredulity over former Vice President Dick Cheney's interview on Sunday with CNN, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart couldn't resist Tuesday night taking a couple of shots at some of the eye-brow raising statements made. |
| Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT How did it all start with wind and where do we go from here? |
| Too Much Red Meat Could Lead To Blindness Posted: 19 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT Researchers have shown that those who consume 10 portions or more a week are nearly 50 per cent more likely to experience deterioration of the retina in old age.But tucking into chicken at least three times a week can have a protective effect, reducing the risk of blindness by more than half. |
| The Best of NCAA Basketball's March Madness Posted: 19 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT Here is a great March Madness resource for anyone who loves NCAA Basketball! Lots of great links, tips, and stories on March Madness. |
| 9 Stupid Corporate Attempts Attempts at "Edgy" Posted: 19 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT Advertisers have this problem: Kids today want things that are "dark" and "edgy" and "not retarded," but some products just have nothing to do with any of those things at all. So how in the world do you shape a marketing campaign for cereal or eye liner that somehow makes it badass? |
| The 14 Most Embarrassing Breakout Roles By A-Listers Posted: 19 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Many of today's hottest celebrities got their start in roles they wouldn't be caught dead in these days. The following are 14 examples of embarrassing breakout roles of today's stars. |
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