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| Top 10 Weird Things Sent Into Space Posted: 02 Sep 2008 09:10 PM CDT On October 4th 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I; it became the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. In celebration of Sputnik's fiftieth anniversary, Andrew Impey's compiled some of the more bizarre objects to be fired into the great beyond. (click on the links for the inside story) |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2008 09:00 PM CDT The audacity of hoping for a kiss from your own wife! |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT The Aspire One comes preinstalled with Linpus Linux, which in turn is based on Fedora Core 8... |
| AP photographer arrested covering anti-war protest Posted: 02 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT AP photographer Matt Rourke was covering the protest when he was swept up by police moving in on a group of protesters in downtown St. Paul. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was arrested as she asked police in riot gear about the status of two producers who had been arrested, one of whom she had heard was bleeding. Rourke still held on riot charges. |
| How Google's Simple Chrome Could Steer Web’s Complex Future Posted: 02 Sep 2008 08:30 PM CDT As the search giant pours open-source gasoline on the flames of a browser "war" and the next steps for cloud computing, is Google's new software the sign of a digital transformation, or just a smarter window on the Web? |
| Typewriters Morph Into Creepy Sci-Fi Creatures (PICS) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 08:20 PM CDT Jeremy Mayer collects antique typewriters, but he doesn't display them in a curio cabinet. Instead, he tears them apart, then turns the components into sleek, sci-fi-inspired bugs, skeletons and anatomically correct human figures. |
| MythBuster:US School Evolution Theory Bugs the Hell Outta Me Posted: 02 Sep 2008 08:00 PM CDT Adam Savage: "What I do see as a huge issue is a very anti-science vibe. That kind of attack absolutely is damaging science exploration across the whole country. And until we can get our head out of the sand and realize that science isn't about truth—it's why this debate about the 'theory of evolution' bugs the hell out of me." |
| Movie Director Steven Spielberg Nears A Deal With Reliance Posted: 02 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT The director appears close to signing a lucrative package that would make India's Reliance Communications a 50% owner of his DreamWorks studio. |
| Top 26 Bad-Ass Action Movie Babes Posted: 02 Sep 2008 07:20 PM CDT There is something quite unsettling about being turned on by a girl who could kick seven shades out of you. |
| Rare Footage of Marilyn Monroe Found Posted: 02 Sep 2008 07:10 PM CDT Previously unseen footage of screen icon Marilyn Monroe, taken while she was filming the 1959 hit Some Like It Hot, has been discovered in Australia. |
| Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance Posted: 02 Sep 2008 07:00 PM CDT Yesterday, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds appeared on CNN for an interview with Campbell Brown. Brown was tough on Bounds, refusing to let him spout typical campaign talking points. She repeatedly pressed him on Palin's foreign policy experience and qualifications, asking him to name one decision that she made as command |
| Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function Posted: 02 Sep 2008 06:50 PM CDT The brain boost helps athletes and fans understanding of information about their sport, even though at the time when people are listening to this sport language they have no intention to act. |
| The 10 Best Slogans of All Time Posted: 02 Sep 2008 06:30 PM CDT Great slogans can extend beyond a company's branding efforts and seep into popular culture, often outliving the products or services they once promoted. While there's no statistical way to measure a slogan's success, here are 10 that grew beyond mere ad campaigns and made their way into public consciousness - |
| Colbert's 8 Best Atheist Moments Posted: 02 Sep 2008 06:20 PM CDT The Colbert Report featured an atheist lobbyist on Friday in the latest in a long line of segments exploring secularism. Here's that interview, followed by seven other classic heathenish clips from the show. |
| Batman 3: Johnny Depp as The The Riddler? Posted: 02 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT That's a stone cold fact. You heard it here first. Why are we so sure that Johnny Depp will play The Riddler in Batman 3? Because Johnny Depp recently briefly mumbled something desperately ambiguous about it possibly being quite fun to maybe play The Riddler during a local radio interview with his band. He's got a band?? |
| 6 Great US Presidents and Their Crimes Against Humanity Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT History books tend to be kind to American presidents, often overlooking some pretty dick-ish behavior. It's a pretty tough job, so they probably deserve a break once in a while. But some historical anecdotes seem like they were omitted to avoid classrooms full of weeping, terrified children. In fact, it turns out that even the greatest presidents h |
| Bristol Palin's babydaddy's MySpace says"I DON'T WANT KIDS" Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT Levi Johnston, father of Sarah Palin's grandaughter, boasts, "I'm a f - - -in' redneck...I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s- - - and just f - - -in' chillin' I guess." "Ya f - - - with me I'll kick [your] ass," His status is "in a relationship," but he states, "I DON'T WANT KIDS." |
| Think Motorcycles and Scooters are Greener than Cars? Wrong! Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT A lot of well-intenioned people have hopped on to motorcycles and scooters recently in an effort to do their part to help out there environment. Sadly, they're actually polluting a lot more on even the smallest of scooters than they would be driving a car. |
| How To Build A Great iPhone Application Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:30 PM CDT Tom Thornton calls it the "wow" factor. The third-party applications built for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch have plenty of it. "It's 'Wow,' I can't believe a phone can do this now," says Thornton, a senior research science at usability specialist Perceptive Sciences in Austin, Texas. |
| Obama on Gustav - Swampland - TIME Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:20 PM CDT Obama spent today giving curtailed speeches in respect to Hurricane Gustav. But tonight, in front of a Milwaukee audience of 14,000, invoking both the Bible and Thoreau, he was as good as I've ever heard him. |
| How-To: Install Ubuntu Linux With No Optical Drive Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:20 PM CDT Sick of burning CDs of Linux distributions every time you want to try out a new one? Don't worry, you can reuse your USB stick as many times as you like and burn bootable ISOs to it. Is there an easy way to do this? Yes. |
| The Reality Behind World of Warcraft Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:10 PM CDT A response to all those who say that World of Warcraft is a complete waste. |
| Rally for the Republic SOLD OUT ! Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT Additional Seats Opened at Target Center To Accommodate Overflow Crowd.- The schedule for tomorrow is as follows...see article |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day... |
| 10 Challenging But Awesome CSS Techniques Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:50 PM CDT In this post we're going to outline 10 awesome CSS techniques for web developers who know their stuff. |
| Color Photos Taken 100 Years Ago! Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:40 PM CDT Color film was non-existent in 1909 Russia, yet in that year a photographer named Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii captured hundreds of photos in full, vivid color. His photographic plates were black and white, but he had developed an ingenious photographic technique which allowed him to use them to produce accurate color images. |
| Palin Forced Staff To Resign In Loyalty Test Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT If a small-town mayor ever ruled with an iron fist — it was Palin. Eleven days after taking office in 1996, she mailed letters to each of the city's top managers requesting that they resign as a test of loyalty. |
| Stunning Photo of Shuttle Atlantis Breaking Sound Barrier Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:20 PM CDT Sweet! |
| 8 Wonderfully Distinctive Historical Italian Churches [PICS] Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT These architectural gems are historical treasures that have withstood years of war and other tests of time. |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:00 PM CDT As everyone awaits more Diablo III goodness to be trickle down Blizzard's milky teat, there are more than a few games out there to provide us with our Diablo "fix", as I like to call it. |
| 5 Apps For Painless Windows Reformats Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:50 PM CDT Thanks to customers who can't avoid spyware and trojans to save their lives, I've gotten pretty quick at backing up, reformatting, and finishing off Windows installs. I've got five core tools that I use to get the job done, and here they are. |
| BREAKING: Google Chrome Just Launched Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:40 PM CDT Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. |
| Greatest Movie Trailer Voice of All Time Goes Silent Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:30 PM CDT Don LaFontaine, the man who provided the sonorous voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday at age 68.LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a collapsed lung. He had been taken to the hospital Aug. 22 with a blood clot in the lung. |
| 5 Great Apps To Turn Your iPhone Into A Powertool Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:20 PM CDT If you're an iPhone user you'll know why it's such a knock-out device. It has email, browsing, calling, texting, and tons of other functions. Now with the addition of the App store, it has the potential to be much more than any prior incarnation. Here are a few great utility apps to turn your iPhone into a veritable Swiss army knife. |
| Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:10 PM CDT Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God. |
| Washington State court deals a blow to one-sided EULAs Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:00 PM CDT AT&T's terms of service for long distance have been thrown out as "unconscionable" by a unanimous Supreme Court of Washington State, which determined that no reasonable individual would agree to them. |
| John McCain's 'Alaska First' Problem Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:50 PM CDT Video showing that the Alaska Independence Party was Palin's first political love, and that she switched to the GOP for tactical reasons -- to be viable in her run for elected office. |
| First Rule: There is no Kids Fight Club Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:50 PM CDT Children as young as 6 being taught Ultimate Fighting Techniques, with no holds barred and no protection... |
| Tom Brady Says He Is "Good To Go" Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:40 PM CDT Tom Brady ran through agility drills and said he's ready to play in the New England Patriots' opener. Bill Belichick isn't ready to say that will happen. Neither is much of a surprise. It would be a big surprise if the record-setting quarterback, who had a right foot injury and missed all four exhibition games. |
| McCain in talks with Ron Paul for backing Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:30 PM CDT The McCain campaign, acting through the Republican National Committee, has been negotiating with Rep. Ron Paul to win his support and acquire the names of his sympathizers among the 4,607 delegates and alternates at the Republican National Convention, |
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