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| 7 of the World's Coolest Recycled Buildings Posted: 20 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PDT Some of the coolest green buildings anywhere, slashing energy and water use and providing a nice place to rest your head.  |
| 23 Amazing Game Soundtracks You Don't Remember Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:50 PM PDT we find it frustrating that some of our favourite sounds often fall by the wayside when it comes to widespread recognition. Certain games and composers are (deservedly) lauded on a consistent basis, but other, equally good, music never seems to be mentioned.  |
| Assessing the troubled QB class of ’06 Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:40 PM PDT From Matt Leinart's failure to seize a starting job that the Cards wanted him to win to Vince Young's meltdown in the season opener with the Titans & Jay Cutler demanding this week to be traded by the Broncos, none of the 3 seem to be on any type of normal career path after 3 seasons. Can their situations be fixed and if so, what's the solution?  |
| Zimbabwean Dollar Pronounced Dead Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:40 PM PDT Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti told members of parliament that the country's currency was essentially dead.  |
| Top 10 gaffes by Barack Obama and Joe Biden Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Perhaps Barack Obama was just trying to make Joe Biden feel better by dropping his clanger on Jay Leno. Whatever the President was thinking, 60 days into their new administration it's time for a post-election Obama-Biden Top 10  |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT First off, It's important to note that, if you actually have a Twitter Strategy, you're a dickhead. This isn't an insult, it's just a statement of fact, and the more we know about ourselves as people, the more we can grow and evolve and achieve oneness. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but better you hear it from me than from someone you care about.  |
| Body of Natalee Holloway Might Have Been Found in Aruba Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Details remain vague, but The Juice has just learned that authorities believe they have found the body of Natalee Holloway, the 18-year-old from Clinton, Miss., who vanished in the Caribbean island in May 2005. A Miami-based flight attendant for American Airlines tells The Juice that a cadaver dog was aboard a Miami-to-Aruba flight....  |
| Could STAR TREK Soon Return To TV? Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT Hollywood Reporter - There is some momentum here. The 'Pushing Daisies' creator Byan Fuller has openly been pushing for it, J.J. Abrams is no stranger to TV either. This article explores all the angles of what is needed to bring back Starfleet. (New 'Trek' trailer also available)  |
| Google Designer Leaves, Blaming Data-Centrism Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT Douglas Bowman, Google's visual design leader, is leaving the company after finding the company's reliance on detailed Web page performance data too confining.  |
| 'Blame Dodd' Attacks Ignore Facts (Factcheck.org) Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT Some Republicans have been quick to blame Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut for allowing big bonus payments to AIG executives. They get the facts backward.  |
| Scenes from 30,000 meters above (PIC) Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT The Meteotek08 team has collected their images and data on both their blog and flickr page, and has kindly given me permission to share these photos here with you.  |
| Jesus Cookie Cutter Will Save Your Cookie Soul Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT If you're tired of all those people in the southern part of the US, along with Latin America, getting the majority of Jesus faced pancakes and cookies I have the perfect item for you. The Jesus cookie cutter will ensure you have the most Jesusarrific cookies in the world. Heck, you could even use it to form Jesus shaped pancakes.  |
| Hippo Sweat Could Lead to Better Sun Protection Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT The next big thing in sunblock could be copied from hippos. Researchers have found that hippo sweat (actually an oily secretion) provides hippos with multiple types of protection: from the sun, disease and bugs.  |
| VIDEO: President Obama's Message to the Iranian People Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT [with Persian captions] President Obama's special video message for all those celebrating Nowruz, or "New Day." This year, the President wanted to send a special message to the people and government of Iran, acknowledging the strain in our relations over the last few decades. After committing his administration to a future of honest and respectful  |
| China Mobile says it's still in iPhone talks Posted: 20 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT Despite prior negotiations repeatedly breaking down, the world's largest mobile phone network operator says it's still negotiating with Apple to bring the iPhone to China.  |
| CNET's Top 10 Movie Recommendation Engines! Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:50 PM PDT CNET has released it's top 10 services for movie recommendations!  |
| Top 10 Animated Series That Touched Your Heart Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT This is your time to shine people. These are the animated series that touched your heart and tickled your fancy.  |
| Check please! Body check, that is! Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT The best body check in the history of hockey. This is a complete and utter trainwreck. End of story.  |
| Obama's Budget Deficit forecast $9.3 Trillion Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT Worst of all, CBO says the deficit under Obama's policies would never go below 4 percent of the size of the economy, figures that economists agree are unsustainable. By the end of the decade, the deficit would exceed 5 percent of gross domestic product, a dangerously high level.  |
| Fear of Movie Piracy Delays Theater Releases Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT The movie industry leaves no stone unturned in its quest to eliminate movie piracy, particularly illegal camcording in theaters. Unfortunately, it's the public that has to deal with the negative consequences. In some parts of the world, it means that you'll have to wait a few extra weeks or months before a movie premieres.  |
| This is the way the Internet ends: not with a bang, but DPI Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Free Press claims that deep packet inspection could bring about the end of the Internet "as we know it." But the rest of the world knows it all to well already.  |
| Researchers Find Gene That Turns Carbs Into Fat Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and how they contribute to obesity.The gene, called DNA-PK, appears to regulate the process in the liver that turns carbohydrates into fat, the University of California.  |
| Dispensers of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift Posted: 20 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT LOS ANGELES — The air inside the Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group was pungent with the aroma of premium hydroponic marijuana, but the proprietor, Don Duncan, said on Thursday that he was breathing a bit easier. A day before, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. had said that the federal authorities would no longer take action against..  |
| It's personal: gamers prefer local multiplayer over online Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT A non-scientific vox pop with more than a dozen gamers and insiders reveals that local multiplayer is still the weapon of choice when playing with others, Ars finds. While the convenience of online multiplayer is undeniable, there's still no substitute for physical touch.  |
| Israeli Soldiers Report Abuses in Gaza - Los Angeles Times Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT Some rights groups have claimed Israel violated the rules of war in its recent killing of Palestinians. Now accounts from Israel's own ranks seem to support the claims. An investigation is ordered.  |
| Maddow: Eight go from White House to 'big house' Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT Do you know how many former Bush administration officials have been sentenced with jail time? The answer is a whopping eight, as MSNBC's Rachel Maddow pointed out Wednesday night.  |
| The Indiana Jones Brainstorms: The Insane True Story Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT A few decades ago, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas 45 hours of conversations where they discussed plot ideas for a story about an archaeologist/adventurer who was handy with a bullwhip. The conversations were recorded, transcripts were made. Today, we bring you the bizarre highlights from the conversations that gave us Indiana Jones.  |
| OWFS: a Linux application targeted for 1-Wire Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT 1-Wire bus is a communication system which uses just one wire. It is quite similar to I2C, except for the data rate, which is lower, the costs, which are very low, and the range, which is higher. The 1-Wire protocol allows the communication among several devices such as: temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors, thermocouples etc  |
| KY Officials Arrested: 'Changed Votes at E-Voting Machines' Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT Circuit court judge, county clerk and election officials among eight indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, 2006 | County uses popular, unverifiable ES&S touch-screen voting systems...  |
| U.N. Panel Says World Should Ditch Dollar Posted: 20 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT March.18, 2009http://tinyurl.com/dfo4nb A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies, a member of the panel said on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the dollar.Currency specialist Avinash Persaud, a member of the panel of experts, told a Reuters ...  |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT KKK, Cañon City, Colorado, 1926  |
| Creationist (heh) Master of Science (haha) degree (HAHAHAHA) Posted: 20 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT A Texas state Representative who — you might want to sit down, or maybe even lie on the floor as you read this — wants the Institute for Creation Research to be able to grant Master of Science degrees.  |
| The 14 Types of Twitter Personalities | Media Caffeine Posted: 20 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PDT Since its creation, Twitter has both stayed the same and experienced evolutionary changes. The premise hasn't changed, but what it means to people and how they use it have changed dramatically up until now. While more uses will certainly pop up, for now, everyone can be classified as having one or more of the following Twitter personalities.  |
| Starcraft Competitive Keyboard Tutorial Posted: 20 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PDT It's time for part two of the Starcraft keyboard tutorial. I've said this before and I'll say it again right now. Starcraft is the hardest game ever made. There is no game that requires so much focus...  |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2009 02:00 PM PDT Four easy ways to stay cool, calm and collected  |
| Cop Calls To Legalize Drugs | Cannabis Culture Magazine Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Think of the late Gil Puder. A distinguished Vancouver police officer, Puder called for an end to the war on drugs while he was in active service during the late 1990s and continued to do so despite threats of disciplinary action from his superiors.  |
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| 30 Beautiful Surreal and Dark Art [PICS] Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Art is a thing that attracts almost every individual. Today we would like to share with you two different but very interesting mediums of art which are called as Surreal and Dark Art.  |
| Strangers Know More About What Will Make Us Happy Than We Do Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Want to know what will make you happy? Then ask a total stranger -- or so says a new study from Harvard University, which shows that another person's experience is often more informative than your own best guess.  |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT If you think online safety stems from anonymity, guess what: Stealing your online identity is even easier if you don't have one.  |
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