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Loved FAMILY GUY - The Man Behind Adam West - YouTube (via Boxee)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:18:15 +0000

Loved FAMILY GUY - The Man Behind Adam West - YouTube (via Boxee)

libraryschooled: got me this scar from a query in ‘95. it was...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:13:53 +0000

libraryschooled:

got me this scar from a query in ‘95. it was about cats.

QR codes as art

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:37:23 +0100

QR codes as art

thedailywhat: Whoopsie Daisy of the Day: Pre-writing two...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:27:17 +0100

thedailywhat:

Whoopsie Daisy of the Day: Pre-writing two different articles in advance of a news story with two possible outcomes is a fairly common practice in journalistic circles. But publishing the wrong one is not.

The Daily Mail inadvertently pressed the post button on the article that claimed Amanda Knox had lost her appeal — mere moments after the 24-year-old Seattleite had her murder conviction overturned by an Italian jury.

“The Daily Fail” was not alone in their dumb erratum: The Sun had also published a headline claiming Knox has been found “guilty of killing Meredith Kercher.” Slightly less embarrassing was The Guardian’s incorrect live-blog update, which said that “Knox has lost her appeal.”

All three publications have since stripped their sites of the false reports, but, for The Daily Mail and The Sun, damning URLs remain as warnings to others who would pen a priori posts.

[atlanticwire / @alex_ogle.]

"I don’t know where we’re going with this, but I know it’s in the right direction."

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:53:25 +0100

“I don’t know where we’re going with this, but I know it’s in the right direction.”

- (via clientsfromhell)

thedailywhat: Fun Fact of the Day: “Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils...

Sun, 29 May 2011 19:43:11 +0100

thedailywhat:

Fun Fact of the Day: “Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard…On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief and on 15 August 2008 he was awarded a knighthood.

He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army.”

[h/t: reddit.]

Photo

Wed, 25 May 2011 22:04:11 +0100

thedailywhat: Marmite Maelstrom of the Day: Marmite, the...

Wed, 25 May 2011 21:43:22 +0100

thedailywhat:

Marmite Maelstrom of the Day: Marmite, the inexplicably beloved sticky yeasty spread, has been banned in Denmark, where legislation passed in 2004 prohibits the sale of products fortified with vitamins.

Previous victims of the prohibition include Vegemite and Ovaltine. Suffice it to say, people are unhappy: “What am I supposed to put on my toast now?,” British expat Colin Smith is quoted as saying. “I still have a bit left in the cupboard, but it’s not going to last long.”

Store owners are similarly distraught. “Marmite was our most popular product,” said Marianne Ørum, who runs a store that specializes in British and South African foodstuffs. “What is at issue here is that people in Denmark are not allowed to eat what they want to eat, even if it is perfectly legal to do so under EU law,” she told the Guardian.

Meanwhile, several Facebook groups protesting the ban have popped up, and an “Expats Annual Marmite Day” is being planned for June 6. “Spread the word,” writes event organizer Pat Kelly, “but most importantly spread the Marmite.”

[guardian: 1, 2 / stuff.co.nz / image: b3ta / thanks tasmin!]

ilovecharts: via Robert MC

Sun, 22 May 2011 21:21:50 +0100

ilovecharts:

via Robert MC

(via Just spotted this on our ‘Readers Recommend’...

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:31:06 +0100

(via Just spotted this on our ‘Readers Recommend’ displa… on Twitpic)

ilovecharts: Space Perimeters

Tue, 17 May 2011 19:20:29 +0100

ilovecharts:

Space Perimeters

ilovecharts: Your avatar looks like Bruce Vilanch. Thank you...

Wed, 11 May 2011 13:40:55 +0100

ilovecharts:

Your avatar looks like Bruce Vilanch. Thank you for that.

listening to "♫ I

Sun, 08 May 2011 18:59:38 +0100

listening to "♫ I:

A perfect track to listen to while doing a website upgrade…

driveafasterrumblr: Your Dream Might Be Outside This Zone

Wed, 04 May 2011 19:19:43 +0100

driveafasterrumblr:

Your Dream Might Be Outside This Zone

Now tell me you can multitask :) thedailywhat: Everybody Needs...

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:41:41 +0100

Now tell me you can multitask :)

thedailywhat:

Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day: Multitalented multi-instrumentalist Lara multitasks by performing “Hop, Mario!” from Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix on the violin, while playing the actual game.

Talk about your marketable skills!

[hyst.]

From a blog called “Things Organized Neatly”. Neat.

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:54:19 +0100

From a blog called “Things Organized Neatly”. Neat.

Worth clicking through to the reports on this, must have been...

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:20:14 +0100

Worth clicking through to the reports on this, must have been quite an assembly!

thedailywhat:

Science Experiment of the Day: Toppenish High School student Gaby Rodriguez spent nearly her entire senior year faking a pregnancy for a school project.

Only her mother, her boyfriend, a few friends, and the school’s principal were in on the ruse — her teachers, classmates, and six of her seven siblings were none-the-wiser. The point she was trying to make? “Teenagers tend to live in the shadows of [stereotypes, rumors and statistics],” Gaby told an all-school assembly at Wednesday’s grand reveal of her presentation, aptly titled “stereotypes, rumors and statistics.”

“Many things were said about me. Many things traveled all the way back to me,” she told the room, before asking students and teachers to read aloud statements made during the course of her experiment criticizing her and blaming the pregnancy. “Her attitude is changing, and it might be because of the baby or she was always this annoying and I never realized it,” read one such statement. “I’m fighting against those stereotypes and rumors because the reality is I’m not pregnant,” Gaby said before exposing a baby bump made of wire mesh and cotton quilt batting.

“She sacrificed her senior year to find out what it would be like to be a potential teen mom,” principal Trevor Greene told the Yakima Herald. “I admire her courage. I admire her preparation. I give her mother a lot of credit for backing her up on this.”

[herald / obscurestore / screencap: abc15.]

Cor blimey!

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:08:26 +0100

Cor blimey!

"If I die, I want you to use this password to get into my account and tweet “So this is what it’s..."

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:05:10 +0100

“If I die, I want you to use this password to get into my account and tweet “So this is what it’s like being a ghost”.”

- (via clientsfromhell)

thedailywhat

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:08:33 +0100

thedailywhat