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Subscribe to our top stories feed to get only our best posts without the extras on a daily basis. This week's most popular posts include: One Hundred Push Ups Takes You from Zero to a Hundred in Six… [Link]
Mount a Camera on Your Bike [How To]
Photography enthusiast blog Photojojo details how to mount your point-and-shoot camera on your bicycle for fun and creative shooting. The supplies are cheap (under $10), and putting it all together… [Link]
Overheard in the Office
Whatever, Ed
Secretary: I have to wear this scarf over my shirt because the shirt is made for women with cleavage. But since I don't have any, I wear the scarf. All my cleavage is in my butt!Wenatchee, Washington
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Ever Considered Beano?
Irish trader: There are always girls crying and falling over when I haven't even touched them.New York City, New York
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Cool Site of the Day - July 18, 2008
National Geographic Magazine Photography!
We’ve featured some stuff from the National Geographic folks in the past, but I was waiting at the doctor's office looking through an issue and found this link to their photography. Breathtaking and fascinating stuff here to widdle away the last moments of the work week on. Enjoy!
Check it out at: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/p~ Cool Site of the Day … [Link]
Cool Site of the Day - July 17, 2008
Luv-emo.com!
Emo is a big trend among teenagers these days. This site focuses on it with some details on what it is about. The look. The music. And a great forum for kids into the Emo scene to interact. And not to be a "narc" but this also gives you parents confused by your "Emo" kids a chance to learn what … [Link]
Bad Science
The plausibility effect
Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday July 12, 2008 You will remember, two weeks ago now, we saw the Sunday Express claiming on its front page that an impressive government adviser called Dr Roger Coghill had performed a research study demonstrating that the Bridgend suicide cases all lived closer to a mobile phone mast than average. When I contacted […] [Link]
Mischief PR and more top secret data.
Ben Goldacre The Guardian Saturday July 5 2008 Anyone would think the cold war was still on, with all this top secret scientific data that journalists constantly seem to be writing about. In last week’s column, as you will remember, we saw the Sunday Express front page claiming that a scientist and government adviser called Dr Coghill had […] [Link]
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10 Most Unfortunate Store Names
The name of this shop in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain becomes "SHIT" when converted to an acronym [Link]
11 Curiously Coincidental Photos
Photographic illusion created by perfect timing. [Link]
AskMen.com - COOL_SITE
ManCaveSite.org
Ah, the man cave: The only space a man can truly claim as his very own in a domestic setting. [Link]
HSX.com
HSX.com is a virtual stock exchange; the catch is that you buy and sell celebrity stocks. Stocks rise and fall according to how well any given celebrity is doing in Hollywood. [Link]
The Onion
'Time' Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece
NEW YORK—The 24-page profile features the most lack-of-depth reporting on Obama ever published, and has helped to redefine the boundaries of journalistic drivel. [Link]
Rain Told To Go Away In 1986 Returns
ADAIR, IA—A rainstorm that in August 1986 was told to "go away" and advised to come again another day returned Monday, soaking the downtown… [Link]
Fark.com RSS
[Interesting] 78% of workers in the US feel burned out. The rest must be drinking and reading Fark
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[Unlikely] Reporter suspects McDonald's customers may be shocked by 1,130 calories for Big Mac, medium fries, and medium soda. Unlikely tag busy supersizing order
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Wired Top Stories
Gallery: From Tiny Machines to Security, the Future of Nano-Fabrication
: Photo: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
LOS ANGELES — As nanomachines move beyond just prototypes, a potential industry of microscopic mass production awaits its own Henry Ford to make it a reality.
In anticipation of this demand, researchers at a nanotech lab at UCLA are mass-producing billions of customizable microparticles using a machine normally found in the microchip fabrication industry. Lead by Dr. Thomas …
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McCain Announces His Running Mate — The Chevy Volt
The Chevrolet Volt has become the most important political accessory since the flag lapel pin, and Sen. John McCain is all but promising to put one in your driveway.
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