We may have lost our moral compass, but we still have our chaste sextant, modest flashlight and our virtuous cantine

MacBook Air makes a great ultraportable... for Vista

Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

"The MacBook Pro is better in almost every objective and subjective parameter, including design and the status of the brand.." X-bit labs install Vista on Macbook Air and are impressed.

technology, apple, mac, vista, macbook-air

Microsoft Executives Criticise Vista - New York Times

Seeded on Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:55 AM EDT (The New York Times)

"We usually do not have the opportunity to overhear Microsoft's most senior executives vent their personal frustrations with Windows.

technology, microsoft, vista, upgrade-to-xp

What is the Monkeysphere?

Seeded on Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:03 PM EST (Racked)

""One death is a tragedy.

entertainment, social-commentary, monkeysphere, shit-flinging, little-pirate-monkey

Homophobia: Shareholder Takeover Planned to Stop Microsoft's 'Homosexual Agenda'

Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:49 PM EST (Gizmodo)

Nothing like a bit of homophobia to get the blood boiling. I would think that there were far better and more edifying things for an evangelical Christian to be getting involved in.

religion, microsoft, homophobia, evangelical-christian, small-minded-fuck-wad

The Cock We Need! - Rudy The Rooster For President

Seeded on Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:37 PM EST (rudytherooster.com)

Finally someone running for president that you won't feel embarrassed if you vote for them. Rudy the Rooster! "Rudy knows what America needs. Change!! Rudy likes change, especially the silvery shiny ones."

odd-news, ground-zero, rudy-the-roosterwin-electrical-college, whip-inflation-now, electrical-college-put-nixon, little-liver-pills

ABC News: Holy Rollers: Televangelists Investigated

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 11:59 AM EST (ABC News)

Acting on tips about preachers who ride in Rolls Royces and have purportedly paid $30,000 for a conference table, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday he's investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers.

religion, finances, televangelists, if-only-they-paid-taxes

Video: Rip-a-Way 1000 Wedgie Proof Underwear

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 11:24 AM EST (Gizmodo)

No more Wedgies! Clever invention to prevent wedgies from two 8 year old wedgie victims, or should I say, ex-wedgie victims.

technology, underwear, invention, wedgies, give-these-kids-an-award

The French Paradox - is it the lifestyle or the wine?

Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:24 PM EDT (independent.com)

Interesting stuff, but I don't think this covers the entire picture. It doesn't talk about the significance of ethanol on the diet. Allegedly, ethanol in moderation is beneficial, and cuts down on plaque in the arteries. Some wine is better than no wine in other words.

obesity, wine, science, ethanol, french-paradox

Fox News Anchor or Porn Star? - You Decide

Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:02 PM EDT (radarmagazine.com)

Is it possible to tell the difference between a Fox News Anchor and a Porn Star? Take the test.

entertainment, porn, fox, hot-chicks, porn-star, news-anchor, pointless-waste-of-time-but-amusing-non-the-less

Tiny brain no obstacle to French civil servant - Yahoo

Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:58 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"A man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, caused by a fluid buildup in his skull, French researchers reported on Thursday."

france, health, civil-servant, tiny-brain

Organ donor opt-out scheme urged - Guardian Unlimited

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:53 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

"The only way to combat the transplant "crisis" in Britain is to treat all people as organ donors unless they opt out, the Chief Medical Officer has said. The NHS needs three times the number of organ donors on its register, Sir Liam Donaldson said."

crisis, health, uk, organ-donor

Guardian : The Apu travesty

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:06 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Apu an insult to Indians everywhere? Looks to me like the promotion could be construed as such, but not the Apu character itself.

entertainment, racism, simpsons, stereotype, apu

BBC NEWS | Technology | Global broadband prices revealed

Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:10 AM EDT (BBC News)

"Japan's price for broadband per megabit per second is the lowest in the OECD at $0.22 (0.11p), said the report. The most expensive is Turkey at $81.13 (£40.56).

technology, prices, broadband, cheapest-entry-level-broadband

BBC NEWS - US House votes for troop pullout

Seeded on Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:53 PM EDT (BBC News)

Excellent news! "The United States House of Representatives has approved legislation to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by April next year. The vote comes despite President George W Bush's threat to veto any timetable. "

iraq, war, troops, world-news, withdraw

Richard Perle Has No Regrets | Guardian Unlimited Books

Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 1:35 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

"Richard Perle says he has nothing to apologise for. True, in 1998 he signed on to a letter from prominent neo-conservatives calling on the then president, Bill Clinton, to use force if necessary to oust Saddam Hussein.

politics, perle, edith-piaf, neo-con-war-monger

Fotron2000 - Robot Art from LED's and Polaroids

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 4:43 PM EDT (fotron2000.com)

Robot Art - Cool pictures drawn by Robots. More of a gimic than anything else, but the images are certainly interesting,

art, robots, arts, electric-sheep

Making a federal case of an obscure leaf - MSNBC.com

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2007 12:26 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

"When federal drug enforcement agents announced last summer that they had arrested scores of suspects in an "international narcotics-trafficking organization" with operations in New York and Seattle, they hailed it as the first major crackdown on khat — a plant grown in the …

world-health-organization, us-news, drug-enforcement, khat

Scientology tries to discredit BBC documentary | The Register

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2007 11:54 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

"The Church of Scientology has launched an online campaign against the BBC, ahead of the broadcast of a Panorama documentary investigating the organisation as a "cult"."

religion, bbc, cult, xenu, scientology

Save Paris Hilton From Going To Jail Petition

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2007 11:56 PM EDT (ipetitions.com)

ePetition to pardon Paris Hilton

entertainment, paris-hilton, you-have-got-to-be-fucking-kidding-me, seriously-what-the-fuck

Reducing Child Deaths, US Stands Out As One of Worst Developed Nations- Save the Children

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2007 3:13 PM EDT (savethechildren.org)

"Egypt Makes the Most Progress and Iraq the Least In Reducing Child Deaths, Report Finds" The US, the worlds wealthiest nation ranks 26th (tied with Hungary, to put it in some perspective) , a pathetic showing.

us, world-news, child-mortality, pathetic-showing-by-worlds-wealthiest-nation

Sex on a plate - Can You Tell? -TimesOnline

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 4:20 PM EDT (The Times)

"Can you tell just by looking at a dish if a man or a woman cooked it? "

cooking, home-garden, chefs

Getting Your Head Around Very Big Numbers - BBC NEWS

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 3:53 PM EDT (BBC News)

"So what does a trillion look like? "It is estimated you can get 50,000 pennies into a cubic foot - a trillion pennies would fill two St Paul's Cathedrals."

science, trillion, billions-and-billions, innumeracy