Sunday, January 31, 2010
fully automatic nail gun
soooo badass.
This thing has blood and carnage written all over it. It’s ideal for fixing up the house if you don’t mind everyone inside ending up dead as a doornail. It can send a 6-D nail through a 2 x 4 at 200 yards, and as it’s creator David Wiggins points out, you could literally sit in your lawn chair while building a fence.
Comes complete with a hundred-round magazine no less. No, this is no nail gun. This is a nail machine-gun. And I don’t ever want to work on a home improvement project with David Wiggins. Ever.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
google and chuck norris
go to google.com, type in "where is chuck norris" and click "i'm feeling lucky". awesome
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
the top 10 countries visiting the site
thought this was pretty cool. i'm obsessed with google analytics.
it has arrived
me = not impressed. Called the "iPad," the device is Apple's biggest product launch since the iPhone three years ago, and arguably rivals the smartphone as the most anticipated in Apple's history. After months of feverish speculation on the Internet and among investors, Jobs took the stage at a jam-packed theater in San Francisco and, with his famed showman's flair, began detailing the device's basic features. full story via reuters
Apple unveils "iPad" tablet device
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs took the wraps off the "iPad" tablet on Wednesday, looking to define a new category of wireless device that will play video, games and all sorts of other media.
Jobs, who returned to the helm last year after a much-scrutinized liver transplant, is hoping to sell consumers on the value of tablet computing after numerous technology companies had failed to do so in recent years.
broken bells - the high road (video)
an update from my post in mid-december about the group broken bells. here's the new video for their single "the high road". enjoy
The High Road
Broken Bells | MySpace Music Videos
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
rare photos of famous people
there are a ton of good ones, here's the tip of the iceberg:
young charles manson
che guevara
salvador dali
jack nicholson
bob marley
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John Edwards made a sex tape with mistress
i would pay to not see this.
John Edwards Sex Tape with Rielle Hunter Alleged in Andrew Young Book
John Edwards' former staffer Andrew Young supposedly has a sex tape made by Edwards and Rielle Hunter, according to Gawker.
Let's face it, Young has lied before: He previously claimed paternity of Edwards' daughter with Hunter, and if we believe him now, was willing to drive his own life over a cliff to cover up for his boss. But he now insists that he became disillusioned when he discovered the sex tape in 2007...in his friend Hunter's home. (Gee, was it hidden on the coffee table, along with an open box of chocolates?)
Doubtless the motivation of a book contract had nothing to do with Young's disillusionment...but he's threatening to reveal more gory details of Edwards and Hunter's affair in his new book, The Politician, which will be released February 2. Oh, and those who do not want to hear another word about the contents of the (purported?) sex tape should NOT tune in for his interview Friday on ABC's 20/20.
full story via
Monday, January 25, 2010
nasa's ideas to get more funding are getting ridiculous
i dunno if i'm buyin it. diamonds in uranus?
Neptune and Uranus May Have Oceans of Liquid Diamond
Future humans won't have to wait to travel to Pandora for the chance to mine unobtanium, because Neptune and Uranus may have diamond icebergs floating atop liquid diamond seas closer to home. The surprise finding comes from the first detailed measurements of the melting point of diamond, Discovery News reports.
Scientists zapped diamond with a laser at pressures 40 million times greater than the Earth's atmosphere at sea level, and then slowly reduced both temperature and pressure. They eventually found that diamond behaves like water during freezing and melting, and that chunks of diamond will float in the liquid diamond.
Diamond oceans could explain why the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune appear tilted so far off their north-south axes, given that they could deflect or tilt the magnetic fields. Both planets may consist of up to 10 percent carbon, the elemental building block of diamond.
Scientists won't know for sure until they can launch missions to the planets, or try to simulate planetary conditions on Earth. But we'd wager it's worth a shot for NASA, if there's any chance that U.S. space missions could begin to pay for themselves in the distant future.
via popsci
Conan, meet Fox. Fox, Conan
so it goes.
Fox ready to swoop in on Conan
FOX is set to move fast to pick up Conan O'Brien for a rival late-night show, according to sources. Talks between O'Brien and Fox could start as early as this week.
"Chances like this don't come around very often," says the source with knowledge of the situation. "If Fox wants to be in late night, now's the time."
That Fox is interested in Conan is no secret.
"He's one of the few guys on the planet who has demonstrated he can do one of these shows every night," Kevin Reilly, Fox's entertainment president, said last week. What is new is word that Fox wants to complete a deal with Conan quickly.
Fox has long wanted to create a late-night show -- and a morning show -- to compete with NBC, ABC and CBS.
full story via nyp
hilarious new movie: four lions
i can't wait for this to come out, looks pretty damn funny.
Chris Morris’ hilarious film called Four Lions follows a group of British jihadists as they set out to plan a big terrorist plot, only to find out that they all don’t seem to be on the same one-track mind. The hilarious comedy is screening at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and in the clip above, you can get a sense of how awkwardly funny this movie is going to be.
via doobybrain
Gary Coleman arrested
whatchu talkin bout
Gary Coleman Arrested
SANTAQUIN, Utah — Actor Gary Coleman was arrested in Utah on a warrant for failing to appear in court, police said.
The 41-year-old former "Diff'rent Strokes" actor was booked into the Utah County Jail Sunday, said Santaquin police officer Shawn Carter.
He said early Monday that he didn't have details on the warrant or know if Coleman was still being held. He said more information would be released later in the day.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah County Jail records show he was arrested after police received reports of a disturbance at his Santaquin home.
The actor was arrested in Utah in 2008 after a man claimed Coleman tried to run over him in a parking lot when he tried to take a picture with the child star. The case was reportedly been settled out of court.
via huffpo
scientologists "healing" haiti victims with touch
that tom cruise is so hot right now. Clad in yellow T-shirts emblazoned with the logo of the controversial US-based group, smiling volunteers fan out among the injured lying under makeshift shelters in the courtyard of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital. "We're trained as volunteer ministers, we use a process called 'assist' to follow the nervous system to reconnect the main points, to bring back communication," she said. full story via breitbart
Scientologists 'heal' Haiti quake victims using touch
Amid the mass of aid agencies piling in to help Haiti quake victims is a batch of Church of Scientology "volunteer ministers", claiming to use the power of touch to reconnect nervous systems.
A wealthy private donor provided his airplane to fly in 80 volunteers from Los Angeles along with 50 Haitian-American-doctors, in a gesture worth 400,000 dollars, said a Parisian volunteer who gave her name as Sylvie.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Canadian ambassador to Iran was CIA spy
i knew the canucks were good for something.
Canada’s Ambassador to Tehran Was a CIA Spy
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s ambassador to Tehran from 1977 to 1980, Ken Taylor, who helped hide U.S. embassy personnel during the Iranian revolution, was a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency, the Globe and Mail reported.
Taylor won widespread U.S. gratitude and became the “de facto CIA station chief” in Tehran after Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy in 1979, taking 63 people hostage, the Globe said, citing an interview with the former ambassador.
Taylor’s intelligence-gathering activities, which included helping plan an armed incursion into Iran, were kept secret by agreement between the Canadian and U.S. governments, the newspaper said.
Had his spying been discovered Taylor told the Globe “the Iranians wouldn’t have tolerated it and the consequences may have been severe."
Friday, January 22, 2010
I'll have a rodeo burger and a budweiser
what are my two of my favorite things in the world? beer and fast food. i hope this catches on.
Burger King plans beer-selling Whopper Bar in South Beach
Gimme a Whopper, fries — and a beer.
Those words are no longer wishful thinking. Friday, Burger King will unveil plans to sell beer and burgers at a Whopper Bar — a new BK concept to compete with casual dining restaurants — in Miami Beach's tourist-heavy South Beach. The South Beach Whopper Bar is scheduled to open in mid-February.
Don't look for beer at conventional Burger Kings. That's not in the plans. But more Whopper Bars — which offer an assortment of burgers, toppings and beer — could be on tap in tourist hot spots such as New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, says Chuck Fallon, president of Burger King North America.
A brewski at the new Whopper Bar — served in special aluminum bottles to keep them extra cold — fetches $4.25. Or, order beer as part of a Whopper combo and your bill will be $7.99 — roughly $2 more than the same combo meal with a fountain drink.
The unusual move comes as the restaurant industry is reeling. Restaurant operators reported lower same-store sales in November, compared with a year earlier, for the 18th-consecutive month, the National Restaurant Association reports. Nearly 65% of operators reported a same-store sales decline in November. December results were unavailable.
full story via usa today
Thursday, January 21, 2010
na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye
more "modest" healthcare reform? what a novel idea!
Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill
WASHINGTON – Democrats' last-ditch approach to saving President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul — prodding House members to pass a Senate version vastly unpopular with them — isn't working.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to move the Senate's bill through the House and to Obama's desk. Under a plan backed by the White House, the new law would be followed by a separate measure making changes sought by House members, such as easing the Senate's tax on higher-cost health plans.
Many rank-and-file Democrats said the stunning defeat in this week's Massachusetts special election — in which Republicans captured the Senate seat held for decades by the late Edward M. Kennedy — meant it was time to seek more modest health legislation.
via yahoo!
England outlaws drinking games in bars
"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free..."
Out go drinking games in booze crackdown
LONDON (Reuters) – Tough new rules for pubs and clubs -- including a ban on drinking games like the infamous "dentist's chair" -- will be introduced in Britain this year in a bid to curb a heavy drinking culture that costs the country billions of a pounds a year.
Other promotions like "all you can drink for 10 pounds ($16)," speed drinking competitions and "women drink free" nights will also be prohibited.
But, controversially, bulk offers of cheap alcohol in supermarkets -- widely regarded as one of the main sources of Britain's problems with under-age and excessive drinking -- will not be affected.
The dentist's chair, where drinks are poured directly into the mouth by others, was made famous by the celebrations of footballer Paul Gascoigne at Euro '96. It will be banned from April and publicans will have to ensure free tap water is made available to revelers.
The government says excessive boozing costs Britain up to 12 billion pounds a year and has vowed that any premises that breach the new mandatory code will face stiff penalties. Publicans and vendors could lose their licenses, be fined up to 20,000 pounds ($32,750) or face six months in prison.
via reuters/yahoo
Conan rakes in a cool $45 mil
good for him.
Conan O'Brien, NBC Reach $45Mil Settlement
Conan O'Brien and NBC worked out their final conflict hours ago and have reached a $45 million settlement ... and we've learned it's a sweeter deal for Conan than anyone thought.
Network sources tell TMZ the "mitigation" clause was taken off the table. Translation -- Conan will get a severance of $32.5 million, regardless of whether he gets another hosting gig. Not bad for seven months work.
As we first reported, NBC will pay $7.5 million to Conan's "Tonight Show" staff -- and our sources believe the network added several thousand more to the pot at the last minute.
In addition, NBC will pay a whopping $4.5 million to the executive producer.
Conan's last show is Friday. We're told NBC hasn't decided who will replace Conan for the period between Monday and the Winter Olympics.
via tmz
Banksy film to debut at Sundance
this dude is an amazing street artist. if you're not familiar with his work, check out his website here. i can't wait to see what he's like behind a camera.
Banksy film to debut at Sundance
Notorious street artist Banksy, whose work has decorated his home town of Bristol and Israel's West Bank barrier, has turned his hand to film-making.
Billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie", its inclusion in the festival has been shrouded in secrecy. Sundance organisers are due to announce its inclusion at a press conference on Thursday.
see the full story with video via BBC
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
brock lesnar will return to UFC this summer
cant wait to see this dude back in the octagon.
Lesnar Healed, will Return this Summer
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar confirmed on Wednesday that he's completely recovered from a severe abdominal ailment and is targeting a return to MMA competition this summer.
Lesnar, who has been out of action since July due to the illlness, made the announcement alongside UFC President Dana White during a morning appearance on ESPN's "SportsCenter."
White said plans to have Shane Carwin fight Frank Mir for an interim title at UFC 111 in March would go on and that the winner will face Lesnar in a title unification bout later this year. White also said the winner of a scheduled bout between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez could be tabbed for the title fight in the event of injury to the other fighters.
White characterized Lesnar's recovery as "a miracle."
"(Doctors) basically said 'You got a lottery ticket,' " White said. "'We can't believe that you didn't need surgery.' "
full story via
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
alright you won. now lower taxes.
In epic upset, GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate race
BOSTON – In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barak Obama's health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.
The loss by the once-favored Democrat Martha Coakley in the Democratic stronghold was a stunning embarrassment for the White House after Obama rushed to Boston on Sunday to try to save the foundering candidate. Her defeat on Tuesday signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.
Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could allow the GOP to block the president's health care legislation and the rest of his agenda. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican filibusters.
full story via yahoo! news
Confirmed: Tiger is in Sex Rehab
poor bastard. doesn't sound like a happy place.
Confirmed: Woods in Sex Rehab
On hearing confirmation from a source that Tiger Woods is indeed at the Pine Grove/Gentle Path center in Hattiesburg, Miss., journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis takes the opportunity—based on both personal and journalistic experience—to describe what Woods is likely to undergo while at the treatment center. First, Denizet-Lewis writes, the golfer will "sign a 'celibacy contract' that includes a pledge not to have sex with anyone, or to masturbate, while in treatment." He will undergo group therapy, writing "empathy letters" to his wife and possibly others in an effort to "build empathy for those [he] had hurt." And what about Elin? "If Tiger and Elin are serious about repairing the marriage," writes Denizet-Lewis, "she will be spending some time in treatment with Tiger," likely writing him "'cost letters' detailing how the addiction had affected [her]."
via the daily beast
the most difficult sports ranked by ESPN, guess which is #1
click the pic or the link below to see the full list. can't believe steer wrestling isn't higher on the list.
via ESPN
Monday, January 18, 2010
today is statistically the most depressing day of the year
figures.
Feeling depressed? Welcome to Blue Monday - officially the most miserable day of the year
If you think life is a grind and you'd rather be doing anything other than going to work, you're not alone.
Today is officially Blue Monday - the most miserable day of the year.
A combination of Arctic temperatures, Christmas debt and the next pay day feeling like it's months away leaves many of us depressed and unable to face work.
The gloomy research was carried out by FirstCare, a company that helps firms tackle absenteeism.
Chief executive Aaron Ross said: 'Blue Monday has been described as the most depressive day of the year with absence rates expected to be higher.
'With absenteeism costing significant amounts of money, we advise employers to show their support to employees in January.
'We urge businesses to support their staff through difficult times and reduce absenteeism.'
But it is thought there may not be as high a sick rate today as in previous years because workers are struggling with the recession.
Many also had days off during the recent weather, leaving them less inclined to pick up the phone and put on a 'sick' voice today.
top 10 video games of 2010
pretty pumped for some of these, a few others i hadn't even heard of but sound cool. click the picture or the link below for full details on each game.
10. Dead Rising 2
9. Final Fantasy XIV
8. God of War III
7. Halo: Reach
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2
5. Metriod: Other M
4. Motion Control
3. Split/Second
2. Alan Wake
1. APB
full details here
solar eclipse in the maldives
On January 15, 2010, parts of the world witnessed an annular solar eclipse that turned the sun into a bright red or orange ring.
An annular eclipse is when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, with the moon’s apparent diameter being smaller than that of the sun’s (the more common solar eclipse is when the moon completely covers the sun). Anyway, pretty neat photo huh!via doobybrain
Sunday, January 17, 2010
NBC exec. had Conan arrested
pretty funny, i bet conan was the man in college. small world.
No Joke: Jeff Zucker had C0nan Arrested (in college)
While they were Harvard undergraduates, Jeff Zucker '86 called the cops on Conan O'Brien '85. According to articles in both the Harvard Crimson and Yale Daily News, Zucker, then president of the university's Harvard Crimson daily newspaper, dispatched the police to the Harvard Lampoon office after O'Brien, who was president of the campus humor magazine, organized a prank on his college rival -- stealing an entire print run of the Crimson before it could be distributed. "He only forgave me when I gave him The Tonight Show," Zucker told a Yale gathering back in 2005.
In 2001, Conan told The New Yorker this about the incident: "College pranks are supposed to be clever, but our rivalry with the Crimson had degenerated into us stealing something, Jeff calling the police, and the police making us haul it back," said O'Brien. (Other Lampoon pranks on Zucker included "a fake phone-sex ad with Zucker’s dorm-room phone number. Zucker did not find any of this particularly hilarious.") So what's to glean from this Harvard history lesson? Yes, Jeff Zucker was a thin-skinned prick who didn't understand comedy or know how to handle creatives even back then.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
photographer anthony kurtz
Moving from his home of Geneva, Switzerland, for San Francisco, CA, Anthony Kurtz began attending the Academy of Art University in 2001, studying photography.
In March 2003, he documented the anti-war protests that shut down the City of San Francisco following the invasion of Iraq. Two years later, he won First Prize and five Honorable Mentions at the 2005 International Photo Awards.
Anthony continues to document the effect of foreign wars on American soil. Tackling issues such as government control, privatization, popular rebellion, mass-consumerism, and overpopulation, his post-apocalyptic images cross boundaries between fine art and documentary, between fascination and concern. He currently works as a freelance photographer in San Francisco.
www.anthonykurtz.com
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