July 2010
Maxim's 5 Favorite GIFs (Kate Beckinsale Edition) →
From an unzipped Kate Beckinsale to a Mike Tyson knockout, here are our favorite animated photos of the week.
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The 9 Different Type of Bosses (Infographic) →
Which type of boss do you have ?
How Congress Spends Billions on Itself ... →
House members spent part of their Members Representational Allowances on these items — and more — during the nine-month period between late 2009 and early 2010 covered by the Sunlight Foundation’s…
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7 Reasons Why Techies Love Inception →
The movie does not neatly wrap everything up in the end. We are left with major uncertainties that trigger some vigorous debates among those who have seen the movie, with evidence to support very different interpretations of the end. The end very likely may be just a beginning, true to the title of the film. There is much more to be learned. Nothing less would satisfy a geek.
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The 7 Most Insane Things Ever Done to Get Out of... →
Everybody knows a good excuse involves grand theft auto, arson and attempted suicide, amongst other things.
Woman Killed by Boyfriend After Topless Photo... →
The death of Brittney Brashers, a 22-year-old Air Force veteran, seemed like a tragic accident: supposedly at the wheel when she drunkenly crashed, her passenger, Robert Walters, sustained only minor…
Funny How All The Senators Supporting Anti-FCC... →
We mentioned, when the recent FCC report on broadband came out, that it seemed notable that the first politician out of the gate complaining about it, Rep. Cliff Stearns just happened to have had …
The Bechdel Test for women in movies →
After watching the delightfully awkward new Duplass comedy Cyrus last night, a couple of friends and I started talking about the Bechdel Test for women in movies. The test, named after…
How to juice your MacBook/Pro to 8GB RAM and 1TB... →
Today the planets aligned for a pretty amazing set of Unibody MacBook Pro updates. If you want to literally max out your MacBook Pro, both RAM and hard drive have sunk to great prices in…
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“My own motivation for working out is mostly to postpone my death at least until...”
– SLEDGEHAMMER AND WHORE is a fucking hilariously good story. Loved the writing but really enjoyed the quote above. This dude is nuts.
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You Can't Appreciate How Completely Apple Has... →
Apple completely owns the mobile handset industry in terms of profit generated by sales of mobile phones. There are no two ways about it: Apple owns RIM, Nokia, HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, etc.
Whether You're BP Or A Petty Criminal,... →
Slashdot pointed us to this fun story about a scam artist who tried to get leniency from a judge by showing him photos of charity work he had done. The only problem? He Photoshopped himself into…
The 5 Levels Of Inception (Infographic) →
Before you can even begin to guess at director Christopher Nolan’s intentions or what happens after the movie’s mind-blowing final sequence, you’ll need a clear idea of all the levels in Inception.
Why 'Back to the Future' Is Secretly Horrifying →
There are some things in the ‘Back to the Future’ universe you never never noticed.
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“To achieve its goal of ubiquitous broadband throughout the US, the FCC should...”
– The Rural Cellular Association on the state of broadband and mobile communications in the US.
New 'LOST' Epilogue Photo May Answer One Burning... →
You’ve been chomping at the bit for the 12-minute, DVD-only Lost epilogue called “The New Man in Charge”, which sheds a little light on just what happened to Hurley and Ben, post-finale. Now, a…
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“The movies often seem to come from the recycling bin these days: Sequels,...”
– Roger Ebert on Inception, the best movie of the year thus far and possibly one of the best of the decade.
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Beneath World Trade Center wreckage, a buried ship →
Workers at the site of the 9/11 attacks in NYC have discovered the buried hull of a 32-foot ship, apparently used back in the 18th century as fill to extend lower Manhattan into the Hudson River. A…
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“It turns out that in Japan there is a long tradition of masking the noises made...”
– The sound of a princess… on the toilet.
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Prolonged Sitting Is Bad, Even When Supplemented... →
Men who spent more than 23 hours a week watching TV and sitting in their cars (as passengers or as drivers) had a 64 percent greater chance of dying from heart disease than those who sat for 11 hours a week or less. What was unexpected was that many of the men who sat long hours and developed heart problems also exercised. Quite a few of them said they did so regularly and led active lifestyles....
RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians... →
We recently had a fun post about Hollywood accounting, about how the movie industry makes sure even big hit movies “lose money” on paper. So how about the recording industry? Well, they’re pretty…
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“The 49ers won’t win because of their quarterback, and they’re not quite good...”
– San Francisco 49ers 2010 Season Preview by the NYT. Not much to argue with here; Benoit is mostly spot-on with his analysis of the 49ers. It will be interesting to see if Smith can properly helm this ship in 2010.
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“The fact is, the Consumer Reports “lab” reveals that the iPhone 4, even with the...”
– The real news: The Apple PR machine attenuates by Rex Hammock.
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“For me, there is no feeling of admiration or no excitement whatsoever....”
– Hayao Miyazaki on the iPad.
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exolife for iPhone 4 →
One of the nicer battery and case combinations for the iPhone 4. Probably worth snatching one up if you find the iPhone 4 batter depleting sooner than expected. Would not want to be on a trip taking pictures and video with the iPhone 4 just for it to all of a sudden run out of battery half-way through the festivities.
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'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts →
Not surprisingly, your average juror is having trouble coming to grips with the idea that a movie or television show can bring in hundreds of millions and still “lose” money. This week, the big case involved a TV show, rather than a movie, with the famed gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire suddenly becoming “Who Wants To Hide Millions In Profits.” A jury found the whole...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning →
The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual or perceived suffocation in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. To get an idea of just how quiet and undramatic from the surface drowning can be, consider this: It is the number two...
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WatchOur Stupid Puppies HD is a video I shot so I could geta feel for the iPhone 4’s HD video camera and iMovie for iOS 4. It appears that even if you use iMovie on the iPhone to export the movie to HD (720p) and then “share” said movie to YouTube that it only uploads a 360p version.
I chose to upload the HD version to Vimeo because there is apparently no way to...
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Hotdoggin' it: Ex-champ crashes NYC eating contest →
Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gobbled his way to a fourth consecutive championship Sunday. But he was suddenly upstaged by the surprise appearance of his biggest rival — six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi, who did not compete but crashed the stage after Chestnut’s win and wrestled with police.
“Let him eat! Let him eat!” the crowd chanted as police...
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Japan shows 'The Cove' after delay from protests →
“The Cove,” an Oscar-winning film about a Japanese dolphin-hunting village, opened Saturday around Japan after protests by angry nationalists pressured theaters to cancel earlier showings.
Some of the six small cinemas sold out their initial shows and others were mostly empty. Another 18 are due to begin screening the film at later dates.
I am glad that the Japanese are finally...
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