Old Jews Telling Jokes
haha, found here
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who wants
to go but is
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sidetracked yearly?
- this cat right here.
oh [dear] 1.24
Ever see a word that strikes you as odd that you begin to question if it’s legitimate? This phenomenon has a name: Semantic Satiation. Seed Mag has a lovely article {thanks gabe!} on a study that links morality with surroundings. Living in a shanty town= shanty people or wonderful hill folk? Barack and Michelle Obama do a lot of what?! Who says print media is dying? You wouldn’t know it from these 400 newspaper covers right on the heels of Obama’s inaguration. Speaking of Obama, does he get a sweet $3,350 sectera edge as a blackberry substitute or tag along? More importantly, does the White House have wifi? South Carolina wants to ban swear words, s%# and penalize those who use them with a $5k fine and or 5 years of prison time. Read the bill here and watch here. Speaking of the establishment, authorities in the UK want to control your rides via text messages. OMGWTFBBQ. All this talk about the Holocaust during WWII gave little solace to the other survivors, the Romas BBC reports.
Facebook now twice as big as myspace? Someone fire up Alexa…eww, a doll shaped out of living human cells? strangely fascinating. This quadcamera iPhone app seems rather interesting, I’d love to see it on the app store soon, no doubt for a price. I should ask my friend in ny, does she have to pay for a cab ride with an iPod if her credit’s declined and nypd breathing down her neck? Five delightfully bizarre eBay auctions over the years, I love the mental_floss. I’ve always loved worth 1000’s photoshop contests, particularly the “where are my pants?” thread. Israel used white phosphorous during their Gaza ground offensive and may soon be charged with warcrimes, but have a look at this. ‘“He was walking to the mosque when the attack started,” his uncle, Nahad Mattar, said. “Two of his friends who were walking with him were killed instantly,” Times Online reports.
I really like nobody beats the drum, here’s why:
sigh
I’d give anything for Meghan Asha to follow me on twitter
oba[ma] 1.17
Circuit City goes belly up as opposed to closing a few stores and filing for chapter 11. Consumerist has an FAQ on what to do during liquidation should you have a gift card or repair. FREE YOUR PHONE, at least that’s what the electronic frontier foundation want from congress, unlocked iPhones on eBay will surely drop in price.Craigslist apartment ads are lovely, particularly this one. reddit is made of win, simple as that, dig(g)?ISPs in UK are set to police torrents in the country, that doesn’t bode well for my gigs upon gigs of golden girls seeding across the tubes. Zimbabwe has hyper inflation, sure, but a $100 trillion note and it’s only worth $30 American? Wow. No wonder they’re in a state of financial collapse.
So, one of the perks of being commander-in-chief is wireless priority,neat. Speaking of Obama, first him and now the congress/senate, everyone’s going digital. Inaugurations make me giddy, so does Legoland’s version. Now if only we could write like an Obama appointed speech writer and “seduce” republicans, lol (I’m sorry, the headline is gold).Bet on what words Obama uses on Tuesday.
Microsoft Research released songsmith, which (taken from the site) “…generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice.” The video’s just a tad annoying, and yes, it’s a real ad:
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Blackberry 8900 receives an update on pricing and a pushed release date for business end users, I kill myself over the wait. By the way, Wired has a lovely article on Tim Cook, the newly annointed CEO of Apple right on the heels of Steve Jobs medical departure. Methinks investor confidence as at an all time low? I recall a time when white house e-mails were logged and easily obtainable, not so in the Bush admin, but 60,000 tapes later, that’s a nice going away present.
MS Paint, quite frankly, is the titular photoshop alternative, here’s why: it’s robust. NY’s Hudson river receives unto it, a plane, and flickr receives unto it, exclusive snaps, thanks web media. Speaking of which, someone buy this man a commemorative plaque. Still Gushing at the CES coverage, Engadget has a nice write up on how the Palm Pre could skewl the iPhone, I smell a flame war. Burger King’s FB App to sacrfice 10 friends for a whopper was all well and good, but something had to give, right? Did I mention I loves me some Simian Mobile Disco? Mi-Obama, my-obama, a mobile phone branded with Obama? Yes we Can…consider litagation!
Haha, Macbook Wheel, The Onion, I love you.