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This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights] Jul 03, 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Fancy tie-tying, Wi-Fi password cracking, Google Voice, and Firefox 3.5 round out this week's most popular posts. Dress Up Your Ties with the "Merovingian Knot" The realm of dress tie knots is...

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a New Desktop Wallpaper [Friday Fun] Jul 03, 2009 19:00:00 GMT

If ever there were a holiday that yields colorful and flashy desktop wallpaper, it's definitely the Fourth of July. Celebrate the Fourth on your desktop with these swanky fireworks wallpapers. If...

Get Ready For Summer With Homemade Sunblock [Summer] Jul 03, 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Choosing the right sunblock is important, but let's say you're more of a DIY type, or maybe your skin is sensitive to many of the common ingredients. The solution is simple: make your own sunblock....

State of the Airline Industry Chart Compares Airline Service Fees [Saving Money] Jul 03, 2009 17:30:00 GMT

If you've ever had to change your flight, check additional luggage, or use in-flight Wi-Fi, you know that these services often come with a price. Consumer site BillShrink has created a handy fee...

June 2009's Most Popular Posts [[this Is Good]] Jul 03, 2009 17:15:00 GMT

You may already be celebrating the Fourth, but before you leave June behind for good, here's a quick look back at last month's posts you liked best, including essential Windows and Mac downloads, our...

Wikitravel

Travel news: Monte Carlo Las Vegas Update Dec 01, 1999 00:00:00 GMT

As of today, Las Vegas' Monte Carlo Casino Hotel remains closed pending the investigation of last week's fire and the impending repair work. At this time, reservations at the Monte Carlo are being moved to other MGM Mirage hotels. In addition, the Lance Burton show will be suspended for the time bei

Discover: Aberdeen Mar 05, 2008 05:53:07 GMT

Among the artifacts displayed at The Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, Scotland is a flag from Hitler's staff car. (Don't ask how they got it.)

Discover: Saudi Arabia Mar 04, 2008 05:53:07 GMT

In Saudi Arabia, you can try authentic apple-flavored Budweiser. (Non-alcoholic, of course.)

Discover: Graz Mar 03, 2008 05:53:07 GMT

UPC Arena in Graz, Austria was renamed in 1997 to honor native son Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the old name was restored in 2005 over the governor's support of the death penalty.

Discover: Havana Mar 02, 2008 05:53:24 GMT

For an "authentic" experience in getting around Havana via public transportation, try El Camello, a split-level bus pulled by a semi-truck, and resembling a 2-humped camel.

Boing Boing

Wear patterns as information leakage from security keypads Jul 04, 2009 08:02:27 GMT

Bruce Schneier points out that keypad wear is a form of "information leakage": "There are 10,000 possible four-digit codes, but you only have to try 24 on these keypads. The first is most likely 1986 or 1968. The second is almost certainly 1234." Information Leakage from Keypads

Hitler finds out Michael Jackson has died (Der Untergang remix) Jul 04, 2009 07:50:04 GMT

Video. Adolf Hitler is pretty pissed off to learn that Michael Jackson has died and won't be able to perform at his birthday party. Evidences the true marks of a great internet meme: infinite expandability, extremely bad taste in multiple respects, and an unfairly long lifespan. (via @andrewbaron)

djBC's Muppet mashups Jul 04, 2009 05:48:22 GMT

djBC, consistently my favorite mashup producer/creator (he's the guy behind the Beasties/Beatles remix "The Beastles"), has released an entire album of remixes of Muppet music! He sez, "In honor of my daughter's first birthday- and one month late- I'm rolling out 'Muppet Mashup.' Ten mashups, remix

HOWTO build a radio in a POW camp -- the real life King Rat Jul 04, 2009 05:42:28 GMT

This first-hand account of the construction of a clandestine shortwave radio by British POWs in a Japanese camp in Singapore really reminds me of James Clavell's magnificent novel King Rat, my all-time favorite war-novel, which revolves grippingly around the construction, discovery and consequences

Landmark buildings of the world as acrylic rings Jul 04, 2009 05:25:58 GMT

Etsy seller Plastique's got laser-cut acrylic rings boasting pointy world monuments. As knuckledusters, they create the possibility of growling, "Right, mate, you're geography," before you bust your opponent in the chops. world landmarks acrylic ring set (white) (via Neatorama)

Slashdot

Generating Power From Ocean Buoys and Kites Jul 04, 2009 06:09:00 GMT

cheezitmike writes "Researchers at Oregon State University are testing a new type of wave-energy converter to generate electricity from ocean waves: 'Even when the ocean seems calm, swells are moving water up and down sufficiently to generate electricity. ... For decades the challenge has been to bu

UK Police Told To Use Wikipedia When Preparing For Court Jul 04, 2009 04:06:00 GMT

Half-pint HAL tips news of UK prosecution lawyers who are instructing police to study information on Wikipedia when preparing to give expert testimony in court. "Mike Finn, a weaponry specialist and expert witness in more than 100 cases, told industry magazine Police Review: 'There was one case in a

Hawking Says Humans Have Entered a New Stage of Evolution Jul 04, 2009 02:03:00 GMT

movesguy sends us to The Daily Galaxy for comments by Stephen Hawking about how humans are evolving in a different way than any species before us. Quoting: "'At first, evolution proceeded by natural selection, from random mutations. This Darwinian phase, lasted about three and a half billion years,

Amazon Wants Patent For Inserting Ads Into Books Jul 04, 2009 00:02:00 GMT

theodp writes "Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem: that 'out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and, therefore, has not been adapted to modern marketing.' Their solution is spelled out in newly-disclose

Fake Tamiflu "Out-Spams Viagra On Web" Jul 03, 2009 23:11:00 GMT

cin62 writes "The number of Internet scammers offering fake versions of the anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, reports CNN. Since the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, was declared a global pandemic last month, there has been an increase in the number of W

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Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities Apr 28, 2009 11:28:18 GMT

Thanks to my funny, literary pal, Jason B. Jones, today, I’m visiting lovely, warm Connecticut to do some talks and whatnot at CCSU. I mention it because I’d started typing this little post mid-way through the long eastbound flight that delivered me here from three fun (but very long) days doin

Free as in "Me" Apr 10, 2009 13:29:33 GMT

This unbelievably long article is related to (but not necessarily about) a discussion that I and several other people have been participating in online over the past few days. It’s about (and not about) the increasingly popular practice of re-publishing someone’s online work on another site

43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW Mar 25, 2009 23:33:08 GMT

SxSW ’09 - Gruber & Mann - HOWTO: 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility! (audio mp3, free on iTunes) My pal, John Gruber (from daringfireball.net), and I presented a talk at South by Southwest Interactive on Saturday, March 14th. We talked about building a blog you can

Matt Jones: "Get Excited and Make Things" Mar 18, 2009 16:38:06 GMT

Don’t keep calm and carry on. by moleitau Apart from noting that I adore Matt and want to acknowledge his inspiration for this, I have nothing to add. This, my friends, is the thing. ”Matt Jones: "Get Excited and Make Things"” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally

Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative Entrepreneurship Mar 11, 2009 15:51:00 GMT

So amazing, so illegal. What are we going to do with you, future? That’s my pal, Jonathan Coulton, remarking on the disruptively talented Kutiman, who has made an astounding series of YouTube video remixes that’s lighting up the web and (one imagines) generating a lot of wood amongst our nat

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