October 2008
50 posts
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) has been released →
After 6 months of development, here it is!
Kazakhstan's astounding futuristic pyramid (PICS) →
If there was ever a positive to be found for the existence of the idiocy we know and love as religion, this building could be it, as after an impressively rapid 2 years of design and construction,…
Motorola Going All-in With Google's Android →
Sanjay Jha, who also became Motorola’s co-chief executive in August, has decided to focus on Google Inc.’s Android operating system as the software platform for Motorola’s showcase phones, according…
Charlie Kaufman Will Break Your Brain in... →
Synecdoche, New York, the latest film from Charlie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kaufman, creates its own brand of magical realism crossed with science fiction. The tale of a theater…
Why the boys always fall for a lady in red →
Forget that little black dress. Gentlemen really prefer a lady in red. Blushing in shades of crimson, scarlet or deep rose, a girl is regarded as prettier and more desirable, research shows. Driven…
Humans made fire 790000 years ago →
By analyzing flints at an archaeological site on the bank of the river Jordan, researchers at Israel’s Hebrew University discovered that early civilizations had learned to light fire, a skill that…
Vintage and Retro Typography Showcase →
In this article, we go retro, finding beautiful examples of vintage typography and the modern work they’ve inspired. Looking back, it’s easy to see why some of this type has stood the test of time…
Sacrifice Revisited →
A while ago I posted on this blog how you could resolve the “Insufficient page file space” problem in Sacrifice. Since then a few people have emailed me, saying that the fix described in that post…
\ for namespaces? Come on PHP, that’s just ugly. Why not ::?
(http://loveandtheft.org/2008/10/26/set-sail-for-fail-php-namespaces/)
Visualizing Uncle Sam's Debt (Graphics) →
Here are the top seven foreign lenders, visualized as credit cards, while the image at the top shows the total of foreign lending. All numbers have been brought down to the U.S. median household…
Larry David: Waiting for Nov. 4th →
This is like waiting for the results of a biopsy. Actually, it’s worse. Biopsies only take a few days, maybe a week at the most, and if the biopsy comes back positive, there’s still a potential cure….
Zombie Browser Game. Kill Zombies, Kill other... →
Join this browser game to fight zombies, fight Digg related monsters, and fight other players from Digg!Brain Chef is a fun game to duke it out against your online friends [[and enemies]] at Brain…
EPIC Obama '08 - Vote For Hope Video →
WatchObama ‘08 - Vote For Hope on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Branding Ecstasy →
Collection of 99 ecstasy tablet brands.
Large Hadron Collider Damage More Severe Than... →
With 29 broken magnets and a possibly faulty liquid helium distribution system, a new report concludes that the LHC damage means 8 months of downtime minimum.
LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Recall For Qur'an... →
The European delay of LittleBigPlanet we mentioned earlier has blossomed into a worldwide recall of the game due to passages from the Islamic holy text Qur’an being included in the background music…
Wall Street sequel planned to reflect turbulent... →
In 1987 we were told by Gordon Gecko in Wall Street that “Greed is good”. But in 2008, a planned sequel to the iconic film, using the backdrop of the ongoing global financial crisis, could see the…
Google pulls in 5.5 billion in Q3 →
Google executives are voicing a bit of cautious optimism that economic hard times may make many of its services more appealing. The market seems to agree, as the stock picked up $30 a share (nearly 8…
'Angry McCain' At Final Debate Already Famous on... →
As much as cable pundits seemed to agree that John McCain had his strongest debate yet this evening, most also saw his constant grimacing as his performance’s biggest drawback.On Fox News, Brit Hume…
Hackers got into 18 computer servers at World Bank →
Cyberintruders used the Internet to crack into at least 18 computer servers at the World Bank Group last July. The intrusion, revealed Friday in a FoxNews.com story by veteran investigative reporter…
PalinAsPresident.com - ugh →
World War II Propaganda Posters (PHOTOSET) →
Loose lips sink ships.
You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD →
Wikipedia adopts Ubuntu for its server... →
The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the hugely successful Wikipedia project, is migrating all of its server infrastructure to the Ubuntu Linux distribution. This move reflects the…
Finally! Google to Offer RSS Feeds for Web Search... →
Search Engine Land has confirmed with Google a rumor that’s been floating around the web lately…
National Debt Clock Too Small →
the national debt has grown so large it has bypassed the expectation of the debt clock in manhattan. why bring down the debt ? we’ll build a new clock next year!
Take On Me: The Literal Version →
The real lyrics are finally released
Youtube, now in Super HD! →
The Coolest Apartment Block on Earth [w/ pics] →
Viennese artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, has designed what has become one of the more unique and visually stimulating buildings in the world. With over 1000 unique windows, individualized…
Open Document Format made national standard in... →
“Sweden now joins Brazil, Croatia, Italy, South Korea, and South Africa as countries whose national Swedish Flagstandards bodies have formal approved this standard”, the ODF advocacy organisation…
VIDEO: Watch Sarah Palin Read Her Answers In The... →
ThinkProgress has compiled a video documenting some of the instances where it was clear to the audience that Palin was propped up by written responses. Watch a video compilation:
Bailout Bill Passes -- DOW CRASHES →
Dow is down about 370 points since the house started voting on the bailout measure. 2 hours later and we already see the effects of the passage.
Making music from the number pi. →
Paul Slocum is an artist and musician who has created an amazing art project based on software. This software is called the “Pi House Generator”, and randomly generates house music by calculating the…
CHINA DECLARES ECONOMIC WAR, Demands $700bil... →
JUST IN: China + Saudi Arabia hold billions worth of bad loans and are threatening to stop lending money to the US Govt, blackmailing the US into buying them back. “Bush said he would veto any bill…
Unearthed Video: McCain Pushed Bush Iraq War Just... →
Recently unearthed video shows that just two months after 9/11, John McCain was not only fully aware of the Bush Administration’s Iraq War Agenda, but also that he actively helped make the argument…
McCain May Suspend Campaign Again →
Can we seriously have the election today so I do not have to go five more weeks of seeing this man trip over his own feet.
Palin, a journalism major, can't name a single... →
Asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Palin - a journalism major in college - could not name one publication.
Breaking: Senate to Vote on Bailout Bill Tomorrow!... →
Contact your senators and make sure that they do not let this pass.