Archive
May 23, 2012
World's Most Pointless Candy Wrappers
Well, someone hates the environment. What possible reason could exist for this?
WoW Resurrects Childhood Companion
Warning: This image will give you feelings. Unless you are some jaded monster. You aren't a monster, are you?
Gingrich Super PAC Still Deciding Fate Of Leftover $5.6 Million
Winning Our Future still has $5.6 million in the bank, and will decide how to spend it "soon," spokesman says.
Watch These Two Little Girls Learn How To Say Popsicle
Cuteness level: Charlie.
Will Mitt Romney Ever Say The Word "Immigration" Again?
The Republican avoided the issue in a speech to the Latino Coalition. He dubbed education "the civil-rights issue of our era."
Prince Charles Attempts To DJ And Other Links
The look on his face is priceless. Plus, whatever happened to the hole in the ozone and is Ashton Kutcher dating Rumer Willis?
The Facebook IPO In Three Steps
You might've heard that Facebook's being sued over what's happened with its IPO. This is basically how it went down.
One Thing You Definitely Can't Tweet
Try to tell your Twitter followers to "get" something. I dare you.
Check Out This Back Flipping Dog
First there was this amazing dog performance, but the following one might out do it. Because there are lots more dogs, and dogs doing back flips.
Russian Town Turns Tanks Into Toys
In Soviet Russia...eh, you make the joke. In the military city of Omsk, decommissioned tanks get new life as childhood playthings.
Even Autocorrect Is Over YOLO
Accurate autocorrect or MOST accurate autocorrect? You be the judge.
Jose Canseco Made A Shockingly Cogent Point About Mitt Romney
Despite usually seeming like a huge goofball, Jose has these moments of coherence. And they seem to hint at something more.
Ben & Jerry’s Pint Combination Lock
Brilliant.
Romney: Education Crisis Is "Civil-Rights Issue Of Our Era"
Speaking to Latino Coalition, Romney says minority children suffer the most under Obama's education policy
Most Pressing 1st World Problem Solved: Ketchup Pouring
A crack team at M.I.T. solved the most important technological problem in existence: getting ketchup out of the bottle. A safe coating called "LiquiGlideon the glass makes the ketchup slip right out. Now, if only we can stop people from saying "catsup".
How To Fix Phone Calls
It's time for a unified communications app. Everyone's close, but nobody's done it yet. Here's how smartphones should — and will — work.
Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" Video Is Basically A Facebook Ad
Serendipity or did Zuckerberg pay her to promote Timeline? The official "lyric video" tracks Perry's last two years via the social media platform.
GOP: Artur Davis Is Welcome
The former Democratic congressman will be welcomed if he runs as a Republican for Congress.
Unearthing Facebook's Lost Phone Numbers
Once upon a time, if you lost your phone, you made a group and asked your friends to post their phone numbers in the open. Those numbers are still on Facebook. So I texted some of them.
You Need A Levitating Bed
Reddit user mememetatata decided to make a bed that floats on magnets. Here is the whole process in 8 easy steps.
Metta World Peace Still Says Hysterical Things
When asked how Lakers coach Mike Brown affected the team's season, Metta decided to be hilarious. This may be the funniest thing an athlete's said in years.
Obama's 2008 Plan Called To Double Cancer Research Funding, But It Has Increased Only Slightly
It's a promise that has fallen well short of the President's goal as a candidate for the White House in 2008. The budget of the National Cancer Institute was $4.8 billion the year before Obama took the office. Now the budget sits at $5.8 billion, an increase, but not of the scale Obama promised in 2008.
Congressman: Photoshopping Mom A Brilliant Media Trick
Rep. Brad Sherman sent Jewish voters a picture of his family including his mother, while other voters got the same picture, minus mom. Today, he claimed it was a clever scheme aimed at forcing the press to print pictures of his family. He doesn't seem to be joking.
