January 2009
106 posts
Letterman Shows Unaired Bill Hicks Stand-Up Act... →
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The conversation between Hicks’ Mom and Letterman was extraordinarily compelling. The comedy is good but definitely dated.
Bill Hicks, a comedian who described himself as “Chomsky…
Giraffe Fight →
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OLD.
It turns out that giraffes do not just use their long necks for peacefully grazing amongst the trees. Whatever they are fighting about, it can’t be worth it. That…
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I was literally signing on to post... →
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I was literally signing on to post this. This is a photo from Jon Glaser’s hilarious new show “Delocated” which premieres February 12th at 10:30 on Adult Swim. You may know Jon…
WiFi Rail finalizes 20 year deal to bring internet... →
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Please, please, please come to NYC Subways.
Nearly a year to the day after we heard that WiFi trials were beginning on some of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid…
'Which animal has the stinkiest poo?' →
Children interview celebrities: Simon Cowell, Girls Aloud, David Attenborough, Richard Hammond and Quentin Blake. Audio slide show adding among others, David Cameron, Jacqueline Wilson…
The 2009 Idiotarod Starts...Now! →
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Love this. Got to get it on the show.
Photo by Steph Goralnick.
Watch your back for adorned shopping carts today, the Idiotarod has officially begun! Seems like…
Charlotte →
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It’s an entire youth of a Sexy People!
1972 to 1982 Usa
My Superpower Is More Useless Than Yours... →
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This blog needs more fans. It’s awesome.
Flying, controlling the weather, and turning invisible are officially out. A new blog gives us the goods on the true superpowers of…
The Blood Bowl Trailer Is Epic [Fantasy Football] →
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Another childhood fantasy becomes reality. Seriously. I have always wanted this to be a videogame. Please don’t suck.
Enough with the teasing! Cyanide and Games…
david lee roth assteroids →
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Thank God people are out there making things like this.
This is so awesome, classic Asteroids with a Diamond Dave spin. You are Diamond Dave and you are shooting Van Halen…
Self-Improvement, 140 Characters at a Time... →
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Oh God. This was not what I wanted.
Today’s tweets: Ashton Kutcher tried to be more tolerant, the New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones tried to be more zen, and a guy who…
Your morning coffee in a cup this big. →
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This is amazing.
If I made a commercial for Trader Joe’s. Before anyone asks… the song is Águas de Março.
Somebody alert Jeff Goldblum →
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This is very nearly a third Holy Shit in a single day. Not exactly, but close.
Scientists from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland have managed to teleport…
Telescopic Text →
like Blueful, another playful experiment with storytelling on the web [via]
Robert Rodriguez Spearheads Predator Reboot: But... →
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HOLY SHIT AGAIN! Wow. Double holy shit day.
Fox is prepping a Predator reboot, with Robert “Grindhouse” Rodriguez in the mix. But can a new version possibly capture the…
Cyborg beetles commandeered for test flight, laser... →
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HOLY SHIT. Cyborg beetles.
Remember that DARPA initiative from a few years back to create cyborg insects? With funding from the agency, researchers at the University…
Kurt Warner Draws God →
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I can say this on here because I know none of my evangelical Twitter followers are listening: I have solidified a reason to cheer for the Steelers this weekend.
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Video: Sega Toys' Love Trainer says "the love... →
Look, times are hard. And since they couldn’t quite tap the market with their Body Trainer / FiTrainer, Dr. Itami (pictured not training for love) and Sega Toys have repackaged…
Some Things Need To Change →
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Wow. The internet is serious business.
Yesterday as I was leaving the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany someone walked up to me and quite deliberately spat in my face. Before I…
YouTube - Special Report - Mark Gormley →
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I’m smelling shenanigans here. Got to the UZtv youtube page and it’s a bunch of other similar weridoes - bands with names like Vomit Gun and a bunch of other stuff. I think it’s…
The Uncharted Zone →
Okay maybe I was wrong about this being Shenanigans. This website looks pretty amazing great and looks like it’s probably real.
The Photography of Kazuhiko Kawahara →
Digitally morphing the outlook of your conventional building, Japanese architect/photographer Kazuhiko Kawahara manipulates various images to create his distinct architecture style. The…
The Kinks - “Apeman” →
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Love this song.
The Kinks - “Apeman”
It's snowing on Mars ... →
… or at least in the sky above it. This is just one extraordinary piece of information being sent back to us by the landers, probes and rovers scanning the planet.
An 'Obama Effect' on Test Scores? →
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I think this could be one of the greatest benefits of the Obama presidency.
Education | Skepticism about messiah hype is in order, but a study now under review at a research…
Creativity and stretching the sweatshirt →
What does it mean to be creative?
You could watch the most non-creative, linear-thinking, do-it-by-the-book cop work to solve a crime and you’d be amazed at how creative her solutions seem to be….
Innovate Like Chris Rock →
Chris Rock has become the most popular comedian in the world. There is no doubt he’s got enormous talent, but his brilliance also comes from the fact that he’s an experimental innovator. The jokes…
Meet the Chris Crocker of Giants Fans [VideUhOh] →
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Gonna be big this week. Prediction: He’ll be on ESPN tomorow, Today show on Wednesday.
At least Chris “Leave Britney Alone!” Crocker had the dignity of solitude. But…
Pants With More Than One Zipper: Great Idea? →
Patent# US 6789269 dates back to 2004 and concerns Pants With One or More Zippers on The Rear Thereof. For those among us who feel one zipper just doesn’t quite cut it for fashions that need…
Pants With More Than One Zipper: Great Idea? →
Patent# US 6789269 dates back to 2004 and concerns Pants With One or More Zippers on The Rear Thereof. For those among us who feel one zipper just doesn’t quite cut it for fashions…
The Dancing Cameraman →
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Phenomenal.
:20. It will change your life. Just dance it out, man, just dance it out. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Via…
Happy Anniversary, Sexman! →
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AOTS shout-out! God love the Sexxman!
Hard to believe it happened so quickly, but Sexman has now been posting videos on YouTube for one full year. As good as 2008 was to the…
The Cosmic Genesis of Technology →
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Dense but interesting.
Originally posted in The Technium
At the very start of creation, the universe, such as it was, was packed into a very very very small space. The entire…
[adult swim] : Superjail! - Ten Bloodiest Videos... →
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This is BY FAR the best Adult Swim show in years. It is amazing.
Check out ten of the biggest fights and bloodiest moments in these videos from Superjail! on [adult swim].
Boeing’s 747 Laser Canon →
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Are you there Kent? It’s me God. Stop touching yourself.
Image : A World at War
With a range of up to five miles at a flying height of 10,000 ft, this 40,000 pound…
Inanimate Objects with Googly Eyes →
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I’m glad to see the Geico eye thing is moving foward and up in the world of pop culture references.
Here’s looking at you…breakfast! Contribute: Add an image, link,…
YouTube - Doktor Who vs Benny Hill vs Eminem →
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This is pretty amazing.
Robert Downey Jr. talks about Japanese Immigration... →
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This is a great story but what a cool idea to do this roundtable. Also, Downey, Jr. + Pitt + Rourke = Crazy, funny, geeky conversation.
Robert Downey Jr. recalls the six-hours he…
Let me tell you about my mother. →
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Wow. What a powerful idea. I love this. Also - an extension of this that could be interesting is watching a live feed of someone doing this.
Clayton Cubitt is a video artist. He…
Pope becomes one of world's oldest YouTube... →
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ATN ATN ATN - sorry had to do it.
Pope Benedict has become one of the oldest people to have his own YouTube channel, and he cautioned the young to use new media wisely and to avoid…
The New Frontiersman →
This will only be interesting to you if you have read Watchmen. But if you have, look out: The New Frontiersman on Twitter, with links to crazy realizations of documents and media from the…
Littlejohn Comics. →
Littlejohncomics Sketchbook : Thoughts can be funny. Illustrated thoughts can be funnier. Brought to you by Isaac Littlejohn Eddy. What Would Jesus Do…? is definitely my favorite.
Rico →
1985 Usa
Most Powerful Man in World Gets Most Powerful... →
Yes, Barack Obama will get a BlackBerry — after some government spook agency puts in an ungodly amount of encryption (and maybe some back doors so they can listen in). Last week, it was…
Keeping up with Lost →
Ed Note: Boingboing’s current guest blogger Steven Johnson is the author of six books, most recently The Invention Of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and the Birth Of America, for…
Air Force One Burger →
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I’d also like to see Bush have to fly coach.
Obama takes his first flight on Air Force One and orders a cheddar burger, medium well. He also points out that the pilot is…
Mid Day Open Thread →
From Pundit Kitchen. Open Thread below…
Boxxy and Boxee →
Ok. Boxxy, Boxee, Boxxy, Boxee, Boxxy, Boxee, Boxxy, Boxee, Boxxy. Ok? Tags: boxxy boxee
Kids Day: Vandalized Computer Monitors →
“Bring your kids to work day.”
Everyone in the company came into work to find their computer monitors vandalized with crayon scribbles. To promote “Bring Your Kids To Work Day,” childlike…
Get Lost With Ajira Airlines [Lost] →
The return of Lost means a brand new mysterious website that may have deeper meaning… or may just be a waste of time. Are you ready to fly the friendly skies with Ajira Airlines? Ajira…