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The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time →

dailymeh: I’d rather not pull an April Fool’s joke than pull one that isn’t funny, and I can’t think of anything funny at the moment. So instead of tricking you, I’ll direct you to the Museum of Hoaxes’s lists of the 100 best, and 10 worst April Fool’s hoaxes. Here’s number ten from the latter list: On April 1, 2003, as thousands of American-led coalition troops stormed across Iraq, the Iraqi...

Apr 1st

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April Fool's Day

I’m excited for what the internet will bring tomorrow.

Apr 1st

Mar 31st

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Mar 31st

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Mar 31st

Official Google Blog: Getting your Medicare... →

So I’m not one of the Google conspiracy theorists, but this is slightly crazy, though has the potential to be incredibly useful.

Mar 30th

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Literary Challenge: B Is for Beer - The New Yorker →

Mar 30th

Mar 27th

GQ: The 50 Most Stylish Men →

Mar 26th

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Mar 26th

Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - New... →

I can’t believe this guy is serious, there are so many flaws in his thinking. This is individualism run amok. I can’t imagine anyone in any other sector embracing this sort of thought. If your company goes under, sorry pal, but everyone in the company suffers. Isn’t that capitalism 101? And why would anyone ever be contractually bound to pay out a “bonus?” Bonuses are...

Mar 25th

Warp Whistle →

Mario uses the warp whistle and it sends him to New York City. This is a must watch.

Mar 25th

Facebook | Facebook Connect Goes to the Movies →

I’ve been waiting for Netflix to expand their social networking capabilities and this integration is the perfect solution. Hopefully you can access your friends’ queues and see what they’re watching.

Mar 25th

Skimmer - We Are Fallon →

Check out Fallon’s new desktop application/widget/reader for social network aggregation, Skimmer. It’s prettier than Friend Feed, but it’s not web-based. Nerds Sierra Bravo helped Fallon build it.

Mar 24th

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Samsung Sheep | adgoodness.tv Love the convergence of low and high tech.

Mar 24th

Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest →

Add this to the list of things that are named after Stephen Colbert.

Mar 24th

Giant Dominoes to Depict the Berlin Wall Fall →

Mar 24th

Inside Art (Slide Show) - The New York Times →

Satre Stuelke is an artist turned medical student. He used a CT scanner to look at everyday objects in a new way. Pictured above: barbie. Weird that she has leg bones. Article here.

Mar 24th

Vanity Fair’s Fishy Tales From Iceland →

New York Magazine’s Jonas Moody takes financial writer Michael Lewis (author of Liars’ Poker) to task for this Vanity Fair article. Is the Lewis article a parody? I’m hoping so, I’ve always really liked him.

Mar 24th

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Mar 24th

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Great Stylism - Bodie and Fou →

Wow. This is perfect looking.

Mar 23rd

BODIE and FOU: Creative chalkboard →

Wow. Excellent use of a chalkboard.

Mar 20th

Documents: AIG Corporate Security's Tips for... →

You have to wonder if you’re at the right company when you’re getting memos about how to not get your ass kicked for working for said company. I guess you could find another job, oh wait, your company destroyed all the other jobs!

Mar 20th

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Mar 20th

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Phoenix - 1901. From the forthcoming Wolfgang...

Mar 19th

Lunch: The Genius Behind Scanwiches.com's Juicy... →

Well I’ll be damned, I thought they were using some sort of super scanner. Turns out it’s just a regular old one that someone was going to throw away.

Mar 19th

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The Nasty Thrill of Gossip Girl - Rolling Stone →

Anyone see the inappropriate/kind of awesome Gossip Girl Rolling Stone cover shot by Terry Richardson? Yeah, it’s kind of gimicky (hot girls + phallus = duh), but you still love it. One thing I miss about NYC is seeing Terry Richardson at work all the time; looks like this was shot at Milk, though I’m not entirely sure.

Mar 19th