85 diggsCyanide and Happiness #1687

87 diggsAs eating becomes more adventurous and a back-to-the land vibe resurges inthe form of vegetable gardening, canning, and using all parts of everything,curious cuts of meat are appearing (or really, reappearing) on restaurantmenus.

266 diggsRepresentatives from Verizon, AT&T, and Cricket will be faced with questions from US Senators on why those short 160 character SMS messages are so darn expensive these days. Text messaging can cost from .01 cents to...

97 diggsBoldly go where no(one but a geek) cook has gone before!

172 diggsA funeral company took the body to the morgue. Several hours later, a worker there noticed the bag containing the body was moving.

83 diggsMuch repeated quotes that help you stay frosty.

133 diggsOf all the things that have changed in China over the past 30 years, transportation has undergone one of the most obvious of transformations. Where city streets once swarmed with bicycles, they are now full of automobiles. Cars clog intersection and expressways. Their exhaust clouds the sky and the air is full of the sound of horns.

194 diggsThe guys from the Blue Man Group weren't always famous. They used to work at a burger joint. And this is "Kids", from "Bye, Bye, Birdie".

47 diggsWarning: This article might make you feel itchy. Relentless itching affects many people so severely, they anti-depressants, scratch till they bleed or use chili peppers.

337 diggsThis post will discuss those four principles as they relate to web design. By keeping these design theories fresh in your mind, you will be sure to design cleaner, more aesthetically pleasing sites.

141 diggsA Windows Vista Media Center PC with a digital tuner is all you need to capture, save, and edit broadcast footage in HD.

63 diggsA scientific breakthrough in the understanding of how Alzheimer's disease may spread across the brain of elderly patients might lead to novel ways of treating senile dementia, scientists have announced.

254 diggsIt's time to introduce CSS3 features into our projects and not be afraid to gradually incorporate CSS3 properties and selectors in our style sheets.

108 diggsA young sprinter is on the edge of Britain's Olympic team - after a talent scout spotted him running for a bus.

130 diggsIt may be no surprise, in light of the global economic recession, that the world's richest nations have failed to deliver much of the aid they promised Africa four years ago. But campaigners are not letting the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries off the hook.

107 diggsThe Chinese gateway to the ancient Silk Road is being flooded – and the culprit, researchers say, is climate change. Melting glaciers sitting above the Hexi corridor in Gansu province, once an important trading and military route into Central Asia, are fuelling dramatic regional floods.

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184 diggsWhat's next, a tax on each sip of office coffee? The IRS believes that some percentage of the costs incurred by employees using company-provided wireless devices should count as a "fringe benefit" and thus be subject to taxation.

68 diggsYou may vaguely remember scratching your chicken pox at the age of 3, but do you remember the moment your body burst into the world?

109 diggsI do not want to take anything away from Lakers head coach Phil Jackson. Over almost all of the last 4 decades, Jackson has distinguished himself as both a player and a coach in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Orlando Magic in this year’s finals, solidified Jackson’s lofty place in the history of the game of basketball.

107 diggsJonathan's ten-year-old daughter boarded a plane from Boston to Cleveland to visit her grandparents. She flew as an unaccompanied minor, meaning that her family paid an extra fee for airline staff to keep an eye on her and make sure she was taken care of and ended up where she needed to be. They didn't. She ended up on a plane bound for Newark, NJ.

226 diggsAllegations of vote-tampering and electoral fraud began in Iran even before voting had finished. What is the evidence that the poll may have been rigged?

57 diggsAndy Murray produced another impressive display to beat James Blake 7-5 6-4 and clinch his first grass-court title at the Aegon Championships at Queen's.

160 diggsThe hacked websites, which include primary schools, universities, the Driving Standards Association and various local government websites, such the Historic Scotland heritage site, have fallen victim to hackers exploiting loopholes in badly designed software.The websites were affected in different ways.

175 diggsChristy Walton, widow of John Walton (and worth $20 billion), tops the list of 20 women worth a combined net worth of $160 billion. At number 20, Rosalia Mera of Spain is a self-made billionaire who started out helping then-husband Amancio Ortega make dressing gowns and lingerie in their home.

307 diggsAnyone have qualms about electrocuting a baby? No?

135 diggsScientists are working on mutations to generate immortality. This is not a comic book. Early experiments have greatly extended the lifespan of bioengineered worms.

137 diggsEven though WordPress Codex should be the best place to learn about WordPress and its tweaks, it's often too much for the average user. Here are 22 code snippets for some of the most commonly demanded functionality enhancements.

124 diggsCould it be that at a time when many of us fear with our wallets, we now have reason to fear for our safety?

105 diggsFragile porcelain pistols hand-painted in the style of classic tableware motifs. These are replicas of James Bond’s Walther PPK and its contemporary sister, the P99.

118 diggsPrototype may look like a solid open-world game at first blush, but a nihilistic story and a bland engine keep the game from competing directly with its betters.

176 diggsOctopus and squid can hear. The discovery resolves a century-long debate over whether cephalopods, the group of sea creatures that includes octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses, can hear sounds underwater.

157 diggsAnti-piracy groups and lawyers across Europe are unmovable - they say that since they logged a copyright infringement from a particular IP address, the bill payer is responsible. Now the Court of Rome has decided that on the contrary, an IP address does not identify an infringer, only a particular connection.

74 diggsPaying a monthly subscription fee, users will be able to stream AND download as many music tracks and albums as they want from UMG’s entire catalog. The unlimited music service was announced today won’t launch until later in the year.

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109 diggsLakers fans rioted after winning the NBA title last night, and one reporter was brave enough to join them on the streets with his video camera, even though most media outlets shied away.

170 diggsThe first “anti-stab” knife is to go on sale in Britain, designed to work as normal in the kitchen but to be ineffective as a weapon.

103 diggsA new invisibility cloak for sound could help doctors find tiny tumors or hide submarines from enemy sonar.

126 diggsYou'll recall China's new censorship moves with regards to PCs, mandating that new PCs there have site-blocking software installed. Ironically, though not surprisingly, it turns out that the filtering software they're requiring, "Green Dam-Youth Escort," contains pirated code.

156 diggsA little-noticed but historic milestone will be reached this week when the 500th person ever to fly in space blasts off. Chris Cassidy, 39, who has led combat missions in Afghanistan, will take the honor.

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269 diggsFrance's highest court has inflicted an embarrassing blow to President Sarkozy by cutting the heart out of a law that was supposed to put France in the forefront of the fight against piracy on the internet.

96 diggsWhen movies with budgets of nine figures bomb and cost studios money, it’s pretty cool to see low budget films make a return of literally over 1000%. Take a look at 15 low budget movies that turned out to be - from a commercial standpoint - phenomenal investments.

134 diggsJumanji for the modern economic climate

107 diggsA new report published this week by researchers at Stanford University suggests that Americans spend the vast majority of each day staring at, interacting with, and deriving satisfaction from glowing rectangles.

61 diggsThe UK Internet provider Virgin has struck a deal with Universal to offer their customers unlimited DRM-free music at a fixed monthly rate. As part of the deal Virgin committed to doing everything in their power to prevent people from sharing music on its network, including the option of disconnecting persistent offenders.

158 diggsLove the great outdoors? Want to see sights that will make you swoon? Or maybe you just really like being behind the wheel. Whatever your reason, here are ten of the world's most spectacular drives, so good they're worth getting on a plane to get to.

73 diggsComputerworld's 16th annual report highlights the employers firing on all cylinders.

160 diggsA re-cut Trailer.

187 diggsApple’s iTunes is now the nation’s largest music seller - with 20 percent of the market. Amazon has about 8 percent. And some studies show most music is now downloaded for free illegally.

139 diggsPixies superfans are in for a real treat with Minotaur, the previously reported gargantuan box set that rounds up the band's studio recordings and videos with a live DVD, new artwork, and a book. Here's a glimpse inside the set, which is available for presale today at the Artist in Residence website

90 diggsStep by step Linux keeps getting better. Here's the best of the latest release's features.

107 diggsMaking a cerebral sci-fi film on an indie budget isn't easy, especially when it requires your star to tackle simultaneous dual roles. Yet that's exactly what 38-year-old writer/director Duncan Jones -- son of rock legend David Bowie.

159 diggsFinding recipes for rare or strange dishes is easy, but finding recipes for super-rare dishes like those made of mythical creatures is darn near impossible. This list has them all. Problem solved.

95 diggsGoogle, the company best equipped and most motivated to digitize the world's books, wants to offer the world an online Library of Alexandria

175 diggsCreated by Jud Turner. "R-Evolve" is made of welded steel and mixed media.

84 diggsCykel is a plug-in electric bike sharing system designed for a wide range of users and topographies. The concept was inspired by the popular bike share programs found throughout Europe. It functions on either pedal-power or fully as an electric bike, which opens up transportation to wide range of users.

184 diggsIn anticipation of Ed Helms first Daily Show appearance as a guest tonight, here are his best segments from the show.

135 diggsUntil now, there has been little idea about what a spaceship propelled by a warp drive (or a warpship) would look like. Would it resemble the sleek Starship Enterprise? Or will it be like nothing we've seen before? So here's your exclusive look at what could be the future warp drive propulsion...

124 diggsFor the first time, the FDA has issued a warning that the mercury contained in silver dental fillings may pose neurological risks to children and pregnant women. "Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and fetuses," reads a statement that was added to the agency's Web site.

191 diggsCanonical aims to improve the Ubuntu user experience by fixing a multitude of minor usability glitches. The project, which is called One Hundred Paper Cuts, will entail a collaborative effort by Canonical's new design team and the Ubuntu community to fix one hundred usability bugs before the release of Ubuntu 9.10.

123 diggsThe Army Corps of Engineers has decided all trees must be cut down that are within 15 feet of a levee. From sycamores in Louisiana to cottonwoods in California, the corps is concerned tree roots could undermine barriers meant to protect low lying communities.

165 diggsIs America ready for Bay's daring portrayal of robot junk?

79 diggsAn Australian University is warning its faculty and students about some potential adverse health effects of using Apple's notebook and other products with high gloss screens, saying prolonged use could lead to injury if precautionary measures aren't adopted.

89 diggs"The pollution is so toxic, so dangerous, that an enemy of the United States -- or a storm or some other disrupting event -- could easily cause them to spill out and lay waste to any area nearby."

109 diggsYoko Ono loves to support worthy causes concerning peace, love, and understanding. But she rarely puts money where her mouth is.

135 diggsA loud grunt as a ball is served down the court has almost become as part of the Wimbledon fabric as strawberries and cream but that could all be about to change as tennis officials are considering a ban on emitting too much noise. Includes list of Top 10 Grunters in decibels.

262 diggsA most strange storyline has emerged with regard to the provincial vote totals for the Iranian election. Around 1600 GMT Sunday, the ministry of Interior released the official vote totals by province. As others have mentioned, by law candidates have three days following voting to contest the result, before the final totals are approved

271 diggsMen already get in enough trouble objectifying women, but who cares? This isn’t some Forbes list, and none of these lovelies are the Hollywood-actress types either - no these women all deal in the much more savage, backstabbing, drama-ridden realm of politics.

473 diggsSupporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, upset at their announced loss and suspicions of voter fraud, took to the streets both peacefully and, in some cases, violently to vent their frustrations. Iranian security forces and hardline volunteer militia members responded with force and arrests, attempting to stamp out the protests.

326 diggsPower users routinely punch into the BIOS in order to fine tune their system, but it can be an intimidating place to go exploring if you've never before burrowed beneath the surface. Here is your go-to guide for everything you've ever wanted to know about the BIOS.

116 diggsStreeter and Amir burn each other lyrically... with a little help from "Freestyle Love Supreme."

56 diggsRevellers throw tomatoes at the fifth Colombian Tomatina festival.

228 diggsMicrosoft is reportedly eyeing a major upgrade for its Xbox 360 console. According to 1Up, Natal - Microsoft's controller-free motion control technology - will be integrated into the upgraded unit. However, the company is also expected to distribute the new controller as an add-on for existing Xbox 360 consoles.

109 diggsA Florida teen was arrested and charged over the weekend in connection with the murder and mutilation of 19 cats in Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay.

106 diggsAccording to Davila Ross’ study, the laughter of our last common ancestor probably consisted of long, slow calls in a short series.

73 diggs"Fear grips Google?" Over Bing? … You have to hand it to the tabloid headline writers at the New York Post: They know nothing if not how to turn the tiniest spark into a five-alarm conflagration.

114 diggsAsus adds Intel P55 to its line of Republic of Gamers mother boards.

138 diggsBecause he doesn’t want the world to miss out on a racist, Jesus-loving puppet sing-along on his account, here they are: the best leftovers from two years dedicated to combing YouTube’s funniest, stupidest videos. Dig in, feel free to forward, and try not to cry laughing.

113 diggsTechnologies that exploit the unique weirdness of quantum mechanics could debut in the very near future, thanks to the groundbreaking work of a huge European research consortium. Unbreakable cryptography, unimaginable simulations of profoundly complex problems and super-fast networks are just some of the promise held out by quantum computing.

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87 diggsHow hard is it to find a job these days? Esquire's guy applied for more than three hundred over several weeks — and ended up with eight interviews. Real jobs, real interviews, real pain in the...

142 diggsDespite losing an automatic recount, several court battles, and a whole lot of dignity and credibility, former Republican Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota presses on with his delay tactics to keep Democrat Al Franken out of the Senate for as long as possible.

131 diggs... they just don't make pirates like they used to.

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141 diggsIn celebration of this super show, here's the Top 13 coolest objects from the comic-verse that would fit perfectly on the vast shelves in Warehouse 13.

230 diggsFor our Sixth Annual Mp3 Experiment, over 2,000 people of all ages downloaded the same mp3, pressed play at the same time, and had a blast together.

78 diggsThe retirement plans of many Americans went out the window in the past year due to the economic downturn, a new survey finds. A lot of folks now are looking at Plan B, and Plan B means working more and working later in life. It's not unlike what our great-great grandparents planned for, back before the concept of retirement came into vogue.

178 diggsJust about everyone wants to do great work, look good in the eyes of their boss, and earn the respect of their peers. In my 15-year career I’ve worked at a large number of different companies and held a wide variety of positions. I’ve seen how this works from every angle, so I thought I’d share some thoughts on what’s worked for me.

211 diggsIran seldom admits the international media. Election times are an exception so the world can see the Islamic republic's glorious democracy in action. Well it seemed like democracy until the charade ended abruptly, with a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad, and then the crackdown began.

178 diggsThe newly deceased bodies of young women in rural China are in increasing demand for superstitious families to use as, “ghost brides” for sons who died before marrying, to prevent the unmarried dead from haunting the family. A grieving father, who lost his son to an unexpected automobile accident, paid several men thousands of dollars for a bride.

99 diggsCustomers will be able to both stream and download as much music as they want for an undisclosed monthly subscription fee, but repeat file-sharers will face a “temporary suspension of internet access.”

143 diggsWe see the target market for the G530 as twofold. First off, it's aimed at business-people looking for a no-nonsense notebook to handle basic tasks without breaking the bank. Then, there's the crowd who is thinking about a netbook, but are worried over the underwhelming Atom N270/N280 CPU and the tiny display.

93 diggsNVIDIA has just announced a bevy of new mobile GPUs in the GeForce 200M series. Unlike some previous mobile products, however, the GPUs in this release are based on all new silicon, and not a re-branded version of the G92 that has served NVIDIA so well over the years.

199 diggsNow that The Hangover is a bona fide hit, talk of a sequel is inevitable. And the film's director Todd Phillips (Old School) says that while a follow-up to the drunken day-after comedy has been in discussions since before the film was even finished, a sequel is now confirmed to be in the works.

75 diggsYou can use PDF documents as small, flexible, Internet-safe files for managing documents in a collaborative project that requires input from several people. And with PDF, you can view and comment on the exact layout, which isn’t possible in text-based applications....

154 diggsThe "Late Night" host of 16 years finally moves up to the long-running "Tonight Show" and after only two weeks he already has some classic moments.

256 diggsThe savage Mexican drug war. Crumbling state budgets. The election of a president who said, "Yes — I inhaled." These developments are kindling unprecedented optimism among the many Americans who want marijuana legalized. Doing so could weaken cartels profiting from U.S. pot sales, save billions in enforcement costs, and generate billions in taxes.

228 diggsIn honor of this weekend's TV & Radio Correspondents dinner Comedy Central's Indecision blog collected their fav fake news vs. real news confrontations.

136 diggsThe unusual agreement unites the leading music publisher with a broadband company to combat online theft.

142 diggsWay way back in 2006, a recut trailer for horror classic The Shining hit the Tubez and left everybody in stitches -- what brilliance it was. Someone had cleverly re-edited Jack Nicholson's cinematic milestone into a fuzzy, family-friendly comedy, replete with a Peter Gabriel song to give the whole thing some "extra polish."...man was it awesome

117 diggsBy far one of the most wasted spaces of every residence is the roof - of course it is there to protect us from the elements, but surely it can be put to better use.

123 diggsResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

161 diggsTransformers Revenge of the Fallen won’t hit theaters until June 24th in the US, and most press screenings won’t take place until a little before that. But, over in the U.K. critics have already gotten a peek at the sequel.

241 diggshe first teaser trailer has arrived online for Michael Moore's upcoming movie Cloverfield... uh, I mean... his as-of-yet currently untitled documentary. As you may know, this movie delves into the economic crisis, the U.S. federal bailout and what he calls "the biggest robbery in the history of this country".

57 diggsThe ability to locate former classmates through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and, well, the Internet itself, has alumni organizations and other such groups wondering if the sun is setting on the traditionally organized reunion.

175 diggsI don't care about Rock Band. Or Beatles Rock Band. Not even Lego Rock Band. But I do care about The Beatles, and the game's opening cinematic is just a perfect, beautiful summary of their history.

179 diggsA federal appeals court on Monday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp to pay $507.5 million in punitive damages stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, plus 5.9 percent interest running from the 1996 trial judgment, the opinion said.

111 diggsInteresting collection of cool flash drives.

155 diggsAre you absolutely out-of-your-mind furious about that new Calvin Klein billboard showing a cluster of half-dressed young folks in what appears to be the prelude to an orgy? A lot of people are, apparently. If you're one of them, here's the best thing you can do about it: Nothing.

120 diggsToday we're releasing an update to the Source SDK that includes the .vmf source files for many of the official TF2 maps. Here's the list of included in the update: Lumberyard, Ravine, Badlands, Dustbowl, Granary, Gravelpit, 2Fort, Badwater, Goldrush, and Hydro.

169 diggsThere are more than 54,000 pubs in Britain, but the authors have whittled them down to the best 200. Explore the map to find the finest pubs in each area and view details, address information and a photo where applicable

64 diggsUsually in the movie the hacker is using some beyond versatile software that allows him or her to easily turn off the city’s power grid or change traffic signals with either a click of a button or a few easy key strokes.

106 diggsWhat is it about celebrities that makes us want to believe they do the filthiest, nastiest stuff to each other?

118 diggsToday I will show you some of the useful productivity enhancements that Compiz has to offer, such as multiple desktops (workspaces), moving windows between desktops, expo (preview and choose from all your desktops), resizeable window previews, and scale (display and choose from all your open windows at once).

70 diggsHere are some helpful hints for businesses interested in earning some extra cash by going green.

232 diggsAT&T seems to be using pretty underhanded tactics to get prepaid iPhone users to move over to new plans. They're also requiring those users to sign new 2 year contracts even if they aren't purchasing a new handset.

199 diggsMy wife is the first to admit it: For her, and for many people, Father's Day is an afterthought, a holiday just a few steps above the one that celebrates the groundhog and that other one that promotes trees.

175 diggsThis site is awesome. You are the video editor. Use your keyboard to create Bruce Lee kung-fu fight scenes blow-by-blow, with simple control over timing, overdubs, music and sound - and you can record and play the results.

312 diggsSaintsbury's has installed "Kinetic Road Plates" at the supermarket giant's new store in Gloucester, U.K. The new technology harnesses enough energy from vehicles driving in and out of the store's car park to power all the store's check outs. The kinetic energy system is just one of a raft of environmental technologies featured at the new store.

133 diggsTales of an iPhone on Verizon's network have been around even before the phone was released. Tech legend has it that Apple initially approached Verizon to be the iPhone's exclusive provider, but the carrier turned its nose up at the new device. So what would an iPhone on Verizon's network be like? Would it be as zippy and reliable?

177 diggsThe Reebok Pump Omni Lite has suffered a great many injustices since Dee Brown won the 1991 NBA Slam Dunk Contest in the basic black-and-whites way back in 1991. But this Gremlins pack, inspired by the 1984 movie, may just have to jump straight to the top (or bottom) of the list.

166 diggsLightning striking any object is enough to send shivers down your spine, but when the object is an aeroplane, it’s an event that can shake us to our very bones. Every time a plane plummets from the sky, we are reminded of how precarious flying is for us humans...

114 diggsApple on Monday finally got around to patching a widely-publicized security flaw in the version of Java shipping with Mac OS X, which could leave a Mac open to attack while browsing the web.

109 diggsIn the name of science, eight men and seven women drank alcohol through a straw while lying in an MRI scanner, presumably not all together, to see what would happen in their brains.

118 diggsThe development of mechanical soldiers and remote-controlled tanks and planes is changing war for ever - but the moral consequences have often been overlooked.

158 diggsIn this step-by-step web design tutorial, you will learn how to craft a beautiful and eye-grabbing grungy web layout using Photoshop. In the process, you will witness beginning to intermediate level techniques for building your own web layouts in Photoshop.

131 diggsWe're still a long way away from seeing the next generation of Xboxes, PlayStations and whatever Nintendo has up its sleeve, but Ubisoft is already preparing for the future.

172 diggsHollywood writers went on strike in 2007-2008, but we're only seeing the results now, in a crop of summer movies with half-baked scripts and abnormally dunderheaded writing. So when do we start seeing some movies that the strike didn't wreck?

162 diggsOver the weekend, a GOP official in S. Carolina posted a comment to Facebook comparing Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla. Now, in a second instance of Republicans playing the race card against the Obamas, a staffer for Tenn. GOP senator Diane Black emailed a composite picture of the country’s 44 presidents, which represents Obama as set of eyes.

100 diggsNew model enables precise design of damage-resistant materials

95 diggsIn a bid to illustrate…something…Michael Moore sent a whole bunch of out-of-work actors to the Loews theater in Manhattan to record the reaction to the trailer for his new film, which takes on the government bailout. The volunteers had the message “Save Our CEOs” emblazoned on their T-shirts and on tin cans that innocent, trapped moviegoers...

97 diggsIf you are looking to buy a good looking external hard drive then this collection will help you to make a good decision and you don’t need to search any more for a perfect suitable external storage device for yourself.

350 diggsMore great comments from SC Republicans, this time from Mike Green (@gopgreenhouse) on Twitter: "Just heard Obama is going to impose a 40 percent tax on aspirin because it's white and it works." http://twitter.com/gopgreenhouse

85 diggsIf Obama announced support for malpractice limits, that would set trial lawyers and unions—major supporters of Democratic candidates—on the attack. Not to mention consumer groups. This is Obama's key target group and he is not about to lose their support now before the next election that is.

245 diggsSamantha Abernathy was arrested yesterday after cops discovered she'd left her two little kids, 1 and 3 years old, alone in the house for hours.

332 diggsI have created a chart to help you visualize exactly how your level of drunkenness affects your chances of getting laid. Click the image to enlarge.

301 diggsJust in case their racism, sexism, and general awfulness hasn't been enough to turn you away from Abercrombie & Fitch after all these years, here's another glimpse of the inner workings of the horrible store.

134 diggsIn this article, we share with you the best of the best, cream of the crop sites, galleries, online publications, and libraries devoted to sharing information and exploring concepts pertaining to User Interface design patterns. Use these recommended sources to gain knowledge about a particular UI problem or to gain inspiration.

136 diggsWith so many creatures facing extinction, it’s heartening to read of the Large Blue butterfly’s resurgence.

129 diggsIn response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the CIA released a series of heavily redacted documents which detail new allegations of torture made by terror war prisoners.

168 diggsThe onion does it again!

94 diggsJust think of how many coke deals COULD have been made.

125 diggs"I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor, and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani," Letterman said. "It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault.

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315 diggsAntiterrorism training materials used by the Department of Defense teach that public protests should be regarded as "low-level terrorism," according to a letter of complaint sent to the department by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.

142 diggsIn a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing, former Halliburton unit KBR complained that it will be at a “competitive disadvantage” to win “large-scale” international contracts because it is being forced to comply with U.S. laws.

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480 diggsThe Invisible Rope Prank is a harmless and fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon.....

156 diggsThe operators of The Pirate Bay launched a long-awaited VPN service Monday, promising to make file sharers and other internet users more anonymous online.

129 diggsBreastfeeding was associated with an increase in high school grade point average and an increase in the odds of attending college, according to a study published in the Journal of Human Capital.

80 diggsLibération.fr appears to be quite invested in the developments on the Iranian streets since the announcement of Ahmadinejad's 'victory' in the presidential election. They are reporting events as they happen, and last was heard that a civilian protester had been shot by Iranian police. This was at 7:45PM Paris time (EST + 6).

87 diggsIn the 21-page document he said the court didn't believe there was enough time to resolve all the various issues before the sale of the insolvent team to Balsillie for US$212.5 million that was due to close June 29.

173 diggsBeing a server is tough. And when you're doing all this in shiny, orange hot pants and a cleavage-baring top with a wide-eyed owl, well, it only gets worse. I've worked as a waitress for the last four years -- since I was 17 -- and I've been a Hooters Girl for the past eight months. But before you shout "Objectification!" here are the pros and con

75 diggsTropical pitcher plants are among the planet’s stranger species, digesting ants and other insects that slip and fall into their bowls. But Nepenthes lowii, a pitcher plant found in Borneo, is stranger still. It gets its nutrition not from insects but from tree shrews, which use the plant as a toilet.

79 diggsIf you haven’t heard, there’s a lot brewing over brew in Minnesota. You see, the University of Minnesota is moving into its spanking new TCF Bank Stadium this season and part of the expectation was that there was going to be alcohol served in the premium seating and suite areas.

91 diggsBrett Favre says he is considering coming out of retirement for a second time and the only team he has talked to about a return to the NFL is the Minnesota Vikings. Favre appeared on the new HBO show "Joe Buck Live" in his first public appearance since retiring from the New York Jets in February.

103 diggsEveryone thinks that they know what fingerprints are for: to improve your grip's friction. But it turns out that this urban myth is wrong. Scientists have proved that instead of improving your...

154 diggsIranian demonstrators called for more mass protests on Tuesday, a day after Islamic militiamen killed a man during a march by tens of thousands against a presidential election they say was rigged.

142 diggs Shigeru Miyamoto has a lot on his mind. In a one-on-one interview at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, the head of Nintendo’s game design department and creator of Mario touched on a wide variety of topics: His new Mario and Zelda games, of course, but also what he thinks of the competition’s new camera-based motion controllers.

239 diggsAdobe has launched its next salvo in the SaaS battle, creating a suite of online document creation and collaboration tools. Leveraging its AIR framework and Flash for a rich interface, the tools can replace traditional office suites—but overall, the tools don't seem quite ready for prime time.

229 diggsHere are the 100 most beautiful words in English. How do we know we have the most beautiful? They were chosen by Dr. Goodword (Robert Beard), who has been making dictionaries, creating word lists, and writing poetry for 40 years.

364 diggsThe Jammie Thomas-Rasset retrial swung into high gear this afternoon as one of Sony Music Entertainment's top lawyers said that $150,000 per song certainly seemed appropriate to him. Thomas again insisted, though, that she didn't infringe any copyrights, and her lawyer calls her one of the music industry's "best customers."

142 diggsIn an unlikely location of Inner City Baltimore young men are keeping the ancient sport of pigeon racing alive. In this video we will meet some of the people who are keeping the sport alive, see why they do it, and how they do it.

140 diggsI was wondering how many people speak French Creole in Boise, Idaho...

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229 diggsTake that Ahm a dinna ja cket.

185 diggsIn the past week, I’ve seen the absolute worst in modern horror and I’ve seen a preview of what hopefully will be one of the best (Scorsese’s Shutter Island trailer). Both got me thinking as to what the horror genre has evolved (or devolved into) and I set out to find the best this decade has to offer...

128 diggsWe heard that instead of giving Vanity URLs away for free, like it did last weekend, Facebook originally planned to auction them off to the highest bidder. Now a Facebook spokesperson tells us it's true.

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168 diggsWeird Al's homage to The Doors, featuring Ray Manzarek himself on keyboards. Video directed by Liam Lynch.

73 diggsLong awaited post by Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s Webspam team, explaining PageRank sculpting changes and whether or not to use the "nofollow" attribute on internal links.

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98 diggsThe social networking website had 70.28 million users in May, topping its rival's 70.26 million, according to research firm ComScore.

94 diggsLAT.com—Only a few repo men possess the guile and resourcefulness of F. Max Hardberger. Since 1991, the attorney and ship captain has surreptitiously sailed away about a dozen freighters from shady ports around the world. Insane story from '07 about one crazy mother------.

95 diggsThe best thing about this video is how clear it is that we live in the disk of a spiral galaxy. Compare what’s in that video to pictures of NGC 4013, NGC 4565 or NGC 891 to see what I mean. We live in a galaxy. That’s a profound statement, and the evidence is literally right there above our heads.

160 diggsI don't want to hit my face on a tire or the pavement.

290 diggsSeven people were killed after they reportedly attacked a military post in central Tehran. Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi had told followers that he will "pay any cost" to contest the country's presidential election results, but said he had little hope his challenge would succeed.

328 diggsA group of Italian physicists figured out that a warp drive engine would probably kill everyone on the spaceship and then suck Earth into a black hole, but otherwise it should be fine.

103 diggsSewage created by residents across Manchester is to be recycled to power about 500 homes in the city.

152 diggsA preacher thankfully warns us of the evils of Michael J. Fox, Kenny Loggins and many more of the devil's hands.

172 diggsA 30-year-old French burn victim who received the world's first face and double-hand transplant has died of cardiac arrest during a follow-up operation.