Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Finally, some relief from the annoyingly cheerful

The changing face of social networking

MySpace shrinks as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo grab its users | Technology | The Observer

MySpace had 124 million monthly unique visitors last month, a decline of 2%, according to the marketing research company comScore. Facebook, by contrast, racked up 276 million unique visitors, an increase of 16.6%



Sunday, March 29, 2009

30 beautiful animal photos

Reason

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Playing Cards from the Ukraine

Car Wash Vacuum Sex

Redneck Sushi

Horrifying Drinks

ShamWow Guy Arrested

Live in a metal tube

Friday, March 27, 2009

Petition the government to save the CBC

Klingon Keyboard

Soap bubble macrophotography

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

'Big Brother' in the UK targets Facebook

Now 'Big Brother' targets Facebook - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Minister wants government database to monitor social networking sites.


Pandorum!

Slightly more news about the new Riddick movie

Nonstop - new movie from the Underworld makers "Lost meets aliens"

Tiime to let the media conglomerates fail!

WesternGrit: Time to Let The Media Conglomerates Fail <read full post
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We have some large media chains, run by large multi-national corporations, who are very obviously "friendly" in their "editorial content" (loosely disguised as "journalism") to the governing party.

We have a proven history - and research (see McGill study) - showing how this governing party benefited from amazingly slanted positive "news/editorializing" from said chains...

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How is a "bailout" of "friendly" media chains ANY different than handing over cash for positive coverage? How? Oh, please do, tell us how, this is not some sort of conflict of interest... Something that borders on the heinous?



Let the Right One In - Lost in translation

Let The Right One In: Why Is The Let The Right One In DVD For Dummies?

According to reports, the translation, on the U.S. DVD, is somewhat lacking in its subtitles.



More details here at Icons of Fright


Grace Park - video interview about BSG

BSG Finale, and what Earth 150,000 years ago was really like

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

9 Good Things the Internet Has Ruined Forever

Is the food still good?

StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - Save Money, Eat Better, Help The Environment

Look up foods and find out how to store them so they won't go bad, and, find out if something has gone bad or not.
Is it Safe to Refreeze Meat That Has Already Thawed?


BSG - Finale - Synopsis and discussion of

Monday, March 23, 2009

Stargate Universe coming this fall

Saturday, March 21, 2009

London Curfew on under 16s

Surprising things that affect memory

Surprising Things That Affect Memory - Forbes.com

While many know the basics when it comes to keeping their minds sharp (stick with those crosswords), a crop of new research is showing that lifestyle choices may play an even bigger role than people realize, particularly in terms of memory. Factors--some positive, some negative--range from diet to unlikely medications and hormonal changes.



Israeli soldiers print t-shirts condoning shooting pregnant women

Facebook in the near future