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Useful Useless Fact: How to Eat With Chopsticks


Posted in UUF by Dan | 1 Comment

Todays Tip: I am always embarrassed when I am brought out to eat and it involves chopsticks, since I have NO IDEA how to use them. Here is ...

A true test of patience and determination


Posted in Cool by Derek | No Comments »

A great example of human patience, persistence, and determination. Earlier on digg the following suspended Honda F1 race car graced the front page. Before clicking through, try and imagine the ...

Does anyone fly Southwest Airlines?


Posted in Cool, Random by Derek | 5 Comments

Changing the Southwest Airlines boarding pass is as simple as downloading the appropriate HTML boarding pass page, and changing the graphic before printing at home before taking off to catch ...

Get your Writely invites for free


Posted in Random by Derek | 13 Comments

Hassle free solution for acquiring the coveted Writely invites that have become so hard to come by [without knowing someone who currently has an active account]. In addition, the invite ...

“Killing is like squashing ants…”


Posted in Politics, Random, Snippet by Derek | 2 Comments

The Washington Post publishes the personal accounts of a young US solider stationed overseas near Baghdad and discovers a scary reality. "The truth is, it wasn't all I thought it was ...

Really?! Recycled water does funny stuff?


Posted in Random, Stupid by Derek | 8 Comments

Who's up for drinking a little recycled waste water? Would you feel a little more apprehensive of the idea with the knowledge that recycled water has been proven to alter ...

The Office 2.0 database


Posted in Geeky, Random, Tech by Derek | 1 Comment

Forget wasting your time snooping for the best web based alternatives to many of your favorite desktop application solutions. Take a peak at the giant Office 2.0 database which offers ...

Bush proposes new “Terror bill”


Posted in Politics, Random, Stupid by Derek | 8 Comments

In the continuing fight against terrorism, President Bush is proposing a new Terrorist Detainee bill which would allow the government to hold suspects indefinitely. U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might ...

Top 10 recommended OS X screensavers


Posted in Apple, Geeky by Derek | 7 Comments

Phil Ryu went to work and compiled his own personal recommendation of OS X screensavers. A great Top 10 list as well as a number of honorable mentions in both ...

Fox News blooper - J. Lo blow


Posted in AV, Entertainment, Stupid by Derek | 11 Comments

Not only did the above news anchor make a serious reporting blooper, he failed any attempts to play the mistake off in a semi believable manner.

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