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03.08.10

My Crib Nintendo Style Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Life, NYC | View Comments
A map of my new hood in the village, done in 8-bit Nintendo style: See the whole map of NYC at 8-Bit NYC. [via Waxy Links]
03.02.10

Greatest Tweet of All-Time: American Pastime Edition Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Life, Sporting | View Comments
Courtesy of Jayson Stark, or, more appropriately, @jaysonst: Here's a thought that ought to warm you up out there. This was the last Sunday without a baseball game to watch until Nov. 7. [via Balls Sticks & Stuff's Twitter]
03.02.10

15 Things You Should Know About Breasts Fancy Tickling, Funny, Learning, Life | View Comments
Now I believe the title to be a BIT misleading, as I don't think you necessarily should know these 15 things...but they remain 15 interesting things about breasts certainly won't hurt you to know, but, more importantly, will also give you an excuse to look at cartoon-drawn pictures of boobs at work and then just say that you're learning: Also, definitely click on this picture to zoom in... [via Online Schools]
02.28.10

How Genetics Works Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Learning, Life | View Comments
A very scientific insight into how genetics works: [via Kottke for a change]
02.23.10

First-Person Perspective of Horrific Bus Crash (Video) Life, Videos, YouTube | View Comments
This is an absolutely horrific video of a bus crashing into about 20 cars on the highway, seen through the security camera mounted on the front of the bus and then replayed from separate cameras mounted near the side-view mirrors on either side, the views from which are even wilder than the first: Crazy shit. [via Kottke]
02.17.10

The “MacGyver Multitool” – Just Wow Fancy Tickling, Funny, Hot Shit, Life | View Comments
Wow. Wow. [via Make Magazine]
02.04.10

Hockey + Coldplay = Filmmaking Brilliance Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Life, Sporting | View Comments
This guy must be the coolest person ever, and, in the process, he's created what must easily be the greatest time-lapsed documentary on building an ice rink in your backyard set to Coldplay's "Clocks" ever produced. In all seriousness, though, this is amazing...for some reason: Every year I enjoy making this rink in my backyard to play hockey on. This year I thought it would be a neat idea to make a time lapse of the process of getting the rink put together. While starting to play hockey in kindergarten I would always use the pool in my ...
01.29.10

J.D. Salinger Was Mad Funny Funny, Learning, Life, Movies | View Comments
American author J.D. Salinger passed away yesterday at the age of 91. Most famous for his definitive coming-of-age novel "Catcher in the Rye," Salinger was similarly known for his self-imposed life of "recluse." But success, once it arrived, paled quickly for him. He told the editors of Saturday Review that he was “good and sick” of seeing his photograph on the dust jacket of “The Catcher in the Rye” and demanded that it be removed from subsequent editions. He ordered his agent to burn any fan mail. With all the time he had by himself, though, Salinger also ...
01.24.10

Michael Ian Black’s Thoughts on the Conan O’Brien Situation Fancy Tickling, Life, Websites that are Better than Mine | View Comments
In a post on his blog entitled "Norma Rae", Michael Ian Black jumps into the discussion surrounding the Conan stituation but sees it from a different angle than most others have, and I kind of find it refreshing - well, at least a lot more refreshing than the jokes he makes on VH1's "Top 25 Sexiest Videos of the 2000's," which is just about the only place you see him these days:* "How did a Harvard-educated, multi-millionaire late night talk show host magically transmogrify into a guy who got laid off at the local car plant? The overreaction to Conan’s departure has been ...
01.19.10

“The First Time I Smoked Pot” Fancy Tickling, Funny, Life, Pictures | View Comments
I suppose the applicable word here would be "cute:" [via imgur]
01.18.10

Crayola Color Chart from 1903-2010 Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Life, Pictures | View Comments
Remember burnt sienna? Well, I do. This is pretty dope: Here's an article on how the colors changed over the years, i.e. the above chart translated into words. For example, look how Crayola added the fluorescent colors right before the 80's started; nice move: Colors Available 1972-1989 Number of Colors: 72 All colors previously listed plus the following fluorescent colors added in 1972. Chartreuse Ultra Blue Ultra Orange Ultra Red Hot Magenta Ultra Green Ultra Pink Ultra Yellow [via Buzzfeed]
01.15.10

What Does China Censor Online? Fancy Tickling, Learning, Life | View Comments
Incredible: Two things I learned from the above image: Communism is fucked up; and This guy really knows how to put together one of these "word charts." [via Information Is Beautiful]

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