May 2010
Warner Bros. Sued for Pirating Anti-Piracy... →
Warner Bros. has been sued by a German technology firm which claims the movie and television production company pirated its anti-piracy technology.
100 Things You Didn't Know About The Empire... →
(via bunch)
thedailywhat:
Stop What You’re Doing And Watch The Hell Out Of This of the Day: Rachel Maddow points out some striking similarities between the ongoing Deepwater Horizon mess, and the Ixtoc I oil spill, which took place at that very same spot 31 years ago next week.
[msnbc.]
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synthesizer Exclusive... →
noisenik:
Our good friends at IHAVESYNTH.com have posted a really good interview with the people from Teenage Engineering, check it out!
MMR – autism scare: so, farewell then, Dr Andrew... →
givemesomethingtoread:
It is with a gladness of heart and much rejoicing that I note that Dr Andrew Wakefield, the gastric surgeon and one of the principal authors of perhaps the stupidest and most unnecessary health scare of recent Western history, has been struck off the General Medical Council for being “dishonest”, “misleading” and “irresponsible” in his research into the MMR vaccine and...
Why Crap Gets Read And Real News Doesn’t: The... →
soupsoup:
I find it depressing, but instructive, that my top five best-read (of more than 700 posts) stories here are on pop culture. Sigh. I don’t even care much about pop culture, so it’s a fairly rare event when I care enough and know enough to think I might have something worthwhile to add to that particular chorus.
Professional writers write for money. A very rare, and very fortunate, few...
thedailywhat:
CollegeHumor Original of the Day: So Lost skipped over a few unanswered questions on its way off the Island.
And by “a few,” I mean “all of them.”
[collegehumor.]
gregb:
Flying Lotus - Interview Apollo Magazine (by alex deforce)
I love listening to interviews with this man.
America's 20 least-visited National Monuments →
Treasure Island →
givemesomethingtoread:
How TV serials achieved the status of art.
thedailywhat:
Lost Recap of the Day: Kevin Garnett helps teammate Glen “Big Baby” Davis get all caught up on Lost.
[kottke.]
geezush:
via ianlee & theduty:
HOW TO BE A DICK FROM THE 80’S.
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Wow, writers really used the high school douche as a major crutch back then.
Hilarious email exchange. →
50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples of All Time →
#50 is my jam.
11 Biggest Playoff Disasters In Cleveland Sports... →