Yesterday, we wrote about a Tumblr site that superimposes celebrity eyebrows over their mouths to resemble moustaches in a way that would make Rich Uncle Pennybags proud. And then we listed some other things we’d like to see photoshopped over… Read More ›
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38% Of You May Not Be Able To Read This
CNBC reports that according to a Gallup survey, 58% of Americans still have their VCRs, which is more than the numbers who have desktop computers, iPods, video game consoles, or tablet computers. 62% of Americans do own smartphones, though, so chances… Read More ›
#ItalianParkingTickets
The Local reports that in Rome, Italy, police are using Twitter complaints from the public to give out parking tickets. 3 More Fines We’d Like To See Result From Social Media 1. A fine for following people to get them… Read More ›
Isaac Asimov predicted almost everything for 2014 accurately.
Treehugger.com reports that sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov made many predictions about 2014 in a New York Times article written after visiting the 1964 World’s Fair that have held true. Specifically, Asimov predicted microwave oven-like devices, solar panels in the desert,… Read More ›
Monkey In Space!
CNN reports that Iran has claimed to successfully launch a monkey into space and back. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So, wait, that monkey I saw in space wasn’t a hallucination?” – Sandra Bullock’s character from Gravity 2…. Read More ›
Search Engine Apparently Willing To Help Get Male Musician Pregnant
Alt-rockers Matt & Kim posted a screenshot on Instagram of what happened when they tried to do a Google search for “is there a way to download flash videos.” As you may be aware, search engines often suggest searches as… Read More ›
Yahoo Keeps On Acquiring Companies With Few Vowels In Their Names!
Gigaom reports that Yahoo has acquired a company with live concert-streaming capabilities called “Evntlive,” which adds another company with few vowels to its stable after its purchases of Flickr, Tumblr, and a company we just wrote about days ago called… Read More ›
If Your Password To Your Email Accounts Is “1,” Just Email Money To Random Scam Artists, And Save Your Friends And Family The Time Of Worrying If You Lost Your Wallet In Amsterdam!
Reuters reports that 2 million passwords to accounts of such stalwarts as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, and Google have been hacked using a server in the Netherlands. Common passwords included “123456,” “123,” “password,” and “1.” Three Questions That Arise From This… Read More ›
Yahoo Acquires All Of The Consonants!
Yahoo reports that it has just acquired a company called Ptch, a mobile video and editing app. It added this to its recent acquisition of Tumblr, and not so recent acquisition of Flickr. Three Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
Analysis Of Most Used Words In Hunger Games; Harry Potter; and Twilight Series’ May Be More Readable Than The Words In These Books!
Slate put together an interesting “textual analysis” of the most popular phrases and words in the Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Twilight series of novels. You can view the tables of categories such as “Most Distinctive Adjectives by Author” by… Read More ›
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