Ninth human foot washes ashore in the Pacific Northwest
A human foot washed up on a Washington State island Friday morning, raising the tally of feet found on beaches in the Pacific Northwest since 2007 to a total of nine.
Justin Bieber Has Dedicated Servers at Twitter
Justin Bieber uses 3% of Twitter resources at any moment. According to a Twitter employee—talking to designer Dustin Curtis—Bieber has “racks of servers dedicated to him. I’m sure this will excite his haters (hello 4chan!) even more.
The death and rebirth of Duke Nukem Forever: a history
The game has now been in development for six years. Take Two doesn’t have much leverage over the cash-flush 3D Realms, and begins to wish for the game’s release.
Posted on : 02-Sep-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines
Happy Birthday Keanu!
Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced /keɪˈɑːnuː/ [kay-AH-noo, often pronounced kee-AH-noo]; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor.
How to make perfect pesto
Do you have a passion for pesto? What’s your favourite recipe, and is there any better way to eat it than with linguine and green beans?
Posted on : 01-Sep-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines
Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don’t drink tend to die sooner than those who do.
Deep-fried beer invented in Texas
The beer is placed inside a pocket of salty, pretzel-like dough and then dunked in oil at 375 degrees for about 20 seconds, a short enough time for the confection to remain alcoholic. When diners take a bite the hot beer mixes with the dough in what is claimed to be a delicious taste sensation.
Monty Python fans in pilgrimage to Scottish castle
Monty Python fans from around the world are preparing to make a special pilgrimage to a 14th century Scottish castle to mark the 35th anniversary of a cult movie.
The Mongoliad
It’s spring of 1241, and the West is shitting its pants (that’s “bewraying its kecks” for you medieval time-travelers). The Mongol takeover of Europe is almost complete. The hordes commanded by the sons of Genghis Khan have swept out of their immense grassy plains and ravaged Russia, Poland, and Hungary… and now seem poised to sweep west to Paris and south to Rome. King and pope and peasant alike face a bleak future—until a small band of warriors, inheritors of a millennium-old secret tradition, set out to probe the enemy.
P.J. O’Rourke’s Progress
P.J. O’Rourke has changed his mind. In an article in the Weekly Standard, the leading magazine of the neoconservative, pro-war faction in America, O’Rourke reports on his recent trip to Afghanistan. I defy anyone to read that article and conclude that he thinks it’s a good idea for the U.S. government to stay in Afghanistan.
Gizmodo Liveblog of Apple Event
This is Gizmodo’s liveblog for the Apple iPod Event on 9/01. Coverage officially starts at 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET), but we’ll be blogging before that. Here are some other quality liveblogs: gdgt, Ars Technica, Wired, NYT, and Apple Insider. Check Gizmodo.com for more news after the liveblog’s complete.
Meteorite nugget pushes back age of the solar system by nearly 2 million years
The solar system is 4.5682 billion years old, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience. This is up from about 4.567 billion years, the previous estimate, and is based on a new analysis of metal deposits left by meteorite impacts.
The strange virtual world of 4chan
Coventry cat tormentor Mary Bale has become the latest victim of 4chan – a website credited with creating some of the web’s biggest phenomena, whose users wreak havoc across cyberspace. Just what is it all about?
iPhone app to replace the stethoscope
Peter Bentley invented the iStethoscope application which monitors heartbeat through sensors in the phone as just a bit of fun.
Posted on : 27-Aug-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines
The new Digg: Don’t believe the snipe
Serving publishers appears to be a focus of the new Digg. News sites are now able to push their stories into Digg’s system automatically, and the service has selected some news outlets it chooses to recommend to users. (Disclosure: These include CNN and Mashable.)
Laker Star Kobe Bryant Sues Japanese City Over Naming Rights To High-End Beef
Kobe Bryant was actually named after the expensive and highly sought after Japanese beef when his father, whose nickname is “Jellybean,” saw it on a restaurant menu. Now, the tables have turned, and Bryant is suing the city of Kobe itself over naming rights to the beef.
How the Brain Stops Time
Now a research team from Israel reports that not only does time slow down, but that it slows down more for some than for others. Anxious people, they found, experience greater time dilation in response to the same threat stimuli.
Windows Phone 7 will cost Microsoft $1bn
But will that mound of cash get Windows Phone 7 off to the right start in its fight with Android and the iPhone 4? Short answer: No.
Welcome to the world’s worst traffic jam
Thousands of drivers on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway just outside the Chinese capital have been snared by roadworks ever since 14 August.
South Korean psychiatrists treating StarCraft ‘addiction’ with drugs
A study recently conducted by the Department of Psychiatry at South Korea’s Chung Ang University has found that StarCraft “addiction” can be treated with Bupropion, an antidepressant and anti-smoking aid.
Oregon St. player dismissed after arrest
An Oregon State University offensive lineman has been dismissed from the team after police say they found him naked and intoxicated in a stranger’s home and had to use stun guns to take him into custody.
Chang Apana: officially-acknowledged inspiration for the fictional Asian detective character, Charlie Chan
In 1898, Chang joined the Honolulu Police Department. In a force of more than two hundred men — the officers mainly Hawaiian and the chiefs mostly white — Chang was the only Chinese. Instead of a gun, Apana carried a bullwhip. Over the years, he received a number of scars to his face, fighting with criminals. He also became famous for his whip, Panama hat and cigars. He was married three times.
No More Gym? Don’t Worry, Your Muscles Remember
Strength training not only builds muscle, it also generates new muscle nuclei. According to a new study, these nuclei stick around even when muscle mass goes away.
Jobs reveals an IOS4 update
And Jobs did send forth a message unto his unworthy disciples via his holy Iphone and did spake and say, “Software update coming soon. Sent from my iPhone”
Is the Trailer for ‘The Shining’ the Actual Film?
Since trailers these days attack you with fast edits, sketch out the entire movie—except rearranged, of course—and present footage that won’t ever appear in said film, then who’s to say the 142 minute-long Shining isn’t just a long, drawn-out, and very, very artful trailer?
Collector doesn’t want these tracks in the trash
Murray Gershenz said he hoped a museum or college would acquire his rare 400,000-album collection. That hasn’t worked out, so his next stop could be a dumpster.
