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Sci-Fi Buildings Invade Your Town

Posted 12/31/2008 11:43 am by

Who doesn’t love a weird building?  I know I do, and I’m pretty sure everyone else does too.  That’s one of the reasons why we talk about weird modern research facilities.  Well, the sci-fi blog io9 is full of like-minded folks, which is why they put together a gallery of buildings that look like spaceships. […]

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Plastic Surgeon’s Car Runs On Human Fat

Posted 12/30/2008 12:51 pm by

People have a love affair with cars that borders on the religious.  In some cases, it is a religion.  However, as gas prices rise and people get more concerned about the environment, alternative fuels are going to be more and more common.  Take, for example, one Beverly Hills plastic surgeon’s idea to run his car […]

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The Life-Saving MP3 Player

Posted 12/29/2008 10:13 am by

Hi there, PopFi readers.  Did you have a good Christmas?  I know I did.  The brief respite from the rigors of scouring the Internet for fun stories was most welcome.  I didn’t take a vacation or go skiing, but I did get an MP3 player (among other gifts).  They’re fun (I bought some songs just […]

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Six Animals That Rule The World ‘Wild’ Web

Posted 12/24/2008 11:04 am by

We’ve seen our share of wild (literally and figuratively) animals here at PopFi, because animals are usually pretty popular.  They can be cute, they can be funny, they can be weird, or they can be any number of things.  All of the adjectives you can use to describe animals only serve to underscore the simple […]

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One Purple Squirrel, Coming Up!

Posted 12/22/2008 12:23 pm by

The Purple Squirrel isn’t just a drink at your favorite bar anymore.  An actual purple squirrel has been paying regular visits to Meoncross School in Stubbington, Hants, England, creating quite a sensation among students and staff.  The grape-colored visitor, nicknamed Pete, has become something of an unofficial school mascot.  I think they should make him […]

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The Tree Man’s Bark Returns Again

Posted 12/19/2008 11:52 am by

PopFi first brought you coverage of the story of Dede Kosawa, the Tree Man of Java, way back in April when he had four pounds of warts removed from his body.  A few months and many more surgeries later, he’d had an additional ten pounds of warts removed and was looking forward to finding a […]

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Will It Blend? Yes. Will It Explode? Ohh Yes!

Posted 12/18/2008 6:56 pm by

One of the biggest questions on the Internet (and a stock response of blog trolls everywhere) is “Will it blend?” The answer is more than likely here, and more than likely yes. Pretty much everything will blend if you have a cool enough. However, just because something will blend, that doesn’t mean you should blend […]

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Ponzi And His Schemes

Posted 12/17/2008 12:45 pm by

Disgraced investment guru Bernard Madoff recently defrauded thousands upon thousands of people and companies out of a reported $50 billion dollars thanks to one of the oldest cons in the book:  the Ponzi scheme.  Among those snookered were Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg and “Forrest Gump” screenwriter Eric Roth, huge banks like BNP Paribas and The […]

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Anything You Blog May Be Used Against You In A Court Of Law

Posted 12/16/2008 9:30 am by

The bloggers in the audience undoubtedly know that whatever you say out there in cyberspace can come back to haunt you in the real world.  That goes double for your actions and activities posted on MySpace, Facebook, and all those other social networking websites that the people use religiously these days.  Not only are these […]

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Pinup Queen Bettie Page Dead At 85

Posted 12/12/2008 1:26 pm by

The notorious pinup girl Bettie Page had lived enough in one life for two or three normal lives.  The legendary pinup queen has been a figure of controversy and redemption throughout her life.  Something of an empty vessel, Page’s life and legacy is one in which everyone can find something of meaning.  She passed away […]

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Ghosts Of The Frozen Wasteland

Posted 12/10/2008 11:51 am by

We’ve discussed Robert Scott’s abandoned camp in the Antarctic before, but little did I know that Antarctica is literally full of abandoned buildings, ships, and even entire towns.  It also has more ghosts per resident than anywhere else in the world, if you believe Dark Roasted Blend’s awesome article and image gallery about the ghosts […]

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Broccoli Cat Wants… Nay, Demands His Broccoli!

Posted 12/09/2008 9:11 pm by

There have been a lot of great kitty videos here at PopFi, but there’s nothing quite as unusual as this one. This is a video of a cute little kitten who gets downright mean when you even think about taking away his broccoli. That’s right, the least-favorite food of kids everywhere is just something this […]

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Batman Gets A Batfine For Illegal Batparking

Posted 12/08/2008 1:54 pm by

I had a vehicular incident this morning.  Pulling into the parking lot at work this morning, I had misjudged the distances and thanks to someone parking crookedly and slightly into my parking space, I scraped another person’s car.  Insurance was informed and it’s all going to work out with only a moderate amount of physical […]

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College Students Have Been Partying For 100 Years

Posted 12/04/2008 11:46 am by

You know, every college movie made since Animal House has chosen to play up all the fun aspects of college:  drinking, partying, doing any number of stupid and reckless things that you later regret.  You know, the stuff you’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t in high school because you still lived at home.  Apparently, […]

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The World’s Oldest LOLCat

Posted 12/01/2008 2:01 pm by

When they say there is nothing new under the sun, they really mean it.  Take, for example, LOLcats.  Those goofy cat pictures with the silly captions are thought to be an invention of the modern Internet, but as it turns out, there’s a history there that extends far beyond 4chan or I Can Has Cheezburger?.  […]

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