With this Eliot Spitzer “Client-9” scandal raging, now seems like the perfect time to reminisce about all the other sexually-charged (so many puns intended) political scandals that have swept our great nation over the last few decades. Online general interest magazine Slatehas put together a wondrous interactive map of our nation’s capital called “The Map […]
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Websites Going Green For Online Shopping
Posted 3/12/2008 6:10 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniGreen is this season’s hottest color! Perhaps that’s not exactly true, but according to Divine Caroline, a blog dedicated to putting life into the words of its readers, green is totally in right now. That’s why they have published the article “Ten Green Sites for Good Shopping,” a guide about how to stay green while […]
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Extreme Dining 150 Feet in the Air
Posted 3/11/2008 11:06 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniI love it when clichés become reality. No, pigs can’t quite fly yet. But, thanks to one unusual Belgium-based company, now we really can have pie in the sky. The blog Life in the Fast Lane has posted an article about Dinner In the Sky, a restaurant business that gives the phrase “mile-high club” a […]
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Tips on Gardening With Garbage
Posted 3/11/2008 8:09 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerMarch is finally here, and even though it’s still snowing in some places or cold enough to need to defrost your windshield in the morning, it’s time to start getting ready for spring. And what better way to get ready than to do some spring cleaning and get your garden lookin’ fresh at the same […]
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Secrets to Saving Money While Dining Out
Posted 3/11/2008 6:43 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniI know what you’re thinking. Dining out should mean spending money, not saving money. In the blogosphere, some people tend to disagree. Personal finance blog Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money has published an article called “Save 50% When You Dine Out” detailing several tricks and tips for eating out that will help to […]
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The Beatles Catalog Makes Its Way to iTunes
Posted 3/10/2008 8:00 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniPaul McCartney and iTunes reached a deal late yesterday that will finally allow the online music provider to make the Beatles catalog available for download. The details of the contract have not yet been released, but presumably all twelve studio albums from the group will be formatted for online availability. Whether or not their entire […]
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Breaking News: J. Lo No Longer J. Lo
Posted 3/10/2008 6:18 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerJennifer Lopez aka J. Lo is taking a page from ex-boyfriend Sean Combs/Puff Daddy/Puffy/P. Diddy/Diddy’s playbook. According to gossip blog I Don’t Like You In That Way, the 38-year old pop star has demanded People magazine stop referring to her as “J. Lo” from here on out. Must be that whole “I’m a mommy now, […]
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22 Wacky Baseball Videos You Wish Were On ESPN
Posted 3/07/2008 6:45 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniThere’s more to baseball than just the highlights from last night’s game. That’s right. I’m talkin’ to you, SportsCenter. We’re sick of watching the same three or four plays a thousand times a day. And so is Steve Gebhart from Co-EdMagazine.com. He’s just published a list of “22 Baseball Videos That Should Be On ‘SportsCenter’.” […]
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Costumes for Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ Revealed
Posted 3/06/2008 6:57 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniThe buzz around 300-mastermind Zack Snyder’s next project is huge. Too bad it’s release is a year away. Snyder’s film adaptation of Alan Moore’s renowned 12-issue comic book series The Watchmen (1986-87) will be released March 6, 2009. But that doesn’t mean the hype can’t start growing now! Movie news site First Showing has published […]
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History of American Warfare Told With Food
Posted 3/05/2008 6:52 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniWe are what we eat. At least according to Tourist Pictures. The video graphics company, run by Stefan Nadelman, has put together a 5-and-a-half minute clip that summarizes American warfare from WWII through the present day. And they do it with food. Germany becomes bratwurst and pretzels, the French are croissants, Israel becomes a bagel […]
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Nine Inch Nails Release Surprise New Album for Free
Posted 3/04/2008 6:46 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniNine Inch Nails fans now have the answer to what the band’s leader Trent Reznor meant when he posted a mysterious message titled “2 Weeks” last month on their website. He was talking about the release of the new instrumental NIN album Ghosts. The latest NIN endeavor, which is said to be visually-based music for […]
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Arthur Benjamin Calculates with ‘Mathemagics’
Posted 3/03/2008 6:28 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniMathemagician Arthur Benjamin has created a new form of entertainment where he brings the charm and flair of magic shows to the science of mathematics–and makes you love it. But he says he is nothing like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Main. After watching the video below, however, I am quite skeptical. TED, a website with the mission of […]
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Mission Accepted: The Cultural Transmission of Songs
Posted 2/29/2008 6:16 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniWhere exactly is the groove? Ah, yes, I see it is in the heart. I never would have been able to understand the true meaning of Deee-Lite’s 1990 dance hit without this chart. But you must be wondering why there is a chart detailing the innerworkings of Deee-Lite’s music. Livejournalers Boyshapedbox and Pacman Is Loving […]
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Recipes That Call for Your Leftover Alcohol
Posted 2/28/2008 9:32 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerAfter throwing a huge blowout bash, it is inevitable that you will be stuck with more leftover alcohol than you can fit in your fridge, basement and bedroom closet combined. Parties are just like that. You over-buy because the fear of running out of beer halfway through the night scares you more than finding out […]
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The ‘Star Wars’ Saga Through the Eyes of a 3-Year-Old
Posted 2/27/2008 7:05 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniI think I know where George Lucas drew his inspiration from when he conceived his new Star Wars cartoon: a three-year-old girl. After watching the YouTube video below of a bubbly toddler explaining the plot of Episode IV, George must have realized there is a new generation of Star Wars fans waiting with baited breath […]
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Convert Your DVDs to Your PC or iPod For Free
Posted 2/26/2008 6:44 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniYou have a problem. The commute to work, those long road trips with family. They’re boring. You have an iPod, but Never Mind the Bollocks can only drown out so many crying babies. You’d like to watch some of your favorite television shows or movies on the ride, but nobody wants to pay for something twice. If […]
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The Crusher: The DOD’s New Driverless Vehicle
Posted 2/25/2008 7:50 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerSince the two-hour television movie Knight Rider aired two weeks ago, people have gone self-driving car crazy! Stars and Stripes, an independent online news source for U.S. military news, reports that the American government has a working prototype of an all-terrain vehicle that would require no supervision or human assistance whatsoever in order to operate […]
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Inventors’ Hall of Fame: Remote Controls, Revolvers, Safety Pins, etc.
Posted 2/22/2008 12:39 pm by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniIf you’ve ever wondered where your remote control came from or how your computer ended up with a mouse, don’t worry. The Inventors’ Hall in Akron, Ohio has got your back. The National Inventors’ Hall of Fame, founded in 1973, honors–you guessed it–inventors from around the globe. However, one requirement for being inducted is that […]
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Secrets Behind Penn & Teller’s Sleight of Hand Trick Unveiled
Posted 2/22/2008 10:30 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniIf you thought learning about how a bill becomes a law by watching musical cartoons was fun, then you will love the Penn and Teller video segment titled “Penn and Teller Explain Sleight of Hand.” The clip, which you can view below, is posted on 5min, an online video service determined to deliver “short video […]
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10 Reasons Not to Watch the Oscars This Year
Posted 2/22/2008 6:46 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniTraditionally, the Academy Awards ceremony is one of the most-watched events on television every year. Recently, however, it has sunk to the level of other awards shows that have begun to wan in popularity. No one wants to watch four and a half hours of programming for a show where none of the people deciding […]
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Comedy Group Improv Everywhere Gives McDonald’s Bathroom Some Class
Posted 2/21/2008 6:16 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniFrom the people who brought you “Frozen Grand Central” and “Cell Phone Symphony” comes “McDonald’s Bathroom Attendant!” Although these are not feature length films, these Improv Everywhere (IE) videos pack all the comedy of any movie into a mere few minutes. Improv Everywhere was founded in 2001 by comedian Charlie Todd. Essentially, IE is a comedy troupe of a […]
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Top 5 Lamest Sports Movie Superstars
Posted 2/20/2008 6:30 am by AJ StarAh, the sports movie. A genre of film as necessary to the American experience as the warm apple pie we smother with vanilla ice cream. The tales can focus on the strength of individual athletes or the transcendent nature of being part of a team. There will be victors and there will be sore losers. […]
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Table Etiquette Made Easy: A Guide for Men
Posted 2/20/2008 6:01 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerAfter bachin’ (pronounced “batchin”) it up for five years or so, it can be difficult and tiring for a guy to go from ramen noodles and Hungry Man dinners to salad forks and cleansing his palate. Luckily, no one here on the internet expects the not-so-fairer sex to do it on their own. Ploomy, a […]
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The 8 Weirdest Theme Parks From Around the Globe
Posted 2/19/2008 5:59 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerSpring break is right around the corner and if you’ve been tiring of the same boring beaches in Cancun, then hold off on booking your plane ticket for just a minute. If it’s a bizarre or educational vacation you want, then check out this list published by Mental Floss of “8 Weird Theme Parks We’d […]
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Dwight Howard’s Superman Dunk Wins Contest
Posted 2/18/2008 10:20 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniThe NBA All-Star Weekend was held in New Orleans over the past few days, and many exciting highlights from the three days worth of festivities have emerged. Among them, the dunk that won Orlando Magic player Dwight Howard the NBA 2008 Slam Dunk Contest title. Video footage of the event, which you can view below, […]
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Navigating the Final Frontier
Posted 2/15/2008 6:38 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniApparently, people with similar obsessions design comparable ways of dealing with them when the obsession is not active. In this case, I mean people who are obsessed with a TV show. Yesterday, we brought you the definitive look at the Lost island’s Dharma Initiative stations in–finally!–map form. Today, we bring you the most thorough mapping […]
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Mapping Abandoned Stations on the ‘Lost’ Island
Posted 2/14/2008 6:14 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniWith the fourth season of Lost underway, even obsessed viewers might start finding themselves struggling to keep all their encyclopedic knowledge straight in their heads. The story behind the mysterious island that the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors now call home has been developing slowly and revealing itself in layers–excruciating layers–since the series premiered. After a […]
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When Geeks Breed…
Posted 2/14/2008 5:34 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerSome people will argue that geekiness is not a hereditary trait, that parents cannot pass said geekiness onto their children. But that doesn’t mean they’re not going to try! Photo Basement, the premiere blog in all things hilarious and photography, has published a list of “8 Good Examples of What Happens When Geeks Have Children.” […]
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SpongeBob SquarePants Cast Reinvents Classic Movies
Posted 2/13/2008 9:30 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniThe word “comedy” doesn’t typically come to mind when a person thinks of classic movies like Casablanca. But everything is funny when it gets dubbed over by a talking yellow sponge wearing rather square slacks. CollegeHumor.com recently featured a new video, which you can view below, with some infamous Nickelodeon cartoon characters taking liberties with […]
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Fasnacht Festival Lights Up Switzerland
Posted 2/13/2008 6:35 am by AJ Star and RJ SaddlerIt’s that time of year when people throw festivals in anticipation of other festivals in anticipation of Mardi Gras! Spring breakers across America are just returning from their trek to the biggest party in the country. And according to the offbeat blog Life in the Fast Lane, the Swiss are no different. The blog reports that […]
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