People do a lot of odd surveys. A recent Ipsos Reid poll conducted in Canada at the behest of Microsoft asked a lot of questions about, what else, video games. I suppose they’re trying to find out just where people play games so they can respond and push the Xbox 360 into the proper areas […]
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Don’t Squeeze The Charmin, Wear It!
Posted 6/20/2008 2:26 pm by Ron HoganYou see that lovely wedding dress? It’s not just a lovely outfit, it’s a lovely outfit made of, get this… toilet paper. That’s right, it’s a squeezable soft, extra absorbent, ridged for extra cleaning bridal gown.
That lovely dress, fabricated over a two week period by Katrina Chalifoux, won the fourth annual toilet paper […]
Office Rampage Video Makes Suckers Out Of The Internet
Posted 6/12/2008 9:21 am by Ron HoganRemember that awesome viral video of that office worker going completely insane? Well, as it turns out, that wasn’t just some great hidden camera footage. No, it was just your every day, run of the mill viral marketing campaign. Instead of selling computer products or pepper spray, it was just a video selling […]
Read »Bombing On The Golf Course (Literally!)
Posted 6/11/2008 2:47 am by Ron Hogan Who doesn’t love a relaxing day on the golf course? The sun’s shining, the grass is green and lush, there’s a nice cool breeze blowing through the trees. Oh yeah, and there’s also discarded military explosives right off the tee box. Wait, what?
Right off the 5th hole, Freddie McGee was operating a bulldozer with another […]
The Penalty For Assault With A Dead(ly) Hedgehog
Posted 5/30/2008 9:10 am by Ron HoganWe’ve all been hedgehog-throwing mad. I know I sure have. It’s important, when you’re at your angriest, to step back, take some deep breaths, and slowly put down the Erinaceinae, because if you’re anything like the New Zealander who threw the last hedgehog, you’ll end up paying a hefty fine.
While $545 is a pretty steep […]
The Devil’s Playground
Posted 5/08/2008 12:56 am by Ron HoganThe playground is supposed to be a happy place. Filled with kids running around, having fun, screaming with laughter and delight as they gambol and cavort about like beasts in the field. Sure you might get the occasional skinned knee, but mostly the playground is a place for kids to be kids and revel in […]
Read »Anti-Pirate Discrimination Laws Still Exist!
Posted 5/07/2008 12:54 am by Ron HoganYarr, matey. A father of four in England be lookin’ at a trip to the brig thanks to his raising of the black flag of yore in honor his his wee daughter’s 8th birthday party. David Waterman, a firefighter by trade, raised the Jolly Roger as part of a party theme and since then has […]
Read »Mechanical Animals Or The Adventures of Cyborg J. Squirrel
Posted 5/06/2008 1:15 am by Ron HoganNo, I’m not talking about the Marilyn Manson album Mechanical Animals, but close to it.
One of the greatest things humans can do is rebuild things they’ve damaged. From bionic tails for dolphins and artificial coats for featherless penguins, to an artificial beak for a wounded eagle named Beauty, humans have come a long way when […]
The Fashion-Conscious Urban Survival Suit
Posted 5/01/2008 7:07 pm by Ron HoganWe all know it’s going to happen. One day or another, someone will invent a vigilante robot or something and the next thing you know the entirety of Planet Earth is a post-apocalyptic wasteland with gunfights in the streets, rioting, and Australian kids throwing boomerangs at people. It’s a bad scene if you’re unprepared, but […]
Read »Take Flight (Or At Least Fall Awesomely)
Posted 4/30/2008 1:45 pm by Ron HoganYou know, in my youth, I was a big fan of the movie The Rocketeer. What could be cooler than throwing on a bullet-shaped helmet, donning your asbestos underpants, strapping on a big tank of explosive and flammable jet fuel, then sparking a match and taking off in a leg-charring woosh of flame and gel […]
Read »“Falling Towers” Actually Supposed to Look Like That
Posted 4/29/2008 6:00 am by Ron HoganThe Chinese government has launched a building (and demolition) frenzy the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the Works Progress Administration was launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. One of the most interesting of the 300 new buildings that are going to be built in Peking’s business district is the so-called Falling Towers, […]
Read »Free Ice Cream From Ben & Jerry!
Posted 4/29/2008 5:30 am by Ron HoganMy two favorite hippies have done it again. Today, Tuesday April 29th, is Free Scoop Day at any one of 580 Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop locations throughout the world. Ice cream is delicious normally, but there’s nothing as good as free ice cream! That’s the sweetest scoop of all.
Not sure where your closest retail store […]
Pointless And Dumb USB Gadgets For Your Computer
Posted 4/25/2008 12:37 pm by Ron HoganThere is a staggering amount of pointless and downright stupid USB peripherals available for sale out there on the weird, wild world of the Internet. Just in case you don’t have enough weird things plugged into your computer’s very limited USB slot spaces, forcing your power supply into working overtime, Cracked has just what you […]
Read »The Subway Survival Kit
Posted 4/25/2008 11:23 am by Ron HoganAny good motorist has some emergency supplies in their car. Even most of us bad motorists carry around extra oil, radiator fluid, and a spare tire. If you’re prepared, you’ll have a pry bar, maybe a flashlight or some flares, and even a spare blanket. Even if you don’t have any of that stuff, you’ve […]
Read »Freaky Fish Festival
Posted 4/24/2008 1:13 pm by Ron HoganI think that the oceans are incredibly fascinating, if only for the wide variety of creatures, both cute and frightening, that live beneath its waves. While even stuff on the ocean is neat, there’s nothing that compares to the freak show that is your average bottom-dwelling ocean fish. They’re like slippery nightmares from […]
Read »Sci-Fi Accessories That Boggle the Mind
Posted 4/24/2008 9:57 am by Ron Hogan and AJ StarThe science fiction genre is known for its heavy reliance on outlandish gadgetry. However, the gadgets work best when they’re somewhat realistic. If you stray too far from realism, into the realm of the farcically fantastic, then your audience response goes from “Oooh, neat, I want that!” to mocking laughter. Unfortunately, as Io9 points out, […]
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