Unusual Stuff

The one thing the government takes seriously is its own rulings.  The Federal Trade Commission has had dust-ups with Google over its handling of private information before with the Google Buzz lawsuits, and now it’s back at war with Google.  This time, Google is being taken to task over the way it planted third-party cookies […]

Say what you want to about director and writer Joss Whedon, but the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer apparently knows his way around a comic book blockbuster.  Whedon, who wrote and directed the wildly successful billion-dollar Marvel tentpole The Avengers has been slightly ambivalent about returning, but apparently money talks and the chance to […]

The once cozy relationship between Apple and Google has now become something of a cold war between the two.  Increasingly in every area, Apple and Google are butting heads.  Whether it’s music sales or tablet computing, Apple and Google have transitioned from allies to enemies in all fields and it’s starting to lead to some changes in their […]

In his last full season of NFL action with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010, Terrell Eldorado Owens caught 72 passes for 983 yards and 9 touchdowns.  Not bad for an older receiver whose best days are behind him, but not enough for some team to take a chance on TO, especially once he hurt his  knee and […]

When it comes to lightning storms, you really do not want to mess around.  Lightning is very fast and difficult to predict, so when lightning storms come, massive professional sports events, such as the annual NASCAR race in Long Pond, Pennsylvania’s Pocono Raceway are quick to take cover and to usher the fans into safety. […]

When you’ve got as many Facebook profiles as the world’s largest social network, you’re going to have some issues.  There are a lot of people out there who simply cannot or will not follow the rules, and when you’ve got 955 million global users, you’re going to have some concerns.  For example, Facebook hates junk […]

Soon to be the Pilot Flying J Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers are bitter rivals in the AFC North, but that doesn’t mean they also don’t have some things in common.  For example, Cleveland and Pittsburgh do not have official cheerleaders.  Another shared trait is their shared ownership.  Wait, what? […]

Of the many punk bands I’ve seen, one of my favorite performances of all time was when I saw the band No Use For A Name on the Warped Tour back in 2002, when the Warped Tour was good and full of actual punk bands and not whatever tours on the Warped Tour now.  It […]

Just when you thought it wouldn’t return, it’s back.  Like clockwork, the looming spectre of Halloween means the release of a new Paranormal Activity movie.  The second one did great business thanks in part to a creepy trailer, and the third one broke box office records, so the fourth one has some big shoes to […]

For decades, Gore Vidal was one of the most celebrated media personalities.  Even more than his writing ability, Vidal was famous as a television guest and media figure.  If you needed a witty, acerbic quote, you went to Gore Vidal.  Well, that is no longer the case.  After spending most of his later years at his home […]

Kendrys Morales of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim has been struggling as of late.  In his last 28 at-bats, this teammate of Albert Pujols only has three hits, but last night during a game versus the Texas Rangers and ace Roy Oswalt, Morales decided to change up his usual routine and leave the batting […]

In the United States, whenever we have a power outage in the millions, people absolutely freak out.  That goes double when a large city or state lacks power.  In India, the world’s second-largest country, a third of the country’s population has no access to power, but hundreds of millions of others depend on electricity for […]

Here’s some very unsurprising news.  Last month, rapper Snoop Dogg was caught trying to smuggle a small amount of marijuana into Norway.  I know, that would never happen, right?  Well, Snoop was on his way to the Hove Festival in Norway, but while trying to enter the country via Kjevik Airport, Dogg had 8 grams […]

Of the many issues with the 30th Olympiad, AKA London 2012, the biggest has been the many, many empty seats.  Depressing shots of half-full stadiums have been the norm, and the London organizers have been turning increasingly to an unusual source to fill the empty seats:  the military.  Soldiers and off-duty security have been encouraged […]

For a long time now, Google has been frustrated with the speed of internet service provided by the average ISP, so the company decided to do something about it.  Google decided to create Google Fiber, a very-high-speed internet service provider, which sparked a publicity war to decide who got the service.  After a campaign filled […]