When it was first announced, the Tesla Roadster made serious waves. A sports car that is also green? It seems illogical, but apparently Tesla was able to combine 0-60 in 4 seconds with 250 miles of range to create an electric super car, the first of its kind. Of course, it is $109,000, but if you […]
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Amish Man Arrested For Sexting 12-Year-Old Girl
Posted 6/22/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganYou would think that life in an Amish community would be clean, wholesome, and free from the distractions of the modern world. You’d be wrong. As it turns out, Amish communities are home to serious drug abuse and sale, puppy mills, and now attempted sex with minor children. That’s right, the Amish have discovered sexting, […]
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Steven Spielberg Fired Megan Fox From Transformers
Posted 6/21/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s not every day that a movie franchise drops its top star, but that’s just what happened when director Michael Bay fired Megan Fox from his latest Transformers film. As it turns out, Megan Fox was fired from Transformers: Dark Side Of The Moon because she broke Godwin’s Law. When Megan Fox compared Michael Bay […]
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Meet Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA For 2011
Posted 6/20/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganAlyssa Campanella has a lot of experience with beauty pageants. She’s a former Miss Teen USA runner-up from New Jersey, and she’s the reigning Miss California USA. Now, thanks to her victory last night, Alyssa Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She beat 50 […]
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The Web Is About To Grow
Posted 6/20/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is the company that controls all URLs available and runs the entire World Wide Web. When you type in popfi.com and it takes you here, that’s because I bought the URL from the guy that bought the URL from a company that’s a registered URL […]
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Vancouver Riots After Stanley Cup Loss
Posted 6/16/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganPeople will use any excuse to start rioting and go crazy. No more nuts at the bar? Time to riot. Justin Bieber doesn’t show up to the mall? Time to riot. Vancouver loses the Stanley Cup Finals? Time to riot. Canada, long believed by people who don’t know better to be a genteil heaven on […]
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The 3000-Mile Oil Change Myth
Posted 6/15/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganSince cars began, it seems as though there’s been a rule. Every 3000 miles, rain or shine, you change your oil. Whether you drive a van, a sports car, or a car that runs on fat, you have to change your oil after 3000 miles. Consider that myth busted. According to Jiffy Lube, the world’s […]
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Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Posted 6/15/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganTime for a little good news, bad news, when it comes to tonight’s complete lunar eclipse. Good news: there will be a total eclipse of the moon tonight, June 15. Bad news: If you live in North America, you won’t be able to see it at all. That’s right, the lunar eclipse will not be […]
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Mavs Topple Heat, Win 2010-11 NBA Title
Posted 6/13/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganIt wasn’t supposed to happen this way. LeBron James made himself a villain, stabbed his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in the back, and fled to the superstar-ladened Miami Heat in pursuit of championships and glory. King James was supposed to rise to the occasion, topple Dirk Nowitski, Jason Kidd, and the rest of the ancient Dallas […]
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The World’s Richest Dog, Trouble, Dies
Posted 6/10/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to pets, most of them live better than people. They eat, play, and sleep all day while their human masters toil at jobs. If their owner is a good person at all (and sometimes if they’re not), they live the life most of us wish we had. Trouble, a Maltese who once […]
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Apple Unveils iCloud, Kills MobileMe
Posted 6/07/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe future is the cloud. Thanks to Ray Ozzie, Microsoft saw it. Google knows this, too. Amazon sees it as we speak. And now, the last of the main hold-outs of the cloud revolution, Apple, is taking the plunge. At the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs announced iCloud, Apple’s new cloud storage system that […]
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USDA Debuts Food Plate, Replaces Food Pyramid
Posted 6/03/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganIn 2005, the USDA rolled out a brand-new food pyramid that was supposedly the easiest to understand in the history of government-mandated food guidelines. Well, like all things governmental, it wasn’t quite as easy as they’d hoped. Americans just got fatter, and the Food Pyramid (now with stick figure climbing stairs) just kept on confusing […]
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Spell “Victory”-The 2011 Spelling Bee Winner Is…
Posted 6/03/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganBe they large or small, there’s nothing quite like a spelling bee, and the Scripps National Spelling Bee is one of the most impressive displays of academic talent you’ll ever find broadcast on television. While Jeopardy is a great test of general knowledge, there’s nothing quite like the specific test of brains that spelling the […]
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Shaq Retires
Posted 6/02/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to public figures, no one has embraced the public part of that phrase more than NBA superstar and all-time great Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq, who entered the National Basketball Association 19 years ago, was more than just a basketball player. He was a recording star, a movie star, and a personality the likes […]
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Ricky Rubio Heading To Minnesota
Posted 6/02/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganIn 2009, the National Basketball Association’s Minnesota Timberwolves were roundly criticized for picking two point guards back to back in the form of Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn. Minnesota GM David Kahn backed up this pick, saying that Minnesota wasn’t sure when (or if) Rubio would join the team. Well, as is turns out, the […]
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Cellphones Linked To Cancer Risk
Posted 6/01/2011 7:30 am by Ron HoganBad news, AT&T. While you’re also the world’s largest cellphone carrier, you might have just become the world’s largest brain cancer provider, too. According to the World Health Organization, cellphones may increase cancer risks in humans. However, the debate seems to be over just how high your cancer risk becomes when you use your cellular […]
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Lady Gaga Sells 1 Million Copies Of Born This Way
Posted 6/01/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganLady Gaga has morphed from a dark-haired piano-rock singer named Stefani Germanotta into a full-fledged phenomenon. Born This Way, Lady Gaga’s latest album sold over 1.1 million copies during its debut week, thanks to a staggering 662,000 digital downloads from Amazon.com. Born This Way was sold for under $1 by Amazon.com’s MP3 downloading service in […]
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Bronx Man Flips Out Over Two And A Half Men
Posted 5/31/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe television show Two And A Half Men is one of the biggest hits in television history. It’s the most popular sitcom on the air, and everyone involved has made a mint off of the hundreds of episodes that were produced before CBS and Chuck Lorre pulled the show off the air to retool it […]
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Jellyfish Swarms Ruin Florida Vacations
Posted 5/31/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganThere’s nothing like a weekend at the beach. There’s something about the combination of sun, sand, and salt air that can turn an otherwise normal body of water into heaven on earth, unless of course the beach you’re frequenting is under assault from hordes of angry mauve stinger jellyfish, in which case your heaven can […]
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Google Debuts Google Wallet
Posted 5/27/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganNot content to take on other companies in pretty much every field from web browsers to operating systems, Google has also turned its attention to longtime rival PayPal. Everyone, meet Google Wallet, Google’s attempt to turn your smartphone into a mobile credit card system. Here’s five things you should know about Google Wallet, via Computer […]
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Non-Pitcher Wilson Valdez Throws MLB Game
Posted 5/26/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganWilson Valdez, a journeyman infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, was pressed into emergency service as a pitcher. Teammates laughed. The Cincinnati Reds licked their chops and waited for their chance to tee off on some batting-practice fastballs and end the 19-inning game versus the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Instead of getting meatballs, Wilson Valdez […]
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Harold Camping Reschedules The Rapture
Posted 5/24/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganWell, the May 21 rapture date has come and gone, and as far as I know, everyone’s still on Earth. Well, people who didn’t pass away from natural causes are still on Earth, anyway. Nobody got raptured, and rapture predictor Harold Camping is left with a tremendous amount of egg on his face. That said, […]
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2010 Flashbacks: Iceland Volcanic Ash Headed To Britain
Posted 5/23/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganStop me if you’ve heard this before. A powerful volcanic eruption in Iceland disrupts air travel across Europe. If it sounds like 2010 all over again, that’s because it is. However, there’s a small difference in that a different volcano is causing travel problems. This time, the culprit is Iceland’s Grimsvoetn Volcano, which erupted over the […]
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Lando’s Blackstar Warrior Trailer
Posted 5/20/2011 7:30 am by Stephanie SturgisWe all know who was the smoothest dude in the Star Wars flicks. Hands down, it has to be Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian. With that cape he was the James Brown of space for crying out loud. Come on, Williams made the ladies melt with his killer mustache, soothing voice and debonair style […]
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Sleepy Thief Carries Pickled Sausages
Posted 5/20/2011 7:00 am by Stephanie SturgisDrunken thieves always result in the most entertaining and head-scratch-worthy stories. Take the recent case of the besotted fool in Bowling Green, Kentucky who was roused out of two homes before the police nabbed him. The drunk intruder had his pockets stuffed with unusual loot. In addition to (wait for it) drugs, police found two […]
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The CDC’s Government-Approved Zombie Survival Tips
Posted 5/19/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganIf you’re not afraid of the impending zombie apocalypse, there’s something wrong with you. A healthy fear and respect for zombies is what will separate the mobile humans from the recently deceased. Any self-respecting zombie fan knows that, and amazingly, so do the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC, an arm of the federal government […]
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The Cleveland Cavaliers Win The NBA Draft Lottery
Posted 5/18/2011 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe Cleveland Cavaliers, still heart-broken by LeBron James’s decision to take his talents to South Beach, have been able to receive some small consolation last night at the NBA Draft lottery. Thanks to a lucky bounce with the ping-pong balls, Cleveland has been able to draw the top pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, thereby […]
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Canadian Town Besieged By Wildfires On All Sides
Posted 5/16/2011 6:30 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to scary situations, there’s nothing scarier than an oncoming natural disaster. For residents of Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada, danger has been all around them for awhile. Slave Lake is the epicenter of a series of raging wildfires in Alberta’s rich wilderness, but until now the situation wasn’t dangerous. Then, the winds changed. […]
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“Necomimi” Cat Ears Take “Expressive” Fashion To A New Level
Posted 5/15/2011 6:08 pm by Marcia FeltsEver been in a situation where you just can’t find the words to express how you’re feeling? It’s really frustrating, and it often leads to what the French refer to as “staircase wit,” that perfect response you think of while walking away. Thanks to a Japanese company called Neurowear, in the near future you might […]
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Library Of Congress Offers Free National Jukebox
Posted 5/15/2011 1:07 pm by Stephanie SturgisThere’s a new free online jukebox for music lovers, and you don’t have to hit it with your fist like the Fonz to make it play. Of course, the music you can hear on this jukebox is even more dated than the hits from the 50s that the Happy Days gang heard. The Library of […]
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