- Sad story of the day: Ethan didn’t have to die (or: If I ever saw either of these people on the street, I’d hit them with a baseball bat, no questions asked).
- The work conditions are so bad at the Chinese Foxconn factory that makes iPhone and iPads that a bunch of people have committed suicide.
- What does that hotel really look like? See for yourself, as those nice photos were obviously taken out of context.
- About dang time: the moronic doctor who claimed that vaccines caused autism, causing vaccination rates to plummet, has had his license pulled. Now if we could just get Jenny McCarthy to shut her mouth …
- Because every country is the best at something.
- When Sarah Palin visits the OBGYN, they have to bring in hazmat suits from the center for disease control..
- Google launches encrypted search.
- What if Empire Strikes Back was a 50s 3-D movie?
- Nice way to pimp a VW: Install a built-in beer tap.
- The Sad Reality Behind Ronald McDonald.
- After 100 years, Mark Twain’s autobiography will be released.
- SepiaTown lets you view and share thousands of mapped historical images from around the globe.
- Amazing developer arrogance (and why I won’t be using OpenCart — its developer has made it unmaintainable).
- Lost hackers documentary, Hackers Wanted, shows up Pirate Bay.
- Why the web is awesome: Metafilter helps track down victims of human trafficking.
- Why Zappos is awesome: They had a pricing mistake that cost them nearly $1.6 million, and they took it like men.
Comments
Appalling story about Ethan. It’s amazing how often these horrible acts of abuse are committed by the stepfather or the mother’s boyfriend.