- You know that volcano that blew ash all over Europe and wrecked havoc all over the place? You can blame the guys at Top Gear for that. (By the way: If you’ve never seen Top Gear, it’s hilarious. Watch some.)
- The iPhone can now run Android.
- Protection from double jeopardy doesn’t exist if the federal government tries you.
- Chatroulette: Batman vs. Random Couple (watch it at full screen so you can read the text).
- High-tech underwear for adventurous geeks.
- Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Liberal, Maren Tarro’s account of the D.C. Tax Day tea party protest with her rightwing dad.
- Mensa Selects Its Favorite Brainy Games of 2010.
- WhiteHouse.gov releases Open Source Code, as does the Bank of Canada.
- Yet another reason to avoid McAfee software: a patch they put out borked thousands of Windows PCs.
- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused quite a stir when he (basically) said that women showing any skin increases the earthquakes in the world. So to see if he’s right, some folks are organizing a Boobquake to see if they can cause the Earth to move by showing more skin. This may be one of those cases where a POIDH is called for.
- Need some background textures for your web site? Here are some great sources.
Category: Obvious
Reading Material
US government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus
Not that we didn’t already know that, but it’s nice they finally admit it.
When You Mess With A Bull…
…the bull will always win. Always. Otherwise you’ll end up showing your personal parts for the whole world to see.
40% Of Tweets Are Pointless Babble
I would’ve thought the number would’ve been higher, but at least there’s research to back it.
When Pear Analytics started its short-term study, it assumed that most of the tweets would be either spam or self-promotion. This belief, it said, was driven by the growing number of firms starting to use Twitter as a tool to drum up sales.
Instead, it found that 40.5% could be classified as pointless babble, 37.5% as conversational and 8.7% as having pass-along value. Self promotion and spam stood at 5.85% and 3.75% respectively.
Useless Research Of The Day
Teenagers who Web surf, text message and consume caffeine at night are more likely to fall asleep during the day, researchers in Pennsylvania said.
Big Shocker
Heard about the girl last week who was shocked to find 56 tattoos on her face? Big surprise, she made the whole thing up because her dad was miffed.
Useless Study Of The Day
I love it when bunches of money are spent to figure out the obvious: Staying up watching late-night TV causes you to lose sleep.
Thank you, Captain Obvious!
Why You Should Always Check Your Facts…
…and never rely on Wikipedia as your sole source of info (which I’ve obviously known before).
Wolfram Alpha Is Interesting…
…but it won’t kill Google, but it might make a good compliment to it as yet another tool for information junkies.