There are about 1,200 members of the print media who will be attending the Democratic National Convention. And all those folks get to share 20 portable toilets. That’s roughly 60 caffeine-slugging folks per toilet. Yuck. Honey Bucket, save us!
Duke Freshman get iPods
Just in case you missed it on the 4,000 other sites that linked to the news, Duke University is buying iPods for its entire freshman class. Spoiled little bastards.
The Dog That Walks Like a Human
It has no front legs, but it’s been trained to walk upright on its back legs. Cool! Picture on this BB post as the linked site is down.
I Need One Of Those
A Garfield kid’s toy that looks like it’s giving you the finger.
A Interesting Use For Urine
Leave it to an Oregon-based company to create a system that enables military folks to rehydrate their rations using urine. Full Story.
The BugMeNot Registration Form
You probably know about BugMeNot, the essential tool to get by user registration on news sites. As a very well done joke, they’ve decided that they want to “create a better online experience” and have a registration form as well. It asks questions about religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, income, bank balance, how much you spend on herbal supplements and prescriptions, if you suffer from sexual dysfunction, how many times you have sex, and if you’ve ever fantasized about killing your boss. Priceless. Link via Waxy.
Imagine What This Guy Would Do With This Site
There’s some crazy that’s going through libraries in Utah that is meticulously editing swear words out of some of the “Murder, She Wrote” books. Quoting the story: “Swear words have been crossed out and replaced with milder words, like ‘darn,’ ‘gosh’ or ‘heck,’ written in black, purple, green and even pink ink.” Full Story.
What’s the Story Here?
Why the heck does mammals.org go to Apple’s web site? Thanks for my cousin Pat for pointing that out.
Just what Central Oregon needs
Another water-sucking, high-priced, yuppie-tourist attracting golf course. It will be built in the area in South-EastWest Bend burned to a crisp by the Awbrey Hall fire in 1990 — the area towards Mt. Bachelor. Thanks Rob for the tip.