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2008-12-06T05:34:00.001-08:00

Why People Write “First” in the Comments

2008-10-28T23:31:00.001-07:00

http://graphjam.com/2008/10/28/song-chart-memes-first-in-the-comments
Hiyelness: 8.5

Upside Down Dogs!

2008-10-15T13:36:00.000-07:00

A collection of upside down dogs! Is any more explanation necessary?
http://upsidedowndogs.com

Hiyelness: 9.5

David Caruso's top 100 dramatic moments

2008-08-27T15:39:00.000-07:00

NBA Look Alikes

2008-08-02T18:11:00.000-07:00

Classic and contemporary NBA Look Alikes. A little hit and miss, but a lot of fun. http://nbasource.blogspot.com/2005/03/nba-lookalikes.html

Corey Maggette and Xzibit

Calvin Booth and Chewbacca

Mike D'Antoni and Tom Skeritt

Kevin McHale and Frankenstein

Reggie Miller and a Ferengi

Sampras vs Federer

2008-01-21T09:47:00.000-08:00

The much anticipated Sampras vs Federer exhibition matches in Korea, Malaysia and China are now available online at The Tennis Channel

The Mother of Tennis Look-Alikes!

2008-01-09T09:35:00.000-08:00

Hiyelness: 9.0

Crocodile Nowitzki

2007-11-26T16:48:00.000-08:00

This summer Dirk Nowitzki went down under to find himself. Can he now lead the Mavs to the promised land?

A great article on Dirk Nowitzki's trip Down Under after the Golden State playoff flameout in 2007.
http://dallasobserver.com/2007-11-22/news/crocodile-nowitzki

Hiyelness: 8.0

Flickr Colr Pickr

2007-09-23T03:34:00.000-07:00

The Colr Pickr - browse random Flickr photos by its color composition.

Hiyelness: 7.5

I'll make a wise phrase

2007-07-22T05:07:00.000-07:00

I'll make a wise phrase = William Shakespeare anagram

To be or not to be: that is the question; whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
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In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.

More anagrams http://wordsmith.org/anagram/hof.html or make your own at http://wordsmith.org/anagram

Hiyelness: 8.5

For t' Gold'n Shire!

2007-07-22T04:43:00.000-07:00

For t' Gold'n Shire! = Lord of the Rings anagram

The Curse of the Ring

In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie,
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all,
And in the darkness, bind them.

Who fears Nine Morgul men,
A lot of bandit demons,
The gathering torrent,
And Him, one Dark Lord
Sheltered within His hell?
Men, blind to the One Ring.

More anagrams http://wordsmith.org/anagram/hof.html or make your own at http://wordsmith.org/anagram
Hiyelness: 8.5

The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever

2007-07-20T00:15:00.000-07:00

Cracked.com went back in time to discover The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever (reminds me of the bad-ass, cannon-armed Megatron transforming into a wimpy gun).

#2. Perceptor

Transforms into: A microscope.

Why is he useless?

Perceptor was designed with the sole purpose of going into battle and hanging out with Soundwave to figure out which one was more useless and outdated. It was a real barnburner until Soundwave's tape needed to be turned over and all of his Decepticon pals were busy trying to take over the world.

Perceptor: 1; Soundwave: 0. It should be noted that, though he is the winner, at the end of the day, Perceptor is still a fucking microscope.

Hiyelness: 9.5

Simulation Nation

2007-04-13T04:58:00.000-07:00

Inventive computer sims can turn dull lessons into hyperreal experiences-if we can get educators to use them.

Hiyelness: 5.5

Is That Just Some Game? No, It’s a Cultural Artifact

2007-04-13T04:54:00.000-07:00

The 10 most important video games of all time: Spacewar! (1962), Star Raiders (1979), Zork (1980), Tetris (1985), SimCity (1989), Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990), Civilization I/II (1991), Doom (1993), Warcraft series (beginning 1994) and Sensible World of Soccer (1994).

Article from the NY Times

Hiyelness: 7.0

Movie recommendations by Artificial Intelligence

2007-03-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

This Global Network of Dreams is an artificial intelligence-based project to find connections between movies, music and literature. There are of course many sites with recommendations, but this one is learning by itself and self adapting - computer science in practice.
Look at movie maps for any films, e.g. Lord of the rings or any music, e.g. Snoop Doggy Dogg. To help the project, type in your favorite movies and rate 10 similar movies you may like.

Hiyelness: 8.5

Friendster's Top 5 market

2007-03-09T15:48:00.000-08:00

Four out of five of Friendster's top markets are in Southeast Asia: Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia rank, respectively, No. 1, 2 and 3. The United States is fourth, while Singapore is fifth. Upward of 45 percent of Friendster's audience is in Asia now.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6165051.html

Hiyelness: 5.5

Space Invaders socks!

2007-03-09T00:15:00.000-08:00

Hiyelness: 6.5

Top 10 Ways to Destroy Earth

2007-03-04T01:50:00.000-08:00

Manipulating vacuum energy to boil the Earth's oceans? Slingshot Mars onto Earth's surface? Here's a scientific top 10 list for inspiration to all James Bond-villain wannabes planning to destroy our planet.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/10ways_destroyearth.html

Hiyelness: 8.5

You Don't Know Jack!

2007-02-26T02:31:00.000-08:00

Chasing rolling cheese down the hill - Is it a real competition or a stupid way to die?
Flaggelation - A sexual technique or a torture method (or both)?
Atom - The name of an open-source software or a superhero?
Jingle All the Way - Slang for going without underwear or Arnold Schwarzenegger movie?
Serenity - A sea on the moon or a brand of adult diapers?

Spend an hour playing the addictive trivia game DisOrDat from the best PC trivia game ever You Don't Know Jack!

Hiyelness: 10.0

Apple Hard At Work Making iPhone Obsolete

2007-02-12T01:10:00.000-08:00

Apple Hard At Work Making iPhone Obsolete

CUPERTINO, CA—Less than a month after the much-heralded announcement of the iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed that his engineers were already working around-the-clock on the touchscreen smartphone's far-superior replacement. "We looked at [the iPhone's] innovative user interface, the paradigm-shifting voicemail, the best-in-class mobile browser, and we realized we could make all that seem ridiculously outdated by the time the product becomes available in June," said Jobs, who described the project as "Apple reinventing the iPhone." "When the second-generation iPhone comes out this fall, we want iPhone users to feel not just jealous, but downright foolish for owning such laughably primitive technology." Jobs also hinted that the second iPhone device would not be compatible with any existing Mac computers, third-party peripherals, or any future Apple products.

Hiyelness: 7.5

Borat in 30 seconds.. with bunnies!

2007-01-28T05:33:00.000-08:00

The bunny movie reenactment in 30 seconds strikes gold again with Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Amongst the other gems: Brokeback Mountain, The Ring and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Hiyelness: 9.5

Master of Tennis on Youtube

2007-01-27T01:27:00.000-08:00

Watch new tennis clips like Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick and many more from supercontributor erichman.

Hiyelness: 7.0

Even the 5 year research took 10 years

2007-01-12T17:07:00.000-08:00

Procrastination in society is getting worse and scientists are finally getting around to figuring out how and why. Too many tempting diversions are to blame. There are so many fun ways to kill time — TVs in every room, online video, Web-surfing, cell phones, video games, iPods and Blackberries. At work, e-mail, the Internet and games are just a click away, making procrastination effortless.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_sc/procrastination_nation

Hiyelness: 6.5

Movies in four words

2007-01-09T06:04:00.000-08:00

Vote for your favorite 4-word phrase of your movies: The Four Word Film Review or look at the All-Time Top 100. A few picks:

Passion Of The Christ, The (2004): Gory, gory, hallelujah.
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The(2002): Look Who's Tolkien Two and Gangs Of New Orcs.
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004): Boy m_ets g___.
Planet Of The Apes (2001): Burton goes ape. Shit.
Chicken Run (2000): William Wallace & Gromit.
Memento (2000): Backwards. truth, learns Guy.

Hiyelnesss: 9.5

The Movie Timeline

2006-12-18T05:43:00.000-08:00

The complete history of the world according to movies. Because movies are always correct, of course..
http://www.themovietimeline.com/

Some highlights:

Shortly after the beginning... God subcontracts the fjords to Slartibartfast, a planetary construction engineer from Magrathea (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy)
A long time ago... Luke Skywalker and Han Solo lead a rebellion against the evil empire(Star Wars)
65,000,000BC A mosquito becomes irrevocably trapped in tree resin (Pangea - Jurassic Park)
1 Brian of Nazareth is born nearby Jesus Christ (Bethlehem - Monty Python's Life of Brian)
1885 7th September: A train falls into a ravine, and Marty McFly travels through time to 1985 (Back to the Future Part III)
2100 Machines create the Matrix, a dream-like world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries - or this happens centuries later (The Matrix Revolutions)
3955 There's a planet, full of apes, looking suspiciously familiar... George Taylor detonates a bomb and destroys Earth (Planet of the Apes (1968))
865,427,810 Alexander Hartdegen briefly arrives from 802,701 (The Time Machine)

Hiyelness: 10.0