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“The GoateeSaver cuts goatee grooming time by protecting the goatee and ensuring a perfect shave every morning.” gulfstream/2488
Surprisingly pleasing Boba Fett/Flashdance stop motion video. gulfstream/2489
The Earth’s Facebook feed: “Georgia is no longer friends with Russia,” etc. gulfstream/2492
The best jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. “I can’t believe Amy Winehouse self-harms. She’s so irritating she must be able to find someone … gulfstream/2500
The Catorialist, a parody of The Satorialist. gulfstream/2505
Strange, funny, Sarah Silverman commercial urging her fellow Jews to go to Florida and convince their grandparents to vote for Obama (!). A campaign of … gulfstream/2530
Mail Goggles: Google Labs project that helps prevent you sending mail you may later regret, but requiring that you complete some math problems if sending … gulfstream/2532
A surprisingly well-done McCain vs. Obama dance-off contest. gulfstream/2545
“Cash-strapped American Airlines announced a new series of fees this week that will apply to all customers not currently flying, scheduled to fly, or … gulfstream/2559
“A Guide to Understanding Flow Charts, Presented in Flow Chart Form.” gulfstream/2564
Stewart Butterfield’s resignation letter from Flickr: “As you know, tin is in my blood. For generations my family has worked with this most useful … gulfstream/2454
Nice use of censorship bars: The BPA (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), “Toe Jam,” featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal. Directed by Keith Schofield. gulfstream/2451
Google reader Easter Egg! (My Google Reader shared items.) gulfstream/2449
(Another cute shirt.) gulfstream/2446
Screenshots of TV. gulfstream/2439
A nice idea: using the cents column of credit card bills to convey information to yourself about your meal. gulfstream/2334
“Beleaguered bear in bridge rescue.” gulfstream/2336
google.com, as if it were optimised for Google. gulfstream/2341
If 24 were set in 1994. “The schematics file is too big to email—” “How big?” “Three floppies.” gulfstream/2350
How the Japanese refuel and plane, and how the Chinese refuel a plane. “At the moment, I am feeling positive toward both approaches. The emphasis on … gulfstream/2356
Random stupid comment, from a corpus of comments collected by the StupidFilter project, who are attempting (good luck!) to write some software that will … gulfstream/2360
Some proper Aussies in this (fake?) market research video for Drambuie Australia. gulfstream/2361
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. I’m a bit trouble that I find it very much impossible to read these the way the signwriters intended, … gulfstream/2363
(video) “Trajan is the movie font.” Trajan is used on a whole bunch of movie posters. The piece also observes that big red fonts have become associated … gulfstream/2365
You Suck at Photoshop #4—Photoshop tips (this one on the selection tool) from the depressed. gulfstream/2385
Carma Sutra, a “manual of sex positions for in-car entertainment.” gulfstream/2387
Improv Everywhere’s “Frozen Grand Central.” (report) gulfstream/2389
Stuff white people like: recycling, expensive sandwiches, knowing what’s best for poor people. gulfstream/2398
The NOW watch: “The most accurate time piece ever invented!” gulfstream/2307
The Avatar Machine: a frame holds a camera behind your body, and you “see” through goggles that display the image seen by the camera. (Other projects.) gulfstream/2306
“When’s it due back?” “The day after tomorrow.” gulfstream/1703
Angry bed positions. gulfstream/1712
“The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference.” gulfstream/1771
Editing “journalism’s greatest prankster,” Hunter S. Thompson. gulfstream/1773
Bastard tetris: next brick is the worst brick possible, as computed by a “special algorithm.” gulfstream/1778
Bikini-clad doll falls into spheres … mesmerising. gulfstream/1781
The All-New Sesame Street. gulfstream/1787
Star Wars business cards. gulfstream/1815
Spotting the fake: the (new) New Oxford American Dictionary contains a copycat-busting fake word starting with E. gulfstream/1826
“Nobody dumbs down the finance pages. Imagine the fuss if I tried to stick the word ‘biophoton’ on a science page without explaining what … gulfstream/1833
Man and his synthetic clothes builds up thousands of volts of static electricity, starts scorching things. gulfstream/1834
Planned Parenthood Southeast Pennsylvania is asking people to pledge them some amount of money for each protestor that turns up outside their clinic … gulfstream/1841
Stupidly expensive “audiophile” products … like the $485 volume knob and the $1500 power cord (“apparently the miles of lowly aluminium high … gulfstream/1873
Surreal ad for German hardware store. More: 1, 2, 3. gulfstream/1902
Typography humour. I would laugh at anyone who actually wore this, but it is cute. gulfstream/1903
The traditional year-on-year German NYE TV show is a 1963 B&W recording of an obscure British skit involving a nonagenarian birthday celebrant, … gulfstream/1918
Lone Star Statements: One star Amazon reviews of notable books. gulfstream/1919
“Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results.” Letter to the editor: I sympathise… gulfstream/1922
The inexplicable popularity of Chuck Norris. (CHUCK NORRIS!) gulfstream/1923
This is No Game: “You will never know what it’s like to work on a farm until your hands are raw, just so people can have fresh marijuana. Or … gulfstream/1924
Check out the Ron Jeremy version! (In the kinder, gentler, pre-Internet times, people took photos of passers-by being startled by a backfiring … gulfstream/1932
The 4-Year-Old on a Blind Date. gulfstream/1933
The right way to sell RFID (cartoon). (I didn’t know Dr. Fun still existed! Some others: beavers, Knuth.) gulfstream/1943
The Wish FAQ: “Hint: Avoid phrases that are open to catastrophic interpretation, such as ‘for the rest of my life.’” (Sadly no ruling … gulfstream/1947
Brad Pitt looking like Jennifer (when with Jennifer), Gwyneth (when with Gwyneth) and Angelina (when with Angelina). gulfstream/1958
(Podcastable) Radio News from The Onion. e.g. “Report: Lab Monkeys 96 Percent More Likely To Use Cocaine Than Those In Wild.” gulfstream/1960
Amongst journalists, Tab is an improbably popular drink. gulfstream/1961
What’s the deal with these pictures and characterisations of scientists, supposed produced by 7th graders before and after visiting Fermilab? They’re … gulfstream/1981
The iPod, with packaging designed by Microsoft. gulfstream/1999
Google bad news blog. This is pretty decent, although the most recent entry is wrong in claiming that the $90 million Google has offered to pay in click-fraud … gulfstream/2014
“Live Pelt, by Kelly Heaton, is a multimedia installation based on the transformation of 64 previously owned Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the popular consumer … gulfstream/2023
Dick Cheney’s “Downtime Suite” requirements. All televisions are to be tuned to Fox News! Can’t the Secret Service leave the lights on after … gulfstream/2033
Pleased to meet you, with meat to please you: officially licensed NASCAR® meats! gulfstream/2041
“Experiment: Replace ordinary eggs in cake recipe with Cadbury Creme Eggs and observe results. Hypothesis: THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME.” gulfstream/2056
Even Homer’s brain knows that “Money can be exchanged for good and services.” Looks like he’s gonna be able to avoid having to declare this as … gulfstream/2057
“Typically, the videotape of the accidental discharge has been broadcast, presented or disclosed to others for the purposes of amusement and to demean … gulfstream/2060
Beaver Overthinking Dam: “After much thought, Messner decided to reconstruct the anterior section of the dam with poplar wood on Tuesday, after he finished … gulfstream/2062
Don’t be mean, Apple! Also, the iLife ad is a bit unfair in that Microsoft wouldn’t be allowed to bundle anything vaguely similar with Windows. (It … gulfstream/2075
Random photo set, supposedly from some guy who worked for a real shitty pool company. “Here’s T-Bone pitching a pool skimmer into the truck. This … gulfstream/2080
(Video) How pregnancy happens. V. disturbing Mr. Penis. gulfstream/2094
How to make a playlist for a girl: “First of all, making a mix for a girl you don’t know that well or for a girl that dumped you is the worst thing … gulfstream/2100
Overheard in NY + Google Maps mashup. Nicely done! gulfstream/2108
Three Japanese guys domino a whole apartment-worth of stuff. gulfstream/2121
“Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence”: “... Little did such founding fathers as George Washington, George Jefferson, and ***ERIC … gulfstream/2124
Some really fun Japanese Rube Goldberg devices. gulfstream/2125
Great photographs, as reviewed by people on the internet. “Sam, GORGEOUS scene I luv it! Too bad u couldn't get a little more color in sky area. Blues … gulfstream/2132
David Brent on his hero, Nelson Mandela: “30 years in captivity. He got out in about 1990. He’s been out about 13 years ... and, he hasn’t reoffended. … gulfstream/2145
“Little Superstar.” (Sorry, haven’t been able to post for a while, Ruby on Rails messed with something and I’m now posting via RAW SQL STATEMENTS.) gulfstream/2164
The Suspicious Looking Device: “The only function of the Suspicious Looking device is to appear as suspicious as possible, whether carried in hand or … gulfstream/2166
Great story: Steven Levitt, playing in a poker tournament to celebrate his 10 year wedding anniversary, plays like a crazy man in order to either lose … gulfstream/2170
Google whines about “google” turning into a verb that means “to search the internet,” urges customers to stop using it like that. (There must … gulfstream/2182
Photographs of iconic scenes, with street-vendor postcards and trinkets substituted for the real thing. (Makes more sense when you see it.) gulfstream/2183
Kansas Outlaws Practice of Evolution: “Violators of the new law may face punishments that include jail time, stiff fines, and rehabilitative education … gulfstream/2197
The ATM (cash machine) at the DNA Lounge gives out receipts which are headed “SHOPPING IS NOT CREATING / YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU OWN”. gulfstream/2216
Terrific picture: small ginger cat looks up at a black bear perched high in a tree after scaring it there. (Although … Google is suspiciously ignorant … gulfstream/2222
“Get a First Life.” gulfstream/2223
Former Gizmodo editor Joel Johnson returns temporarily to dole out insults to manufacturers, consumers, and current Gizmodo editors. gulfstream/2231
“ Nobody in New York Knows the Difference between At-Home and Outside Conversations.” gulfstream/2238
Wikipedia for conservatives! Seems like a lot of effort to go to; of their six commandments, the spelling problem (they want American spelling) and the … gulfstream/2242
Kevin Federline-branded search engine. Geekologie comments: “Apparently he felt Google just wasn’t doing it well enough and thought he’d throw his … gulfstream/2261
“Heroic Secret Service Agent Takes Question Intended For Bush.” gulfstream/2267
“Mad Mother Psychoshower Curtain.” gulfstream/2291
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