April 2008
New ruling may "grease the wheels" of RIAA... →
A ruling in a long-running copyright infringement case brings good news for the RIAA, as a judge supports the group’s argument that merely offering a song for distribution is enough to infringe the…
Twenty True and Amazing Resume Nightmares and... →
Okay, so there are a ton of articles out there that will tell you all about the five or ten worst resume mistakes you can make, everything from forgetting to spell check to using incorrect formatting…
Top 5 reasons to quit playing World of Warcraft →
You’ve considered quitting many times, yet you haven’t done it yet. No, this is not about your nicotine addiction (Lung Cancer hits you for 5,000 damage!). For some inexplicable reason, you are one…
Google launches gDay - Search tomorrow's web,... →
Just in time for the first of April, Google Australia has introduced a new feature, enabling you to search content on the internet before it is created.
Midna Cosplay Takes The Cosplay Cake (PIC) →
The 2007 Anime Expo at Long Beach was held last year. Why, then, has it taken until now for this amazing Midna cosplay photo to end up on my desk? You know what, forget it, I don’t want to hear your…
Found Photos - Vintage Cocaine Party →
How your folks used to party. I found these in a red photo album marked “Darlene” at a swap meet in Huntington Beach, California. I didn’t know these photos were in there until I got in the car and…
101 Ways To PWN A N00B (PIC) →
Do you like to pwn n00bs? WHO DOESN’T??? So maybe the 101 Ways To PWN A N00B shirt is for you. Featuring 101 unique approaches to destroying the digital underclass, we’d probably prefer the design as…
Top 17 Greatest Matches in Wrestlemania History! →
To celebrate last night’s Wrestlemanic that saw Flod Mayweather take down 7 foot “The Big Show”, COED proudly brings to you, in no particular order, the Top 17 Greatest Matches in Wrestlemania…
Russian Atomic Icebreakers! (PICS) →
The Northern coast of Russia is covered with through the most part of the year. People of Russia couldn’t stand the situation when they have a 5000 mile long coastline but can’t transport anything…
Cool Science Fiction Posters (PICS) →
Science Fiction movies are really awesome, even though, many people don’t enjoy that kind of movie. But, one thing those people couldn’t deny is the fact that Sci-Fi movie posters are pretty awesome,…
Dean Kamen's Robotic "Luke" Arm →
Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to re-invent the prosthetic arm. IEEE Spectrum caught up with Kamen and one of his “test pilots,” to see the robotic arm (named after Luke Skywalker’s…
The Beautiful Posters of the WPA (PICS) →
Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress’s collection of more than 900 is the largest. These striking silkscreen, lithograph, and woodcut posters were designed to publicize…
Creepy real life optical illusion (PIC) →
Amazing figure/ground illusion molded in columns!
Still Life With Vodka (PICS) →
We often get emails from people asking us to cover world-famous Russian cuisine. Well, here is an example of the modern Russian cuisine…the starter dishes.
Russian Home Networking Disasters (PICS) →
In Russia, homes network you.
New WP 2.5 is pretty slick!
Indiana Jones Will Be (Mostly) CGI-Free (+PICS) →
Many people had feared that George Lucas’ involvement in the new Indiana Jones would mean another spate of greenscreen craziness, along the lines of the three Star Wars prequels. But Dyas says:There…
March 2008
Top 10 Places to Get Fooled on April 1st →
Observing April Fools Day has become a time-honored tradition for many web companies. Much like changing your logo to celebrate holidays, pulling a fast one on your users on April 1st is something…
UN Drug Office Can't Explain Lower Marijuana Use... →
Antonio-Maria Costa, Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime is seen here avoiding answering a question about the cannabis policy in Holland. The question was quite simple - how does Mr…
Survey: Apple most inspirational brand, Microsoft... →
It’s no secret that Apple seems to have a fantastic brand identity. New survey results lend more support to Apple’s brand impact by asking customers how they feel about different companies….
Top 10 Crucial Rules for College Grad Interview... →
If you’re fresh out of college and going for job interviews, chances are you’re at a big disadvantage. Why? Your interviewer is likely to have years of interview negotiation experience over you. Time…
Is it still a code of honor if it's stolen? →
Their goal was an honor code that discouraged cheating and plagiarizing.However, the wording in a draft by students at the University of Texas at San Antonio appears to match another school’s code -…
The 8 Best Films About Texas →
Movies have celebrated the spirit of Texas for a long time because they share a common link – a bombastic spirit of individualism, of life-affirming wonder and pioneering adventure. So without…
10 things that uniquely identify and define... →
Being a metalhead, as mentioned, is a lifestyle; it is an attitude that reflects your world view that is fueled by the music - and vice versa. What makes this way of thinking? What defines this…
US Attorney General: Piracy funds terror →
The Attorney General gives a speech on intellectual property in which piracy and counterfeiting turn out to fund—wait for it—terrorism. Bet you didn’t see that one coming. Fortunately, the AG…
The Round Up 06 is up! Check out what’s coming on The Drill Down & Social Blend podcasts http://thedrilldown.com/?p=80
How to Create Your Own HDR Photos/Photomatix... →
There are plenty of explanations of what HDR is and how it works, so we won’t cover that here. In this tutorial we’ll go through the steps necessary to take your very own HDR photo and process it…
Oxford child math prodigy now 'working as a... →
Sufiah Yusof was just 13 years old when she was admitted to the prestigious university to study mathematics.But 10 years on, Miss Yusof now earns £130 an hour working as a prostitute from her flat in…
The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever →
You might think that sportsmanship is dead, what with the steroids and signal-stealing cameras in the headlines. And you’d be right.But what you may not realize is that sportsmanship died long, long…
No sex, thank you ... we're Japanese →
According to a new report by the WHO, a quarter of married couples in Japan have not had sex in the past year. The problem worsens with age. While the study found that the 42 per cent of couples in…
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The Greatest Sci-Fi Pinball Machines Of All Time... →
There have been tons of scifi pinball machines, with some amazingly garish artwork. Besides all of the Star Trek, Star Wars, and other licensed games, take a look at some of the forgotten scifi…
Scientology caught lying in propaganda video →
Scientology.org has been turned into a web video destination to disseminate slick propaganda. But anti-Scientology activists began fact checking the video that purports to feature public officials…
Six Earth Cities as Blueprints for Martian... →
If humans land on Mars by 2037 as NASA hopes, they’ll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth. Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a…
Starbucks CEO won't pay back $100 million in... →
San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett, in her ruling last week, said there was “uncontroverted testimony that Starbucks continues to utilize the distribution of tips from the tip pool to…
5 Strange Facts about Classic Kids’ Shows →
I grew up in an era when parents didn’t hesitate to use the television set as a babysitter. Back then, TV didn’t rot our brains, it simply “kept us out of Mom’s hair” for a few hours. How many of…
5 Fictitious Ball Players Who'd Never Make It in... →
While Billy Crystal’s recent appearance with the Yankees gave washed-up actors everywhere a renewed hope of actually making it big in the majors, just as he swung out, Hollywood totally whiffs when…
Sexiest Sex Offenders: Tampa Edition →
There must be something in the water in Tampa, Florida, the new national hotbed for female sex offenders. The city has become the new scene for aspiring sexual deviants.
Comparing the American and British people by... →
The Economist commissioned pollsters to find out what people in both places thought about a number of social, political and economic matters. A thousand people in each country were consulted….
How to Turn Failure into Success →
Before you can succeed, you need to fail. You should expect it and accept it. You can either let failure prevent you from moving forward or you can utilize it to propel you to more success than you…
Why The Dark Knight Viral Marketing is Absolutely... →
After observing this campaign for 8 months, both from the sidelines and in the thick of it, I’ve come to believe that it is both brilliant and effective. With the Joker focus all last year and the…
Sizing up the new US cybersecurity czar →
Rod A. Beckstrom has been appointed as the US cybersecurity czar, a position that has seen way too much turnover since the events of 9/11. Beckstrom’s lack of experience in the field is a bit…
Original 007 Sean Connery wants to be a James Bond... →
It has been 25 years since he ordered a martini, shaken, not stirred.But Sean Connery, who played James Bond in seven of the classic spy movies, has a sudden taste for a comeback - as a…
How Did He Shoot That? →
It is of course not possible for a photographer to be in the pool during a swimming competition, but that doesn’t stop a determined photographer getting the picture!I have worked on this problem over…
Axl Rose Responds to Dr Pepper →
We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album “Chinese Democracy,” as for us, this came totally out of the blue. And as some of Buckethead’s performances are on our…
Amaze Your Friends With These Can't-Miss Bar... →
Your days of paying for your own drinks are over. Master these simple tricks, then use them to take advantage of the gullible, intoxicated masses at your local bar. Know extra tricks? Log in and add…
Iceland’s Largest BitTorrent Tracker Wins in Court →
Whilst one site may have closed its doors thanks to the MPAA, after continuous legal pressure, another has prevailed today in court. Torrent.is has won in court over the Association of film…
Deep packet inspection for P2P traffic put to the... →
Deep packet inspection is a method of identifying and throttling P2P traffic in order to limit its impact on other network traffic. An attempt to test DPI hardware, however, revealed more about its…
Children of Men: The Television Series →
David Eick, writer-producer on the Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman contemporary remakes, is writing a pilot script for a series based on Children of Men.
Seven Mysterious Disappearances →
With all this talk of those kids who found the parachute that might be D.B. Cooper’s, it’s made me think about people who have randomly disappeared. I think it’s such a fascinating topic – and other…