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The Pac-Man Dossier

08.27.2010

You geeks looking for a turnkey time-killer? Look no further than the most complete and detailed study of Pac-Man possible. Includes the inside scoop on maze logic, cornering, areas to exploit, target tiles, intersections, Easter eggs, and the distinct behaviors of the four ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Tons of stuff in there I [...]

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24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong

08.26.2010

From Reader’s Digest via Yifat by way of M, The Reader’s Digest Version of all those confusing words and seemingly random rules you missed in English class You never mean: Could care less You always mean: Couldn’t care less Why: You want to say you care so little already that you couldn’t possibly care any [...]

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Water Rationing: L.A.’s New Water Conservation Plan Takes Effect

08.25.2010

For the last couple years, we in Los Angeles have been on a two-day-a-week lawn watering schedule. This is changing immediately to a three-day-a-week schedule after the city suffered massive fluctuations in water pressure that caused a series of water main breaks last summer. Nicely thought out, people. Effective today, our assigned watering days are [...]

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Complicated mechanisms explained in simple animations

08.23.2010

Love this animation of a sewing machine: All makes sense now, doesn’t it?. More here.

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Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say

08.23.2010

Via the New York Times, experts believe home ownership will never be what it was in the good old days. The notion of housing as an investment first began to blossom after World War II, when the nesting urges of returning soldiers created a construction boom. Demand was stoked as their bumper crop of children [...]

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Vietnam Vet Seeks Memorial To Honor Dogs Of War

08.17.2010

Dog lovers, check out this great story on NPR. From walking the perimeter to rooting out bombs, military working dogs have a long rich history protecting American service members. Now, one man is dedicated to honoring these dogs of war. Back in the late ’60s, Larry Chilcoat dropped out of college and listed in the [...]

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Every position of Rubik’s Cube can be solved in twenty moves or less.

08.12.2010

I was a big Rubik’s Cube fan. When I was about 10 years old, I locked myself in my room with a solution book and became the kid in class who could solve the thing in under a minute. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible varying positions for the Rubik’s Cube. (That’s 43 QUINTILLION, people.) Thanks to [...]

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The Dumbing of America

08.11.2010

“Facebook, Target, poker, religion, food, sports, etcetera will not replace having a brain, people. We’re getting dumber and more ignorant by the day. Yeah, actually, I’m talking to you. Reading has declined not only among the poorly educated, according to a report last year by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982, 82 percent [...]

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Suicide Statistics [INFOGRAPHIC]

08.10.2010

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The Numbers Behind Pornography [INFOGRAPHIC]

08.05.2010

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Eminem’s fucking nightmare.

08.04.2010

It’s a great day for lovers of heavy music and bands that actually play instruments. Avenged Sevenfold’s shredding new album ‘Nightmare’ has hit #1 on the U.S. pop chart, ending the five week reign of Eminem. In a world saturated with Justin Biebers and Lady Gagas, it wouldn’t be out of line to proudly raise [...]

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The Dirt on Death [INFOGRAPHIC]

08.03.2010

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15 Things You Should Know About Breasts [INFOGRAPHIC]

07.28.2010

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Deep in the bowels of Leonardo DiCaprio’s subconscious

07.26.2010

Spending a Sunday afternoon in the basement of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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How 3-D Works [INFOGRAPHIC]

07.14.2010

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DNA Evidence Reveals Vader Not Luke’s Father

07.09.2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–The body of Anakin Skywalker, the fallen and redeemed Jedi who spent over six years as the dark, foreboding, ruthless antagonist Darth Vader in the ever-popular Star Wars saga, has been exhumed to provide DNA evidence in a paternity suit. Tissue samples were taken from Skywalker’s forehead last March in an effort to [...]

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