November 2009
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Ahead of their time: Nine technologies that came... →
In 1948, the Tucker sedan introduced a host of technical innovations to the automobile world, including disc brakes, seat belts, fuel injection, and a padded dashboard. But it wasn’t enough to make Tucker into the next General Motors; a host of technical and legal problems ensured that only a handful of cars would be built before the company collapsed. In more recent decades, the tech...
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“It’s hard to wait around for something you know might not happen....”
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Do You Make These 7 Mistakes When You Write? →
This article does link from my earlier post today but I felt it needed some emphasis.
It’s time once again to review those nasty errors that damage our credibility when we write. Not normally a fun task, but absolutely necessary. I promise to keep you amused to diminish the pain (or at least I’ll give it a shot).
As with the last time we explored grammatical errors, I feel compelled...
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5 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Sound Like a... →
Writing can be really no-win. It’s not fair, but it’s true.
If you obsess over every grammatical and structural point, you can come across as stiff. But if you’re lax and make a bunch of simple errors, you’ll come across as stupid.
You make one mistake and a lot of people will let it go. Two and you’re making them suspicious. Keep that up, with your intelligence...
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Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work! →
Holy shit, does this rule.
1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior.
2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone!
3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them!
4. NEVER open an unlocked door or window uninvited.
5. If you are in an elevator and someone else gets in, DON’T ASSAULT THEM!
6. Remember,...
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WatchGirl Starts Her Own “Stuffed Animal” Internet Show but thing go horribly wrong after only 30 seconds.
Lily Allen - Back To The Start →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Mute Math (16)
Saybia (12)
Girl in a Coma (12)
Squeal (10)
Explosions in the Sky (3)
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I am entertaining, dammit! →
Tonight, I…okay, last night, I went to my first acting slash performance related workshop since quite possibly over a year ago. Got me a little fired up about performing again. Man, passion for…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) →
Garbage (81)
Avril Lavigne (62)
Flyleaf (45)
Alkaline Trio (36)
The Dresden Dolls (25)
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The 10 weirdest physics facts →
Physics is weird. There is no denying that. Particles that don’t exist except as probabilities; time that changes according to how fast you’re moving; cats that are both alive and dead until you open a box.
We’ve put together a collection of 10 of the strangest facts we can find, with the kind help of cosmologist and writer Marcus Chown, author of We Need To Talk About Kelvin,...
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17 Tips To Wake Up Early →
Whether you are a consistent morning person, or a person who would normally wake up at a later time but are trying to train yourself to get going earlier in the day, there are certain tried and true tips that will get you moving in the morning. Here are 17 tips that will help you become the morning person you truly want to be!
1. Make sure that you have a really good reason to wake up early....
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Flyleaf - All Around Me [Acoustic] →
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Female Bats Are Enthusiastic Fellators →
The study found that more than two-thirds of female short-nosed fruit bats performed fellatio on their sexual partners, and that they were rewarded with longer bouts of intercourse as a result.
Previously, the only animals known to carry out oral sex – apart from humans – were bonobo chimpanzees.
However, the study, by Libiao Zhang and his team of biologists from Guangdong Entomological...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
Lily Allen (69)
Within Temptation (34)
Linkin Park (17)
Karen Zoid (14)
Joanna Newsom (13)
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Where are my sunflowers? →
What an interesting dream. My more with-it, guru-like personality was talking to my more wimpy, woe-is-me personality… Guru: “You can get your life back together.” Wimp: “But I’ve tried! I’m just…
All fun and games until you lose a family memeber →
My mother called me today, all teary. Turns out my father decided to my brother’s sprog a haircut and botched the job, resulting in very angry parents and the threat of no longer using grandparents…
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Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD... →
A growing number of people are taking LSD and other psychedelic drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy to help them cope with a variety of conditions including anorexia nervosa, cluster headaches and chronic anxiety attacks.
The emergence of a community that passes the drugs between users on the basis of friendship, support and need – with money rarely involved – comes amid a resurgence of research...
The Highlight of Your Life →
Maybe I’m been going at it all wrong. Expecting too much from the wrong people. Trying to fit in, have my independence and not seem a total freak. I have desires and urges that are not acceptable in…
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"I'm not a mass-murderer!"
Why we need Names 2.0 →
(by Martin Bryant)
A few days ago we received a bizarre email here at The Next Web. It suggested that I was a troubled individual who must be punished for my crimes. Weird? Yes. Worrying? You bet.
Luckily, it turned out the writer wasn’t referring to me but my namesake, the Australian mass-murderer Martin Bryant who killed 35 people and injured 21 others in a massacre at Port Arthur,...
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Meat Hand (not for the herbivores and faint... →
I made something gruesome and delicious.
No, really, it was good.
This is meatloaf.
Meatloaf with cheese on top.
And some ketchup.
The nails are made of onion.
The wrist bones are onion too.
Where are you going?
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Ducks suddenly aren't as cute and fluffy as they... →
While most male birds do not have “external genitalia”, some ducks have penises up to 14 inches long!!!! They commonly rape the females who have adapted by developing a vagina with three paths, two of which are “dead ends”. They have the ability to close off the true vaginal canal and send a rapist’s sperm into a dead end at will. If the rapists sperm does make it...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) →
Bon Jovi (28)
The Veronicas (26)
Harris Tweed (26)
Emilie Autumn (26)
Howling Bells (24)
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