I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to the big-wigs over at Shell. They thought it best to generate an online discussion of oil spill’s damaging effects of the environment and willingly let the internet troll and slander their sleek reputation. That’s what I wanted to say, but the Arctic Ready website is a clever ruse garnished with pretend […]
A recently-divorced Chinese woman is facing eight months in prison, one and a half years of suspension, and a fine of twenty thousand yuan ($3,140 American) for fraud, and these stiff penalties are all because of counterfeit arcade tokens. Zhang Lili, 34, a cab driver living in Sanmen County of the Zhejiang province, turned herself in to the authorities […]
With the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in French) earlier this week, it’s about time you learned a little bit more about particle physics, isn’t it? Before you go celebrating with a bottle of champagne, in the style of physicists currently celebrating all over the globe, here’s […]
Capcom has announced that it’s opening a Resident Evil themed restaurant, called Biohazard Cafe & Grill S.T.A.R.S. in Japan next month. The part most like Resident Evil? The cafe opens on Friday the 13th in a crowded department store (Shibuya Parco Part-1). The part that’s not like Resident Evil? The, uh, singing and dancing entertainment […]
It’s a toasty summer day. You finally managed to slip away to have some fun on the water with friends and family. As you float, basking in the sun, something suddenly goes wrong and you find yourself struggling to swim. Just as you’re about to go under, something appears beside you to offer assistance. You […]
Until recently, I lived in New York City, a town whose general stance on customer service is “death before helpfulness.” This sentiment was particularly true in the various Verizon stores I visited over the years, where the employees seemed to take a special joy in actively destroying their customers’ hopes. I’m told other carriers’ retails […]
Dan Gillmor, author of the book Mediactive, wrote an increasingly relevant post in 2009 after botched reporting of the shooting in Fort Hood, Texas, in a call for what Harvard University’s Ethan Zuckerman calls a “Slow-News Movement.” Like many other people who’ve been burned by believing too quickly, I’ve learned to put almost all of […]
The mechanics of bicycling have not changed much in the last 50 years. Anyone who saw a bike 50 years ago would look at a bike today and see something that mechanically looks about the same. Materials used in building a bike have definitely kept up with the times because bicyclists always want a lighter […]
If Ray Bradbury rose from the dead and came to this website, he would likely rant about what he would see as an error in the menu bar: entertainment has four nodes – TV/Film/Video, Music, Video Games, and Comics. But no books. Bradbury, who died last week, was an explosive book lover and library defender. […]
Crowdsourcing invention incubator Quirky, partnering up with GE Garages, sets out to solve the age-old dilemma of sour milk. Last month, they asked the Quirky community to take a regular product most people use daily and suggest a way to improve it. Stephanie Burns of San Diego won, with her suggestion for a smart milk […]
