Archive
March 29, 2012
The Joy Of Breaking Facebook
Glitchr is a Facebook account entirely devoted to a single cause: destroying Facebook.
With Eyes On Rubio, Signs That Sandoval Is In The Veepstakes
Senior Republicans are floating the Latino governor of Nevada as a potential running mate. Like Rubio, but without the baggage.
The Ron Paul Roadies Had To Go Home
The most committed Ron Paul volunteers ran out of cash. Now they hope to be delegates.
16 Disney-fied Prom Ensembles
The gender bent and abstract ones are my favorites. Fashionista Disney Bound has an eye for putting together outfits that evoke characters without going into parody.
"Zou Bisou Bisou" Slowed Down 90%
Megan Draper is an alien. She must be stopped before she manages to mate with the men of Earth! (Skip to 2:10 if you can't stand the suspense.)
Make-Up Free Lady Gaga And Other Links
How many other candid shots do you think she deleted before settling on this one? Plus, Google Earth is helping clean up the slums of India and some people will do anything to avoid going back to work. These and other Buzz that slipped under the radar await your clicking pleasure.
Callista Grooms Newt
Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich channeled his inner John Edwards in this November 2011 appearance on The O'Reilly Factor. One question: Who at Fox leaked this quite amazing video to Gawker?
Urban Outfitters President Has Donated To Rick Santorum
Donated $13,150 to Santorum over the years. Still doesn't sell sweater-vests.
Hottest Congressman Used Campaign Funds For P90X
Republican Congressman Aaron Schock’s of Illinois used more $300 of campaign contributions for P90X workouts according to a report from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The report says Schock’s campaign classified it as health care expense. Seems like he got his money's worth.
Racists Discover Pinterest
A Pinterest user/troll named "George" owns some valuable internet real estate: pinterest.com/obama. He celebrates by posting a racist photo of a monkey.
Baseball Preview: The Miami Swag Factory
Prepare yourself for the 2012 Miami Marlins, the most exciting .500 team in baseball history.
Checking In On Google+
Nine months in, how are things going for Google's social network? This picture pretty much says it all.
New Japandroids Song: "The House That Heaven Built"
Japandroids is a straight-ahead, no frills rock n' roll duo making the rock n' roll that America needs right now! By the way, they're from Canada.
Etch-A-Sketch Puts Out Gaffe-Inspired Print Ads
The company, which saw its stock soar after a Romney adviser compared his campaign to the ageless toy, is seizing the moment.
What Happened To Conservative Teen Magazine?
This week's hot publication has vanished. The website is gone, the publisher won't talk, and the man who registered the website can't be found.
6 Clips From "Game Of Thrones" Season Two
Three more days! Old favorites and new characters abound as the fight to rule Westeros heats up. (Warning: Spoilers Ahoy!)
The Original Pull-To-Refresh Patent
Whose idea was pull-to-refresh? Was it Twitter's? Or maybe this guy's? No. Let's give credit where credit's due: to Mr. Leland J Arms, inventor of the paper towel dispenser.
The Best Gary Busey Story Ever Involves Heaven And A Fist Fight
This is amazing. Why hasn't Busey won ALL the awards?
Melania Trump Is Hosting Ann Romney's Birthday Fundraiser
An awkward alliance pays off. Here is a copy of the invitation to the April 17 lunch at the Trumps' home in Manhattan's Trump Tower.
Barack Obama Doesn't Want You To Win 540 Million Dollars
In 2000 as a panelist on Chicago Tonight then State Senator Barack Obama came out against the lottery saying the state "systemically targets lower income persons as a way of raising revenue" and that it functioned as a regressive tax on the poor. He's right, it's a tax on the poor, the stupid and you.
Cartoon Network Brings Back Fan Favorites
Brak and Zorak are bringing classic back. The new block will feature Cartoon Network original shows that have been too long gone from our televisions.
The Naked Scott Brown Bus Ads That Never Ran
In the Spring of 2010, the Center for American Progress planned to welcome the newly elected Senator Scott Brown to Washington with this eye-catching, giant ad. But executives killed the campaign because they hoped he would turn out be a moderate like Olympia Snowe.
Metta World Peace Has Some Crazy Ideas For The Lakers
Metta took to Twitter today to talk about what he would do if he were Lakers coach Mike Brown. The results are fantastic.
Female Lobbyist CEOs Make $1 Million Less A Year Than Males
Also, only four — out of 30 — are women.
The Infinite Porns Of Pinterest
To a person with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a person with a Pinterest account, everything looks like porn. These are all real pinboards.
Mitt Romney Made Fun Of John Kerry For Having A Large Home
Mitt Romney has been in the news for ill-timed plans to triple the size of his California home. But in a 2004 speech to the Republican Governor's Association, for George Bush's reelection Romney himself attacked the Democrat, John Kerry on the same grounds: "There's a Senator from my state who wants to get elected President. I don't know why he would want to do that, because he would have to move into a smaller house."
An (Almost) Real-Time Wind Map
Mesmerizing. The average speed of wind across the US, as of 10:00 EST: 8.2MPH. Click here to animate.
This Is Possibly The Best Commercial Ever Made
If not, it's the best you'll see this morning
Eight Pounds
Craig Mod, one of the designers of Flipboard for iPhone, gathers the debris of development: "997 design comps in a shared folder, 9,695 git commits, a bundle of notebooks full of sketches, and dozens of photographs from launch night. And so I asked myself a simple question: What does that weigh?"
Sandra Fluke: Still a Rockstar
Wherever she speaks, she's all anyone can talk about. And the case was no different in New York Wednesday evening.
Nicolle Wallace: Palin Will Shadow 2012 Veepstakes
Palin's 2008 adviser says the Palin moment may have turned campaigns off from a female vice presidential pick this cycle. May also have turned campaigns off from an unprepared running mate, she says.
Supreme Court Protester Opposes Broccoli
It was the third day of ObamaCare arguments. Hating broccoli — and wanting the choice not to eat it — probably means he's a conservative.
Chelsea Clinton On Sandra Fluke: "We Both Have Been Attacked By Rush Limbaugh"
At a panel, Clinton finds common ground with Fluke in the form of radio host Limbaugh.
