This piece was originally posted on gdgt. Check it out, here. Abstract: The latest Android mobile phone under Google’s flagship phone line, the Nexus family, currently has a diagonal screen size of 4.65 inches (118.1mm). This follows a trend that Google started with the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 — their first Android flagship [...]
Cats are basically the official currency of the Internet. Combine them with science, and it’s equally amazing. Lately, I’ve been getting an absolute kick out of Chemistry Cat. Science puns are awesome! [via I Can Has Cheezburger?]
It’s supposed to rain for something like 9 of the next 10 days. Well, it had to end sometime. [image via Twitter]
It was worth a shot., originally uploaded by Dave Schumaker. Chase has an iPhone app that allows one to take a picture of their checks to deposit it. I decided to take a picture of some money — same thing, right? This note is legal tender for all debts public and private. Hah, it was [...]
Speaking of people with large balls, a drunken Serbian man killed a shark by jumping on its head. “Dragan climbed on the jumping board, told me to hold his beer and simply ran to jump. There was no time for me to react or to try to stop him, he just went for it” says [...]
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The annual American Geophysical Union conference is in town this week and I’ve been fielding a bunch of questions about the strange creatures (known as earth scientists) that are inhabiting downtown San Francisco. I’ve probably mentioned this before, but Uncyclopedia nails the description of a geologist. Geologists are ‘scientists’ with unnatural obsessions with beer and [...]
It seems like every President ends up with a nickname, that rightly or wrongly, sums up their legacy. Reagan was “The Great Communicator,” Nixon was “Tricky Dick,” Theodore Roosevelt was “The Trust Buster” (among many others), and even George W. Bush was mockingly named “The Decider.” Wikipedia has a more in depth list as well. [...]
The Wikileaks controversy has been pretty horrifying to watch play out, at least with regard to various organizations and companies such as PayPal, Amazon, Mastercard, and EveryDNS denying or revoking their access to services. In case you were wondering, Wikileaks is actually a good thing. Here is a site that lists various reasons why. Of [...]
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