John McCain’s Less Than Victorious Victory Speech

In stark contrast to Obama’s speech in Iowa, declared Republican primary winner John McCain’s victory speech in New Hampshire decidedly underwhelmed the pundits on MSNBC, including Keith Olbermann, Joe Scarborough, Gene Robinson, Howard Fineman and Katrina Vanden Heuvel.  Download (319) | Play ...

Wrapping Up RIAA Boycott Month: A Message from the EFF

As we say goodbye to March and look forward to the continued fight against the RIAA with renewed vigor, we asked the EFF to give us some tips on how to keep this battle raging in the best way possible. So here, straight from the front-line fighers at the EFF, is a renewed call to arms. Standing Up ...

News: EMI announces DRM-free, higher quality music on iTunes

As anticipated, EMI Music today announced that it plans to make all of its digital music offerings free of anti-piracy restrictions and that iTunes would be the first online store to sell the DRM-free music. EMI also said its downloads will be available in a higher quality format than previously offered. ...

How to paint the Mona Lisa with MS Paint

Believe it or not, this beautiful Mona Lisa painting was done using MS Paint! Amazing, isn't it?Video: YouTubeTags: Mona Lisa | MS Paint

Phantom-like Optical Illusion

Take a good look - what do you see? Close up it is clearly a faintly phantom-like image of Albert Einstein. Now step back 5 meters from the screen and take another look. Notice anything different?It's not just a crafty illusion. This sort of image is being used as a tool to understand better how our ...

ICANN shoots down .xxx yet again

That was fast. ICANN's governing board has put an end to the latest attempt at creating a .xxx domain for pornography.Read More...

7-11 To Convert Stores to Kwik-E-Mart for Simpsons Movie Release.

To coincide with the release of the Simpsons movie, the convenience store chain 7-11 plans to convert some of its stores into Kwik-E-Marts: If all goes as planned, the convenience store chain plans to refit 11 stores across the U.S. — Richmond is an unlikely choice — to resemble the front ...

Beer Myths.

Love beer? Here’s a list of the top 10 beer myths so you can win that bar bet: Beer Myth 7: The best beers are in green bottles. As it turns out, brown bottles protect the beer from the light much better than green bottles or clear bottles. This myth comes from when there was a [...]

New report lambasts US government over climate change communication

The US Congress Committee on Science and Technology has been investigating how the current administration has been muzzling climate science.Read More...

DVD consortium loses court case over DVD copying

Gaps in the CSS license lead a judge to rule in favor of a company that manufactures home media servers capable of ripping and storing one's DVD collection.Read More...

Denying the Global Warming Denier

Mike Stark of CallingAllWingnuts has done it again.  This time, he's taking on "professional global warming denier"  Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. "Mr. Ebell, I'm sorry, but I feel like I walked in on you in bed with my wife and you just spent the ...

Birds of Paradise.

Male Birds of Paradise in Papua, New Guinea have a bizarre courtship dance you must see to believe. This fellow’s ?housecleaning? beforehand is pretty impressive, too! Push play or go to YouTube. -via I-Am-Bored

Proposal to erect XXX domain faces stiff opposition

ICANN is once again scheduled to evaluate a new top-level domain for pornography, despite strong opposition from just about everybody except the guys hoping to make a fortune off new domain registrations.Read More...

Goldfish Synchronized Swimming.

Think you can teach your pet stupid tricks? How about teaching your goldfish how to synchronize swim? Check it out: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Lee!

Impossible fish tank

This is a fish tank at the Oita Marine Center that has open holes in the side where you can feed the fish. There's a vacuum holding the water in so that it doesn't pour out, but still allows the fish to swim out and be fed or pet. Or molested, if you're really really disgusting and into that sort ...

Even mice can surf!

The Radical Rodents claim to be the world's first surfing mice, and here's the video to prove it.I'm not a fan of rodents, but I think they are not enjoying themselves, but rather "surfing" so that they don't get themselves drowned!Source: YouTube via News.com.au Tags: Mice | Rodents | Surf

Scientists create a sheep that's 15% human

Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.With 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells, their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer.Professor Esmail Zanjani, ...

Anna Nicole Smith Finally Reaches Target Weight

NASSAU, BAHAMAS—Some weight-loss experts do not find Smith's achievement inspirational, claiming that such drastic dieting can lead to a dangerous loss of muscle mass.

Improve your social tact with What Should I Say?

Web site What Should I Say? lets you ask questions of fellow users within a simple but useful framework: You have a social problem, and you're not sure what you should say to address the situation. Once you register, you can either post your own WSIS questions or respond to other people's questions. ...

Poor Earth, It Got the Humans!

Ah, Earth. Healthy strong and full of life. But wait, what’s you’ve got there? Looks like you’ve got a case of the humans … An animation by Three Legged Legs: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via The Bad Rants