The Phantom Message Optical Illusion

Look closely. Or not too closely … and you’ll see an optical illusion on the album sleeves of the band Soulwax. (Need a hint? Don’t look directly at your monitor - view the picture above at an angle). The Monkey Buddha has one more example: Link | Another Phantom Message - Thanks Paul ...

$100 Cup of Joe… er… Cat Droppings

Giving a whole new meaning to coffee tasting like crap, the secret behind the special blend about to go on sale at an upmarket department store in London, is that it is made from cats’ droppings. The beans are extracted from the droppings of the palm civet, a cross between a cat and a monkey which ...

Colombia ties don't stop with Penn...

Scientists Discover Gene For Ruthlessness

Pioneer Woman writes "Researchers at Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found a link between a gene called AVPR1a and ruthless behavior. These findings come from an economic exercise called the 'Dictator Game' that allows players to behave selflessly, or like national dictators and 'little Hitlers' ...

Guitar Hero III squeezes out version for BlackBerry

Filed under: Rhythm, Business, Mobile Poor Bessy, the Guitar Hero cow is getting her teats squeezed raw by Activision. Hands-On Mobile announced another addition to the GH III oeuvre as the "number one selling" mobile version of Guitar Hero III became available for BlackBerry smartphones. Come on Bessy, ...

Learn the Basics of Sewing with an Illustrated Guide [Instruction]

Have you thought about tackling some of the niftier crafts projects we've posted at Lifehacker, but the thought of picking up a needle and thread brings phantom stabbing pains to your fingers? Instructables posts a pretty handy guide to the basics of putting thread through a needle and working with it, ...

Ian Rogers Leaves Yahoo To Start His Own Gig

Ian Rogers, Yahoo’s vice president of video and music applications, has left the company to launch a startup of his own, according to a post on his personal blog. Ian has joined forces with Peter Gotcher and Shamal Ranasinghe to launch the new company which is unsurprisingly music related, and ...

Google: What Goes Up_

Ad clicks are flat, the stock is falling. Can the enchanted corporate giant keep the magic from fading?.

Jobless claims hit 2-year high (AP)

AP - The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits last week shot up to the highest level in more than two years, fresh evidence of the damage to a national economy clobbered by housing, credit and financial crises.

PC Magazine picks 157 of their favorite free ... [Downloads]

PC Magazine picks 157 of their favorite free applications, from operating systems to security software to webapps. Pretty good list, if a bit long—here's our top 10 free Windows downloads..

Real Housewives of New York City Will Change Lives [Reality TV]

Wealth, status, and power exploiting reality series Real Housewives of New York City premieres tonight on Bravo. What can we expect? Judging from the reviews, essentially the same thing as the...

Exhausted Hillary on Daily Show Appearance: "Pathetic" [Campaigns]

newVideoPlayer("Hillary_on_Daily_Show.flv", 463, 387,"");Poor Hillary Clinton was on The Daily Show last night, live via satellite from Austin, Texas. The interview was long, and awkward, and...

Commence the growing

Whiskerino 2007 starts today. Time to shave.

Mayoral Candidate Among 9 Busted in Fla. Bathroom Sex Sting

Nine people, including a mayoral candidate, were arrested in a Florida mall bathroom sex sting.

Son Turns Up Alive After Mom IDs, Cremates Corpse

Woman oversees cremation of body with very close resemblance to her son, who showed up alive the next day.

Mother accused of burning 8-month old with curling iron

Deputies say an 8-month-old baby was attacked with a curling iron and it is the little boy's mother who is accused of burning him. NBC2's Grant Boxleitner has pictures that detectives say proves their case.

Staph Superbug Hits N.Y.U. Dorms [End Times]

The staph superbug currently terrorizing an already hospital-phobic America—Methicillin-resistant staph infection, which killed a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy earlier this month—has struck a...

Beyoncé's "Baby" Back in Court

For Beyonce Knowles, it's feeling a little like deja vu. Jennifer Armour, the Minnesota singer-songwriter who claims the R&B star ripped off lyrics for the chart-topping hit "Baby Boy,"...

MURDER OFF CRAIG'S LIST....

when I was little, this happened in my mind when i played with my GI Joe's.

war...