Archive for February, 2009
i’m going to make a few bucks, seriously.
remember when, in wall street the movie, daryl hannah makes fun of charlie sheen for thinking he was living large and she tells him it’s living large in ‘wildwood, new jersey’? well, here’s a story about a beauty queen from wildwood, new jersey.
party all around
the street sign for mullet place in green bay, wisconsin keeps getting stolen. even though the city has tried to deter vandals by installing the street sign 20 feet above standard height, people are still stealing ‘em. at first it was funny, but now people are becoming annoyed “when you tell somebody directions how to [...]
me, i’m just bored
a new study shows doodling might help with help with recall. participants of the study were asked to listen to a record message about a party and record the names of the people mentioned. some were asked to doodle while listening to the message, some were not to. on average, those who doodled remembered 29% [...]
is that you diddy?
they claim it is a 41,000 led art installation called multiverse by leo villareal at the national gallery of art in in washington, dc but i think it looks like the set from the notorious big/puff daddy video from ‘98. it also looks like united airlines terminal 1 at chicago’s ohare airport. you decide.
Notorious B.I.G. [...]
great power, great responsibility, great voice
you’re either going to love this or hate it. the musical, “spider-man, turn off the dark” is set to start previews on broadway next january. with music and lyrics written by bono and the edge, the song and dance will be directed by julie taymor (the lion king). rumors of casting include jim sturgess for spiderman and rachel [...]
that dirty, nasty ‘ho
this is for you gmail users that also use the chat service. there’s a new phishing scam that takes over your account and sends messages to your address book. here’s how it works:
you log in to gmail and gchat
you get a message that looks like it’s from a friend asking you to click on a [...]
happy hump day (again)
i love these wednesday stories. last sunday about 9,000 monks clad only in loincloths joined in a free-for-all at a buddhist temple in search of sacred wood. the event, held at the saidaiji temple in okayama, japan was part of the 500th anniversary of the festival called saidaiji eyo. the event began with a cold [...]
