Archive for May, 2009
now we know why lindsay is a fan
german scientists found that red bull’s cola drink has traces of cocaine. bernhard kuehnle, head of the food safety department at germany’s federal ministry for consumer protection, told the german press that while the 0.13 micrograms of cocaine per can of the drink does not pose a serious health threat — it was cause for [...]
i thought the hamptons were civilized
forget the streets of london, the streets of bridgehampton (the hamptons) got a little rough over the weekend when john mccluskey, a resident of the hamptons decided to give rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york and presidential candidate, a piece of his mind. according to the account in the new york post, rudy dared [...]
all that without copy and paste…
artist jorge colombo created the cover of the new yorker using an iphone application called “brushes”. we here at sacredbird think the gadget is pretty cool but know that some people think it’s a little too cool. one of the consistent complaints about the iphone is the ability to copy and paste things like urls [...]
it’s a long way down
if you’re standing on a bridge and contemplating jumping, you should be careful of who comes out to try to talk you down. chen fuchao was standing on a bridge in southern china when lai jiansheng broke through the barriers, shook his hand and then gave him a hand (pushed him down). luckily for chen, [...]
news you can use: the weekend edition
going into this long holiday weekend* (woo hoo!) filled with barbecues, bars, travel, and perhaps family, we give you a gift for your gab to entertain those you encounter along the way. you could also play some fun games with the week in pictures. here’s the week that was at sacredbird.com:
the chinese announced plans to get funky.
because [...]
that’s a lot of crap
according to the youtube blog, 20 hours of video are uploaded to youtube every minute. 1200 minutes of video content for every 1 minute. in mid 2007, it was 6 hours of content for every 1 minute. in january 2009, it grew to 15 hours of video for every 1 minute. it won’t be long [...]
those pesky witches
you can kinda guess that there’s going to be trouble when the leader of a country insist on being called “his excellency president”. for instance, the citizens of the small west african nation of the republic of gambia get the pleasure of seeing his excellency president professor dr. al-haji yahya jammeh’s face everyday as his [...]
