As far as I know, nothing of any notable significance occurred on Monday, October 15, 2012. The social web was still abuzz from the spectacular achievement in human ingenuity from the night before, brought to you by Red Bull and science. People continued to predictably politick and Rainn Wilson did an AMA. However, for an infinitesimal segment of the human population, October 15th was marked by a frenetic search for answers fueled by an anxiety that can only come from leaked photos of an up-and-coming piece of shiny new tech. Read More >>
A text message from a self-proclaimed hitman was sent to thousands of people in Australia. It warned them to not contact the police, under threat of death. So naturally they all called the cops and caused a mini-panic. Read More >>
Featured comment by 21st Century Lurch:
"I got a call offering to remotely fix all the faults that my Windows PC had been reporting to them, I kept saying "really" and acting dumb then lied a..." More »
Death is scary. Suicide is scary. And when you're a valued member of a long-standing community who supports and helps one another, you don't fake awful stories about either to sadden and embarrass your friends. You don't ruin years of relationships to pull a stupid gag that demeans true tragedies. You don't make all of those people who love and care about you think you killed yourself for the lulz. Read More >>
Everyone's chattering about Whodat.biz, the new site claiming to be from Kanye West's insane tech startup Donda. By everybody, I mean The Washington Post and Twitter, which went bezerker over it, and, well, us. But Whodat.biz? Oh come on, now. If this ain't a hoax, I'll eat Kanye's doo-doo. Read More >>
Featured comment by magicguppy:
"Too soon. He should've let Mythbusters do an episode on it, given that Hyneman said he'd been wanting to try something like this for a while, I think ..." More »
Unless somebody gets nakes, holiday party pictures are usually pretty boring. But how great is this idea. Everett Hiller took the usual lame holiday shots and made them into something amazing by Photoshopping in celebrities and politicians. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kauzion:
"Disagree. For the quantity they are pretty decent.
I do use photoshop and yes you can do better but I wouldn't like to try making that many" More »
You've seen a thousand videos vaguely similar to this one—at least in the way it starts—but just be patient. Give it two minutes. There's an unexpected payoff. A money shot, if you will. Read More >>
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