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Don't Try Scamming Me

I posted a computer for sale on craigslist and it seemed like someone was interested, one Diana Webber: is your item still for sale?? Naturally I responded: Yes. Are you interested The next email I receive states that the person is completely OK with the price and doesn’t want

laughing squid

Office 2010: The Movie

[via Laughing Squid]

Buzz Lightyear 'First Man on Moon'

From Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor, telegraph.co.uk: In a survey, which reveals “deeply worrying” levels of ignorance about the Apollo space programme, which sent three men to the moon forty years ago this month, 11 out of 1009 people surveyed thought Buzz Lightyear was the first person to

2009

John Hodgeman Roasts President Obama

This is taken at the 2009 Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner:

dave matthews

Dave Matthews GPS Brings New Meaning to Traffic Jam

[Update] And for our non US visitors this is the best alternative link I could find: YouTube.

cool

Deadline, a Post-It Induced Stop Motion Film

Via Laughing Squid

clever ideas

The Invisible Rope

The most harmless prank ever! EMBED-Invisible Rope Prank II – Watch more free videos

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Craigslist

The one and only, Weird Al Yankovic:

day dream

Last Day Dream

Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.

jail

ShamWow Guy in Jail

Via College Humor.

dominoes

Dominoes Everywhere

Video created for Imagine RIT, an annual festival at Rochester Institute of Technology focused on creativity and innovation of its students, faculty, and staff. The cardboard man at the beginning who kicks the first domino is RIT President Bill Destler. Dominoes Everywhere from Jared Lyon on Vimeo.

geocities

Cleaning Up the Internet: Geocities Shut down

Yahoo finally prepares to pull the plug on GeoCities. After careful consideration, we have decided to close GeoCities later this year. We’ll share more details this summer. Well it’s about damn time.. Read More.

dance

Steve Wozniak to replace Zach Effron in Footloose

Cant.. stop.. laughing.. Check it out for yourself: I wonder what they’ll call the dance move at the end. The Seg-stop-and-go?

biz stone

Colbert Twitters about Interview With Twitter's head Twit

That’s enough alliteration for this week. Watch the video: [The Colbert Report](http://www.colbertnation.com/)Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c[Biz Stone](http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/223487/april-02-2009/biz-stone)[comedycentral.com](http://www.comedycentral.com) [Colbert Report Full Episodes](http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes)[Political

april fools

Time's Top 10 April Fools Pranks

Time’s compiled “slideshow-style” list of their top 10 April Fools day pranks of all time. Visit the list.

email

GMail's New Autopilot to Make Email Even Easier

As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages. Read more.

pirate bay

BREAKING: Warner Brothers Acquires The Pirate Bay!

After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal. [Ben Jones of Torrent

ceo

JetBlue's CEO's Guide to Jetting

An introduction to commercial air travel for CEOs only. No minions, lackeys, or “regular” people allowed. Watch the rest at JetBlue’s CEO’s Guide To Jetting.

current

A Short Film About Twitter

A young man struggles against the pressure to Twitter his life away. [Thanks @kimberlyrob88]

vin diesel

Vin Diesel Plays WoW. Probably.

For those of you who don’t know – WoW is an abbreviation for World of Warcraft. It shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Diesel actually plays that game, considering that he’s known to be a hardcore gamer and even wrote the foreword to the D&D 30th

aids

Pope Claims Bible is Better than Condom; Prevents Aids

Dr Emma Bradford, of Reading University, said: “I guess you would have to rip out a few pages of Leviticus and then somehow fashion them into a condom-like device using lots and lots of masking tape. Has the Pope lost his marbles? Will I be struck down by lightning for

amazing

Undersea eruptions near Tonga

Another great set of photos from the Boston Globe. Read More.

college

Virginity Rates Among Students by Major

Very interesting study at Wellesley College that shows the virginity rates among their students. 3. There is evidence that geeks get laid the least in college. Check out the rates for Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics. [forwardOn via user niing] Read more and see the chart.

Dell launches Adamo; Mimics Apple's Style and Fails

Today Dell has finally launched its first set of it’s Adamo line. ROUND ROCK, Texas, March 17, 2009 – Style-minded people who place a premium on precision craftsmanship and design can now add Adamo to their list of must-have items for 2009. Dell today unveiled the world’s thinnest laptop

Hot Air Balloon: Economic Crisis Style

Cluster ballooning is beautiful in its simplicity. The pilot is harnessed to a bunch of helium-filled balloons, each of which is tiny compared to a standard hot air balloon. Control doesn’t come easy. Without the vents used by hot air balloons for altitude control, cluster balloons rise almost uncontrollably,