Alex Knapp has been singing Gentlemint’s praises, and with good reason. It’s basically Pinterest for men. Alex passed along this neat article (via Facebook) on the “7 Manliest Swordfights Of All Time” which he found on Gentlemint. It’s a great list, with lots of the usual suspects including the fantastic swordfights from Princess Bride and […]
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Students at have put together a fun experiment. They’ve calculated just how much it would cost to build a Death Star from Star Wars. The steel alone, they estimate, would cost at “2012 prices, about $852,000,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the world’s GDP.” Kevin Drum says this is a bargain – for the Galactic Empire: […]
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People used to fast for Lent, give up meat, and often some other thing that made their lives to comfortable. Catholics and many other Christian denominations do this so that they can be thankful for what they have, and think more about the blessings God has bestowed upon them. Giving up something you love makes […]
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Peter Dinklage says he “dreams about” the show. I used to work a job delivering ice to gas stations and supermarkets. I used to dream about that job, too. I’d dream I was trapped in an ice box or throwing ten pound bags of ice over and over again. I’d rather dream about being on […]
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Topix is a local forum site that spans the United States, including thousands of cities across the country. It allows users to discuss local news and local issues with one another. As such, it can be a useful tool for gauging public opinion on all sorts of issues, including politics. Recently Topix and Equation Research […]
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So I was already excited about this movie before the latest trailer, but now I can barely stand the thought of waiting until June 22nd to see the 13th Pixar film. For one thing, Princess Merida looks tough and fiery, and we finally get a strong female lead in a Pixar flick. This is awesome […]
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The buzz these days in the tech universe has been all Pinterest all the time, and with good reason. Pinterest gives people the ability to curate photos on various online pinboards easily and quickly, and to follow pinboards curated by others. Instead of asking users to set up their own account from scratch, Pinterest users […]
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The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is the latest effort by Congress to do something about the threat of cyber attacks and cyber crime. Fortunately, and perhaps thanks to the efforts to quash SOPA and PIPA, the Act is quite a bit more restrained in scope than its predecessors. You can read the whole thing here. […]
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Ten years ago, David Bowie predicted the death of copyright – in ten years. Like other 2012 end-times predictions, he was wrong. “The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it,” he said. “I see absolutely no point […]
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Foxconn has opened its doors to the Fair Labor Association and ABC News – but is it hiding something? After reports of poor working conditions and worker suicides at ‘s Chinese vendors’ manufacturing facilities, a number of groups have called for investigations and audits of the plants. The Fair Labor Association and ABC News have […]
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