February 2008

Wednesday 27 February

A month behind the hype : Vampire Weekend (12:19) - In 6-8 weeks time Vampire Weekend went from nowhere to the cover of Spin. Generally I stay away from the "oh my Gawd, have you heard of ....." bands because they always seem to disappoint. The last time a band... | 2 Comments

I'm fucking Ben Affleck (12:17) - Jimmy's response to Sarah Silverman fucking Matt Damon. I really need to start watching Jimmy Kimmel, this is hilarious. Too many cameos to name. ... | 0 Comments

2009 Nissan GT-R coming to US in June (15:36) - 480 Horsepower 0-60 in 3.5s 193mph Top Speed AWD Badass... | 1 Comments

Korean Toddler Sings the Beatles (11:17) - A must watch for any Beatles fan, this 3 year old South Korean boy rocks out classic Beatles songs. Link to more videos in the title link, however the 'Hey Jude' performance below is by far the best one I've... | 2 Comments
Secret Service ordered Dallas Police to stop weapon screening at Obama rally (10:47) - DALLAS -- Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena. The order to put down the metal... | 0 Comments

'Circular' Domain Name Set, $125,000 (20:38) - Here's an ebay auction for the entire set of "circle" .com domain names on a keyboard. What is a "circle" domain name? If you look at the keyboard in front of you the keys are laid out in offset rows... | 0 Comments
Stanford tuition free for 5 figure families (16:20) - Great news out of Stanford: beginning next school year standard tuition will be free for students whose family income is less than $100,000/year. If your family income is under $60,000 Stanford will also pay much of your room and board.... | 1 Comments

A robot that acts out your dreams (14:02) - I spent a night at The Albany Regional Sleep Disorder Center in Albany, NY. There they wired me up with a variety of sensors, recording everything from EEG to EKG to eye positioning data. We then took that data and... | 1 Comments

Hillary presses for Florida and Michigan delegates (10:59) - Things may get messy in the Democratic Primary. Looks like the final decision will come down to the superdelegates as neither candidate is projected to reach the required 2,025 pledged delegates. If the superdelegates do not ultimately choose the candidate... | 0 Comments

Jack Endino and the year 1989 (12:33) - I was flipping through my record collection today when I started thinking about how much impact Jack Endino has had on the music I listen to. Jack Endino's greatest claim to fame was Nirvana's first album, 'Bleach'. Endino helped Nirvana... | 0 Comments
4 Years in Prison for 0.003g of Marijuana (10:37) - A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis stuck to the bottom of one of his shoes has been sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison. Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, was travelling through... | 0 Comments