January 2010
December 2009
Kim Peek, the original Rain Man, dies →
Kim Peek, the autistic savant who inspired the Oscar-winning film Rain Man, has died, aged 58.
Mr Peek’s father Fran said that his son had suffered a major heart attack on Saturday and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, the town where he had spent his life.
Mr Peek was probably the world’s most famous savant. Described as a confounding mixture of...
Married Jonas Brother Says Sex Not Worth the Wait →
Just days after tying the knot after years of abstinence, Kevin Jonas of the pop sensation the Jonas Brothers stunned his teenaged fans by announcing that “to be honest about it, sex was not worth the wait.”
Twitter buys location tracker start-up Mixer Labs →
The micro-blogging website Twitter is buying the location tracking start-up Mixer Labs for an undisclosed sum.
listening to "The Jeffersons - Theme Song (Movin →
getting settled in to my new desk at work. the production team played me off to this:
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Indie Bands →
Inspired by Lauren Leto’s “Stereotyping People By Their Favorite Author,” we realized the incredible potential for a mercilessly judgmental list of indie band stereotypes. It is a common fact that Cormac McCarthy readers are men who don’t eat cream cheese, but what about those who listen to The XX on repeat and The Flaming Lips on hallucinogens? They need labels, too. After the jump, in...
Mexico City Assembly Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage →
Proving smarter and more forward-thinking than the state of California, Mexico City legalized same-sex marriage today. AP reports that it’s the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, “a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children.”
The gay marriage bill passed the capital’s local assembly with a vote...
Yelp Walks Away from Google Deal →
That’s right, folks. According to TechCrunch, Yelp founder Jeremy Stoppelman walked away from the all-but-signed deal to sell the company to Google for a reported $550 million. Given that there is no other reported suitor, it would sound like Stoppelman is set on keeping Yelp independent, and is perhaps considering a strategic partnership with someone else instead. Dude’s got some...
CrimeMapping.com →
see what crimes have been committed in your neighborhood recently.
Hand drawn historical map of San Francisco →
The Face of Ms. Muni Voice Revealed! →
listening to "Cock Sparrer - Working" →
here’s a song for all your working stiffs…
Drunk Four Year Old Steals Christmas Presents →
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A 4-year-old boy, beer in hand, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors. It’s a strange story, but also a sad one.
April Wright is 21 years old and is going through a divorce with her husband who is in jail. She says she is not sure how her 4-year-old managed to get out of the house, open a beer, and steal the neighbors presents...
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Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos,... →
The View From The Eiffel Tower: Looking Down →
Best Man Rigs Newlyweds’ Bed To Tweet During Sex.... →
When a man in the UK was asked to be the best man at his friend’s wedding, he was touched. So touched, that he promised not to pull any pranks before or during the wedding. After the wedding though, that’s another story.
Reindeer Meat Available at Bi-Rite →
A few words from Jimmie Roulette →
Police break up building takeover at S.F. State →
Police arrested 33 protesters this morning at San Francisco State University, a day after students barricaded themselves inside the business school to protest fee hikes and budget cuts at the state’s public universities.
Apple Plots Reboot of iTunes for Web →
Apple Inc., the company that restructured the music industry around its iTunes service, is exploring an overhaul of the way it sells and stores music that is aimed at extending its influence to the Web, according to people briefed on the strategy.
The key vehicle for the move is Apple’s newly acquired music-streaming service La La Media Inc. for which Apple paid $85 million, according to...
Barry Bonds' Son Arrested →
Not to outdo his father, who has his own share of legal troubles, Nikolai Bonds, 19, the son of former Giants great Barry Bonds, was arrested on Saturday night, booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism.
Police spokeswoman Nicole Acker tells Associated Press that Nikolai Bonds “was taken into custody after allegedly throwing a door knob at his 45-year-old...
2010 FIFA World Cup: United States draws England... →
The United States will face England at the World Cup for the first time since a famous upset 60 years ago, then play Slovenia and Algeria in the first round of next year’s tournament.
Ron Artest: "I Used To Drink Hennessy … At... →
"My Life is Twilight" - it's like FML, But Sadder →
Some sick bastard out there started a site called “My Life is Twilight“, where obsessed “Twihards” could anonymously post their most retarded musings, similar to F my life. I didn’t want to look at it but I couldn’t resist, and of course it was like a train wreck filled with hermaphrodite genitals and chimps masturbating. Here are 10 of the worst entries.
Hypernovas The Most Violent Object in the Universe... →
Facebook's FarmVille is More Popular Than Twitter →
Facebook has released some startling figures today, which underlines just how big the site has become.
Speaking to journalists at the UK headquarters, with TechRadar in attendance, Facebook revealed just how many people log on each day and the stats are pretty mind-blowing. The company also noted that one of its apps, ‘Farmville’, is more popular than its major rival in the...
Comcast Buys NBC From GE →
Comcast’s acquisition of NBC from GE is a done deal reports David Faber on CNBC. All that needs to be done is paper work at this point. The deal should be announced Thursday morning, says Faber.
Young, gay Asian becomes mayor of Campbell →
Sleepy, suburban Campbell’s City Council elected one of the youngest gay and youngest Asian American mayors in the country at a meeting Tuesday night.
The council promoted Evan Low, 26, from vice mayor to a one-year term as mayor of the 38,000-resident Silicon Valley city.
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Why Pages Disallowed in robots.txt Still Appear in... →
robots.txt is a useful file which sits in your website’s root and controls how search engines index your pages. One of the most useful declarations is “Disallow” — it stops search engines accessing private or irrelevant sections of your website