How to Rip Off Best Buy, Circuit City, and even Fry's Electronics, etc.

Many stores use an illegal practice that goes undetected. When you find a store that does, scheme hundreds off your next big purchase and totally stick it to the man.

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David Remnick speculates on Al Gore as a 2008 Presidential Candidate

"Gore, more than any other major Democratic Party figure, including the many candidates assembled for next year's Presidential nomination, has demonstrated in opposition precisely the quality of judgment that Bush has lacked in office."

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Giant Ocean Sunfish up to 5,100 lb (2,300kg) & 11 ft (3.3m) long!

Pics and Videos - The ocean sunfish (mola mola) is the largest bony fish in the world. It is a unique pelagic fish, and specimens of ocean sunfish have been observed up to 3.3 m (11 ft) in length and weighing up to 2,300 kg (5,100 lb).

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PICTURES: World's Wildest Intersections

Western drivers are understandably confounded and rightfully annoyed, when faced with such traffic-routing masterpieces as these

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Al Sharpton's ancestors were slaves owned by Strom Thurmond's relatives

Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton's great-grandfather was a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported. Genealogists working at The Daily News' behest recently uncovered the ancestral ties between one of the nation's best known black leaders and a man who was once a prominent defender of segregation.

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Gigantic 100 metres deep hole appears in city. Amazing pictures!

A giant sinkhole swallowed several homes and at least one truck early Friday in Guatemala City. Unbelievable pictures of the gigantic hole!

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(AMAZING PICS) 102 Year old Man Grows Horn on Head!

Saleh Talib Saleh used to dream that he would grow horns on his head. He dismissed them as mere fancy at first, but then, at the ripe old age of 78, a horn did indeed begin to grow on the left side of his head, astonishing his fellow villagers. Doctors: horn was caused by multiplying layers of hardened, dried skin on Saleh’s head.

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Slife - Mac App that Visualizes/Organizes Computer Activites

Slife is the new awareness browser for the Mac OS X that lets you visualize your computer activities like never before. Trying to be more productive? Wondering where all that time went? Now you can find out!

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The Saddest Calvin and Hobbes Strip Ever

It will make you cry.

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How awesome is this for getting a test back from a professor?? [image]

prof with a sense of humor

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Mac Genius lives in truck for more than a year

Bussell was working full time as a "Mac genius" at the Apple Store in Newport Beach, sharing a $1,600-per-month apartment in Aliso Viejo. He had racked up more than $10,000 in credit card debt and was struggling to pay for school and save money for a three-month road trip. So on July 29, 2005, he started living in his truck.

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How to Explain DRM to Your Dad

My friend John was trying to think of a way to explain the problem with digital rights management to his dad and friend of ours who don't see what's wrong with it. He compiled a list of examples of DRM-related problems to help people understand what the big deal is with DRM.

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PICTURES: World's Greatest Car Security Alarm!!!

Must see one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my entire life.

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WOW...These guys believe the earth is flat

the government, NASA, gps companies, pilots, and others are conspiring against us. There is a giant ice wall surrounding the earth which is being guarded. ROFL

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Paraglider sucked up to 30,000 feet - and survives!

A German paraglider survived lightning, melon-sized hail, minus 50-degree temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.

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MC Escher in Lego

Awesome 3D model of the famous piece by the great MC Escher.

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There is No Reason To Ever Beat Your Child…

However, this may be a good enough reason to shake the sh*t out of them!

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Amazing: The Largest Drain in the World (Pics)

Located in Northern California, this drain is used to bypass the dam when it reaches its capacity.

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Nine Inch Nails Concept Album Builds Story With Websites From The Future

A set of websites have emerged in support of the new Nine Inch Nails album "Year Zero". The first of the sites was discovered by fans who noticed highlighted letters on the back of a nine inch nails shirt for a tour that kicked off this weekend. This led to the discovery of various IP addresses and an entire story of the future built through sites.

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Dog Hugs Baby - Photograpsh

This is the cutest thing I have ever seen, a Mastiff hugging a baby!

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The Biggest Lego Set Ever Made Does Point Five Past Lightspeed

Made of over 5,000 pieces, and almost 3 feet long, this $499 Millennium Falcon is the biggest LEGO set ever made or sold.

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Why The Ugly Girl is Pretty When You're Drunk

The math behind beer goggles.

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Best Buy Secret Employee Only Website Shows Different Prices From Real Site

Have you ever found a deal at Best Buy's website only to travel to the store and find that the "sale" is over? Did the Best Buy employee show you "proof" on their "website"? It now seems that there are really TWO, separate websites — and they're identical except for the prices.

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'Doomsday' vault design unveiled

The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government.

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Warrant issued for Verizon

Yes, the entire company.

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Coolest… Lamps… Ever…

There's pretty much no info on these, and I can't find any way to purchase them, but god damn, these have got to be the coolest lamps I have ever seen. All I can gather is that they were designed and created by Frank Buchwald, who happens to be German. Does one of our German-speaking readers want to see if they can't dig up a way to acquire these?

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Amazing Sea Giants...Wide Load at Sea (Pics)

"Semi-submersible ships are the only vessels in the world which provide the capability to load, transport and offload extremely heavy cargo, such as oil drilling rigs, gas refineries or even warships."

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Radar image of corporate jets leaving the Superbowl

Check out this radar shot of corporate jets leaving Miami after the Superbowl -- a traffic jam of the rich and powerful.

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PICTURES: Fluid Polygons and Polyhedra

"When a vertical water jet strikes a circular horizontal impactor, the water is deflected into a horizontal sheet. At sufficiently high speeds, the flow results in a circular water sheet, whose radius is set by a balance between inertial and curvature forces..."

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How to "Fly" a Human Powered Watercraft - the "Aquaskipper"

They're also called "hull-less watercraft" and "flapping wing propulsion vessels".
You bounce up and down to make the wing fly and propel you.
If you stop you fall into the water and swim back to the dock.
It's completely ridiculous and works really well once you get the hang of it.

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The true impact of hurricane Katrina (One Picture)

One picture shows the true impact of hurricane Katrina.

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A Woman Who Boarded A Wrong Bus Gets Lost For 25 Years! Finally home...

After boarding a wrong bus, she gets confused when she arrives in the city. Not speaking the language, she boards a second wrong bus and ends up in another city. There, with no money and not being able to speak the language, she ends up stranded and begging for money for five years. She then gets arrested for possibly being an illegal immigrant...

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McDonalds creams Starbucks in Coffee survey

Consumer testers in the US have declared coffee from McDonald's better than the brew at Starbucks.

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PICTURE: 80-year-old Chinese man washes hair for the first time in 26 years

Shampoo had little effect on Luo Shiyuan's matted 6ft long hair and 5ft beard so the whole family pitched in with washing powder, reports Chongqing Morning Papers.

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Yesterday's flashmob at UC Davis LARGEST IN US HISTORY! 700+ People!

Yesterday's flashmob at the UCD Bookstore ATMs, organized through Facebook, was the biggest flashmob in US history! Guinness World Records will officiate the numbers and it should appear in the 2008 record book! Multiple videos and photographs are included. This having been the first flashmob at UC Davis, they can only get larger and better!

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How To: Get Bumped Off A Flight To Earn Airline Vouchers

"Why would anyone want to get bumped of a flight? Because there is money to be made in doing so - By doing a small bit of planning, an hour delay at the airport could be worth several hundred dollars off your next trip."

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Orange Snow falls in Russia (With Pics)

Yesterday a strange phenomena happened in Omsk region Russia.

Pretty vast territory of Omsk region was covered with a snow that had an unusual color. It was orange.

Now we have a few photos, mainly screenshots from Russian TV channels.

There is still no one exact explanation about the origin of orange color of this snow.

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The Homemade LED shirt that will land you in Jail

Not to be worn close to Boston police department officers, they shoot you for sure.

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I won't be happy until I lose my legs

I was six when I first became aware of my desire to lose my legs. I have something called body identity integrity disorder (BIID), where sufferers want to remove one or more healthy limbs. I have long known that if I want to get on with my life I need to remove both legs.

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Superbowl doesn't allow 55" TV viewing for a party!

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league has a longstanding policy against “mass out-of-home viewings” of the Super Bowl, even if they don’t charge admission. Hosts of parties can use only one TV that is no bigger than 55 inches, according to a league attorney.

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Ford Wants Whip or no Indiana Jones

We all know about stupid health and safety laws now it looks as if it could stop the new Indiana Jones movie

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Spectacular Photo of Lightning Hitting A Lake

umm... there's not much else to say.

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Boston bomb scare suspects hold press conference...its a total must see!

The two suspects that were held on charges connected with the Boston bomb scare held a press conference earlier..this video is ridiculous! "Ok, guys, seriously, i want to talk about haircuts in the 70's. Does anybody have any questions about haircuts in the 70's?" im sorry sir your question did not have to do with hair."

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Atheist in Massachusetts? Enjoy your prison time.

"Whoever willfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumaciously reproaching God, his creation, government or final judging of the world or by cursing or contumaciously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumaciously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God" ...

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