Month: August 2011

News

Arianna Huffington to take charge of AOL?

CEO Tim Armstrong responds to the reports that with ad revenues down AOL will be off 20% this year from projections by affirming his desire to recenter the AOL brand around user-created content like that found on the recently acquired Huffington Post. This has led to speculation that Arianna Huffington may take a larger role […]

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News

Play Qaddafi off the stage keyboard cat! Qaddafi’s Condoleeza fetish fap book flap.

According to sources, Qaddafi kept a book filled with close-up pictures of former Bush administration Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. He ‘loved’ how she would boss those Arab leaders around. I guess Qaddafi hasn’t seen Curb Your Enthusiasm or he would know one has to have a confidant to dispose of one’s Condoleeza Fapbook whilst […]

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Life & Arts

Huitlacoche aka Corn Smut.

Huitlacoche is a fungus that grows on maize and is known in English as corn smut though, as its name would in no way imply, this is a delicacy in Mexican cuisine. Huitlacoche if of the species ustilago maris and derives its name from the burnt look it gives infected corn. Typically used as a […]

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Science & Technology

Here comes a redesigned 3DS already.

Nintendo, after slashing the price of the 3DS console, is now redesigning this gem of a handheld, likely to streamline costs and make the current price more palatable for the company. The 3DS is a neat console but I haven’t been taken in by its magic quite yet. I did thoroughly enjoy the Nintendo DS […]

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News

Back packing with Kim Jong-il.

Kim Jong-il had a ‘fun trip‘ in Russia, traveling to the far flung northern neighbor by armored train to meet with President Medvedev. Greeted by beautiful ladies carrying bountiful pastries for Dear Leader to nosh on while talking about things like nuclear disarmament, post-modern interpretations of Stalinism and the best way to funnel illicit funds […]

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News

The tenets of ‘rugged altruism.’

I do have a lot of admiration for those brave souls who leave behind kith and kin to go help with aid work in a developing nation. Some have questions regarding the utility of the aid provided by nongovernmental organizations and even organizations like the UN in terms of fostering a sentiment of dependence rather […]

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News

Ruth tells Bernie to take a hike.

I don’t think it would be a wildly positive thing to find out you were Ruth’s type would it? I don’t think so. It would best be something kept secret, kept safe.

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Life & Arts

Brought to you by EVE Online.

Flying up to a star is only one of the many things you can do in this massively multiplayer online game from CCP. I suggest anyone with a fetish for space stuff check it out.

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