Archive: March 5, 2008
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If you live in a major city, you’ve probably used the free services of Craigslist at one time or another. The site is a great resource for finding a job, getting some help, buying/selling something, or even just for a good laugh (see: Missed Connections). But the downside to spending any sort of time on [...]

POWER UP! I honestly never realized how terrible this game was until now. I-Mockery remembers the game by saying this: Each power up makes you a little bit stronger, but what’s truly funny about it is while your character grows in size and strength like the Hulk, the size of his head remains the same [...]

For the first time ever, researchers in Japan have recreated a “shockwave” traffic jam on a circular test track. [via] Using 22 cars, each with a human driver driving at 30 km/h, researchers were able to see that traffic jams such as this were generally caused by one driver slowing or stopping out of curiosity [...]

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Photo: AFP Andrew Symonds of the Australian cricket team knocked over a streaker during a game against India in Brisbane on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. The spectator is expected to be fined $3000 for the stunt. And believe it or not, Symonds could face a fine as well if the International Cricket Council believes he [...]

Oh man, I remember seeing this commercial on TV so many times when I was younger. You run! You slide! You hit the bump and take a dive! I only ever tried this backyard game once at a friend’s place, and I don’t really recall it being that much fun. In fact, I think it [...]

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Time magazine has an excellent photo slideshow of the process that takes place when making a pair of jeans. The slideshow jumps back and forth between workers in Zhongshan, China — a city that produces about 10,000 pairs of jeans a day — and the United States (where some high-fashion jean designers make their products).