Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL The Corner on National Review Online
The two are actually synonymous. I've had two too many Icelandic roommates and colleagues over the years, so without naming the guilty party, and without vouching for Icelandic humor, I pass these on without comment:
1. It’s a bit early for Iceland volcano jokes. We should wait awhile for the dust to settle.
2. I see that America has declared war on Iceland. Apparently they are accusing them of harbouring a “weapon of ash eruption”.
3. It was the last wish of the Icelandic economy that its ashes be spread over Europe.
4. Iceland goes bankrupt, then it manages to set itself on fire. This has insurance scam written all over it.
5. Iceland, we wanted your cash, not your ash.
6. Waiter, there's volcanic ash in my soup. I know, it's a no-fly zone.
7. Richard Curtis is working on a new rom-com about people stuck in an airport who fall in love. The working title is "Lava Actually."
8. I left my house yesterday and was hit on the head by a bag of frozen sausages, a chocolate gateau, and some fish fingers. I realised it must be the fallout from Iceland.
9. Volcano in Iceland. What next, Earthquake in Asda?
10. Woke this morning to find every surface in the house covered in a layer of dust and a foul stench of sulfur in the air. No change, I’ve been married to that bone-idle slob for 20 years.
Of course, what s/he left off here was that old classic: What's the capital of Iceland? (25 cents).
Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL XKCD
It's a lasing cat-vity!
Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL Engadget
Magical in its simplicity.
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Complaint filed with city agency over incident, officials say
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has filed a complaint with a city agency on behalf of a Muslim woman whose application to be a foster mother was denied, in part, because she does not allow pork in her home.
Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog
If you want to see what you are worth per hour this Minimum Wage Machine would be a great exercise. If you were making minimum wage in New York you would crank the handle and get a penny about every 5 seconds.
Via: Zedomax
“The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY state minimum wage). If the participant stops turning the crank, they stop receiving money. The machine’s mechanism and electronics are powered by the hand crank, and pennies are stored in a plexiglas box.”
Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL Official Google Reader Blog
Wow. Who knew your hunger for points and badges was so insatiable? While ReaderAdvantage was a joke, we actually ordered and are distributing Reader badges as part of the joke. Unfortunately, so many people ordered them that we ran through our stockpile a mere 27 minutes after we announced the program. Which got us to thinking... just how much do our users read?
A few stats about the badge submissions:
- 13% of people who requested a badge ended up way over our “Totally Sweet” threshold of 314,159 items read...
- 25% of you were Platinum (133,700 read items or more).
- Even more amazing, four people had read over one million lifetime items.
- One person had read more than two million items. (Holy cow.)
For comparison, the average Reader user reads about 105 items a day, which isn’t bad unless you want to get to the Totally Sweet level of over 314,159 lifetime read items - at that rate it’s going to take you over 8 years to get there. And if you’re aiming to join the (recently founded) One Million Club, we’re talking over 26 years. So, uh, time to start reading?
While we were at it, we took a look at what users are starring, sharing, and liking the most. While many of the most-starred items are reference posts, collections of tips, or tutorials from our friends over at Lifehacker, the most starred item lately is actually this hilarious video. That same video also shows up near the top of the latest and most liked or shared items, along with a collection of interesting images, designs, and bizarrely useless machines. It’s clear that the crowd is onto something here, so if you’re not getting these items in your current feeds, maybe it’s time to check out Reader Play or the Recommended items section in Reader.
P.S. We’re shipping the badges soon. Really.
Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL The Consumerist
We've all experienced the the age-old quandary, "I'm hungry, but I'm too weak/lazy to move my arms, whatever shall I do?" Enter the Food Lift! It's a revolutionary new product that takes the work out of eating! Simply place the food in the trough and then the dynamo-screw lifts the meal through the tube into your mouth, "like a waiter climbing a staircase." Try one today!
(Thanks to thespatulaoflove!)
Google Reader Shared Post - Source URL The Consumerist
There's a funny post at the blog Fair Trade Photographer about cheap stock photography, particularly how companies who try to cut corners end up using the same image over and over. Barton has a serious message for companies, too: if you want us to trust you, maybe you shouldn't put a generic stock photo of generic office people on your generic website.
"Microstock: why would a reputable company do this to themselves?" [Fair Trade Photographer] (Thanks to Melissa!)
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