Jan 30 2009

The End Of Alternative Comic Strips

Earlier this week Village Voice Media suspended publication of all its comic strips across its entire chain of alternative weekly papers in a cost-cutting move. For those who don’t know, Village Voice Media owns fifteen papers in key cities like New York and LA and is a huge component of the alternative comic strip lifeblood.

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Jan 30 2009

Analysing golf shots ‘makes you worse’

Golfers who analyse their technique too much can end up playing worse.

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Jan 30 2009

Exxon Mobil Sets Record with $45.2 Billion Profit. Nice!

HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of .2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago. The previous record for annual profit was .6 billion, which the world’s largest publicly traded oil company set in 2007..

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Jan 30 2009

Quantify Everything: How Much Less Are Individuals Spending?

As an engineer, and founder of a company where one of our core values is “quantify everything”, lack of numbers bothers me. How bad are things really? Answers like “really bad” or “worst since the Great Depression” just don’t do it for me. What does it mean in dollars and cents?

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Jan 30 2009

Does Weather Really Affect Our Mood?

That rain is gloom and sunshine happiness is metaphorical rather than scientific, though it rings true because we humans are inherently sympathetic to our environment. But we are not its victims. Barring a mood disorder, our emotions are not casualties of the weather. The rain can be guilty by association, but not causation.

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Jan 30 2009

I’ve got the world’s biggest boobs

SHEYLA Hershey’s massive 38KKK breasts have been declared the world’s biggest boob job.

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Jan 30 2009

"I believe I walk on air…sorta…kinda…in my own way."

This is a beautiful and spectacular shot of Oreamnos americanus (mountain goat), that rupicaprid extraordinaire, going to another part of the mountain by leaping over a gap at Comeau Pass located in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Photographer: Robb Rice

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Jan 30 2009

What Will Replace The Internet?

First it will become wireless and ubiquitous, crawling into the woodwork and perhaps even under our skin. Eventually, it will disappear.

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Jan 30 2009

Judge’s ruling that WoW bot violates DMCA is troubling

Glider, a popular WoW bot, took another hit on Wednesday as a federal judge ruled that the product went beyond copyright infringement to being a circumvention device under the DMCA. The decision raises serious questions about the legal status of interoperability and competition in the software industry.

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Jan 30 2009

5 Super Bowl Weeks They’d Rather Forget.

Yes, getting to the Super Bowl is hard enough, but these five jocks take that notion to a whole new level. Also, Ronde Barber talks Tiki.

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