Posts tagged “dailydavid”

  • Here’s some excellent advice from Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame: “Don’t be that guy. Don’t wait for the world to acknowledge your accomplishments.” (He’ll also help you find a job.)
  • For @andybabb: A Hierarchy of Digital Distractions
  • Where can I fly for how much?
  • Twirdie is Twitter golf!
  • Extreme PlanetThe Earth is just amazing. (I had no idea the Titanic was that deep.)
  • Porn surfers are likely to have out-of-date software that can be exploited, making those users an attractive target for cybecriminals.
  • Sexual Congress
  • How to keep someone with you forever — employee or lover.
  • The Spill, The Scandal and the President is the inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years … and let the world’s most dangerous oil company get away with murder. (Does anyone else ever wonder why the hardest hitting investigative journalism in America is consistently done by a rock ‘n roll magazine?)
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  • Team owners Frank and Jamie McCourt paid a Russian physicist at least six figures — for five years! — to transmit positive energy to the Dodgers from his home in the Boston suburbs.
  • Tiananmen SquareThese LEGO recreations of iconic photographs are pretty cool.
  • Some friendly Mormons have posted an exhaustive guide to overcoming masturbation.
  • Everyone knows that Jack sits right on the court. But who are all the other purple and gold fanatics? Someone has investigated and detailed the entire (updated) arrangement of Lakers courtside seating.
  • Die-hard college sports fans will likely enjoy following The Bylaw Blog: The Unofficial Blog of NCAA Compliance. (RSS feed)
  • I’m fairly confident that the NCAA and / or the NFL will not be happy about broncogator.com.
  • California has — of course — the coolest proposed license plate redesign.
  • Beyond Apu — Why are there suddenly so many Indians on television?
  • Want to save the Gulf of Mexico? Learn how to boom properly.
  • The leading web property for yuletide holiday determination is now on your mobile phone. Never be at a loss again. Get the Is It Christmas? iPhone app!
  • I got 99 problems but breathing ain’t one.
  • It is a little-known fact that you can perform (almost) every pop song ever recorded using just four chords.
  • A real-life Batman: This blind man “sees” using echolocation.
  • It would be pretty rad to ride an elephant to work where your pet orangutan plays with his dog.
  • New Scientist details the eight most amazing commutes in the animal kingdom. (Did you know that the Pacific leatherback turtle swims from Indonesia to Oregon and back every year?)
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