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Police: Teen hiding object shouts, ‘Come get me, I have a gun’ - CNN.com
Twenty shots were fired; Coppin was struck eight times, Kelly said.
Its a sad story when someone suicide-by-cop’s, whether they have a hairbrush and say its a gun or an actual gun.  The thing that really stuck out to me is, why did [...]

Internet Law - Encyclopedia Dramatica
Internet Law is the Law of the Internet. OL laws are very different from IRL laws.
Encyclopedia Dramatica is a like a mini LII for Internet Law. Please see the articles listed on the right for the most comprehensive information on the web on the web (ha ha get it).
I dont know [...]

RIT - Institute Calendar
November 12–16 Final exams—day classes
Less fun than a barrel of dead monkeys
and dead monkeys aren’t really fun
at all

So the idea to cook with apple cider came to me when I at some point saw something for about Apple Cider Donuts. I have never had an apple cider donut, but they sounds awesome.
I don’t deep fry things so I decided on cupcakes because they are easy to take to work. The [...]

Consumer Reports corrects “restless leg” drug TV ad - Boing Boing
Consumer Reports explains that Requip reduces symptoms in up to 73% of people (with scary potential side effects) , while a placebo is effective on 57% of people with RLS (”restless leg syndrome”).
That doesn’t seem like that great of a success rate. More than [...]

Mouse Print»Blog Archive » Dial Soap: The Incredible Shrinking Bar
Once upon a time “bath size” bars of soap were all five ounces. Most have now been downsized to 4.5 ounces.
The latest move, however, is to go even smaller. Dial for Men is a prime example.
Its smaller, but now it has new GRIP features carved [...]

How do I get my hands to stop burning ??? (Archived thread) -
Ouch. Rubbing alcohol is supposed to cut the oil, then follow that with a lotion or ointment
I cut up a bunch of peppers from the garden (i finally decided it was too cold and they weren’t going to grow anymore) today to freeze.  [...]

NPR: 24 Hours of Air Traffic Never Looked So Beautiful
Designer Aaron Koblin composited a day’s worth of FAA data to make some pretty fascinating (and deeply beautiful) animations.
Awesome video, motion blurs and music.

Crater From 1908 Russian Space Impact Found, Team Says
Almost a century after a mysterious explosion in Russia flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists have found what they believe is a crater made by the cosmic object that made the blast.
The crater was discovered under a lake near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in western [...]

YouTube - Fran and His Balloon Organ
Addi interviews Fran Holland of Berkely, Ca. who built and plays an organ made with balloons.
He made an awesome sounding organ with balloons, pipes and what looks like garden hose spray handles
via BB

Basic Instructions: How to Deal with Trick-or-Treaters
Give out soda, from a 2 liter bottle, directly into their bag.
Basic Instructions is pretty funny, I found it when looking @ some blog awards thing, I don’t remember which.  Either way, I strongly recommend going to Basic Instructions and laughing.  Its good for you.

A 3,000-Calorie Dinner? Belly-ssimo! ~ Newsroom ~ News from CSPI
OLIVE GARDENLasagna Classico: 1,060 calories and 28 grams of bad fat (saturated plus trans fat
ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL
Spaghetti & Meatballs with meat sauce: The following nutrition numbers are not typos: Romano’s rendition of this classic dish provides more than an entire day’s calories (2,430) and nearly [...]

Excel Dryer | XLerator The Fast Hand Dryers
Hand dryer motor shall be a series commutated through-flow discharge vacuum motor/blower (5/8 HP / 20,000 RPM) which provides air velocity of 16,000 LFM (linear feet per minute) at the air outlet and 14,000 LFM at the hands (4 inches [102 mm] below air outlet).
If you ever EVER [...]

TailSteak - Hex Colour Words
#FACADE
#BEADED
Colors that are words are fun!, they are all really pastel colors though, or I bet they would be used all of the time.  or something.

Badvertising: Toys R Us Invites You To Save $-10
While I’m usually a sucker for a good deal, -$10 off just strikes me as odd.
The fact that someone had to go hang that sign up makes it funnier.  A computer may have noticed the change in price and printed out a sign, but at some point, [...]