Tin Foil Soldier

The water utility in Edmonton, EPCOR, published the most incredible graph of water consumption last week. By now you’ve probably heard that up to 80% of Canadians were watching last Sunday’s gold medal Olympic hockey game. So I guess it stands to reason that they’d all go pee between periods.
via What If Everybody in Canada [...]

Uphill slopes: l don’t know anyone who enjoys biking up a hill, especially when you’re trying to get somewhere you need to be. Going uphill is worse than simply being much slower; it’s also exhausting and can take a toll on the rest of your ride. Our biking directions are based [...]

As you journey along the path you meet an old man.
He tells you that modern neuroscience has proved that all our actions and decisions are merely the machinations of a predetermined universe and that our concept of ‘free will’ is naught but a comforting illusion.
If you agree with his hypothesis, turn to page 72
If you [...]

AshleyMadison.com, the dating site for married people (yes, you heard right), surveyed all of their new members last year. Of the 1.9 million folks who signed up to cheat, er, date in 2009, these were the top professions:
For Women:
1. Teachers
2. Stay-at-home Moms
3. Nurses
4. Administrative Assistants
5. Real Estate Agents
For Men:
1. Physicians
2. Police Officers
3. Lawyers
4. Real [...]

We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It’s an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology’s incredible potential to improve [...]

In 1985, according to Ward’s Communications, 22.4% of all vehicles sold in the United States came with a manual transmission. By 2007, the number had plummeted to 7.7%.
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That doesn’t mean we have to like it, though. For the serious driver, piloting a car with a manual transmission is a badge of honor. [...]

Probably Bad News: News fails, because journalism isn’t dying fast enough. » The Guy With The Scythe?.

I added a new category of links, the Lulz selection of links is obviously here for the lulz.
Additional Lulz:
Hacked IRL – Word To Your Mother
Hacked IRL – Meh.
Oddly Specific – Can You Blame Them?
Oddly Specific – Curved Yellow Fruit
There, [...]

If people are already in the military and gay—from my former unit alone I know close to a dozen—what is it that people are afraid will happen with the repeal of DADT? Are people afraid that the day after DADT is rescinded; gay soldiers are going to walk in wearing a feather boa and buttless [...]

Make: Online : Melting table.
Creepy

Kudos to back2root, I definitely don’t have the patience for something like this awesome wood carving.

The video below was shot on Monday, January 18, at 9:52 a.m. EST in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
via Haiti earthquake: 360° video – Special Coverage on CNN.com.
Honestly I don’t know if I would really be able to tell a difference between pre and post earthquake Haiti in this high speed drivethru of Port-au-Prince save for a [...]

A woman admiring the sunset on a tourist webcam in northern Germany spotted a man who was lost on the frozen North Sea and probably saved his life by alerting authorities, police said Wednesday.
via German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter – Yahoo! News.
Definitely his lucky day.  It had to have been crazy [...]

Full Episode | February 1, 2010 – Austan Goolsbee | The Daily Show.
Last night’s Daily show was pretty awesome.  Jon Stewart brought his a game and it was pretty funny.
The moment of zen really was awesome, its from the same roundtable discussion as Krugman calls FOX News ‘deliberate misinformation’ to Roger Ailes’ face

A MAN told today of his disbelief at being fined for blowing his nose while his van was stopped in London.
Michael Mancini wiped his nose with a handkerchief while stuck in traffic in October 2009.  But when the traffic cleared, he was pulled over by police who told him he had not been in control [...]

Yup — PETA wants to take Punxsutawney Phil away from Gobbler’s Knob and give the little guy a dignified retirement at an animal sanctuary. In his place, you guessed it: A robot groundhog.
via PETA wants to replace famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil with an animatronic replica | L.A. Unleashed | Los Angeles Times.
If Punxsutawney Phil wasn’t [...]

YouTube – Disappearing Sea Plant.

via Avatar on Earth – Towleroad