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▼Get Ready: 88 Presents FORWARD Festival: March 17th – 21st - BrightestYoungThings
88 is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Forward Festival from March 17th – March 21st This Five Day Festival will Celebrate Electronic Creative Culture here in the Nation’s Capitol at the finest venues the city has to offer. The Festival will showcase Local, National and International talent from individuals across the globe helping to push [...]
88 is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Forward Festival from March 17th – March 21st This Five Day Festival will Celebrate Electronic Creative Culture here in the Nation’s Capitol at the finest venues the city has to offer. The Festival will showcase Local, National and International talent from individuals across the globe helping to push [...]
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Like▼Conan O'Brien Tour to Stop in D.C. on June 8 - DCist
Twitter is absolutely freaking out right now about Conan O'Brien's just announced "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour," which will indeed be stopping in Washington, D.C., on June 8 at DAR Constitution Hall. Billed as "a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence," we're envisioning a sort of Conan Unplugged extravaganza, with sketches, performanc...Expand this post »
Twitter is absolutely freaking out right now about Conan O'Brien's just announced "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour," which will indeed be stopping in Washington, D.C., on June 8 at DAR Constitution Hall. Billed as "a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence," we're envisioning a sort of Conan Unplugged extravaganza, with sketches, performanc...Expand this post »
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Like▼Conan O'Brien will perform at Bonnaroo - Boing Boing
Recently-exiled latenight talk show host Conan O'Brien will be headlining the comedy stage at the annual Bonnaroo festival. Wonder if he'll pick a random person out of the crowd to befriend and bestow insta-stardom?
Recently-exiled latenight talk show host Conan O'Brien will be headlining the comedy stage at the annual Bonnaroo festival. Wonder if he'll pick a random person out of the crowd to befriend and bestow insta-stardom?
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Like▼Glenn Beck advertiser sells "survival seeds" for apocalyptic agriculture - Boing Boing
The Survival Seed Bank is advertising on Glenn Beck's television show. They offer "survival seeds" for growing your own "crisis garden" amid "emerging totalitarianism." As Media Matters points out, the brand identity meshes well with the host's apocalyptic visions of the future. "More valuable than silver or gold in a real meltdown," the website reads. They may quote WorldNetDaily as a news sou...Expand this post »
The Survival Seed Bank is advertising on Glenn Beck's television show. They offer "survival seeds" for growing your own "crisis garden" amid "emerging totalitarianism." As Media Matters points out, the brand identity meshes well with the host's apocalyptic visions of the future. "More valuable than silver or gold in a real meltdown," the website reads. They may quote WorldNetDaily as a news sou...Expand this post »
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Like▼Advice: Do Not Shave Your Privates While Driving - The Consumerist
Much is said about distracted driving. Don't text, don't talk on the phone, don't eat soup. Apparently nobody bothered to tell one Florida woman not to shave her privates while driving. Clearly, this...Expand this post »
Much is said about distracted driving. Don't text, don't talk on the phone, don't eat soup. Apparently nobody bothered to tell one Florida woman not to shave her privates while driving. Clearly, this...Expand this post »
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Like▼Get Gigabytes of Free, Legitimate Music from SXSW 2010 [Dealhacker] - Lifehacker
Every year music lovers from across the country head to Austin, Texas for SXSW, and for the past six of those years, SXSW has offered hundreds of DRM-free tracks from artists playing at SXSW—and it's all available via BitTorrent. Just head to the Home of the Unofficial SXSW torrents to grab the first torrent, featured 646 tracks weighing in at 3.35 GB. These songs are all freely available on t...Expand this post »
Every year music lovers from across the country head to Austin, Texas for SXSW, and for the past six of those years, SXSW has offered hundreds of DRM-free tracks from artists playing at SXSW—and it's all available via BitTorrent. Just head to the Home of the Unofficial SXSW torrents to grab the first torrent, featured 646 tracks weighing in at 3.35 GB. These songs are all freely available on t...Expand this post »
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Like▼24 Secret Menu Options To Dream About - The Consumerist
It's been nearly three years since Meg put together that epic list of every secret menu known to mankind, and now Coupon Sherpa is following up with 24 items you may not have known you could order. From the Coupon Sherpa post: Starbucks Biscotti Frapuccino - This is a typical frapuccino but it has a biscotti blended inside. You will have to purchase the biscotti separate when you are checking...Expand this post »
It's been nearly three years since Meg put together that epic list of every secret menu known to mankind, and now Coupon Sherpa is following up with 24 items you may not have known you could order. From the Coupon Sherpa post: Starbucks Biscotti Frapuccino - This is a typical frapuccino but it has a biscotti blended inside. You will have to purchase the biscotti separate when you are checking...Expand this post »
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Like▼Captain’s Log – Star Date 1004.03 - There, I Fixed It
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Like▼Peak Cherry Blossom Dates Announced - DCist
Photo by t.e.a. The National Park Service's chief cherry blossom prognosticator, horticulturalist Rob DeFeo, has at last delivered the goods: he announced this morning that the estimated peak bloom period for Washington's famous cherry trees will run from April 3-8, while the overall bloom period will last from March 31 to April 11. Given this year's epic winter, that's not actually very late ...Expand this post »
Photo by t.e.a. The National Park Service's chief cherry blossom prognosticator, horticulturalist Rob DeFeo, has at last delivered the goods: he announced this morning that the estimated peak bloom period for Washington's famous cherry trees will run from April 3-8, while the overall bloom period will last from March 31 to April 11. Given this year's epic winter, that's not actually very late ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Michaelsoft Binbows Is Japanese For "Get A Cheap PC Here" - The Consumerist
We have no idea who first posted this picture, but just to set the record straight, the sign is using a bilingual pun on the Japanese word 貧乏 (binbo) which can be translated as "poor." It's apparently promoting a store that sells cheap PCs and computer parts, though we do kind of like the sound of "binbows," and may just start using it around the office when we want to refer to Michaelsoft's fl...Expand this post »
We have no idea who first posted this picture, but just to set the record straight, the sign is using a bilingual pun on the Japanese word 貧乏 (binbo) which can be translated as "poor." It's apparently promoting a store that sells cheap PCs and computer parts, though we do kind of like the sound of "binbows," and may just start using it around the office when we want to refer to Michaelsoft's fl...Expand this post »
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Like▼Oh, Topeka. Don't ever change. - Boing Boing
Last night, the city where I spent the first 12 years of my life decided to change its name from "Topeka" to "Google", apparently in a desperate (very desperate) bid to be the real Google's 1...Expand this post »
Last night, the city where I spent the first 12 years of my life decided to change its name from "Topeka" to "Google", apparently in a desperate (very desperate) bid to be the real Google's 1...Expand this post »
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Like▼Petition to make "Hella" the prefix for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - Boing Boing
Carl sez, "A petition to make Hella- the official SI prefix for 10^27, for measuring things bigger than Yotta- (the prefix for (US) billion trillion). For instance: 'the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release energy at 0.3 hellawatts.' It would also come in handy for eventually measuring Internet traffic and US national debt." The Official Petition to Establish "Hella-" as the SI Prefix for ...Expand this post »
Carl sez, "A petition to make Hella- the official SI prefix for 10^27, for measuring things bigger than Yotta- (the prefix for (US) billion trillion). For instance: 'the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release energy at 0.3 hellawatts.' It would also come in handy for eventually measuring Internet traffic and US national debt." The Official Petition to Establish "Hella-" as the SI Prefix for ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Quiz: Choose a career using your favorite colors - How About Orange
Okay, this is uncanny. Take this color test, and it will tell you what career you're suited for. My result: "You're a CREATOR." Among the suggested career occupations: Web Designer, Creative Director, Fine or Commercial Artist. How can it be? Get out of my head! A note: I couldn't get the quiz to give me the results in Safari, but Firefox worked. And you can click right past the screen asking y...Expand this post »
Okay, this is uncanny. Take this color test, and it will tell you what career you're suited for. My result: "You're a CREATOR." Among the suggested career occupations: Web Designer, Creative Director, Fine or Commercial Artist. How can it be? Get out of my head! A note: I couldn't get the quiz to give me the results in Safari, but Firefox worked. And you can click right past the screen asking y...Expand this post »
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Like▼I Lego N.Y. book - Boing Boing
Illustrator Christopher Niemann's Lego block recreations of famous New York icons are very clever. Abrams just published a board book full of them. See other examples here on the NY Times. I Lego N.Y.Expand this post »
Illustrator Christopher Niemann's Lego block recreations of famous New York icons are very clever. Abrams just published a board book full of them. See other examples here on the NY Times. I Lego N.Y.Expand this post »
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Like▼Rural Routes Take Brunt Of Post Office Cuts - There, I Fixed It
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Like▼Top 10 Android Apps [Lifehacker Top 10] - Lifehacker
Android's been around for more than a year, and in that time developers have whipped up some great apps. Whether you're a new Android owner or a pro looking for new tools, these 10 great and free apps belong in your arsenal. Photo by lwallenstein. We're going to skip right over the apps that are just so common, universal, and well replicated on the iPhone or other mobile platforms that a user...Expand this post »
Android's been around for more than a year, and in that time developers have whipped up some great apps. Whether you're a new Android owner or a pro looking for new tools, these 10 great and free apps belong in your arsenal. Photo by lwallenstein. We're going to skip right over the apps that are just so common, universal, and well replicated on the iPhone or other mobile platforms that a user...Expand this post »
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Like▼United Airlines Uses Twitter Account To Push Male Enhancement Pills - The Consumerist
Perhaps following the lead of Denny's, who has been pointing customers to the wrong Twitter account for several months, the folks at United Airlines decided to use their Twitter to link out to a site selling male enhancement pills. At some point on Thursday night, the following Tweet was blasted out by United: "hey, i've been having sex and longer with this here," with a link out to another si...Expand this post »
Perhaps following the lead of Denny's, who has been pointing customers to the wrong Twitter account for several months, the folks at United Airlines decided to use their Twitter to link out to a site selling male enhancement pills. At some point on Thursday night, the following Tweet was blasted out by United: "hey, i've been having sex and longer with this here," with a link out to another si...Expand this post »
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Like▼D.C. Restaurants and Bars Offering Specials Next Week - DCist
Diners and imbibers, circle March 1-7 on your calendars. Those are the dates you'll want to make sure to take advantage of a number of great deals coming our way from the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. "Unleashed" is a special RAMW event that includes a variety of different offers [.PDF] from a long list of restaurants in the area, ranging from freebies with purchase, specia...Expand this post »
Diners and imbibers, circle March 1-7 on your calendars. Those are the dates you'll want to make sure to take advantage of a number of great deals coming our way from the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. "Unleashed" is a special RAMW event that includes a variety of different offers [.PDF] from a long list of restaurants in the area, ranging from freebies with purchase, specia...Expand this post »
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Like▼DCist Exposed Photography Show opens Saturday, March 6 - DCist
Logo by Lynne Venart; photo by Angela Kleis That's just eight short days from now! It's time to get excited, folks. Next Saturday, March 6, from 6 to 10 p.m., we'll be at Long View Gallery to celebrate 47 fantastic photographs that each showcase our city in a different way. More than an art show, DCist Exposed is a celebration of local talent: the awesome photographers who contribute images t...Expand this post »
Logo by Lynne Venart; photo by Angela Kleis That's just eight short days from now! It's time to get excited, folks. Next Saturday, March 6, from 6 to 10 p.m., we'll be at Long View Gallery to celebrate 47 fantastic photographs that each showcase our city in a different way. More than an art show, DCist Exposed is a celebration of local talent: the awesome photographers who contribute images t...Expand this post »
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Like▼along with a "Cadillac tax" on the most exorbitant healthcare plans, the guv should consider an actual Cadillac tax on Lacs -- at least half of a national healthcare plan could be funded for us by Ludacris!
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Like▼indiecognition: What's the difference between Toyotas and Republicans?
the punchline: http://bit.ly/c8YwOf
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Like▼indiecognition: What's the difference between Toyotas and Republicans?
the punchline: http://bit.ly/c8YwOf
indiecognition: What's the difference between Toyotas and Republicans? the punchline: http://bit.ly/c8YwOf
indiecognition: What's the difference between Toyotas and Republicans? the punchline: http://bit.ly/c8YwOf
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Like▼Epically bad teen Christian rock band becomes internet phenom - Boing Boing
"Final Placement" is a teen Christian Rock band from Midland, Texas. Dangerous Minds more or less discovered this video of the band earlier this week, and internet infamy exploded. Sneering at off-key...Expand this post »
"Final Placement" is a teen Christian Rock band from Midland, Texas. Dangerous Minds more or less discovered this video of the band earlier this week, and internet infamy exploded. Sneering at off-key...Expand this post »
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Like▼RT: @stephenathome @timcarvell http://indiecognition.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/politics-is-not-public-service/ Need intern? Can telecommute.
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