http://www.10zenmonkeys.com Your source for technology culture, internet phenomena, politics, interviews and entertainment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:57:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 37.779329-122.419159http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://10zenmonkeys.com/http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/images/feedimage.jpg10ZenMonkeyshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/A_bK110g9XI/ We're starting to brush up against real robots, real nanotech, and maybe even the first real artificial intelligence. But will emerging technologies destroy humankind — or will humankind be saved by...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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(Though his...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/CJEaQRwy-SA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/05/07/20-funniest-reactions-to-the-jason-fortuny-verdict/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/OICTUkZW5Dc/ reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' There's a problem with sexual information from the top medical web sites. It's wrong. "Even widely trusted sites like WebMD are not that accurate when it...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/OICTUkZW5Dc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/05/06/researcher-finds-bad-sex-information-online/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/x9SPqbY8nMk/ Dr. Sophia Yen, a Stanford University Medical School instructor, believes the following six medical facts about sex are the ones most often overlooked or reported incorrectly by medical sites on the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/x9SPqbY8nMk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/05/06/top-six-inaccurate-sex-facts-on-the-web/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/sAuMnAE4O7U/ Hardcore Lord of the Rings nerds will get a little somethin'-somethin' on Sunday to help them through the Middle Earth drought until Jackson's production of The Hobbit is released. But let's be...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/sAuMnAE4O7U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/05/01/will-the-hunt-for-gollum-satisfy-true-fans/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/eDC_CIPu1EU/ reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' The following is an excerpt from Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs. The book was inspired by Paul McCartney on Drugs, an article I wrote for 10 Zen...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/eDC_CIPu1EU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/04/21/eight-druggiest-rock-star-stories/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/prbjgSH2eaI/ reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' It's been over a year since cartoonist Nicholas Gurewitch entered semi-retirement. But he's working on a movie, a TV show — and he even made a surreal appearance...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/prbjgSH2eaI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/03/30/what-happened-to-the-perry-bible-fellowship/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/imT8i4am6e8/ Did the woman who sang "Unpack Your Adjectives" ever get together with the guy who sang "I'm Just a Bill"? It turns out the answer is yes! Sort of... Blossom Dearie was an occasional singer on...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/imT8i4am6e8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/02/09/blossom-dearies-conjunction-junction-romance/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/P87XTuW41hA/ Super Bowl ads were always violent, but Sunday's game cracked the mold. Men were exploding, electrocuting, and — in one unaired spot — buying porn at gunpoint. PETA wanted to broadcast sexy models...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/P87XTuW41hA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/02/02/five-most-violent-super-bowl-ads/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/kcxdZ6-kzq4/ "For 15 minutes, America turned its gaze from the guy who landed the plane in the river to the guy who landed the country in the ditch," joked Jimmy Kimmel — adding that “White House decorators are...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/kcxdZ6-kzq4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2009/01/21/bushs-last-day-10-ways-america-celebrated/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/z2S7c4t-Qlk/ reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' What was Christmas like with Hitler? The answer comes from a Michigan communications professor, who's created a disturbing web collection showing the Third...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/z2S7c4t-Qlk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/12/23/christmas-with-hitler/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/E-8d9unwIHc/ He's the biggest kid, with the biggest toys, and he loved Christmas like he loved life — a little too much. Maybe Elvis will wander into a truck stop this Christmas Eve, toting his gun and demanding...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/E-8d9unwIHc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/12/22/elvis-presleys-strangest-christmases/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/b13sYORUOYU/ reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' It's easy to hate Christmas: the endless forced good cheer, the media-driven consumer frenzy, the It's a Wonderful Life fantasy dissolving into a Married......<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/b13sYORUOYU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/12/19/death-at-christmas/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/6JeH_-j4I9s/ digg_url = \''; reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' I always sort of liked Timothy Leary, but I never took many drugs and never really read any of his work. I've sat through a few videos in which...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/6JeH_-j4I9s" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/12/17/timothy-learys-new-book-on-drugs/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/2a_nyEYex-4/ reddit_url='' reddit_title='[TITLE]' Susie Bright screamed naked. The Santa Cruz-based author belonged to a Facebook group called "I will walk out my front door naked as soon as Obama wins!"...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/2a_nyEYex-4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/11/10/20-wildest-reactions-to-obamas-victory/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/VkbrY9ucd6c/ A 20-something reporter from Tennessee said she teared up after voting today. She said she was proud of our president — finally, for the first time in her adult life. And as I drove to Oakland,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/VkbrY9ucd6c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/11/05/oakland-celebrates-obamas-victory/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/-MDyTzy7YWs/ The web has resurrected a rare alternate ending to a 1986 musical about a monstrous, blood-sucking plant. The spectacular 24-minute sequence shows an army of giant plants rampaging past city...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/-MDyTzy7YWs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/10/31/lost-horrors-ending-found-on-youtube/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/_D8TNqJD9EQ/ Thursday Google unveiled a new design for its iGoogle homepage service. Unfortunately (according to one geek), it's "a big unwanted piece of crap." In an email interview today, Google defended the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/_D8TNqJD9EQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/10/19/the-great-google-rebellion/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~3/YA1966qkckg/ A lot of people have said "I don't know if it's fair to look at Sarah Palin's sexuality the way people are — I just don't know if it's sexist or appropriate. Why can't we just treat her like a human...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/10ZenMonkeys/~4/YA1966qkckg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/10/02/why-palins-sex-life-matters/