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Be a better boss: 12 tips to help you encourage innovation

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:01:00 +0000

Many entrepreneurs dream of starting their own company so they can be their own boss, call the shots, get the corner office nicest table in the co-working space. Turns out, being in charge is a lot harder than just ordering people around and having someone fetch your lattes.

Tractor beams could be real possibility according to scientists

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:54:22 +0000

The Millennium Falcon was pulled into the Death Star, leading to odd YouTube videos and a generation wondering if any of this could ever actually happen. Well, scientists have followed through on testing the Bessel beam and now say a tractor beam is a very real possibility for the future.

Florida Supervisor of Elections: Gov. Scott’s Voter Purge Will Remove Eligible Voters From Rolls

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:37:11 +0000

According to the Broward County Supervisor of Elections, eligible voters will be removed from the voting rolls as a result of the massive voter purge ordered by Governor Rick Scott. “It will happen,” Mary Cooney, a spokeswoman for the Broward County Supervisor of Elections, told ThinkProgress. Late last year, Governor Scott ordered his Secretary of [...]

Man arrested in Vatican over papal documents leak - CNN.com

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:43:50 +0000

The Vatican has confirmed the arrest of a non-clerical staff member on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to an Italian journalist.

Xbox live activity charts: Minecraft Xbox 360 beats Black Ops

Sat, 26 May 2012 14:47:34 +0000

This has to be something extraordinary as Minecraft Xbox 360 edition has beaten Call of Duty: Black Ops to place no. 2 on the Xbox Live activity charts for this week.

This Is Not A Beach...

Sun, 27 May 2012 10:02:08 +0000

It's a swimming pool! San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile, is home to the world's largest swimming pool. The 3,324 feet long pool that is set on 19.8 acres can fit up to 6,000 normal sized pools within it.

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A Life In 873 Stock Photo Images

Sun, 27 May 2012 09:02:07 +0000

The creative folks behind this film spent six months gathering and sequencing this surprisingly moving stop-motion video made completely from stock photos. “From love to bingo.”

Via: thisiscolossal.com

We Bond Ionically - A Love Story

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:23:30 +0000

Good Chemistry. [SLYT]

Tap Dancing Satan!

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:02:08 +0000

It's Satan and he's hoofing. And it's … frickin' nuts! From the Lawrence Welk Show, 1965.

Source: ultimatevariety.blogspot.com / via: stupidest.com

My Little Gatsby!

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:02:08 +0000

An epic mashup between The Great Gatsby and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Source: youtube.com

Another Reason Neil Gaiman Is Awesome

Sun, 27 May 2012 06:02:08 +0000

Burton Olivier wrote to the “Sandman” author with his plans for a Gaiman inspired tattoo. Gaiman wrote a poem called “I Will Write With Words of Fire” specially for the tattoo and asked comic book artist David Mack to design the image. Here are the results:

Neil Gaiman's poem "I Will Write Words of Fire" was tattooed on Burton Olivier's back, along with an image designed by comic book artist David Mack.

The design is also being sold as a silkscreened print. Half of the proceeds will go to the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund.

LINK: "I Will Write With Words of Fire": Neil Gaiman reads aloud

Because the only thing better than getting your back tattooed with a Neil Gaiman poem written just for you, is hearing him read it.

"Drink when ambivalence haunts you."

Sun, 27 May 2012 05:35:42 +0000

The Overthinking Person's Drinking Game

Wow, That's Awkward

Sun, 27 May 2012 05:02:08 +0000

In London, yesterday, via reddit .

Maybe it's Performance Art?
Maybe they'll become Best Bromates?

When I was in sixth grade, my best friend and I did the same thing one school day—brown turtle necks and bell bottom blue jeans. We were properly, brutally mocked.

Source: reddit.com

We're watching your comments for correct comma usage.

Sun, 27 May 2012 04:55:58 +0000

"Who knew people were so interested in commas?" Ben Yagoda has written three NYT pieces on correct comma usage: Fanfare for the Comma Man, The Most Comma Mistakes, and Some Comma Questions.

Salt Made From Tears

Sun, 27 May 2012 04:02:08 +0000

This salt sold by London's Hoxton Street Monster Supplies is allegedly collected from tears produced by a range of emotions. Each has a distinctly different flavor — salt made from tears of sorrow has a delicate lavender flavor, perfect for seasoning limbs or organs…

Source: monstersupplies.org / via: superpunch.blogspot.com

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Awesome Handmade Futurama Birthday Card

Sun, 27 May 2012 03:08:28 +0000

I will be using this in the future.

Via: 9gag.com

Alison Brie Attended A Nudist College

Sun, 27 May 2012 03:02:07 +0000

And Conan O'Brien is absolutely fascinated. I want to go to there.

Via: youtube.com

LINK: ALSO: Read her classic "Awkward College Sexual Encounter" essay

Her time at that place is deserving of a memoir.

Obama: "I'm The Twoosh Master"

Sun, 27 May 2012 02:02:08 +0000

After perfect Twitter chat on Thursday, Obama declares himself a “Twitter Master.”

Rockabilly Batman Characters

Sun, 27 May 2012 01:02:08 +0000

Dennis Medri's awesome sketches pay tribute to Batman by setting him, his enemies, and his cohorts in the jump jivin' rockabilly scene of the 1950s.

Batman and the Batmobile

Nightwing and Robin

Catwoman

Killer Croc and Mr. Freeze

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Source: denism79.deviantart.com

That smile will come, sooner or later. But I promise you, it will come.

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:59:18 +0000

For Memorial Day weekend, at TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), Vice President Joe Biden talks about grief, and loss, and how "there will come a day, I promise you, and you parents, as well, when the thought of your son or daughter or your husband or wife brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye."