Today I Learned (TIL) - Funny pictures, memes, videos, and more

The worlds largest biggest flower

2012-08-02T16:21:00.001-07:00

You can see the evil in his eyes

2012-08-02T15:59:00.001-07:00

What happens when a man does womens gymnastics?

2012-08-02T14:33:00.002-07:00

Michael Phelps' Mom (she thought he won the gold, but he got silver)

2012-08-01T13:00:00.001-07:00

Olympic divers on the toilet

2012-08-01T12:58:00.001-07:00

Olympic divers, chinese divers, american divers, dutch divers, japanese divers, and more

Saddest eBay auction ever. Beyblades (click)

2012-06-22T15:01:00.001-07:00

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom concedes defeat, posts evidence of racketeering, money laundering and CD burning to twitter

2012-06-22T13:35:00.001-07:00

Racism & Working Out: An Effective Solution

2012-06-22T13:30:00.002-07:00

Really good (and scary) story about an Internet Giveaway

2012-06-22T13:22:00.001-07:00

Best New BMX tricks, flips, jumps 3 (Summer 2012)

2012-06-22T13:21:00.000-07:00

DC10 Airplane does low pass

2012-06-22T13:18:00.001-07:00

How a BMW M5 becomes a bullet

2012-06-22T12:23:00.001-07:00

"If I could do something, I definitely would."

2012-06-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

Lego Wall

2012-06-22T11:48:00.002-07:00

The Aspen Forest

2012-06-22T09:22:00.001-07:00

The Apple iPhone 5 30-Pin to 19-Pin Scheme

2012-06-21T11:17:00.001-07:00

Do you happen to own an iPhone? Looking forward to getting the next generation? Well as nice as it's probably going to be, you might as well throw away every single accessory you've ever bought for your previous phones. Every single accessory created for the phone since its launch in 2007 is headed towards redundancy with the latest announcement, which states that all future iPhones will arbitrarily ditch the standard 30 pin charger cable for a smaller 19 pin cable. People were stunned by this announcement, myself included. I mean, why fix something that's not broken?

Have you guys ever heard of 'planned obsolescence?' Its a practice which encourages planning and designing a product so it's only useful for a limited time, before becoming obsolete. Its common practice, and used by many companies to create demand for the 'newer, better' model of the product. Yet this move was probably prompted by the major accessory makers facing dwindling sales, as customers saw no need to buy new accessories for a smartphone that had a universal dock system for 6 generations. What most tech blogs failed to address was the following question: Did the top accessory makers pad Apple's pockets or hardball negotiate for an incentive to drop the standard cable as a means of forcing consumers to buy new accessories? We're inclined to think so.

Considering that three of the top accessory makers have been the first to confirm that they're working on 19 pin accessories already for the launch of the iPhone 5, the motive is simple : Greed. And why not? It's a fail safe business plan, designed to shake out the smaller accessory makers with tons of unsold '30 pin' stock and a good amount of people will probably conform to this odd decision without question. As for myself, after four years and owning 3 generations of iPhones I don't think I can support such practices anymore. As much as I'd love buying a slew of artificially overpriced accessories again, I'd rather start looking for an Android phone.

I think their decision to not use future plug (that will be required by all phones/smartphones) was a poor decision. I won't be buying the 5 since I will probably be due for a new one.

credit to awesome-robo.com

Pulp Fiction in chronological order

2012-06-21T11:11:00.002-07:00

Daughter's new hobby: coloring in Dads tattoos

2012-06-21T11:10:00.003-07:00

NOPE. Those are not cables.

2012-06-18T13:42:00.000-07:00

Facebook and/or Zynga is not a fundamental way of living: Why their stock prices are falling

2012-05-22T22:45:00.000-07:00

These companies do not stand as a fundamental resource as our day-to-day lives. They never will. They never should have been allowed to be traded publicly. It's all a fad. Facebook is inevitably MySpace: We're not interested enough. We want news, Real news.

Nobody gives a shit if you had a baby or how far along you are (even though you are getting 'likes'....these people just want 'likes' when they are having a kid) - you're not important. Doesn't anyone get this yet?

They are not typical public resources such as wikipedia or Google. They are not free, they only rely on your resources, especially Zynga. You should boycott every Zynga game (this includes Words with friends)....sorry. They stole the game from scrabble.

They've stolen games from hundreds of other game manufacturers as well. Look into the evil company (in my opinion). They are evil (in my opinion).

Reds Fan Catches Back-to-Back Home Run Balls

2012-05-22T19:04:00.003-07:00

Chicago Police and Protestors stand in line at Burger King.

2012-05-21T16:26:00.001-07:00

What is that between her....oh. When you see it....

2012-05-20T14:00:00.001-07:00

Panic Room by Tilt

2012-05-20T13:59:00.001-07:00

Karma can kick you in the butt

2012-05-20T13:56:00.001-07:00