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From the Air XIV: North America Edition

2010-02-09T16:27:23Z

(Click here for From the Air I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, Appendix, or Bonus)

It's time to bring an oldie, but a goody back. The last time we did one of these was back in June of 2009, so more than enough time has passed for you guys to brush up on your cartography. And for the uninitiated, here's how "From the Air" works: on the following page are ten photos taken from satellite photos and it's your job to figure out what and where each of these are in the comments section. To make it slightly easier, all of this edition's photos come from North America. Good luck!

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10 recent movies Hollywood should remake. Again.

2010-02-09T13:09:33Z

Some were bombs. Some were hits. Some are icons of pop culture. But all of these movies should be done over. We suggest how and why.

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Why Craigslist is a bad idea

2010-02-09T12:51:04Z

My co-worker has a bad habit of using Craigslist to find his conquests for the weekend but this may be the last straw for him. He forwarded this email response to me after trying to get a threesome going with a couple through the listings. After reading this, it definetly makes me think twice about even using CL to try and find that someone special (unless you're looking for someone special ed). Pure comedy gold (or an editor's nightmare)....

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Caption Competition: Super Bowl Edition

2010-02-08T20:45:04Z

Without a doubt, the greatest photo from last night's Super Bowl.

(Photo courtesy of NBC Sports)

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Tea Partying Patriots Left a Little Light In the Wallet

2010-02-08T18:40:15Z

"Only dead fish go with the flow ... and spend $549 to hear me ramble on like Robert Plant and shell out $65 bucks on a Tea Party hoody."*
Sarah Palin
* I may have embellished that quote a bit. It is off the top of my head, I remembered it the best I could.

For an old fashioned little girl tea parties, doting mums spent a few bucks on toy (fake) china tea set. And a couple dollars on tea, milk and sugar. Maybe $3 bucks for fancy white laced gloves. All in all, a bargain for a classy, good time.

The grown up right wing tea parties aren't adhering this bargain tradition. In fact, this past weekend, a major Tea Party event was an all-out capitalistic orgy of money over fist.

In Nashville, angry white folks paid for transportation and overpriced food, had to stay at the sprawling Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, negotiate all the definitely for-profit vendors hawking all manner of tacky kitsch. Unlimited numbers of bad taste T-shirts were available as well as tea-bag necklace for $89.99. It's like swap meet bargains.

You could get into the convention for $349. if you want to hear Sarah Palin attempt to speak in coherent sentences, that's a total of $549. Didn't this start as a grass roots, non-profit demonstration where one if the battle cries was "spending is out of control?" Originally, the only real cost was poster-board and giant ink markers to draw Hitler mustaches on the President. I think Kinkos made most of the money with the original protests. "How big can you make this concentration camp picture?" As for Mrs. Palin, $549 dollars, really? I know the organizers had to jack up prices to cover you 100 large speaking fee, but come one. (It's what best for Alaska, apparently.) Neither Bruce Springsteen or Paul McCartney charge $549 for a concert, And Paul is going to sing "Yesterday."

Fill up the shark tank, chum the waters and have Fonzie rev up his motorcycle, the Tea Parties are ready to jump the shark...

We kid, but Sarah Palin getting caught with crib notes in her hand was comedy gold.

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Among Thieves

2010-02-08T17:37:07Z

The best movie I've seen this past year was not a movie at all, but a video game called Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I've been a fan of this series for a while, as witnessed by character Elena Fisher earning the top spot in my Top 10 Women in Video Games list a few years back. This game is not only action packed, but the story is deep, the characters are complex, the scenery is beautiful, there's humor, there are twists, and as soon as you finish the game you want to go back in and play again. How many movies can tackle all of that? Sure, Avatar was action packed with beautiful scenery, but would you say there was a tremendous amount of depth to the story? What about complex characters? Still not convinced?

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High-Speed Seduction

2010-02-08T15:40:29Z

The Phantom Camera is a digital high-speed camera that shoots up to 1.4 million frames-per-second.

At full resolution--1280x800-- The aspect ratio of the Phamtom v710 allows you to keep moving targets in-frame longer and see more of the event you are recording.

And what's the best way to show it off? How about 2+ minutes of a mdoel in a G-string bikini getting splashed with water.

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The one where I sing a tribute to xkcd.

2010-02-08T13:56:07Z

You may remember the Discovery Channel's very popular jingle I Love the World. Randall Munroe of xkcd was inspired and did his own version featuring memes from his webcomic. Then Elaine Doyle and Olga Nunes produced a video that recreates xkcd's comic using the original tune, featuring a cast of prominent and not-so-prominent bloggers.

Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Lessig, Bruce Schneier, Jason Kottke, Google Zurich, Hank Green, MC Frontalot, Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Mr. Toast, Miss Cellania, Team Genius, Phil Plait, Allan Amato, Maddy Gaiman, Charissa Gilreath, Belinda Casas, Chuck Martinez, Jeremy James, Joanna Gaunder, Lee Israel & Octavio Coleman Esq. of The Jejune Institute

Yours Truly and my daughters sang the first Boomdeyada. And yes, since you asked, I'm only posting this video because I'm in it -you would expect nothing less from me. You'll find a complete listing of who's who line by line at Olga's site.

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Biggest SuperBowl Shock of the Night

2010-02-08T03:39:30Z

I was surprised (and a bit happy) that the Saints were the victors tonight. But I was amazed that Dave managed to be in the same room with Jay for the first time in almost 20 years. That's like Biggie Smalls and Tupac sharing a Slurpee at the local 7-Eleven.

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30 Years!?!?!?

2010-02-07T15:53:17Z

Bad Religion 30th Anniversary Celebration from Bad Religion on Vimeo.

Holy shit! I can't believe it's been 30 years since Bad Religion started kicking ass in the name of punk rock! Granted I've been a fan 12 of those years, but damn the time flies! If you're in Cali, **GET TICKETS TO SEE THEM**! Even if you're not a punk fan, just to say you were there will give you a little street cred with the rest of us. Kudos to you Mr. Gurewitz, Bentley, Graffin, Hetson, Baker and Wackerman. We'll forgive you for your album The New America but don't let it happen again and here is to many more years!

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Aisle 16 has everything

2010-02-07T12:20:21Z

For all your one stop shopping needs. What, am I wrong?

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AccuWeather claims "Snowpocalypse"

2010-02-07T04:05:09Z

A few days ago we reported on AccuWeather's insane Winter storm map descriptions. Yesterday, local Baltimore meteorologist Jim Kosek took a page from Jim Cornette and gave the storm an even more insane name: Snowpocalypse!!!!! The Baltimore/DC are did get dumped on and there were closures, flight cancellations, etc. but I doubt anyone there would call it Snowpocalypse.

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The Dangers of a Live Webcast

2010-02-05T19:31:56Z

I thought for a minute that were approaching infinite recursion. Now everyone will want to try a live webcast just so they can do this and try to handle it better. (via b3ta)

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Lunch Hour Veg: Aziz Ansari

2010-02-05T19:09:22Z

You may recognize Aziz Ansari as the cocksure Tom Haverford form Parks and Recreation. He's also a founding member of Human Giant, and has appeared in Funny People and Observe and Report. Also, he's hilarious as witnessed by his stand-up special on Comedy Central. We've collected some of his best videos after the jump.

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Super Bowl, Stupid Poll

2010-02-05T18:29:18Z

Last year, our YBNBY viewers correctly picked Bruce Springsteen would win the Super Bowl. You folks picked the winning team too - Pittsburgh. Now, let's see if you can make it 2 for 2. Enjoy the game.

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Styrofoam Cup Lights

2010-02-05T18:25:59Z

Spotted these interesting light fixtures the other day. Take a bag of 12 ounce Styrofoam cups. Glue them together leaving room at the top. Suspend a light fixture inside. Screw in an energy efficient bulb. And presto, Styrofoam light. (Okay, there's probably more to the construction then that, but I'm on the right track.) Certainly a cool, bright and unique piece of interior design. Quite dramatic when hung together or in a row. They are also a neat way to reuse those wasteful, disposable cups. Although, I'm not sure how environmentally safe they are, given the heat from a bulb is bound to cause some Styrofoam CFCs to leak into the air. In this case, design trumps safety.

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Toyota. Truth in Advertising.

2010-02-05T17:34:22Z

Toyota has had a lot of troubles with their cars lately. In an attempt to come clean with the public and their consumers, the marketing execs have decided to adjust their brand tagline. What do you think? via Reddit

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President Obama Deals With Dick Sweat

2010-02-05T16:37:59Z

At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, President Barry Obama was taking impromptu questions from the crowd. The tone was actually civilized at this event. You've come a long way from Nazi symbology and demands for an already produced birth certificate, protesters. Great work. Very progressive. Oh, wait, you've been trained like Pavlov's pooch to recoil at the use of that word. Sorry.

The President took a question from a gentleman in the back. Then all of us that are still 14-years-old boys at heart nearly lost it. Including Jon Stewart.

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Hang on ... still laughing ... Where was Dick Long and Harry Seaward? They couldn't make the rally?

It turns out that Richard "Dick" Swett served in the House of Representatives from 1990-1992. Perhaps reelection would have taken place if he made the logical move and ran as Richard Swett. Or even Harry Seaward.

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YesButNo - there's an app for that

2010-02-05T04:37:49Z

It feels like every man and his hairy dog has an app for the iPhone these days, and seeing as we never jump on a trend until it's jumped the shark, we can now announce that there's an official iPhone app for YesButNoButYes fans. It's a bit dodgy, and full of bugs, but hey - it's free, so quit complaining. Click here to view it in the iTunes store, or just search "YesButNoButYes" on your phone. and don't forget to leave us a kind review :)

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NBC is in Desperate Need of a PR Consultant

2010-02-04T21:59:20Z

NBC screws up again. The above photo was taken by questlove, the dummer for The Roots and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's house band. He put it up on his Twitter Feed and, well, the shit (rightly) hit the fan.

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