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How to survive an earthquake in London

Step 1 - Stare curiously at the couch, trying to figure out if it’s moving because the neighbor downstairs is doing something strange.
Step 2 - Realise that it’s rather late at night, so neither your neighbor downstairs nor the empty flat next door is responsible.
Step 3 - Remember that it feels strangely like an earthquake [...]

Breaking news via Twitter

Today has been a big news day. The international financial markets went crazy, and the US Federal Reserve cut a key benchmark rate by 0.75% about an hour before US markets were going to open after a long holiday weekend. Last night was a major Democratic party debate, where the candidates started really [...]

For Firefox users…

If you want to break through the bulls**t on the Internet, sometimes you need a helping hand. David Friedman blogs at Ironic Sans (a great blog), and a while back he posted a Firefox plugin to “Uncensor the Internet.”
All you have to do is go to his page, and click on the appropriate link [...]

Smith Center, Kansas

This little town was featured on the front page of the NYTimes website today. It’s a heartwarming story. (Link is here.) Essentially this little town is an absolute football powerhouse, having not lost a game in several seasons, now.
But as I was reading it, I had a blinding flashback… I’ve BEEN to [...]

Voyeur vs. Exhibitionist (on Twitter)

I realized the other day that while I (and many others) rarely twitter my “status” or “what I’m doing,” other people are doing so constantly. That’s when I realized there are really just two different types of people: Twitter Voyeurs and Twitter Exhibitionists.
Examples of Twitter Exhibitionists:
Guy Kawasaki - Who’s constantly twittering about “truemors.” [...]

Yet another crazy Japanese game show

Strangely enough, this reminds me of rowing, or at least a few of our races.

Part of me can’t believe I’m posting about this…

… but I feel strangely compelled and repulsed.
Why?
Martha Stewart is now in the architecture, home-building and real-estate markets. Love her stuff? Well, now you can live in a house design that’s “inspired” by her own homes, and in a “Martha Stewart” community.
My god… what has the world come to?

This is just funny…

I can’t remember where I found this video first, but I really got a kick out of it.