From the monthly archives:

January 2011


FAIL! 101 Images of the Best Fail Pictures!

by John P.

Dancing Kick to the Nuts Fail Picture

Dancing Kick to the Nuts Fail Picture

Lets all just own up to the fact that we LOVE to laugh at other people’s embarrassment and pain, Ok? I mean it doesn’t explain why these Japanese guys volunteer to be hit in the balls on a gameshow, but it explains why we love to watch their pain!

And speaking of funny, painful Japanese game shows, there was never an equal to MXC Most Extreme Elimination! Oh God, it kills me. But when you watch those videos all you want is to see people wipe out!
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Every SNL Celebrity Jeopardy Episode – Starring Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek

January 23, 2011
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This little post is dedicated to my friend Jimbo. “Ahhh, but I think you do!” It’s very hard to find any of the Saturday Night Live episodes online because the SNL people seem to pursue copyright violations like their lives depend on it! Lucikly, I managed to find a whole slew of the Celebrity Jeopardy [...]

Leaking Naked Photos, Crotch Grabbing, and Other TSA Hobbies

January 18, 2011
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If you’re an experienced traveler, you may have noticed by now that the TSA has installed the full body scanners in basically every airport in the US. It was over three years ago when I reported that “The TSA is Going to Photograph You Naked!!!“, and the mandatory scanning has now gone into effect. “We [...]

5 Impressive Flickr Visualizations

January 14, 2011
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When Flickr first appeared on the Internet, it was simply a handy tool to store and view photos. In the capable hands of visualization designers, Flickr has become a nexus of information about how people see the world. Features such as tagging, groups, friend networks, and timestamps enrich each image with social and temporal context. [...]

The Life and Suicide of Bill Zeller

January 13, 2011
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Bill Zeller was a PhD Candidate at the Center for Information Technology Policy, which is part of Princeton University‘s Computer Science program. Last Sunday he took his own life and left a detailed suicide note explaining his rationale. If you’d like to learn a little more about Bill, you can visit his personal site (for [...]

CES 2011 Highlights: Casio, Star Wars, Sony, Panasonic, Oh My!

January 7, 2011
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Las Vegas, Baby! John is out in Las Vegas at CES with the rest of the Livid Lobster team, helping me shoot a TON of stuff for GeekBeat.TV. He hasn’t had a chance to blog all week, but wanted you guys to see what we’re seeing at CES, so here are some CES highlights from [...]

Video Review: Brammo Enertia Electric Motorcycle

January 1, 2011
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You guys know I’m a motor freak, right? I mean, I pretty much love anything that burns gasoline or electricity in order to propel us down the road. Which is why after keeping an eye on the folks at Brammo for some time I finally decided I could wait no longer and I needed to [...]