Rest in peace guitarist Mickey Baker.

The Onion fooled China.

Bjork shares her favorite TED Talks.

He was a Chinese sex slave dungeon master.

A cat made of fur and anger.

Two students were forced to hold hands.

Here’s what that fire was yesterday.

A New York man got a DWI on his way to a DWI.

A false Messiah gets three years for spitting.

A church in Milan has set up an exorcist hotline.

Amazing anamorphic illusions.

Apparently Andrew W.K. will not be a Cultural Embassador to Bahrain.

Glitter Dick posters on UNM campus sparked a controversy.

Commissioner Wiener wants Charlie Sheen to play him in a movie. Wiener's writing a screenplay.

The lesser prairie chicken is threatened.

Gawker interviews the pale nerd king.

Happy birthday Billy Idol.

Contance Moss, Marisa Demarco and Emily Aragon: Thanks for the linkies!

• Whoa Glitter Dick! (Esme) [ Fri Nov 30 2012 3:19 PM ]
  
• Praise Dog (geoffreyplant) [ Sat Dec 1 2012 11:26 AM ]
  

 

Since its controversial release and subsequent rapid removal, No Doubt’s racist comeback video, “Looking Hot,” has engendered both indictments and shrugs. Marisa Demarco explains why perpetuating racist stereotypes and sexually violent themes in a pop music video matters in Plenty of Doubt.

APD fires officer over violent tweets.

Companies who pay more to their CEOs than in taxes.

Federal judge strikes down Texas sonogram law.

Gawker vs. Fox News, round whatever.

The origins of the Black Death have been uncovered.

Boy shot with crossbow for throwing rocks at cars.

Bad news for Greek yogurt.

Will an HIV scare lead to less new porn?

Fermilab scientists figures out how to cut plane boarding time in half.

Glenn Beck wants to know if the term colored is really such a bad thing.

Stupid things Game of Thrones characters have done.

Cyberlockers replace Bittorret sites as the most popular file-sharing sites.

Happy birthday Buddy Hackett!!!

• Madmammajamma wants to know (Madmammajamma) [ Wed Aug 31 2011 1:12 PM ]
  

 

As an avid fan of all things smart-assy, I’ve found myself reading Gawker as of late. (Admitting this is somewhat painful because I truly don’t care about Lindsay Lohan’s latest jail sentence but the barbs are just so damn good I can’t help myself.)

Of Gawker’s many writers, Adrian Chen is just my kind of wise-ass. So yesterday, when I read that some site I’d never heard of called 4chan was publishing his personal info I got curious about the site, but not enough to look it up. Today it seems that users of the site actually shut Gawker down for awhile, though it still came through in RSS without pictures and Gawker’s Twitter feed was just fine.

The curiosity got to me and I tried to go to 4chan to see what it was. No dice, as I was on the Rail Runner’s internet connection. This message came through: Based on your corporate access policies, access to this web site ( http://4chan.org/ ) has been blocked because the web category "Adult/Sexually Explicit" is not allowed.

No porn on the train I guess. In the past I’ve also noticed that Pirate Bay is blocked as well. Guess the New Mexico Department of Transportation doesn’t want you torrenting or looking at dirty pictures. Bummer.

Anyway, I finally made it to the Alibi offices, where apparently I can look at all the porn I want and finally got 4chan to load. Holy ‘90s Batman. I haven’t seen a message board like this since high school, when I decided the internet wasn’t for me.

Adrian Chen, I have new respect for you. Not only are you hilarious, but you figured this site out, which means you’re a super nerd too!

• No 4chan? (Madmammajamma) [ Wed Jul 28 2010 11:20 AM ]