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18 May 2009 22:35

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Offbeat, Tech: For massive nerds only: Anti-virus software, in Klingon. (WTF?)

  • Somebody had to do it. And by had to, we mean shouldn’t have. Anti-virus manufacturer Sophos decided to cash in on the Trekkie hype in a novel way, releasing a version of their popular anti-virus software in Klingon. Because clearly, who the hell would use this? source
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18 May 2009 22:03

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Offbeat, U.S.: Donald Rumsfeld is the worst Christian graphic designer ever

Imagine a crochety old guy with a lot of power designing these in Powerpoint. Then remember Obama’s branding campaign. Scary, eh? source
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14 May 2009 08:27

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Offbeat: Jack Russell terriers are apparenty too much for mail carriers

One is preventing the mail service from getting to seven homes. Either the dog is a total brute or mail carriers are total wimps. source
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13 May 2009 17:58

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Offbeat, World: Somebody get this Indian guy a freaking shower

  • 35 years since he last bathed himself; he wants a son badly source
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13 May 2009 09:47

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Offbeat: This guy can eat bricks better than you can. Mmmmm.

  • Hey, if he can do it, why not? His doctor appears not to have a problem with his bizarre dieting habit.source
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13 May 2009 08:46

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Offbeat: Our favorite phrase of the day: Zombie fire ants

Apparently, if parasitic flies do their thing right, they can successfully control the fire ant population by turning them into zombies. Awesome. source
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12 May 2009 22:20

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Offbeat, U.S.: This airplane feeds on things smaller than it, like baggage carts

  • With our luck, our suitcase was probably lodged inside the baggage cart that this airplane apparently ate at LAX. It’s hungry.source
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11 May 2009 09:37

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Offbeat: To end our posts this morning, keyboard cat will play us off

  • We haven’t exactly talked much about it, but SFB’s staff has been laid up for the last day after getting mugged. Despite the injuries, we’re just happy they didn’t steal the laptop, so we can still update the site. Play us off, keyboard cat, play us off. (Oh, and to the the jerks that did this, we hope you enjoy the useless canceled debit cards you got.)source
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10 May 2009 23:01

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Offbeat: A Mother’s Day public service announcement from Mr. T

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08 May 2009 16:28

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Offbeat: A bra retailer says they “boobed” on cup-size-based pricing

  • It’s true that our fantastic quality larger bras cost more money to make, and we felt it was right to reflect this in the prices we charged. Well, we were wrong.
  • British retailer Marks & Spencer • In an ad that ran in U.K. newspapers on Friday. The retailer was the subject of an online campaign to get them to change their variable pricing ways. Now only if we can convince Apple to heed the advice of this when it comes to online music. • source
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