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05 Jun 2009 10:46

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Offbeat, Tech: The Palm Pre is pretty awesome, but can it cut the cheese?

  • The answer, according to this video that uses Bryan Adams amazingly, is yes. It can cut the cheese. Want a slice?source

30 May 2009 16:34

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11 May 2009 22:21

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Tech: What could possibly be offensive about this Jesus iPhone app?

  • Apple turned down Me So Holy, which allows you to take any photo in your library and put an iconic religious figure’s frame around it. Catholics (and 2 Live Crew) must be up in arms.source

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

10 May 2009 23:01

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

30 Apr 2009 00:37

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Offbeat, Tech: Want to protest URL shorteners everywhere? Use GiantURL.

  • Click on this link. It’s 795 characters. You may need a URL shortener for it, but it would get away from the purist ideal of GiantURL: To create the longest, most useless URL possible. We salute you, GiantURL. source

22 Apr 2009 23:08

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U.S.: OK guys, we have a theory on what killed those polo horses.

  • Three vials of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that makes horses very sick, recently disappeared from Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, a fort that houses hundreds of virus samples. The disease spreads to humans through mosquitoes and also makes humans sick. source
 

05 Apr 2009 11:30

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Offbeat: Fans of pillow fights in Detroit: You’re not welcome

  • Confiscated pillows. Really? A group of people looking to get into a pillow fight in a downtown park on Saturday were turned away, because that’s a cool thing to do, city of Detroit. Anyway, their fight was part of a larger organized campaign that was going to have pillow fights worldwide on Saturday. Police confiscated the group’s pillows but let them keep their pillowcases. source

28 Feb 2009 22:23

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Offbeat: If Rush wants Obama to “fail,” he should buy these stickers

Meet the “fail” sticker, the bluntest sticker available. The news industry needs a lot of these. source

23 Feb 2009 01:53

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Culture, Offbeat: And now, a guy balancing an Oscar on his chin

The popularity of “Man on Wire” should skyrocket based on Phillippe Petit doing this. source