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16 Feb 2010 09:49

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U.S.: Must be the hair: Mitt Romney attacked on a plane for some reason

As his plane was taking off from Vancouver the Winter Olympics yesterday, some dude tried to attack him. It’s because he was in Vancouver. source

15 Feb 2010 11:44

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12 Feb 2010 13:01

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Offbeat: Atheist preys on God-fearing Christian pet owners

  • 22 states have atheists ready to take your precious poodle
  • $110 cost of having an atheist take care of your pet for 10 years after the rapture, which is funny
  • $15 cost for each additional pet you want to be safe after you’ve been saved by your Lord
  • 100 morons have actually taken Eternal Earth-Bound Pets up on their offer source

12 Feb 2010 09:57

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Music: WTF: Cash Money Records gets in the oil-drilling business

  • He has to keep busy while Lil’ Wayne’s in jail, right? Word on the street is that Birdman, a.k.a. Bryan Williams, is getting in the oil business with his brother and Cash Money Records co-founder Ronald “Slim” Williams. They have a Web site and everything. It’s called Bronald Oil & Gas. Wonder how they came up with the name. source

11 Feb 2010 21:00

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Tech: Facebook login: ReadWriteWeb just became our social media heroes

This is what happens when “Facebook login” comes in near the top of Google’s search results for your site. People think your site is Facebook. LOL. source

10 Feb 2010 21:51

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Offbeat: Jesus, that’s a lot of pot: Jesus photos packing a little extra

Border patrol workers found 30 pounds of pot stuffed in pictures of Our Lord. There are so many possible puns here that we don’t know which one to use. source

10 Feb 2010 09:35

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U.S.: Unfortunate ad alert: “Every Day is a Snowday” next to D.C. snow

  • Nothing against Wintergreen Resort, but now is not the time to tell us that every day is a snowday, OK guys? All we want to do is escape from this winter, yet this resort thinks we want to replace one version of winter with another, more-professionally-done kind. We don’t care how nice the skiing is. We just want it to end, OK guys? This ad gives us snow rage. source
 

06 Feb 2010 10:36

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Tech: Google underestimates the uses of Chrome’s “Incognito Mode”

  • For times when you want to browse in stealth mode, for example, to plan surprises like gifts or birthdays, Google Chrome offers the incognito browsing mode.
  • A note on the Google Chrome help page • Regarding the site’s incognito mode, which allows one to hide their browsing habits from their cache. This is hilarious, because everyone knows the feature’s in there to hide people’s porn browsing habits. It’s possible, though, that the surprise gift might be porn. source

05 Feb 2010 13:37

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Offbeat: SNOWMG this weather is just effin’ crazy! So is this weatherman

AccuWeather.com’s meteorologist is acting like crazy. It’s just snow, dude. Thanks @yurivictor for the tip. source

05 Feb 2010 10:48

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U.S.: The East Coast, D.C. in particular, is freaking out about snow


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