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An Honest Desktop

August 20th 2008 12:19
What if your desktop icons and applications told things the way they really are?
The result would look something like the desktop below:



My Computer - Impress grandma with wizardry. Notepad - Read poem you wrote while drunk. View your badass shirtless pic. Recycle Bin - Get rid of that evidence. Acrobat - Freeze computer in two minutes. Decoy hidden porn folder. Mozilla Firefox - Lose track of time. Spybot - Reminder to stop downloading sketchy sites. AIM - Say things you normally wouldn’t. Winamp – Feel hardcore listening to hardcore music. Upload pics your friends want to forget. Remember your friends a crazy drunk picture. Word – Type for a minute then check email. Online games – Verbally abuse an 11 year old. Paint – Draw moustaches on things. Warcraft – Bitch about your internet inspection. Actual hidden porn folder. Say you’ve been breached, to feel like a hacker. Minesweeper – Feel like your boss is always close. Hit mine on first click. Not that nerdy, pretty nerdy, Bill Nye. AOL – accidentally click on me ad. Actual friends, people who IMed you first them asked who you are. Conversations that end after answering what’s up. Couples who fight via away messages and song quotes in profiles. Girls who want to dance like no one’s watching. People that ignore you. High school friends who only talk to you when infected by a virus. Guys who are unsuccessfully trying to switch to a new screen name. Wireless network connection. Guy two doors down from me stolen connection. GirlWIthBigBoobs.
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Truthful Website Logos

May 28th 2008 02:40
What would popular website logos look like if they told the truth as to what they were really about?

Our friends at College Humour came up with some excellent examples!


Digg Logo - Begg


Truth in web logos - Google - Go Ogle


Truth about internet logos - Wikipedia Waste Time


truthful website logos - Yahoo So 2001


CadVids - new accurate YouTube logo



*Thanks to Damn Funny Pictures for bringing these to our attention.
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Why I Love Craiglist

April 11th 2008 11:01
Craigs List is everyone's favourite free classifieds site, and this is one of the reasons why!


Why I love craigslist. Me. I'm selling a pair of headphones for $199. Buyer: I saw those on Amazon for $170, will you do $125. Me: I'll sell them for $150. Buyer: $140 and I'll pick them up right now. Me. $150 and you have a deal. Buyer: I'm looking at a couple of other models also, if you decide to sell for $140, let me know. Me: There's a Wendy's right outside my house. If you pick me up a combo, you can have the headphones for $140. Buyer: I have to drive 30 minutes on the highway to get there, you should be buying me lunch! Whatever, I could go for Wendy's today too. $140 and a combo it is. No gigantic sizing anything though!. Where are you located.
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Amazing Home Theater System

February 22nd 2008 10:40
This is possibly the best home cinema system in the world.
The things you can do when you've got money!


Amazing home cinema system


Best home theatre system in the world


World's biggest home cinema system


Expensive home theatre system


Home theater system





*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.

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Awesome Computer Casings

January 25th 2008 10:13
These are some of the coolest (literally) custom computer cases you will ever see!


Cool Computer Case - Bin


custom retro computer case


Ultra mega cooling computer case


Custom designed computer case - Round wheel like


Many temperate meters on a computer case




*These pictures used with permission from Ezprezzo.
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World's First Hard Drive

December 3rd 2007 08:10
Can you guess what this is?


Old computer Picture - IBM 305 RAMAC
Its a computer hard disk in 1956....

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The Dangers of World of Warcraft

November 30th 2007 11:40
What happens if you or your partner become addicted to World of Warcraft?



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Segway Personal Human Transporter

September 7th 2007 14:20
The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing transportation device invented by Dean Kamen and unveiled in December 2001. It is produced by Segway Inc. of New Hampshire. The name "Segway" is a homophone of "segue" (a smooth transition, literally Italian for "follows"). PT is an initialism for personal transporter while the old acronym HT was an initialism for human transporter.

Computers and motors in the base of the device keep the Segway PT upright at all times. Users lean forward to go forward, lean back to go backward, and turn by using a "Lean Steer" Handlebar, leaning it left or right. Earlier HTs used a twist grip to steer by twisting the grip left and right. Segway PTs are driven by electric motors at up to 5.6 m/s (12.5 mph/20 km/h). Gyroscopic sensors are used to detect tilting of the device which indicates a departure from perfect balance. Motors driving the wheels are commanded as needed to bring the PT back into balance


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Here are some of the best Science Fiction Books of all time!
Do you agree with these?
If not you can see many more classics here.

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Condom Manufacture and Testing

August 8th 2007 10:29
Latex condoms are the most distributed type of condom in the world and there are thousands of variants in regards to size, thickness, and texture. The most popular variants of the standard condom are condoms with a ribbed or studded texture, those that come in different colours or scents, and those marketed as larger sized condoms. Currently the thinnest latex condom stands at 0.03mm thick.

Latex has outstanding elastic properties. Tensile strength exceeds 30 MPa. Condoms may be stretched in excess of 800% before breaking


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Computer Mice

June 15th 2007 15:23
What sort of mouse are you using at the moment?
Normally we don't think about them very much, but that's all about to change with this post.
Below are some different / old / wacky computer mouses (mice) from around the world!

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Vision for a Home Computer in 1954

March 23rd 2007 10:04
Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a ‘home computer’ could look like in the year 2000. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use and only
Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a ‘home computer’ could look like in the year 2000. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use and only
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Evolution of Gaming Consoles

January 9th 2007 05:56
However old you may be, you will always remember your first gaming console. Below are a few pictures telling the story of the evolution of consoles. As you can see there are many systems missing from this list, you can see all consoles here.

Atari Video Computer System
Atari Video Computer System

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Monowheel

November 23rd 2006 03:28
A monowheel is a one-wheeled vehicle similar to a unicycle. However, instead of sitting above the wheel, the rider sits either within it or next to it. The wheel is a ring, usually driven by smaller wheels pressing against its inner rim. Most are single-passenger vehicles, though multi-passenger models have been built.

Pedal-powered monowheels were built in the late 1800s; most built in the 20th century have been motorized. Some modern builders refer to these vehicles as monocycles, though that term is also sometimes used to describe motorized unicycles


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