Good question. CNet nominated Intel’s prototype to its’ “Worst Tech of 2006 (so far)” list. Click on the video to see how it works … oops, doesn’t work.
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)If getting sued for nonpayment of rent weren’t bad enough for a one-time superstar then how about pictures of your crack den bathroom (complete with empty beer bottles, pipes, rolling papers, and powder-covered spoons) running in a national tabloid? However for Houston it gets worse, much worse.
Her sister-in-law Tina Brown sold her sister out […]
USS Bunker Hill, CG-52, off Redondo Beach this morning.
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Remember Mac System 7? If you do, you’ll get a kick out of this site that has created a web enabled System 7 complete with all of the little Mac utilities, games (incl. Tetris), MacWrite, etc. that made that OS so cool in its day. The only thing missing is a working version of RezEdit […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Despite the benefits to consumers and economies in general there is a dark side to globalization. As borders between countries blur, these guys will be free to come visit:
By the way, Independent Sources is not sure what these two gentlemen are up to, but we’re pretty sure it’s not good. The “S” and “N” could […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The heartwarming story of the family who were lost and snowbound in their motorhome for seventeen days has a surprise ending: the parents have been arrested on drug charges. Elbert and Becky Higgenbotham had promised to cooperate with Arizona police after they were found with meth and a shotgun — but then they disappeared. Navajo […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)“The idea of being a mother is proving to be irresistible for Jessica Simpson. Reps for the soon-to-be divorcée confirmed that the 25-year-old has babies on the brain and is both looking into the adoption process and mulling plans to fund her own orphanage.” - E!
Her own orphanage! Top that, Angelina Jolie!
I’m writing this as a follow-up to the posting “Charlie Sheen Says 9/11 is a Fraud so it Must Be.” I thought that post would get 3 or 4 comments and that would be it. I’d go back to writing about things like Melissa Theuriau and making fun of France. However the post got over […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)What’s Britney saying?
The Bastardly would probably suggest she’s saying ‘I’ve got $50 million, so who cares if I have a huge ass neck.’
Pictures and wit are why Bastardly is one of our favorites.
Also to the commenter who took us to task for calling Britney ‘hot’ in a previous post, you are sooooo correct. Sorry. […]
A professor at the UK’s University of Ulster has analyzed IQ scores across Europe and found the French averaged 94 — well below the British Isles (100) and Germany (107).
This goes a long way toward explaining why students in a country with chronically high unemployment are protesting legislation making it less costly for businesses to […]
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining against David Hasselhoff requiring him to stay away from his estranged wife, Pamela Bach.
Bach had claimed instances of domestic violence in December and February, including one incident where police officers were summoned.
Bach, 42, has custody of one daughter while Hasselhoff, 53, has custody of […]
The Jammy, a frequent commenter to Independent Sources, is reporting that Barry “Bond’s lawyers plan to use California’s Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code section 17200, to prevent authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams and their publishers from profiting from the book.” (Update: the suit has since been rejected.)
It is hardly news when a […]
The site http://www.visualcomplexity.com features graphics of complex systems such as social relationships, the web, and spam networks:
Another cool one is a visualization of how over 9,000 musicians are correlated according to their ratings in Yahoo! Music.
Our conspiracy theorist friends from the Charlie Sheen 9/11 comment thread will appreciate this one on the world government:
In honor of the longest discussion thread we’ve ever had at Independent Sources — our Charlie Sheen / 9-11 Conspiracy item Charlie Sheen Says 9/11 is a fraud so it must be so — I’ve put some photos I took of the WTC site in mid-October 2001 up on Flickr. Click on these to see […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)“Embarrassed French diplomats tried to explain away the walk-out, saying that their ministers all needed a toilet break at the same time.”
- The Times of London on why French President Jacques Chirac and three ministers left an EU summit meeting. The real reason appears to be that Chirac was offended when a French businessperson began […]
