Story of Bottled Water (from “Story of Stuff” folks)

Embedded here, a little teaser video for The Story of Bottled Water, created by the same people behind "The Story of Stuff" (Wikipedia). Looks neat. I'm a big fan of tap water. I spend a fair amount of... 

twilight

When fictional vampires duke it out

"Down for the Count," a painting by Deviant Art's Poopbear, shows the Count from Sesame Street laying into the fangy-come-lately prettyboy from Twilight. It cheered me. Down for the Count (Thanks,... 

• Anti-Twilight/pro-scary vampire tees
• Woman jailed, charged with felony camcordering after recording 4 mins of sister’s birthday party in a movie theater

twitter

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• Twitter: The Criterion Collection
• Twitter phishing scam

youtube

Roger Ebert rages against takedowns of his Siskel tribute

Hal sez, "Near the end of his long and touching Esquire article about the career and illness of Roger Ebert, Chris Jones writes about Ebert's discovery that somebody (probably Disney) had disappeared... 

• YouTube speed tester: Net Neutrality judo will show you when your ISP is messing with you
• Google refuses to censor Australian YouTube

top10

“The Power of Time Off” + 9 other TED Talks to watch between now and New Years

As someone who plans on attempting to fly out of Minneapolis this Friday—in open defiance of the snow-filled forecast—these seem like a great way to pass the time while stranded... 

uk

Leaked UK record industry memo sets out plans for breaking UK copyright

In this leaked, six-page email, Richard Mollet, the Director of Public Affairs for the British Phonographic Institute (the UK's record-industry lobbyists), sets out the BPI's strategy for ramming... 

• London Olympics: police powers to force spectators to remove non-sponsor items, enter houses, take posters
• Mini-documentary on the British war on public photos and videos

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Stocks to watch BXB, TOL, MRE, IFL, MGX, LLC, BOQ, CBA, WHS, ORG, FMG, MPO,

2008-10-10 The Australian dollar has opened lower after a weak finish to US equity markets dragged the currency below $US0.6900 as investors shed riskier assets. At 0700 AEDT, the Australian... 

• Megabyte Solutions Rocks coming soon

weapons

Disguised weapons for sale

Here's a correspondence between an angry person who placed a classified ad soliciting "disguised weapons" and a chain-yanker who was very funny in response: Still thirsty for justice? Try... 

urban

Turn a quarter of Detroit into “semi-rural” farms?

The city of Detroit is proposing to give over a quarter of its land to be turned into "semi-rural" fields and farms, with the surviving neighborhoods standing in "pockets in expanses of green."... 

• Ode to a New Delhi median
• San Francisco’s secret public spaces that are privately owned