December 2008
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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008 →
Korean Christmas Rap →
Tsar Bomba →
“The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns 100 km (62 miles) away from ground zero. The subsequent mushroom cloud was about 64 kilometres (40 mi) high (nearly seven times higher than Mount Everest) and 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide.”
Ég óska eftir uppstoppuðu dýri. Ég rétt missti af greifingjanum um daginn. Ég er...
– Óska eftir uppstoppuðu dýri! - Spjallsvæði Live2Cruize
When, as part of his TV show Jamie’s Ministry of Food, the multi-millionaire...
– Who spiked rated and hated in 2008
A new reason to hate U2 →
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They’re selling a ninety-six dollar version of their new album.
Then two things happened almost simultaneously, according to the flight-data...
– The Crash of EgyptAir 990
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Google cranks up the Consensus Engine →
Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. It’s a historic statement - and nobody has yet grasped its significance.
Estonia to vote by mobile phone in 2011 →
The Taser Myth: How Does a 'Non-Lethal Weapon'... →
Bill seems to be going through his own unique midlife crisis. He’s not a...
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Is Bill Murray NYC’s New Party Boy?
I’d never taken an accounting course, never run a business, never even had...
– The End of Wall Street’s Boom - Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong.
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Videogum’s (hopefully) annual round-up of the year’s best viral videos is a valuable time capsule of entertaining crap.
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Pearl Jam Set To Reissue Ten →
Billboard reports extensive details on the four different versions of an upcoming re-release for Pearl Jam’s Ten, including everything from a two-disc version of the record (in original and remastered form with previously unreleased album-era tracks), to a DVD with their classic Unplugged performance, to a vinyl version with slipcase cover and audio of EdVed’s audition tapes.
Richey Edwards case closed: how 14 years of hope... →
14 ár!!! Foooooookkkkk!!!
a mental checklist for journalists to consider before publishing a possible...
– Why not writing a story is innovation
The Elephants of Bangkok →
Woody Allen - criminal
The Wire's Politics →
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6. desember, 2008 kl. 22.11 Það er einhver annar farinn að nota nafnið...
– Kommentaklikkunin hjá Agli Helgasyni nær nýjum hæðum