Dec
19
Men…Ever feel like this? Well now you are in good company. A friend of mine found this on the newsstand.
Aug
30
Aug
01
Cory Doctorow:
An Oregon judge has ruled that fixed-gear bicycles — which use the rider’s leg-power to brake them — are illegal, and must be outfitted with traditional lever/caliper brakes. The cyclist who was ticketed for the offense fought it in traffic court, and was represented by a pretty sharp attorney, judging from the partial transcript here. It seems obvious that “fixies” should be lawful, since they can satisfy the statutory requirement that bikes be “equipped with a brake that enables the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement. strong enough to skid tire.” Nevertheless, the judge ruled against the cyclist — I hope she appeals.
Now it was time for Officer Barnum to ask questions. He asked Holland,
“What would you do if your chain broke?”
Holland:
“I would use my feet.”
Officer Barnum:
“What if your leg muscles had a spasm?”
Holland:
“I’m not sure…these are emergency situations.”
Ginsberg interjected with a question for Holland:
“Did any of these situations happen on the day you were stopped?”
Holland:
“No.”
Jul
26
Mark Frauenfelder:
The Navy’s Safety Center website has a fantastic gallery of photos showing people doing foolishly dangerous things.
On the plus side, he is wearing a hard hat. Also, if you look carefully at the boulder’s 4 o’clock, you’ll see a plastic drink bottle propped on another rock, so he is also staying hydrated. And maybe that boulder is actually 20 feet long, so that’s just the tip sticking out. Yeah, that’s it.
Originally from Boing Boing
Jul
21
Jul
05
Mark Frauenfelder:
Two men were arrested in Berlin on suspicion of filling soccer balls with concrete and then placing them in public areas with signs encouraging people to kick the balls.
Police said they had identified a 26-year-old and a 29-year-old and had found a workshop in their apartment where they made the balls. The two are accused of causing serious physical injury, dangerous obstruction of traffic and causing injury through negligence, police said.
(Thanks for the graphic, Tim!)
Originally from Boing Boing
Jun
14
Mark Frauenfelder:
Listen to this recording of a guy who called AOL to try to cancel his account and the AOL jerk who tries to keep him from canceling. Just disgusting. Link (via Digg)
Originally from Boing Boing
Jun
09
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We can’t say that we’re really surprised, but it would appear that this year’s hundred-university student survey conducted by Student Monitor showed the iPod to run the show in terms of student desireability, even more so than getting soused. It’s the first time in almost ten years that something besides drinking has reigned atop the survey, but we have to admit though, drinking has the odds stacked against it. We’ll see what happens to the Apple’s sweet spread when we lobby the government to raise the minimum buying age for iPods to 21, now won’t we?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Originally posted by Ryan Block from Engadget
May
31
Cory Doctorow:
A Flickr user caught a pic of this Apple G4 tower that’s been converted to a roadside mailbox in Auckland, NZ — great use for an old, iconic tower!
(Thanks, Dustin!)
Originally posted by Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing
May
25
Money left on bed in motel. Motel burns. Money owner bummed. Did I mention it was a BILLION!
Originally from Dvorak Uncensored
