The dollar bill has some weird shit plastered on it. This we know. But even more weird are the outlandish interpretations people extract from the seemingly cryptic symbols (most of which are just old and christian and zzzzzz…zzzzzzz…zzzzzz). But if you’re conspiracy-minded, well, take your pick from these five ridiculous one dollar delusions: More »
Oh bummer. That mystery missile near LA that neither the Pentagon nor the Navy would take credit for? John Herrman, fellow Gizmodo writer, lays out a pretty convincing case for it actually being a regular old vapour trail from a regular old jet. This is why we can’t have nice conspiracies. [Smartplanet]
When programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the computer chose a different candidate – plus four other candidates from the same, incorrect party – right in front of him. He captured the whole thing on video. More »
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A study in incongruity: ArcAttack, the Tesla-coil playing musical act adored by geeks everywhere, rocking out for Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel and That British Guy Who Isn’t Simon Cowell on America’s Got Talent. But something else is amiss, too… More »
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First of all, it’s not a tin foil hat. It’s a tin foil safety tuque. Second of all, it’s finally been scientifically proven that it guards your brain from a wireless modem’s signals. The jury’s still out on mind control. More »
Six people in total were arrested today for making too much money too easily, among them executives from IBM and Intel. These guys made $US20 million in profits between January and July 2007 by passing insider info regarding Google, Hilton Hotels and Polycom onto a trader. Now they’re all facing multiple counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. More »
One of our more educated readers has chimed in on The Woz’s Dancing With the Stars elimination. If he’s right, let the Internet masses descend on ABC with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns.
In Washington D.C., parking meters are allegedly out to destroy the human race as “out-of-order” meters are suddenly coming back to life and repairing themselves, leaving a number of motorists with “wrongful” parking tickets.
