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Entertainment

This Is How You Record a TV With a Camcorder So You’re Just an MPAA Toolbag, Not a Pirate

12:00PM Matt Buchanan | No clever invective needed: It’s an instructional video from the MPAA showing how to record a TV screen for classroom clips, instead of ripping a DVD. I think they really mean it, too. =( [BoingBoing] More »
Weapons

World’s Smartest Prison Officer Fired After Using a Stun Gun on Visiting Children

5:40AM Adam Frucci | Bad idea: using a taser on someone who’s done nothing wrong. Very, very bad idea: using a taser on a bunch of kids visiting a prison for Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day. More »
Random Stuff

Genius Locks Herself Inside Car, Calls 911 To Save Her

6:20AM Sean Fallon | Okay, I understand that people can panic and lose focus, but damn. Gotta feel bad for her though. More »
GPS

GPS Navigator Tries to Kill Man, Man Arrested

12:20AM Matt Buchanan | Driving through Todmorden, West Yorkshire, Robert Jones followed his GPS navigator, as he normally does. But what he didn’t know was that his navigator had decided Robert needed to die. More »
Random Stuff

Terrible Human Being Puts His Cat in a Bong to ‘Chill it Out’

7:20AM Adam Frucci | Here’s something you should not do: put your cat in a bong when it’s being too rambunctious. You moron. More »
Games

Big Shot Allegedly Throws Taco at Mummy for Unplugging Xbox

1:00AM Mark Wilson | Zachary Moir, 19 (though mentally about 7 and 3 months), was arrested under charges of assaulting his mother— with a taco—because she unplugged his Xbox when he wouldn’t come downstairs for dinner. More »
Vehicles

Congressman’s Fuel Cell Road Trip Was Horrifically Inefficient

11:30AM Jason Chen | Congressman Eric Massa of NY tried to drive a fuel cell car from NY to DC to make an environmental point and to show how great fuel cell cars are. He failed at both. More »
Random Stuff

If You Melt Ice With a Blowtorch, You Will Set Your House on Fire

4:30AM Matt Buchanan | Giz winter tip: If you need to melt ice on your back porch, use this. If you use a blowtorch, you will probably set your house on fire like this dumb guy in Massachusetts. [Yahoo] More »