Science

Volcanic Eruption In Chile Fills Argentinian Lake With Ash

On June 4, southern Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in 50 years. It’s been spewing giant ash clouds ever since. Enough ash, it seems, to make the Nahuel Huapi Lake in neighbouring Argentina an unrecognizable, soot-covered abyss, as you’ll see in the above video of one diver’s attempt to sift through it all. [via The Telegraph]


June 6, 2011
Online

The 10 Easiest Ways To Waste Time On The Internet

The Internet has changed the way that we all live our lives. It’s also invented a whole host of ways to suck all of your time away. Here are some of the best.


May 28, 2011
Gadgets

Great Moments In Autopen History

Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that’s an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism? Now you do.) Yay, habeas corpus denials, warrantless searches and carte blanche wiretapping! Four more years! Four more years!


February 6, 2011
Online

Ex-Girlfriend Gets Revenge By Turning Boyfriend Into A Meme

It’s a story as old as time. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl break up. Girl gets revenge by turning boy into a humiliating meme. This appears to be what happened to poor Jack Weppler.


February 1, 2011
Online

How Good Is Charlie Sheen For A Porn Star’s Career?

Kacey Jordan, the porn star who smoked crack with Charlie Sheen shortly before his hospitalisation, shared some good news today: Her “babe rank” just skyrocketed! How good is a Charlie Sheen scandal for a porn star’s career? A quantitative investigation.


January 29, 2011
Entertainment

T-Pain Got A Facebook ‘Like’ Button Tattoo

Rapper T-Pain introduced this new tattoo he got in Hawaii with a tweet: “I think this ones pretty sweet, unless facebook shuts down soon 0_o”. That’s what the guy who tattooed MySpace’s Tom on his back said in 2002.


January 27, 2011
Geek Out

The Inspiration For Lady Gaga’s New Perfume: Blood And Semen

We were trying to determine what Lady Gaga’s forthcoming fragrance should smell like, but rumour has it she’s decided. It will supposedly smell like blood and semen. Nasty, but I guess that’s exactly what a bad romance smells like.


Online

Mark Zuckerberg’s Identity Was Hacked On Facebook

Writing on his own Facebook fan page, Mark Zuckerberg today proposed that he forsake all riches for social good. Uh, sure. Naturally, such a declaration did not really come from the world’s youngest billionaire; Zuckerberg just got hacked.


December 31, 2010
Entertainment

Robbery With A Giant Stick Is Way Funnier Than It Should Be

If you were a convenience store clerk faced with a robber wielding a comically large stick as a weapon, you probably wouldn’t think it was too comical. But after the fact, the security camera footage is pretty ridiculous.


News

Man Allegedly Steals Game Boys From Teenager’s Casket

Jody Lynn Bennett, 37, of Mentcle, Pa. was apparently in need of a Game Boy on Wednesday. So he popped by the local funeral home and allegedly picked a couple up—from the open casket of a dead 17-year-old.