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The Onion’s AV Club has an interview with Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report and the man who coined the American Dialect Society’s 2005 Word of the Year: truthiness.
“There are no televisions behind me, like the way [NBC Nightly News anchor] Brian Williams has, or even [Daily Show host] Jon [Stewart]. At certain angles, [...]

Bloomberg reports that four Winston-Salem, NC Waffle Houses are turning non-smoking next week. Going smoke free in the heart of tobacco country is a bold move for any restaurant, and for Waffle House to try this sounds like a suicidal move. Next time I’m in North Carolina, I’ll be going to IHOP instead.

So you resolved to lose all the weight you packed on over the holidays. Now it’s almost February, and you’re still fat. What’s an average American to do?
I suggest you try the internet451 diet.
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The headline sort of speaks for itself:
BBC Sport: Scudamore announces bung inquiry
Scudamore said that it was the ongoing rumours of a culture of bungs that had provoked the Premier League to take action.

So what is Scudamore going to do about these bungs?
“We’re going to clean this thing up one way or the other, in terms [...]

As if Nikon’s retreat from the film market wasn’t shocking enough, Konica Minolta has announced their own withdrawl from the photography market. Sony is purchasing what’s left of their camera business, and the company will stop manufacturing film and paper by March 2007.
I don’t think too many people will miss Konica Minolta’s film and paper [...]

If you’ve gotten bored with creating your own South Park characters, The Simpsomaker will help you mix things up a bit. The current version offers extensive options, but as yet no Apu or Chief Wiggam, not to mention Krusty and Sideshow Bob! Oh well, maybe in version 2.0! Even so, this thing rocks. Well worth [...]

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting the US Justice Department has asked a Federal court to force Google to provide them with search data for one million random IP addresses, and all search data for a one week period. Think about that…if you use Google once a week, your data will be going to [...]

Day 1–Ackme-Our Man on the Ground

Ackme is on the Space Coast of Florida to witness the launching of the New Horizons Mission. Continuing Story on Alien Jesus Command

The first Intel iMacs have made their way from Apple Store shelves into the hands of early adopters, and some of those users have submitted Xbench benchmarks. There are also some anecdotal benchmarks available in the MacAddict Forums. Comparing the iMac Intel to the Powermac G5 (both at 2.0Ghz) yields a very mixed bag of [...]