fuckyeahtheuniverse:

A total lunar eclipse will take place on December 20/21, 2010. It will be visible after midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 21 in North and South America. The beginning of the total eclipse will be visible from northern Europe just before sunrise. The end of the total eclipse…

How is being constantly connected affecting us neurologically?

Discover new strains and their likely side effects. Keep track of what you smoke and earn badges. Unsurprisingly, most users (ha!) I’ve came across the site are Anonymous.

(via Kottke)

thedailywhat:

Hipster Hitler.

A slightly more optimistic article about tech that turns inedible fats to usable fuel.

Another scary article about the shit-ass economy.

thedailywhat:

Memetic Marriage Proposal of the Day: There comes a time in every man’s life when he must proposal to his significant other with a comix composed of Reaction Guys, Happycat, and a Venn diagram panels. For TDW reader Kristjan Thompson, that day is today.

Kristjan wrote us to express his obscene fondness for TDW, which would have been enough to seal our lifelong endearment, but he went on to say that his girlfriend Alexandra, likewise a card-carrying member of the TDW Army, would be positively smitten from head to hiney if he asked for her hand on the couple’s favorite website. Seeing as we know of no greater romantic gesture, we couldn’t possibly turn Kristjan down, and we hope his sweetheart won’t either.

So, Alexandra — the Internet is waiting. Is it a WIN or an EPIC FAIL?

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UPDATE: She said yes!!!

This helped me understood what went down and what could possibly happen.

This mixtape adds in some reggae, dubstep, and R&B to La Roux’s electropoppy sound.

It’s weird to see La Roux’s single, Bulletproof, reach the current Top 40 because I was listening that same song a year ago. I don’t think I’m a trendsetter or anything, I just find it interesting that it took so long for La Roux to take off.

Yes, THE Kevin Costner.

Improv Everywhere recreates Ghostbusters in the New York Public Library at 42 Street. (via Jess) (link)

I don’t know if Improv Everywhere can operate anywhere else besides NYC. I feel that anywhere else, people (ie that security guard) would call the cops on these folks. Also, the theme song in the video aces it.

shortbread:

From the French phrase ‘esprit d’escalier,’ literally, it means ‘the wit of the staircase’, and usually refers to the perfect witty response you think up after the conversation or argument is ended. “Esprit d’escalier,” she replied. “Esprit d’escalier. The answer you cannot make, the pattern you cannot complete till afterwards it suddenly comes to you when it is too late.”