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ShaveWorld.com: Razor Blades on Schedule

2 Comments Published by Joel May 15th, 2008 in Grooming, Hair. Share This

“ShaveWorld.com” delivers razor blades to your home on a schedule by mail, ensuring you always have a fresh blade. (You can also just order one-offs, but what’s the point?) [Shaveworld] (Thanks, John!)

HDD Recovered from Columbia Disaster Really Recovered

0 Comments Published by Jason May 7th, 2008 in Uncategorized. Share This

Amazing — a 400MB HDD that as on-board the Columbia during her disasterous 2003 re-entry was recovered and the data has been used to complete the project. Completely amazing.
The Kroll people managed to recover 90 percent or so of the 400MB of data from the drive with its cracked and burned casing. Now, a few […]

NY Camera Store Offers Bribe to Fix Amazon Rating

44 Comments Published by Jason May 5th, 2008 in Uncategorized. Share This

Wow. I wrote a bad review of Cameta Camera and they offered to PAY ME to take it down.
Really the depths these guys will sink to knows no bounds. I recently purchased a Nikon D3 from Cameta Camera, via Amazon. I trust Amazon with these purchases and they’ve never really let me down. The […]

Video: Culturally Inappropriate on May 5

0 Comments Published by Jason May 5th, 2008 in Uncategorized. Share This

What the heck is this ship?

4 Comments Published by Jason May 1st, 2008 in Photo. Share This

Carolyn and I saw it passing through the SF bay with 2 black tugs. No name visible on the ship. This was the sharpest I was able to grab with my D70. I didn’t have a cable release handy, sigh.
**UPDATE**
BoatingSF shows two tugs leaving the bay at the same time I saw this ship with […]

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» Baconpig. Zenith of mankind’s porcine proclivity or just gross? You be the judge. Don’t miss the Pig Butchering Guide in T-shirt form. # 0

» A man wants to know if jerking off into his guppy tank will cause his fish any harm. Just don’t forget to cuddle, I say. [StraightDope.com] # 1

» An Atlanta florist is selling the “Broquet,” baskets of amply masculine cactus and carnivorous plants that can be given from one man to another. [BananaFlorist.com via Seth Godin] # 0

» What may be my next car, the Mitsubishi Evolution X, goes on sale today in Japan. Next year for North America. [Crave.CNET.com] # 0

» I haven’t really dug into it much, but JoS. A. Bank is having what appears to be a pretty major sale, with up to 50% off on Fall items and 70% off on clearance items. [JosBank.com] # 1

» Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org] # 0

» Headline of the Day: “Men want hot women, study confirms” [CNN] # 2

» We just cracked a 750 of “Forêt,” an organic saison from Brasserie Dupont. The reviews on Beer Advocate are sort of mixed, but as far as I’m concerned it’s a knockout: bright, light, full of the best tastes of summer. One of the best saisons I’ve ever had. # 1

» All Hail the Meat Cocktail [www.cyberbilly.com/meathenge] # 1

» In a nod to an icon, NASA Shuttle to Launch Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber. This makes me sad because it reminds me that Carrie Fisher’s breasts are no longer in the same pristine (and perky) condition. [www.space.com] # 1