At a time of political tension, remember the good guys. — 15 Photos of Sympathetic Libyans. (via Buzzfeed)
Source: BuzzFeed
The Atlantic: A History of the Internet Told Through Retro Movie Sites
Oh how far we’ve come. Check out this fun piece on some old and new movie promo sites, dating all the way back to when Amanda Bynes was an actress! (Before she turned to Presidential plea Tweets.)
Mark Zuckerberg totally ripped off Parks and Rec this weekend.
I will hereby address the Facebook CEO as “Andy Dwyer” and reclaim “Mark Z” from popular culture. Though, congrats sir.
Your feel-good story of the day.
The next time Google breaks its “don’t be evil” slogan, remember this: an Indian boy used Google Earth, a quarter-century after being separated from his family on a midnight train ride, to successfully find his mother’s village and reunite.
“It was just like being Superman. You are able to go over and take a photo mentally and ask, ‘Does this match?’ And when you say, ‘No’, you keep on going and going and going.”
He drew a circle on a map with its centre in Calcutta, with its radius about the distance he thought he had travelled. Incredibly, he soon discovered what he was looking for: Khandwa. “When I found it, I zoomed down and bang, it just came up. I navigated it all the way from the waterfall where I used to play.”
Wow.
Sick of letting YouTube have all the fun, Friskies is set to release the first cat-friendly iPad app.
No longer satisfied with laser pointers or pompoms, the cats are coming for your expensive slabs of glass and silicon . Friskies is releasing cat-friendly iPad apps like air hockey and fishing. And judging by that picture, it’s a lot of fun! For everyone except Zagg and Tim Cook. (via Buzzfeed)
$8,100
That’s how much a Dakota City, Iowa woman sold this McNugget for, based on its faint resemblance to George Washington. Judging by how much a single breaded bite fetched, I think McDonald’s is significantly underpricing its “20 for $4.99” deal. (source)
Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dies
Must resist urge to talk about Davy Jones’ locker. (And yes, I’m only posting this for that reason.)
Francesco Schettino told an Italian judge on Tuesday that he “tripped and ended up in one of the lifeboats…I was trying to get people onto the boats in an orderly fashion.
The captain of the Costa Concordia’s excuse for getting out before the crew. Yeah, and the ship just “tripped” on some rocks. (via CheatSheet)
There’s got to be an Arrested Development spec script in this. Tobias?The owners of Ice Cream Family Corner and Sandwiches in Ocala, Florida, picked a really unfortunate mascot. Now some customers are staying away because they think the sweet shop is associated with the Klu Klux Klan.
Photo: Ocala.com
One day he’ll be Mr. Manager…
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If the terrorists blow up a single bus, we can work around that. When they blow up a rail, that just brings the system to a grinding halt.
J.D. Van Brink, a Tea Party supporter who tries to make an argument against light rail in Cobb County, Georgia. [Mother Jones] (via producermatthew)
To all those in Atlanta suburbs clawing at excuses to stop the expansion of our horribly insufficient mass transit: just stop. You’re ruining your state.
(via shortformblog)
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