Monthly Archives: October 2009
Breaking: Crushing Balls not effective way to quit smoking
The chaps at Science Daily reported on a masochistic little study run by a bunch of Canadians regarding effective smoking cessation techniques. While the study found that crushing virtual packs of cigarettes provided a significant confidence boost for people trying to drop cigs, what is more interesting is what didn’t help:
“In a computer-generated virtual reality environment, one group simulated crushing [...]
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Get it together, blogosphere.
Earlier we reported… wait a minute, its a blog, we don’t report.
Earlier we repeated, on a tip from The L Magazine, who quoted Adverse, that Hulu will begin charging to watch teevees on the small screen in 2010. That turns out to be not true, until the next time it becomes true. The intertubes are [...]
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News Corp is made of dickwads.
Hulu will begin to charge users for its streaming TV shows, movies and live broadcasts “at least in 2010.” That’s the word from Chase Carey, Deputy Chairman at News Corp., which, being that it owns most of the world, also owns Hulu.
Wasn’t the point of Hulu to provide the skript kiddies incentive to not steal [...]
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Quick Link: Boner Party
i actually dated an American Apparel model once. it was kind of like dating ‘An Idea’ or ‘The Concept Of Bunny Rabbits’. it seemed really cool at first and then you were left wondering why she was always texting people with present tense verbs for names and why she kept applying powdered sugar to her [...]
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GOVERNMENT BOOZE!!!1
The bootlegging barons of the prohibition era must be smiling in their graves.
The state government last week awarded $800,000 to the Brooklyn Brewery to jump-start their $6.5 million expansion in Williamsburg.
[New York Post]
For a bit of background on Brooklyn Brewery’s expansion, see this Times article from last year. The gist: People moved to Brooklyn precisely [...]
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Pie in the Sky.
Soupy Sales is dead at 83.
Caucasian sober guy, in attempt to represent, misrepresents.
OH BOY! What a morning for one-offs.
Martha Stewart showed up at Brooklyn Flea this weekend. Beeooooorrriiinng.
Except, I wonder if she’s familiar with the Brownstoner blog — which I’m not allowed to read because I didn’t pass the requisite credit check — because if not, she might be confused as to why this guy self-declares as [...]
Quick Link: “Do we Jersey people smell funny?”
Depends on how your schnaz finds the mingling of Old Spice body wash, Coors-soaked club sweat and Murray’s Pomade.
[Yelp Conversation]
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Real man leaves fake church
Hollywood old-schooler Paul Haggis is jumping ship on Scientology, citing numerous legitimate reasons that one shouldn’t be a Scientologist… Perfect timing, too, because WTPWB is looking for a weekend blogger. Paul: you’re hired.
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The Big Three Killed My Car Chase