“End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.” – Gandalf the White from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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Who would have thunk that .ly was actually the top-level domain code for the Libyan government, just like .ca for Canada and .us for the United States? Probably not the creators of bit.ly, owl.ly, smel.ly and other .ly URL shorteners that are out there.
Now it’s causing problems: One URL shortening website is reporting that they’ve …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced three major changes to Facebook, emphasing the fact that the website is a social platform that you can bring connections you make on other websites and systems to.
There have been some small changes to some of the features that have been rolled out over the summer, including improving hi-res …
Facebook is inviting the press into their headquarter today at 10 AM PST, which only means one thing: Something is about to change.
The invite didn’t say much, but people are guessing what the reveal could be. Many sites, including TechCrunch, are pointing to a site wide redesign. Some users are already seeing the Facebook chat …
Darren Aronofsky, the famed director of Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler and the Black Swan, has had his name in the ring as the possible director for a number of comic book movie adaptations. First, there …
The UK government campaign to lower carbon emissions by 10 percent starting on October 10, 2010 sounds like an eco-friendly idea that the public can get behind. But, the controversial ad that recently was created by Eugenie Harvey and written by Love Actually and Notting Hill scribe Richard Curtis and documentarian Franny Armstrong has …
Nicole Richie reprised her role as Sarah Walker’s high school tormenter Heather Chandler in last night’s Chuck. While her delectably evil attitude is almost a bit too convincing, we’re not quite sure that we believe that the 5’1” star who reportedly weights 98 pounds could take anyone down.
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Blair Underwood, who has one of the smoothest voices ever to grace the small screen, is taking the reigns and ordering everyone around in The Event. The NBC show, which some are billing to be the next Lost, has Underwood playing commander-in-chief when the United States undergoes an event so catastrophic and widespread that it will …
Hold your horses: Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief operating offer, has become Twitter’s CEO.
The new CEO, Costolo, is a former Google executive and Feedburner CEO. He was brought onto the Twitter team by former Twitter CEO Evan Williams himself, who says that he thought Costolo would be a “strong compliment” to himself. “During his year …
“The best way to waste your life, … is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don’t participate.” – Chuck Palahniuk, Author of Fight Club
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Foursquare announced today that they’re partnering with HealthMonth, an app that helps you set resolution type goals and reminds you to keep them. Now with the aid of the social media tool, you can compare goals with friends and earn badges once you reach your goal. Instead of having to brag about how you’ve channeled your inner energy, …
He took on the controversies in the gaming world with his documentary King of Kong, and now Seth Gordon is taking on real world problems in Freakonomics. The documentary is based off the best selling book which takes everyday situations and uses economics to explain them, including cheating in sumo wrestling and how it compares to data …
