Unrelated imagine of D-list “celebrity” using ATM machine We love Wired magazine, and their blogs are pretty good too. Recently the “Threat Level” blog, concerning privacy, security, politics, and crime online covered the stories around recent Citibank ATM heists. It hasn’t really been publicized, but nearly $200,000 was stolen by ATM thefts in just three [...]

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In the 1960s, civil rights leaders marched on Washington D.C. for jobs and freedom, fighting for the fundamental civil rights and equality for all in America. Just over a decade ago, the Million Man March shared that spirit, pushing African Americans to vote and become more politically active (using the rights gained by past civil [...]

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] Need a fun time-waster? Like art? If you answered yes to either you should check out Mr. Picassohead, a site that allows you to make art like Picasso (and share it with the world). Picasso has a distinctive style that is difficult to emulate, so the website provides the user with art pieces you [...]

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This is a land-line telephone, if you don’t know that, you aren’t old enough for this post. Now most people have never used a phone sex service, but everyone knows about them, advertised in the back of men’s magazines and referenced in popular culture. Well this interesting gallery of photos contains the images and words [...]

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This is a fun little site that will estimate how long you can survive the vacuum of space. Contrary to popular belief and some movies, being ejected into space won’t immediately kill you or make you explode. Done right, a human can survive in space for a little while, but even seconds will have tremendously [...]

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Shaquille O’Neal is a big man, with an even bigger budget The Cuban Revolution has a very interesting article on the reasons the rich and famous (particularly athletes, musicians, and the like) go broke, often spectacularly like Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Johnny Unitas, and most recently Evander Holyfield. The Toronto Star recently wrote about the [...]

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Interested in politics, polling, or statistics? Check out FiveThirtyEight, a very well done site that monitors and analyzes political polling data for the upcoming Presidential election. The site is a statistician’s dream, and is constantly updated with new information. We all know that polling isn’t perfect, but watching this site as the election and campaigns [...]

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A airline called Flybe, reminding you to fly be-fore the rates go up! Rick Seaney recently compiled a list of fees that hypothetical airline fees that could be a reality in the future. Even though the list of “Top Ten Totally Crazy Airline Fees — That Don’t Exist — Yet!” seems crazy, we’re sure many [...]

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