Average guys like me may never know why hot babes go for ass-ugly boneheads instead of, well, normal, average guys. A blog called Hot Chicks With Douchbags attempts to stand up for us regular joes and humorously chronicles beautiful woman
Day Care Worker Fired Over Hot Sauce-Discipline On Child
From Channel 6 in Orlando, FL: ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida day care worker has been fired after being accused of putting hot sauce into a child’s mouth as a form of discipline, according to the Department of Children
Scientists Create Tear-Free Onions
Geneticists from New Zealand’s Crop and Food institute have bioengineered “tear-free” onions. These special lab-grown onions lack the irritating enzyme (which was first identified in 2002 by Japanese scientists) that makes one’s eyes tear up. It’s expectedly caused quite a
St. Sanders and His Guitar Shreds Videos Removed From YouTube
YouTube user St. Sanders (real name Santeri Ojala), as many of you guitarists may already know as the creator of the hilarious “Shreds” series of overdub clips, has had his account suspended from the video site. What a shame, because
Bhut Jolokia Pepper Reviewed by Wall Street Journal Reporter
Stan Sesser, a WSJ reporter, eats and reviews the stingingly hot Bhut Jolokia Pepper in this video: The original WSJ article from which this video came is also an excellent read, giving a good overview of the world’s hottest chile.
The History of Chili Cook-Offs
Texas food expert John Raven, Ph.B has written an excellent five-part series on the history of chili cook-offs. It’s required reading for any type of chili fan: Part One: In the Beginning Part Two: Chili Competition Erupts in Terlingua Part
20 Tips On How To Promote Your Forums
Want to drive more traffic to your message boards? Here’s a list of tips I’ve gathered of not only getting members initially, but keeping them active as well. Enjoy;) 1. Content is king. And keep it fresh! Post informational articles.
SQL Nuts and Bolts (Part 2)
In this second tutorial of the SQL Nuts and Bolts Series, we’ll delve further into SQL basics and demonstrate more clauses for the select statement: group by, having, in, and between. In part one of our SQL Nuts & Bolts
Strange Creature Immune to Pain of Hot Peppers
From Yahoo News: “As vulnerable as naked mole rats seem, researchers now find the hairless, bucktoothed rodents are invulnerable to the pain of acid and the sting of chili peppers. A better understanding of pain resistance in these sausage-like creatures
Block Posters – Create Any Size Wall Posters From Any Size Images
Got digital images that you wish you could blow up and create giant posters out of? Block Posters will give you the ability to do just that using their simple web interface and your computer’s printer. Just upload an image
The MegaPenny Project
People may throw around numerical terms such as “million”, “billion”, or “trillion” when referring to dollars or computer bytes, but can you accurately visualize just how much a “billion” really is? The MegaPenny Project has helped by taking one small
Non-Drip Bottle
The Non-Drip Bottle is a very simple, elegantly engineered design for a bottle that doesn’t drip. This concept by no means original; for years liquid laundry deterrgent bottles have had similar “catcher rings” around their spouts. But this “Two Lip
Red Hot Riplets – The Best Hot Potato Chips in the World?
Without a doubt the best spicy potato chips I’ve ever eaten are Red Hot Riplets, made by the Old Vienna company of St. Louis. They’re certainly the hottest chip I’ve tasted, far surpassing even Blair’s Death Rain Habanero Chips. On
Making Pre-Determined Browser Window Sizes in JavaScript
Here’s a nifty little JavaScript trick snatched fresh from the “I wish I would have known about this years ago!” files. Did you know that you can create a perfectly-sized browser window, great for testing out web pages on alternate
How 3 Graphic Designers Recreated Omaha Beach
Three graphic designers have recreated the Normandy D-Day Invasion or the Timewatch program “Bloody Omaha”. This short video shows how they did on a shoestring budget in only four days.