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 -> The Buy Nothing Day
Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is known in the retail industry as "Black Friday," a day when cash registers hum and sing. For the past decade, a group of countercultural "burned-out lefties" have been trying to change that to "Buy Nothing Day."
9,320 views | 27 Nov 2003
 -> File sharing? ibiblio gets it right!
Ibiblio's staff and contributors rescue documents, videos, audio and image files from dusty archives or attics where few could view them and put them on the Web, where anyone with an Internet connection can retrieve the information.
635,889 views | 27 Nov 2003
 -> The "Kiss Me!" protest campaign
The Greek find an interesting way to protest.
12,651 views | 27 Nov 2003
 -> Is he human?
Michael Jackson's official mugshot.
9,460 views | 27 Nov 2003
 -> Singapore: Cleanest Toilets in the World
Aren't you stretching it when you start looking to toilets to boast your country?
9,420 views | 27 Nov 2003
 -> How insignificant you are.
A fantastic Java Applet that begins as a view of the Milky Way Galaxy viewed from a distance of 10 million light years and then zooms into towards Earth in powers of ten of distance. See how much space you consume in the universe.
35,730 views | 26 Nov 2003
 -> Prime Minister's car too heavy for public roads!
The Norwegian Prime Minister's bomb-proof car isn't allowed on the country's roads because it's "too heavy."
9,661 views | 25 Nov 2003
 -> Iraq war = business opportunity
Walid Mahmoud smelled an opportunity when his hometown fell to the Americans this past summer. He knew Americans loved pizza, and he knew that most Iraqis had no idea how to prepare it..
9,704 views | 25 Nov 2003
 -> Foot fashion of the middle ages
An ongoing examination of the history and development of footwear and shoemaking techniques until the 16th century.
735 views | 24 Nov 2003
 -> Now that would be...er...a shitty report
We know at least one stud who is seriously fascinated with the correlation between the ingestion of food-coloring and the color of the poop produced.
1,661 views | 24 Nov 2003
 -> "Don't let the son go down on MJ"
Why not. Guilty or not guilty, nothing wrong with having a little fun at MJ's expense, is it?
912 views | 24 Nov 2003
 -> For Sale Soon: A Wal-Mart Notebook?
Possible deal with Taiwanese notebook maker could challenge big-name vendors.
818 views | 24 Nov 2003
 -> Are you a cunning linguist?
Some common words such as Hello and Thanks in hundreds of languages!
204,657 views | 24 Nov 2003
 -> Would it be a disease? Being plagued by 200 orgasms a day?
Dozens of women are suffering from a condition that makes them have hundreds of orgasms every day. Researchers have identified the condition as persistent sexual arousal syndrome.
772 views | 23 Nov 2003
 -> Cult Finds 'Eternal Youth' Formula
The "Raelian" cult (which claims to have cloned five babies) says it has discovered a way of reversing the ageing process by using stem cells.
775 views | 23 Nov 2003
 -> Hepatitis cases linked to onion
Green onions were the likely source of a deadly "Hepatitis A" outbreak at a Mexican restaurant in Pennsylvania, USA.
759 views | 22 Nov 2003
 -> Top 10 Internet Fads!
Kuro5shin lists an assortment of dotcom era fads that couldn't outlast their own novelty value.
1,081 views | 22 Nov 2003
 -> Odd Date..
Bet you didn't think about this: when was the last date composed of ONLY odd numbers, and when's the next?
958 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> A 'brain charger': The ultimate PDA accessory?
South Korean start-up DreamFree showcases the "Peeg" -- a peripheral for PDAs that is said to stimulate brain activity.
521 views | 19 Nov 2003
 -> Mariah Carey gets a "foothold" in China
Pictures of Mariah's mountains of luggage were plastered all over Shanghai papers, including the 350 pairs of shoes she brought with her entourage.
157,523 views | 21 Nov 2003
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