samzenpus writes "How do you make an old country music standard better? This guy seems to have an Idea. I'm not sure if I like the stretching at the beginning or the props better."

I loved the Guinness Book of World Records when I was a kid but it seems they are moving away from the esoteric and into the dangerous now. I can't wait to see who gets the most steps fallen down prize next year.

So apparently Van Halen was playing a concert, and when they got to "Jump," the pre-recorded synth track was played back at 48 KHz instead of 44.1. The pathetic (CT:Heresy! Take it back take it BACK!) musicians tried to transpose 1.027346 semitones on their puny guitars, and their failure creates the most postmodern video you will see today. Also, the singer came in 20 years late.

"Giuliani, grin on his face, said it was the first time he's been asked about an intergalactic attack." Sure, he's smiling now. He won't be so cheerful when his Dominion double is ruling Earth and he's in a detention cell in the gamma quadrant.

A British mother has finally figured out the cause of depression and negativity: it's books with unhappy endings. But a cheery fire will lift our spirits.

Josh Millard brings us retro-histo -- images whose histograms match the images themselves.

It probably adjusts position really gently and carefully, but I like to imagine the stop-snoring pillow gets frustrated if you don't stop, and eventually would just haul off and whack you.

RottenNeighbor.com is the future of mashups. Of course the internet is for anonymously venting about the awful people around you. Databases of rage bring peace and understanding.

The boardroom would be a lot more interesting if it were like a chat room. This one gets the best use of lol cat award.

We got a little kiss and tell last night on Larry King Live (starts at 2:20). Kathy Griffin, who's been dating the Woz since August, is open and honest with her emotions:

Griffin: He took my dress off at the end of the night.
King: You had sex with him?
Griffin: Yes. I did. And I had a billion reasons!

goran72 writes "A new study has suggested that strands discovered in fossil hyena poop found in a South African cave, could be the oldest known human hairs. According to a report in National Geographic News, researchers discovered the rock-hard hyena dung near the Sterkfontein caves, where many early human ancestor fossils have been found."