If you’ve never heard The Black Keys, here ya go.  They kill. This is an older video/song and it’s directed by David Cross, so it’s better than you.

I had some beers at lunch, so… here ya go.

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Not to be too political on here, but this is sad and funny at the same time.

Breaking down the greatest accomplishments in cinematic history into a five word blurb is somehow fulfilling.  Hollywood has enough pretentiousness.

7) The Graduate (1967)
Mrs. Robinson? I’d hit it.

86) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
MGM shits all over history.

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A plane getting struck by lightning caught on tape.  It’s a pretty crazy thing to watch.  But why isn’t everyone dead?  Popular Science has the answer:

But why doesn’t the gigantic amount of current, which is in the neighborhood of 20,000 amps for a typical lightning bolt, harm the passengers inside the aircraft? Because the hull of the plane forms a Faraday cage! A Faraday cage is a hollow shell made of conducting material. A strong electric field outside the cage will force the charge in the material of the cage to redistribute itself, but the interior space inside the cage remains uncharged.

Go ahead and set aside some time for this addictive little game.  Just catch all the eggs.  Sounds easy enough, right?  A little something I figured out later is that you don’t have to catch the colored ones.  Let’s see some top scores in the comments.

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Geez, isn’t this supposed to be a kid’s show?

Take one of the greatest chase scenes in cinema and add in some geocoding with Google Maps and it’s like Steve McQueen had GPS in that ‘Stang.

I’m a huge fan of ‘the king of cool’ and of all movie car-chase scenes. I thought it would be great to mashup famous chases with their GPS tracks. Keep in mind some of the chases cut from one place to another…so I tried to be as accurate as possible. Enjoy!

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[via BoingBoing]

Seems the state government of North Carolina (the fair state in which I reside) has apparently just now become aware of two recent phenomenons, “the Internet” and “text messaging”.  Some old lady’s granddaughter informed her what the “WTF” on her new license plate might mean, had it been written on a MySpace page or preceded by “OMG” in a text message, so she complained. Once realizing their SNAFU (oops!) they’ve agreed to give free replacements to anyone who received these tags. They were also using a picture of a “WTF” tag as the demo plate on the DMV’s website, which is being changed.

OK, taking down the picture on the website, I might can understand, but replacing the plates.  What if I’ve got SOL? Or POS? Or NRB? Where does the insanity stop?!  One other question: can I have one of the returned plates?

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How many do you recognize?

The writers at Gizmodo had a chance to tour the Lego main factory and took some readers’ questions.  Wonder no more, the answers are here.

I want you to ask the Lego gang for the definitive answer on the plural for Lego bricks. Is it, as we Brits say, simply Lego, or is it, as some Americans insist, Legos?
Actually both the Brits and the Americans are wrong-but are all forgiven! “Lego” is an adjective and is not meant to be a standalone name. It should always be Lego bricks, Lego building, Lego products, etc.

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Thought you guys might like a receipt for all of things you’ve gotten from khumptydotcom.  You know, for tax purposes.  Make your own here.

This explains alot.

From The Whitest Kids You Know.

Maybe it’s because I have a 9 month old, but I defy you not to laugh at this.

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Drink a gallon of gas, win a tank!

From Human Giant, one of the few shows on MTV that doesn’t make me want to dig my eyes out with spoons.