This is footage of the “Star Pass Pool Party,” a huge pool party that is a tradition at my school (The University of Arizona). Some guy tries to man-handle his girlfriend in front of 3,000 or more college students, it doesn’t turn out pretty.

Gmail Custom Time lets users send emails with a custom date in the past, putting it in the recipients inbox at the old date.

A U.S.-based company that has controversially laid claim to nearly all of the Arctic Ocean’s undersea oil said Thursday that new geological data suggests a “potentially vast” petroleum resource of 400 billion barrels.

Introducing Gmail Custom Time.Be on time. Every time.”I used to be an honest person; but now I don’t have to be. It’s just so much easier this way. I’ve gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the ‘right’ thing.”Todd J., Investment Banker

Damn you 4/1/08, you have taken away my one and only love.

A lot of government money is currently going into alternative energy, and new eco-friendly car models are coming out all the time. I just hope that some of these models look a little bit less like the male genitalia. Sure, America wants to save the environment, but what’s the point if we’re all going to all look like dicks

How long you live, whether you win or lose cancer lotto or Parkinson’s bingo, have little to do, says Michael Kinsley, with life’s other successes… more

Death of the author: you fall out of print, move to a book dealer’s website, or a grad student does a thesis on you. Finally, a last reader will turn the last page… more

Fire is not like other forces of nature - glaciers or hurricanes. Its history and ours are intertwined. We did not invent fire: we seized it from nature… more

No explanation needed.

Move over “Cheeseburger-eating Hasselhoff“, there’s a new drunk in town! What happens when you take the classic 1999 Jeff Goldblum iMac commercial and slow it down about 30 percent? You get a hilarious piece of footage capable of taking Goldblum’s kids away in any future custody battle!

AprilFoolsDayOnTheWeb.com - The most complete listing of April Fools’ Day Jokes that Web Sites have run each year from 2004 all the way up to today. Bookmark this site so you don’t get fooled online this year!

Do not look for clarity in the Texas Democratic delegate scramble any time soon.

Might the Republicans want to drink until 4 a.m. at their convention in St. Paul in the summer? Some legislators there think so.

Click on any “Featured Videos”. When will the insanity stop?

Hillary Rodham Clinton may be on a first-name basis with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards these days, but at heart, she confessed to reporters, she is still very much a fan.

A practical economics essay-paper joke on a Teaching Assistant.

Due to the new copyright legislation that are going to take effect from today we had to move all of the system outside of Europe…

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard answers questions and takes comments about endorsements, Reverend Wright, and the Florida and Michigan primaries.

Many people had feared that George Lucas’ involvement in the new Indiana Jones would mean another spate of greenscreen craziness, along the lines of the three Star Wars prequels. But Dyas says:There really wasn’t much CGI. We built all the sets… We built all of the [moving stone staircases, converging stone pillars and other pieces]…

‘I am running for reelection to the Senate to bring that change and to build on my achievements of the last few years to continue to deliver for our state,’ Senator Frank R. Lautenberg said at a rally Monday in Trenton.

Al Gore implies that he’s not interested in brokering the Democratic National Convention and instead focuses on a new climate change initiative.

We are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us, its citizens, the freedom of speech. I have chosen to put up a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to represent the discourse between people of all different beliefs.

Here’s a brief Q&A on some of the questions public speakers need to consider, like: Should I write out my speech? and Should I use PowerPoint? and some good answers, some by Communication Prof Steven Beebe and some from Linda Blackman who runs an execu…

Sony BMG has been caught using pirated Windows administration software. It’s an embarrassing development for a company that has fought so hard to keep its own content from being pirated.

When the Perents Have Gone out

So last week Deutsche Telekom, owners of the global T-Mobile brand, sent Engadget a late birthday present: a hand-delivered letter from their German legal department requesting the prompt discontinuation of the use of the color magenta on Engadget Mobile. Yep, seriously.

Police in Ohio say that a married father of three has confessed to repeatedly having sex with his patio picnic table. Is that really all he could find?

Driving in to work this morning, I was stunned that local radio host Chris Plante on Washinton, D.C.’s WMAL invited his listeners to have an open and honest discussion on race. What with all the excitement generated by Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) “seminal” speech — remarks that my friend Chris Matthews has labeled as being [...]

Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive,” from Portal, is this week’s Rock Band DLC. Also, it’s free, so you can have your, er, cake, and eat it too!

Wow. Can this company be any more evil? “It looks like Comcast is degrading the quality of some HD channels in order to make room for more channels. So far the Comcast channels receiving extra compression are: Discovery Channel, SciFi, USA, Food, NatGeo, UHD, A&E, HGTV, Starz, Cinemax, HBO, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery HD Theater, and History HD.

Since zinc has soared in value, producing a penny now costs about 1.7 cents. Since the Mint currently manufactures more than seven billion pennies a year and “sells” them to the Federal Reserve at their face value, the Treasury incurs an annual penny deficit of about fifty million dollars—referred to as “negative seigniorage.”

I finally understand why Hillary Clinton is obsessed with health insurance mandates. As a blog over at the Baltimore Sun is reporting, the Clinton campaign failed to pay its health insurance premiums for months, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to its providers.
The deadbeat campaign is nearly $9 million in debt. It’s [...]

Get ready to laugh your head off at the nerve and the stupidity. April Fools day shenanagans

Good for Barack Obama.
Late last week, from prominent Obama supporters, there was a drumbeat of calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. Bill Richardson, Patrick Leahy, Chris Dodd, Dick Durbin and others all chimed in with the same chant: He’s ahead. She can’t win. She’s only hurting the party. She should drop [...]

The Republican candidate is concerned about demands by an Iraqi insurgent leader

Clinton has made her plan for universal health care a centerpiece of her agenda. However, Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out.

In today’s media Tower of Babel, the only way to prosper is to get noticed, to be heard above the din. Somehow. It’s the very best way to get to the front of TV’s Clamoring Class. From there it’s a direct link to those coveted (and obscenely lucrative) speaking engagements.
James Carville is a poster boy [...]

Yes, I am a harsh critic of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). Yes, there are many who would love to see her out of the race today. However, let us back up and look at it from her perspective.
Whether we admit it or not, she has done a pretty good job of making Sen. Barack [...]

By Dan Calabrese/As Hillary Clinton came under increasing scrutiny for her story about facing sniper fire in Bosnia, one question that arose was whether she has engaged in a pattern of lying. The now-retired general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Hillary when she worked on the Watergate …

Barack Obama will pick up another superdelegate’s vote when Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota formally endorses him today.

Congress reopens for business today after an extended two-week break and lawmakers will already be thinking about home – the homes of their constituents, that is.

It seems as if Creative really messed up this weekend condemning the actions of Daniel_k. Is this the start of a customer revolt?Also, a post from Newegg that could quite possibly be commenting on the situation.

sometimes its better not to forgive

The 2007 Anime Expo at Long Beach was held last year. Why, then, has it taken until now for this amazing Midna cosplay photo to end up on my desk? You know what, forget it, I don’t want to hear your pathetic excuses. Do not fail me again, internet.

As in to keep a low profile. Remaining opportunistic while those without foresight jump without looking and mostly fail and settle for less, in reference to business ventures, sex, and and all things green.

"How you living papi?…"
"…You know honey, I stay shy."

"Look man these Enron cats be climbin in leaps and bounds…"
"…Listen kid, sit tight and stay shy cause dem boys is twisted"

Most in the United States don’t know much about the Middle East or the people that live there. This lack of knowledge hurts our ability to understand world events and, consequently, our ability to hold intelligent opinions about those events. So here’s a very brief primer aimed at raising the level of knowledge about the region.

As a waitress in a posh restaurant, she was ally, authority, and confidante for her customers - all within 30 seconds… more

Migrant women make a choice to take their chances abroad. They are not passive victims, even if they choose to work in the sex industry… more

He was not just a director of epics. What excited David Lean was a change of scale: matchstick to ball of fire, catastrophe to teacups, great expectations to small wonders… more

Title says it all.. Indeed.

When his friends got suspended from school sports because of photos showing them drinking from red cups, Dustin Zebro decided to mount a protest of sorts: he invited scores of kids to a kegger party, which got busted by the cops. But the kids got the last laugh, and here’s why:

This game just sucks so bad. “Welcome to Snowball!, The Plain Dealer’s online game where you’re the grounds crew and snow threatens the Cleveland Indians’ home opener. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard or the buttons on the game to move the tarp out as low clouds bring snow, and back in again as the snow goes away.”

Creative has hit a all time low! They have failed to provide good Vista drivers, and told Daniel_K to stop making his working Vista drivers. Consumers are enraged… Sign the petition, post your thoughts, fight back, and tell creative they are not as awesome as they think they are. Its time to stop this monopoly!

More Tangled Awesomeness

Circuit City caused $12,119 worth of damage to a Honda Civic with 800 miles on the odometer while trying to install a Pioneer AVIC Z2 navigation system. Honda later declared the car a fire hazard and told the owner it was unsafe to drive.

The true story of a devoted Akita dog from Tokyo named Hachiko, who waited at the train station for his deceased owner every night for 10 years until his death.

VIDEO — President Bush delivered the first pitch tonight at the new Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. to a resounding chorus of boos. After being announced, Bush was showered by boos as he strode to the mound. Even after delivering the pitch, the jeering did not let up until Bush disappeared from the field.

A 7 year old with cancer was robbed of his bag, containing his PSP, medication, and homework, on the day before his birthday, while on his way to chemotherapy. Its times like this where I hate the world.

You’ll find more than 10 titles in the updated list of Top 10 Reference Works for Writers and Editors. I can count, but I can’t always make up my mind.

The…

I ran across this and loved it although it did make me wish the little fellow wasn’t locked up in a glass cage.

Title says it all.. really..

The Pennsylvania Governor supports one way to break the Obama/Clinton deadlock

is this getting old yet?

Today’s Gallup tracking poll puts the Democratic nomination race at Barack Obama 52%, Hillary Rodham Clinton 42%. That’s his largest lead of the year, Gallup says. “The latest results are based on Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted March 27-29.

Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco. Often referred to as “The Lost City of the Incas”, Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire.

“These executives crossed the line to boost their bottom line. We should be reprimanding them, not rewarding them. Rewarding their bad behavior just encourages others to pursue the same kinds of irresponsible practices that led us into this financial mess in the first place.”

And we go round and round, looking for a way out..

It appears Bush forgot to turn a light off in the Oval Office.

Amazing figure/ground illusion molded in columns!

Women in Copenhagen can now swim and walk around in public pools without their bikini tops

Here’s a clever piece on public speaking for politicians or anyone else.http://tcbdevito.blogspot.com

Armstrong Williams believes that Barack Obama should be blamed for choosing to attend Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s congregation.

Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to re-invent the prosthetic arm. IEEE Spectrum caught up with Kamen and one of his “test pilots,” to see the robotic arm (named after Luke Skywalker’s articficial limb) in action.

An academic work passed off as scholarly yet researched entirely on Wikipedia.

"An A on my English paper? That’s a fine piece of Wikidemia!’

In an effort to raise awareness of EA’s new QUESTIONABLE policy of charging EXTRA MONEY for GUNS in a FIRST PERSON SHOOTER, Sarcastic Gamer presents a twisted version of the game trailer that more accurately reflects this blooming trend. They are organizing a boycott of BF: BC.

The shoes are size 13-1/2.

It appears that the most popular rick-roll on youtube is gone! Check it out, it’s the first link on the page. How can we avert this national disaster?

Obama landed a lead of nine delegates to the national convention thanks to Texas’ caucuses, upheld in today’s county conventions. Despite the Clinton campaign’s widespread attempts to prevent many Texans from participating in their district convention, the voters of Texas confirmed Senator Obama’s important delegate win in the Lone Star State.

Switzerland: a small country with a skilled workforce, booming exports, and enormous prosperity has become the envy of Europe… more

J.S. Mill’s idea of freedom did not imply that truths are equal, but rather that truth is arrived at in the clash of ideas, in open debate… more

Could you fall in love with someone who had never heard of, say, Chekhov, or Joyce? For most people, Rachel Donadio argues, love conquers literary taste… more

As of tomorrow, Sunday, March 30′th, the long awaited project iPhone PWNED will be available to the public! - it’s what we’ve seen on YouTube and many of us have disbelieved. However, it is real and allows for custom unsigned firmware to be flashed on to the iPhone.

There are tens of millions of sites to visit. Not forgetting telegraph.co.uk, here are the only ones you actually need.

Why do women wear high heels? Why are soft drinks in round containers while milk cartons are rectangular? And why did kamikaze pilots bother with helmets? Here, ROBERT H FRANK uses economics to explain the weird and wonderful situations we encounter in everyday life

It looks like Nintendo has taken a turn for the worse as they are now threatening to shut down several gaming fan sites for copyright infringement.

Boycott Creative! We’re not gonna take it anymore! Free Daniel_K.

Republican Party in Texass passes a resolution involving stripping the Church of Scientologies Tax Exempt status in the State of Texas.

Over the course of her career, photojournalist Robin Bowman has worked for People magazine, traveled to dozens of countries and negotiated countless difficult situations, including the conflicts in Darfur and Bosnia.

In a stunning move, the Clintons have released the first page of their 2006 tax returns. The returns reveal capital gains income, wages, farm income, and even alimony payments. The returns also list 3 dependents.

Obama wants his opponent to stay in, despite calls for a withdrawal from his surrogates

As the sixth year of the Iraq war begins and the Hill gears up for testimony from General David Petraeus, the Sunday talk shows focus on foreign policy focus.

Fuck the big cold-hearted media! THIS is how you really report a story. This Iraqi blogger is right in the middle of everything and constantly updating his Blog. He describes the fights, how the U.S. army is responding and what the local people think. Plus he’s connecting all The latest happenings in a way you won’t hear from CNN, BBC and Fox!

In remarks last week, Senator John McCain offered an olive branch to Europe, but for Russia, he was flinging rocks.

Former The A-Team star Mr. T once stunned a sick child’s family by bringing him out of a coma - after doctors begged the actor for help.