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LeBron, Kobe Team USA routs Yao China in opener

August 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

BEIJING (AP) — In one heartpounding minute in the first half, LeBron James dunked off a nifty underhanded feed from Dwyane Wade. Then Kobe Bryant flew in and jammed. Then…

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Citizen Journalists - GroundReport in Beijing Olympics(VIDEO)

August 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

The schedule for the Beijing Olympics seems to be right on target, with the opening ceremony kicking off as a heartbeat raising spectacle. The internet is being flooded with photo…

Chinese Children Dance for the Olympics

August 8th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

Children enjoy Latin dance at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, August 7, 2008 in celebration of the Beijing Olympic Games, which begin Friday. [Photo: cnsphoto]

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Welcome to Beijing 2008 Olympics Games

August 8th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

There were cheers, and there was applause. The Olympic torch climbed the Great Wall Thursday, the last day of China’s seven-year wait. The red Chinese national flag, with the five…

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2008-08-07 One Day to Go!

August 7th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

There is just over one day to go now before the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games here in Beijing. International and domestic media outlets are devoting massive amounts…

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SBS Barred from Covering Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

August 7th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

Korean TV station, Seoul Broadcasting Station (SBS) has been stripped of the rights to air the opening ceremony of the upcoming Beijing Olympics 2008.

This come after it had leaked…

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Google China start to support free but legal music search

August 6th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

By Jacqui Cheng

Google is taking on Baidu in China by launching its own music search site—except this one will only point users to music that is free and legal to…

Top 16 1980s Cartoon Villains

August 5th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

by David Schwartz@hecklerspray.com

Did you know that the voice of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles baddie Shredder was actually voiced by Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air?

No? Neither did…

10 shows that died thanks to college

August 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

By Ivy Sensation (Yale)

We’ve seen it happen time and time again. Our favorite shows get the axe (or start to suck majorly) as soon as the characters head off to…

Hillary Clinton’s Not for Sale

August 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

by HRCin08

HRCin08:”I STILL support Hillary Clinton for President and I believe that it is NOT too late for Hillary to win the democratic nomination. The delegates officially vote at the…

A Sex-Shop Salesgirl’s Monologue

August 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

By Arianne Cohen

My favorite customer, Marlene, first appeared at 10 a.m. on a Saturday. A youthful, 50-something firecracker in mom jeans, she marched in and scanned the shelves. “I have…

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World’s weirdest Robots: EinsteinBOT, Corpse-Eater Bot and so on

August 3rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

If you’ve seen the latest Pixar film “Wall-E,” you’re probably fuming with rage that we don’t already live in a world with adorable clean-up robots, super-cool iPod evil robots and…

Bill Clinton promises millions to help fight Aids as he travels Africa

August 2nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

Being out of office for eight years hasn’t stopped Bill Clinton from caring for the world. And to prove it the former US president was back in Africa this week…

Bladerunner’s Script remove the “Erotic Machine”

July 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

The 1982 cyberpunk cinema classic Blade Runner remains one of the most influential science fiction movies of all time, and tops many a nerd’s favorite films list.

Today on Boing Boing…

FCC: Comcast in Torrent Scandal is wrong

July 28th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

Washington — Federal regulators are set to announce this week that Comcast Corp. wrongly slowed some of its customers’ Internet traffic, in a victory for consumer groups and high-tech companies…

Saddam Hussein’s Rolls Royce sale in eBay

July 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

The maroon Corniche sports car has a price tag of £185,000 and comes with papers confirming its ownership by the tyrannical former Iraqi leader.

The top-of-the-range car boasts heated, brown leather…

Elvis Presley is ancient Roman? A statue created around 1800 years resemblance to him

July 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

With his dashing chiselled features, swept back hair and perky bouffant the resemblance is unmistakable.

But incredibly this carving of Elvis Presley was created around 1800 years before the King of…

Georgia found a 6 legs and 2 tails deer

July 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

One of the fawn’s two tails had to be amputated after the fight, during which it became separated from its mother.

Vets treating the animal say that its extra limbs are…

Nude Yoga and Dining becoming more popular in New York

July 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

About 50 diners, whose motto is “no hot soup”, regularly attend monthly naked meals held at a handful of restaurants in the city.

They are served by regular restaurant staff who,…

A lottery buyer, Spending Just ¥2, Won ¥20.56 million!

July 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Other

A lottery buyer in east China’s Jiangsu Province has won a record 20.56 million yuan (US$3 million) by spending just 2 yuan.

The 85th Super Sports Lottery had a prize pool…