George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing

In our society, the study of language and literature is the domain of poets, novelists, and literary critics. Language is considered a decorative art, fit for entertainment and culture, but practically useless in comparison to the concrete sciences. Just look at the value of a college degree in English versus one in computer science or accounting.

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Pictures of the Craziest Urinals From Around the World

If you pissed in one of these bad boys, you would remember it for life.

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X-Ray Kiss (Picture)

Neat picture. I never really thought about bones during a kiss.

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Fake Name Generator goes FREE

Get 20,000 real looking fake identities for free in several formats -- CSV, MySQL, Excel, etc. -- instead of paying the normal $30 fee. Works great for testing databases or signing up for online sites!

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My sister is a pornstar!

A dude recognizes his sister from Bangbros!

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10 Ways Women Judge You

"So much subliminal information is conveyed in those first seconds of contact," says Carol Kauffman, Ph.D., a relationship therapist and psychology instructor at Harvard medical school. Okay, so you're on the clock. Make every second count. Below are 10 ways - in rough chronological order - a woman judges your fitness to be her proverbial daddy.

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Profilactic Aggregates Your Online Profiles

With so many social networking services on the Internet, keeping track of them can become tedious. Profilactic hopes to solve that problem by aggregating all the information you need from any social network that provides you with a URL or RSS feed.

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YouTube Takes Down Comedy Central Clips Based on DMCA Claims

I received a couple of emails from YouTube this afternoon (see below) notifying me that a third party (probably attorneys for Comedy Central) had made a DMCA request to take down Colbert Report and Daily Show clips. If you visit YouTube, all Daily Show, Colbert Report and South Park clips are now gone.

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Grid Wars 2 - A deeper version of Geometry Wars for Windows and Mac

Ever want to play Geometry Wars but didn't own an Xbox 360? Or maybe you're in love with the original but you're at class and you need that Euclidean fix right now. Enter Grid Wars 2. It initially appears to be a simple clone of Geometry Wars, but ends up being much deeper and much more fun. Download link on the page, and lots of pretty pictures!

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How many seconds old are you? - What was the day of your conception?

What was the moon like on your birthday? What egyptian month was it? And your life path number? What about your birthstone? What was the population then? How much do you really know about YOUR special day?

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