Saturday, March 19, 2011
Flotsam & Jetsam
Japan Nuclear Reactor ‘Stabilizing Somewhat’
11:37PM jeff neumann | Engineers working on restoring the cooling system to Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are making progress, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. He told reporters today, “The situation there is stabilizing somewhat.” More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Some Idiot Actually Got A Charlie Sheen Tiger Blood Tattoo
9:19AM Brian Moylan | Toronto tattoo artist Andrew Ottenhof got a tattoo of Charlie Sheen wearing a tiger head. It also has the Twitter bird and a couple of hash tags. One of these days, Andrew is going to wish he could chop this off with a machete. Oh, and next time someone asks if there’s anyone stupider and crazier than Charlie Sheen, point them toward Canada. More »
Online
Get Ready For Filthy .XXX Domain Names
8:17AM Adrian Chen | ICANN, the international governing body responsible for doling out website domains, has approved the .xxx domain for porn sites. According to PC magazine, the purpose is to “carve out a portion of the Internet that will be set aside for the adult entertainment industry.” Already, over 200,000 .xxx sites have been pre-registered. Finally, a place for porn on the Internet! Oh, wait, isn’t that already the entire Internet? More »
Music
Lady Gaga Has Some Seriously Questionable Grooming Habits
8:01AM Brian Moylan | Pop music thingamajig Lady Gaga is known for her crazy outfits, but it seems like she has a thing or two to learn about her beauty regiment. She goes to sleep in her makeup every night. More »
People
Some Actors Just Get Better With Age
7:55AM Brian Moylan | Today I read with relish that Grant Show, the former Melrose Place hottie who is having a bit of a career resurgence lately, will have a role on USA’s Burn Notice. Thank god Grant is back, because he’s only gotten hotter with time. And he’s not the only one. More »
Music
SXSW: Day 2
7:45AM Nilina Mason-Campbell | Legions of green decorated the streets of Austin yesterday as day two of SXSW coincided with St. Patrick’s Day. After various parties, loft retreats and even a vegan BBQ hosted by Moby during the day, Thursday night’s big draw was a free outdoor concert by the Strokes. And in keeping in Texan fashion, the event was large in size, taking over an entire field and culminating in a fireworks display during the group’s last song. Here are some photos of yesterday’s action. More »
Print
Associated Press Drops Hyphen From "Email," Finally
6:54AM Adrian Chen | Thank ever-loving Christ: The official AP stylebook has dropped the hyphen from “email.” The AP will no longer write like your computer science teacher in 1997. Now maybe they can stop capitalizing Internet and the Web. More »
Online
HuffPo To Unpaid Writers: We Dare You To Boycott Us
6:28AM Hamilton Nolan | In your lovely Friday media column: HuffPo dares its unpaid writers to do something, James O’Keefe is a hypocrite, a magazine investor has some magazines you can invest in, Bill O’Reilly is mad, and free NYTimes.com access, for you. More »
People
Kate Middleton’s See-Through Dress Sells For $125K
5:49AM Brian Moylan | A transparent dress that princess-to-be Kate Middleton wore to a 2002 fashion show has sold at auction for about $US125,000. More »
Online