Thursday, July 7, 2011

PepsiCo Is The Only Thing Keeping Poor People Alive

11:34PM Hamilton Nolan | The only thing standing between impoverished rural Indians and total physical collapse is the good will of international sugar-water conglomerate PepsiCo, which soon hopes to be making $US30 billion a year by selling “good for you” products to people so desperate that they will turn to PepsiCo to find something good for them. More »

When To Freak Out About A Hacker Attack

9:30PM Adrian Chen | Recently, it seems every day brings dire news of a new data breach perpetrated by shadowy hackers. For those prone to panic, it might be enough to end in a hospital visit. But there’s no need to freak out about every single attack reported by a hacker-obsessed media. More »

Snooki Is Humping Potted Plants Now

7:28PM Matt Cherette | Here’s a video that TMZ obtained of a drunk-as-hell Snooki dancing with/humping a giant potted plant outside of a bar last Saturday in Seaside Heights, where she and the rest of the Jersey Shore cast are currently filming the show’s fifth season. More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Phone Hacker ‘Targeted’ Dead Soldiers’ Families

7:03PM jeff neumann | The Telegraph reports that News of the World phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire also has private information about families of dead British soldiers among his other creepy files. Oh, it just keeps getting worse.

Here’s A Video Of People Falling Down On The Last US Wipeout

5:48PM Matt Cherette | Wipeout is a game show on US ABC in which contestants tackle “the world’s largest obstacle course” in the hopes of escaping with $US50,000. More often than not, though, they leave with nothing but bumps and bruises. More »

Scientology’s In-Flight Magazine Seeks ‘Investigative Reporter’

5:05PM Seth Abramovitch | The media job market is the pits right now, there’s no doubt about that, but there are jobs out there – you just have to know where to look! For example, JournalismJobs.com is currently listing this plum magazine assignment for any seasoned reporter: More »

Famous Food Is The Next Reality Television Trainwreck

3:41PM Matt Cherette | What do you get when you take Heidi Montag and Ashley Dupre, combine them with former Real Housewife Danielle Staub, mix in Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, and top it off with a dash of Three 6 Mafia? More »

Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)”

2:15PM Jess McGuire | Triple J’s Zan Rowe has been posting links to some great tracks on Twitter lately – this isn’t surprising or anything, the lady clearly knows her stuff but I just thought it was worth acknowledging – and this is one of them. It’s the new (and very impressive) video clip for Gotye’s song “Somebody That I Used To Know”. It features a guest appearance from indie-pop sensation Kimbra… oh, and did I mention they both get nakey? Don’t worry, it’s very artistic. More »

Fatty Foods Get You High

12:32PM Max Read | Fatty foods, new research indicates, have affect your brain in a similar way to marijuana, activating brain chemcials called endocannabinoids that “produce a drug-like feeling”. This feeling – like marijuana! – then encourages you to eat more fatty foods, of course. More »

YouTube Clip Of The Day

9:16AM Jess McGuire | Here is a video of a cat who enjoys being vacuumed. I don’t know how you can train your pet to dig the sensation of having excess fur hoovered off them using an extremely noisy machine, but I want in on this. More »