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Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Hell's Kitchen(S04E15) Even if this was the first episode of Hell's Kitchen that a viewer had seen this season, they would have understood what the players were like and what the game was about just by watching this season finale. Jen was bitchy and unreasonable,…
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Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Documentary, Episode Reviews(S03E06) After two weeks of hard core issues, it's nice to take a break and get an episode that isn't quite so divisive. I was hoping that this final 30 Days would be like the season premiere in that it showed me some things I wasn't aware…
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Filed under: OpEd, Rescue Me, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(M3) "I like a bar with a nice clean head." - Lou I'm gonna have to agree with Lou on this one. Nothing is more disgusting than walking in to a bathroom at a bar and seeing water(?) all over the floors, toilet seats with yellow stains, no toilet…
Posted 50mins 25secs ago by TV Squad.
I tried it last night and was immediately hooked. It’s a mix of strategy, hand-eye coordination, and luck, with the goal being to blow up blocks in the right order to gently lower the totem to the ground. You can play it here, but I’d advise against trying it if you actually need to get…
Posted 1hr 29mins ago by Neatorama.
Journalist Earnie Pyle used to say "There are no atheists in foxholes" … but in this case, he was wrong: Army Spc. Jeremy Hall lost his belief in God after two tours in Iraq … and is now suing the Army for discrimination: His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military…
Posted 2hrs 28mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Documentary, Reality-FreeThe cable network History -- formerly known as the History Channel (it'll always be the History Channel to me) -- has a couple of projects in the works, one of which will likely fuel both sides of the political debate as election time nears. "102…
Posted 3hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
The presidential election is like one really big reality show with one really big prize. Every move is analyzed and debated, so it should come as no surprise that Cindy McCain's new hairdo(s) caused a bit of a stir in the Buzz.The wife of presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, lowered…
Posted 4hrs 22mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Filed under: Programming, TV on DVD, OpEd, Video, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reality-FreeIt's coming. The return of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. With the season three DVD set to be released on September 9th, FX has lined up season four to premiere on Thursday, September 18th. I've gotta…
Posted 5hrs 22mins ago by TV Squad.
Just updated the HTML Helper Greasemonkey user script, which now helps you add images to your comments here on Lifehacker and our sibling blogs. No Greasemonkey? The update got rolled into version 0.3 of the Better Lifehacker Firefox extension, which includes other bug fixes as well. Download it here.…
Posted 5hrs 28mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Video, Reality-Free, Mad Men I'm not sure why anyone, at this point, hasn't seen the first episode of AMC's Mad Men yet (anyone who wants to see it, that is). The entire first season is up on iTunes, AMC reran the show after the first run, and the DVDs have been out for a couple of weeks…
Posted 5hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-FreeHere's who's on the late night shows tonight. Charlie Rose: James Baker, Warren Christopher, and Jamie Dimon The Daily Show: Ted Koppel (repeat) The Colbert Report: Paul Goldberger and Neil Degrasse Tyson (repeat)…
Posted 6hrs 1min ago by TV Squad.
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Panic provides a simple keyboard shortcut to instantly close all of your current tabs while opening a new, more appropriate one. So let's say you're at a workplace that supports reading Lifehacker (you are boosting your productivity, after all). You…
Posted 6hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Poor woolly mammoth! Twenty thousand years ago, when climate change made vegetations they eat ever scarcer, woolly mammoth had to resort to eating their own dung to stay alive (well, to stave off extinction anyhow): Many of the plants in the mammoth’s lower intestine, which the team analysed using…
Posted 6hrs 32mins ago by Neatorama.
Jason from Jailbreak Toys emailed us about their newest toy: Barack Obama action figure.
(The photo was an approval shot sent by their factory for their recent run of the Obama Action Figure - which would explain the chinese newspaper! )
Link - Thanks Jason!
Posted 6hrs 33mins ago by Neatorama.
Energy Fiend has a neat write-up of 11 drinks inspired by cartoons and video games: Link - Thanks James!
Posted 6hrs 33mins ago by Neatorama.
Freshome blog has a neat post about 17 home audio speakers that don’t only sound good … but they look good too! Well, actually I don’t know about "good" … how about "unusual"? This one above is the Woofer Speaker System by Buro Vormkrijgers. Yours for only…
Posted 6hrs 34mins ago by Neatorama.
Bizarre Magazine, to which I am an avid reader and subscriber, has tracked down Zombie Boy – the facially tattooed Montreal youth who stirred up much debate here on Neatorama regarding his sanity. Of course then the tattoo was limited to an extremely detailed facial skull but since Zombie Boy has…
Posted 6hrs 56mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free Did you know that Fine Living has new episodes of Emeril Live every night at 7? At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by new episodes of I Survived A Japanese Game Show and Primetime: The Outsiders. FOX has a new Moment of Truth (I thought…
Posted 6hrs 59mins ago by TV Squad.
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A Google Maps application leads to mystery and intrigue. From The Vacationeers, the guys who brought you the video Google Maps. -Thanks, Andy!
Posted 7hrs ago by Neatorama.
Windows/Mac only: Free, open-source application Cabos is a peer-to-peer file sharing application with an emphasis on minimalism. That means that unlike other popular P2P apps that run on the Gnutella network like LimeWire or previously mentioned FrostWire, Cabos is completely stripped down and bloat…
Posted 7hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
There are monuments to women you’ve never heard of scattered around the world. In Greece, you’ll find a monument to a village of women and children who committed suicide rather than be captured by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. Another, in Ottawa, commemorates the five women who sparked…
Posted 7hrs 7mins ago by Neatorama.
A couple of dozen octopuses at aquariums around Europe have been given Rubik’s cubes to play with. It’s not to find out of they can solve them (although it would be SO cool if they did), but to see if the animals favor one arm (or two) over the others. Visitors will be asked to observe which…
Posted 7hrs 9mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Web, Interviews, The Office, Celebrities, Reality-FreeAh, summertime. The heat, the haze, the traffic, the lack of The Office; what's not to hate? Luckily, the brilliant folks behind The Office have been busy figuring out ways to tide us over until the fall. Starting Thursday, July 10,…
Posted 7hrs 22mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Reality-FreeIf I were to sit down and think about it, I would guess that I've watched five or six hours of television every single day since 1970. Now, that might seem like an outlandish number to many people. After all, didn't I go to school and later work?…
Posted 8hrs 1min ago by TV Squad.
These days most of our portable devices can be charged by either plugging into the wall or plugging into your computer via a USB cable. Sure you can buy a separate car charger to power each device through your cigarette lighter, but they're not cheap and you need a different one for each device. This…
Posted 8hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Anybody who's ever had a mom knows what it's like to wear gobs and gobs of sunscreen: Sticky but (we're told) necessary. However, a new study reveals that many sunscreens fail to work as advertised. Was Mom wrong all along? An article from LiveScience breaks it down. According to the Enviormental Working…
Posted 8hrs 12mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Filed under: TV Royalty, Programming, Rescue Me, Casting, Emmys, Reality-FreeWith Rescue Me's fifth season finally (kinda, sorta) getting closer, we're getting more and more news about what's in store for Tommy and the gang. In addition to the minisodes, we've also got some exciting potential casting…
Posted 9hrs 1min ago by TV Squad.
Windows only: Donationware application Iconoid reduces screen clutter and gives you more control over your desktop icons' appearance and arrangement. With Iconoid installed, you can automatically hide your desktop icons and taskbar with a click of a button. Choose a custom background color for your…
Posted 9hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Writer Kevin Kelly is making a list of technologists who have dropped out of certain kinds of tech completely—like email, cell phones, or the web. He's got two so far, and the best quote comes from Donald Knuth, author of The Art of Computer Programming, who hasn't used email since 1990. Knuth…
Posted 9hrs 3mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Interviews, Monk, Reality-FreeThere are two things you may or may not believe about Monk. One is the fact that it is now entering its seventh season on USA Network (season premiere on Friday, July 18th). The other is that the series will be celebrating its 100th episode this year, making…
Posted 9hrs 41mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: Retro Squad, Reality-Free, CheersOne of our writers, Bob Sassone, introduced me to Ken Levine's blog a couple of years ago. Within a couple of weeks I had his RSS feed in my "Must Always Read" category, and there it remains.If you don't know who Ken Levine is, if you're any sort of fan…
Posted 9hrs 58mins ago by TV Squad.
Windows only: Freeware application Pictomio is an advanced photo and video viewer with an emphasis on supplementing your image viewing experience with a strong dose of eye candy. When you first run Pictomio you'll notice a couple of things: First, it's a beautiful image viewer, packed with several ways…
Posted 10hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Firefox only: Our favorite bookmark syncing Firefox extension, Foxmarks, can now sync select sets of bookmarks to certain computers you set up, like at home or at the office. To get started with selective syncing in Foxmarks, log onto My Foxmarks with your usual login, and in the Tools menu, choose…
Posted 10hrs 3mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, OpEd, The Apprentice, SurvivorExecutive television producer Mark Burnett is being sued by his former business partner Conrad Riggs for $70 million. Burnett, a British television producer, is best known for kick-starting the reality television genre in the…
Posted 10hrs 21mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, OpEd, Reality-FreeThere's a long-running joke around our house about the Hallmark channel. Whenever anyone surfs by it long enough to hear a wispy theme song, someone will invariably drop to their knees, lightly press the back of their hand to their forehead,…
Posted 10hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), CastingHamster watchers ready? The Big Brother 10 houseguests are now in the house and the official website is up and running. Of course, the show itself won't start until Sunday, but the hype is on now.Executive producer Allison Grodner has promised us more diversity…
Posted 11hrs 21mins ago by TV Squad.
Searching for definitions online has long been a quick and dirty method to finding meaning. It's tempting, though, to read something deeper into the seemingly random patterns of "define." For instance, questions about "define nursing paradigms" likely stem from an educational assignment, but is there…
Posted 11hrs 25mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Filed under: Industry, Daytime, Game Show, Ratings, Reality-FreeDrew Carey and company recently wrapped up shooting Season 36 of The Price is Right -- Drew had pizzas delivered to the studio from his favorite place in Cleveland -- but when the crew comes back to tape Season 37 in a few weeks, they're…
Posted 11hrs 43mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-FreeIn a move that should surprise nobody, Ashley Dupré is developing a reality television show. For those with short memory, she is the singer/prostitute who was involved in the scandal that brought down New York ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer.According to…
Posted 11hrs 59mins ago by TV Squad.
Millions of homes have an Xbox 360 sitting in the living room, but if you're only using your 360 to game, you're missing out. With some free tools and a little elbow grease, that compact, networked PC sitting under your television can offer a whole lot of useful media functionality. The fact is, your…
Posted 12hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Super Skank Wednesday, CelebrealityWhat do you do if you're dad is a wrestling icon, your mom is a cougar dating a man the same age as you, and your little brother is in jail for reckless driving? You get your own reality show, of course.…
Posted 12hrs 20mins ago by TV Squad.
If a timeline is the best way to display the data you have on hand, turn to interactive web application Timetoast. Once you create your timeline, viewers can click on date points to see what is significant about the event. From there they can expand the entry to see pictures and additional information.…
Posted 12hrs 27mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Video, Web, HeroesBy the time Heroes kicks off season three, babies will have been born that were conceived after the season two finale but arrived in time for the season three premiere. That's a long wait by anyone's standards. Anyone except David Chase anyway. It's not as bad as all that…
Posted 12hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
Linux only: The latest release of Ubuntu Tweak, a custom-configuring app we've posted about before, makes it even easier to quickly set up an Ubuntu system with the options, looks, and now software you really want. The app's 0.3.2 release includes a compendium of third-party software—such as the…
Posted 12hrs 54mins ago by Lifehacker.
Windows only: Portable application NFReader is a no-frills feed reader that fits on your thumb drive. Even though it eschews a wide feature set in favor of a tiny footprint and minimalist interface, NFReader has the basics covered. Import your subscription list via OPML files or manually add feeds in…
Posted 13hrs 32mins ago by Lifehacker.
The frequency with which we use certain words can often serve as an interesting glimpse into our values, our interests, and our priorities. Perhaps it’s with this rationale that Capitol Words was born. Capitol Words is a simple website that displays the word that was most often used in the congressional…
Posted 13hrs 59mins ago by Neatorama.
Windows 2000/XP/2003 only: Free file recovery utility Partition Drive and Mount could be a real panic-reducer for anyone realizing too late that they really needed that file or folder from a just-removed partition. The app scans your hard drive and finds every hint of partitions it can, whether one…
Posted 14hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Windows Mobile/CE/Smart phones: Wrangle files on your handheld with the portable version of popular Explorer replacement Total Commander. Bringing the increased functionality to Windows Mobile devices and smart phones that it brought to desktop users, Total Commander makes manipulating your files and…
Posted 14hrs 32mins ago by Lifehacker.
Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's This American Life, knows a thing or two about turning the creative process into a polished, finished product—but he also remembers turning out work he didn't necessarily want to put his stamp on. This video, part of an interview series on story telling,…
Posted 15hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
From the files of the Maybe New To You Dept.: While Firefox 3 should be a bit less crash-prone than its predecessor, it isn't bulletproof. Type about:crashes into Firefox's address bar, and you can see a list of your browser crashes, when they happened, and click on them to get details of what happened.…
Posted 15hrs 32mins ago by Lifehacker.
Photo: Bill Eichenlaub / National Park Service That’s the o’opu hue spotted puffer (Arothron meleagris), a fiash in the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in beautiful Hawaii. Yay! It’s time for Neatorama and Hobotopia’s Caption Monkey game! Funniest caption will win a…
Posted 15hrs 43mins ago by Neatorama.
Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox or IE7): PassPack, an online manager for both your computer and web site passwords we've previously mentioned, has created an offline version using Google's Gears add-on. That alone makes PassPack a more useful tool, but you can also download PassPack onto multiple computers,…
Posted 16hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Editor: We asked self-described social media junkie Steve Rubel for his tips on how to participate in online social sites like Twitter and FriendFeed without losing your entire workday. Here's what he said. Social media is the equivalent of digital food. It's nourishing, tasty and, for many of us, necessary.…
Posted 17hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
In the ongoing $1 billion legal lawsuit between YouTube and Viacom, a federal judge has recently ordered Google to turn over records of all users and videos ever viewed on YouTube. Privacy concern aside, that’s 12 terabytes of data. Well, it sounds enormous … but what exactly does 12 terabytes-worth…
Posted 20hrs 13mins ago by Neatorama.
Move over fat and obnoxious American tourists … according to a new survey by Expedia.fr, the most obnoxious tourists from the Western world are … the French! … the study also describes the voyageur français as often unwilling or unable to communicate in foreign languages, and…
Posted 21hrs 43mins ago by Neatorama.
This is pretty neat: a kinetic sculpture (of steel balls on strings) at the BMW museum. Worth a look-see (it gets good at around 0:50): Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Renata Foucre!
Posted 21hrs 45mins ago by Neatorama.
Officials in Musiri, a remote town in Tamil Nadu, India, came up with a novel scheme to get people to stop urinating on the street: pay them to use the public toilet! Dozens of people are queuing up to use toilets in Musiri, a remote town in Tamil Nadu state, where authorities are succeeding in keeping…
Posted 21hrs 45mins ago by Neatorama.
Photo: weegeebored [Flickr]
This sign in the streets of Lambeth, London, UK warns iPod users of giant street robbers targeting their music player!
Posted 21hrs 46mins ago by Neatorama.
Windows only: Freeware application HeavyLoad tests your computer's performance under pressure by maxing out your CPU usage and eating up memory. If neither your computer nor HeavyLoad crash, the idea is that your computer fared well. There is no report after you run the test, and you can keep it running…
Posted 1 day 5hrs ago by Lifehacker.
At a time when technology keeps shortening words to four letters or fewer, are dictionaries still meaningful? You betcha. Even when school's out (for most), searches for dictionaries are up 14% compared to this same period last year. Throw in foreign language look-ups, and the need to know goes up…
Posted 1 day 5hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Philologists, rejoice. Wordsmiths worked themselves up in a lexical lather after Merriam-Webster recently added more than 100 new words. Now their wordly obsessions can reach a new level with Scrabble's new online game. Or will they? Hold your Qs and Js... isn't there already a fabulous, albeit contentious,…
Posted 1 day 5hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Mac OS X only: Free, open-source tool Precipitate indexes your Google Docs and Google Bookmarks, making them searchable from either Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac. Precipitate provides full search on the entire content of your Google Docs documents, while on Google Bookmarks Precipitate only indexes…
Posted 1 day 6hrs ago by Lifehacker.
If you're signed into your Gmail account from several computers at once, a note at the bottom of your inbox will tell you that, Google announces. Gmail's new Remote Signout and Info feature is getting rolled out to Gmail accounts slowly, and will display the IP addresses of all the computers where you're…
Posted 1 day 6hrs ago by Lifehacker.
The beta My Yahoo start page is going public and rolling out to all users starting today, ReadWriteWeb reports. The new version of the popular start page includes more content module choices and features, and a drag and drop interface. Check it out here.
Posted 1 day 6hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Last week we introduced you to Dropbox, a freeware application that instantaneously syncs files between computers and backs them up online through the Dropbox web interface. The Dropbox iGoogle gadget provides quick access to any of your Dropbox files through the comfort and convenience of your iGoogle…
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Lifehacker.
What better way to wile away your workday than by calculating exactly how long you'll have to work at all? Tutorial site wikiHow puts together a step-by-step on how to calculate exactly how much money you'll need to retire, based on your current income, age, and cost of living (and lifestyle expectations).…
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Lifehacker.
When is a car not just a car? Two specific examples come to mind. First, when it's (partially) powered by solar panels. And second, when the voice of KITT from Knight Rider spews directions.The Toyota Prius, already the poster-car for eco-friendly driving, may be planning a model with solar panels.…
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
What iPod dock stands out among all the crap?What's a good 1TB external storage drive that handles its own RAID?Any good software to make a quick and simple animation?What do I need to know when building my first computer?What's the best uninstaller software for Windows?
Posted 1 day 8hrs ago by Lifehacker.
You might know the name Cabrini – Cabrini-Green in Chicago is pretty infamous for being a rough public housing development. I’m sure the development’s namesake, Frances Xavier Cabrini, AKA Mother Cabrini, would be pretty disheartened to know this if she were still around today. Today is…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
Tech writer Michael Arrington wishes everyone would stop using voicemail because it takes too much time to listen to a message (versus reading it), and checking traditional voicemail is outside of a computer-based workflow. Arrington goes as far as to avoid voicemail completely—he let his voicemail…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Lifehacker.
New web service PostalMethods lets you send snail mail without touching a piece of paper. Email your letter to PostalMethods, and it will print, collate, envelope, stamp, and mail it for you. There's a free trial, but actually getting your stuff mailed will cost you. We haven't tried PostalMethods ourselves…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Lifehacker.
(YouTube link) Improv Everywhere recruited 16 sets of identical twins for their latest project. Twice, they loaded the twins onto a subway train for a performance. Eight sets participated in the first outing, ten in the second, which is the one in the video. Get more details and see lots of photos at…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
What is it about bacon that is so awesome and why do Americans love bacon? Sarah Hepola wrote this interesting Salon article about some possible reasons for bacon mania: Sarah Katherine Lewis recently wrote a book called "Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me." It’s…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
We’ve seen examples of people putting Wiimote in unusual places (like the WiiSpray), but this is different: Ausome Candies [pdf] has put a candy dispenser into a Wiimote! Okay, okay, it’s a candy dispenser that looks like a Wiimote, but that’s close enough: Link - Thanks Damon!
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
Windows only: Freeware application 360desktop turns your Windows desktop into a 360-degree virtual desktop. Using the application's unobtrusive slider, 360desktop scrolls around a cylindrical, widget-enabled desktop until it returns back to the start. As you can see in the video, some of the application's…
Posted 1 day 10hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Doctor Who fans will get a kick out of today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. In the 45