Unlikely Hero" - History Will Be Made | 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs Commercial. Home. Liberum veto. Breakup Notifier | Dan Loewenherz. Introduction This is the story of Breakup Notifier: when I made it, what the inspiration was, how I handled it, and anything else that might be relevant.
I’m writing this not only because a lot of people asked me to, but also for myself. The past month has been a little out of this world, and there’s a ton of stuff that’s been sitting in my head just waiting to be jotted down on paper (or in this case, Vim). On another note, I still can’t get over that Breakup Notifier was on Jay Leno a few nights ago (skip to 8:42 on the monologue). So I’m going to go into as much detail as I possibly can. Thursday Unique Visitors: 0 It was a pretty normal night. So there was this great guy who they thought was a great match for her. This was a problem just itching for a solution. Friday Here’s the first chat I had where I talked about the idea. I had enough feedback to actually build something.
In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to get some more feedback from some other friends. Into Saturday Sunday. Copyright troll Righthaven achieves spectacular "fair use" loss. Whoops—in its bid to sue hundreds of bloggers, commentors, and website operators from posting even a few sentences from newspaper stories, the copyright zealots at Righthaven have just scored an own goal.
Last Friday, a federal judge ruled in one of the company's many lawsuits, saying that even the complete republication of copyrighted newspaper content can be "fair use. " Righthaven has achieved national notoriety for its business model, which involves scouring the Web—including tiny blogs and nonprofits—for Las Vegas Review Journal and other newspaper stories. When it finds a match, Righthaven licenses the copyright from the cooperating newspaper and sues the article poster without warning for statutory damages of up to $150,000.
In addition, it routinely demands that the poster's domain name be transferred to Righthaven. But federal judges have tremendous power over their cases, and on November 15, 2010, federal judge James Mahan on his own initiative issued a terse order. Penthouse launches first 3D porn channel in Europe - Xkcd. Matt Cooke Elbows Ryan McDonagh. New Hampshire Police Charge Man With 'Wiretapping' Because He Made A Phone Call During Traffic Stop. Made in America: small businesses buck the offshoring trend. In early 2010, somewhere high above the northern hemisphere, Mark Krywko decided he’d had enough. The CEO of Sleek Audio, a purveyor of high-end earphones, Krywko was flying home to Florida after yet another frustrating visit to Dongguan, China, where a contract factory assembled the majority of his company’s products.
He and his son, Jason, Sleek Audio’s cofounder, made the long trip every few months to troubleshoot quality flaws. Every time the Krywkos visited Dongguan, their Chinese partners assured them everything was under control. Those promises almost always proved empty. As he whiled away the airborne hours, Krywko made a mental list of all the manufacturing glitches that had nearly wrecked his company. One reason for abandoning China is quality: Some products are too flawed to sell. The headaches had finally become too exasperating to bear. Jason had been thinking the same thing. For US firms, the decision to manufacture overseas has long seemed a no-brainer.
Man accidentally stabbed to death by cockfighting bird - Updated 2011-02-08 12:13 PM This 2007 photograph shows rooster raised for cockfighting in Livingston, La. A California man has died after being accidentally stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade attached to a rooster at an apparent cockfighting match, the Bakersfield Californian reports. Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, died Sunday at a regional hospital of a cut to a right calf, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Department.
Ochoa and others initially fled after Tulare County deputies raided the site of the alleged cockfight near the county line. Officers found five dead roosters, but did not initially issue any citations or make any arrests, the newspaper says. Congressman Chris Lee Resigns After Shirtless Photo Posted on Internet. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy Rep.
Christopher Lee, R-N.Y., abruptly resigned from the House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon after a report emerged that he had sent flirtatious e-mails, including one with a bare-chested photo of himself, to a woman he met on Craigslist. Lee is married and has a young child. "It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Western New York. "The challenges we face in Western New York and across the country are too serious for me to allow this distraction to continue, and so I am announcing that I have resigned my seat in Congress effective immediately.
" On Wednesday, the gossip website Gawker posted a story that included the e-mails allegedly exchanged between Lee and the unnamed woman. In the exchange that followed, Lee reportedly sent the woman an e-mail including a photo of Lee with his shirt off, flexing his arms and chest. Gawker.com says Rep. NFL's greed opens door for American pastime - NFL. If you thought Jerry Jones and the National Football League were unmatched in their Texas-sized hubris, well, along came the lawyers and plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Dallas Cowboys owner and the league for Sunday's Super Bowl seating fiasco.
I'll see your greed and raise you a retainer fee. Gee, who to root for here? The billionaire owner and multibillion dollar corporation that was so eager to set the all-time Super Bowl attendance record that it tried to stuff fans into every nook, cranny and unsafe location of the massive Cowboys Stadium? Or ticket holders, some of whom got stuck watching the game on television or in standing room only areas and aren't satisfied with the league's pretty reasonable make-good offer? Then there are others who paid six-figure personal seat licenses to the Cowboys and are upset their bonus Super Bowl seats didn't face the Jumbotron. Together the aggrieved filed a $5 million suit on Tuesday. That is unfortunate. The NFL screwed up.
Ex-C.I.A. Agent Goes Public With Story of Mistreatment on the Job. Mubarak’s Fall Prompts Double Takes - The TV Watch. And when the end came on Friday, it was peaceful and so abrupt that American television put on its own kind of five-second delay. All the cable news channels were focused on Cairo from early morning; broadcast networks interrupted their regular programming to go live to Cairo when the news hit. But it wasn’t until the crowds on the streets of the city went berserk that viewers could be sure that they had heard right.
CNN’s instantaneous translator was so stunned as he took in Vice President ’s words that he faltered and repeated President Hosni Mubarak’s name three times. Some anchors seemed uncertain about what had just happened. A puzzled Richard Lui of MSNBC turned to the correspondent Richard Engel in Cairo and asked him what he could “glean” from Mr. There was no hesitation on the English-language service of , which covered the uprising 24 hours a day and provided an up-close, almost personal experience of populist revolt. Calling Mr. Sometimes, it paid off. On Friday, Mr. THE FUCKING WEATHER. Official Rules - Table 4: Summary of Double-minor Penalties - NHL.com - Rules. NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup, Center Ice name and logo, NHL Conference logos and NHL Winter Classic name are registered trademarks and Vintage Hockey word mark and logo, Live Every Shift, Hot Off the Ice, The Game Lives Where You Do, NHL Power Play, NHL Winter Classic logo, NHL Heritage Classic name and logo, NHL Stadium Series name and logo, NHL All-Star Game logo, NHL Face-Off name and logo, NHL GameCenter, NHL GameCenter LIVE, NHL Network name and logo, NHL Mobile name and logo, NHL Radio, NHL Awards name and logo, NHL Draft name and logo, Hockey Fights Cancer, Because It's The Cup, The Biggest Assist Happens Off The Ice, NHL Green name and logo, NHL All-Access Vancouver name and logo, NHL Auctions, NHL Ice Time, Ice Time Any Time, Ice Tracker, NHL Vault, Hockey Is For Everyone, and Questions Will Become Answers are trademarks of the National Hockey League.
Scott Moore: Cam Newton Was in Room When Cecil Asked for Money - Team Speed Kills. Huntsville, Alabama radio host Scott Moore appeared on a Mobile radio station this morning to talk more about what he knows from John Bond's and Bill Bell's tapes regarding the Cam Newton scandal. (Listen here, "Morning Sports Center Hour 3" around the 32 minute mark) He was one of the big sources who talked about the HBO Real Sports special on college football based on what Bond had told him. Moore said that one of the tapes has Cecil Newton asking for money from Mississippi State with Cam in the room at the same time.
He also said that the NCAA has a copy of some of the tapes and did encourage Auburn to sit Cam down before the Auburn-Georgia game. If you remember, it was shortly before that game that AU officials quit saying that everyone was innocent and switched to "no comment" as the standard response to everything. He also says that Cecil claimed to have a $200,000 offer from Tennessee but he'd give Mississippi State a $20,000 discount. Last U.S. World War I veteran dies. Frank Buckles, the last living U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110. NEW: Lawmakers move to allow his casket to be displayed in Capitol RotundaA family spokesman says Frank Buckles died peacefully in his West Virginia homePlans call for burial at Arlington National CemeteryFrank Buckles had been pushing for national status for a World War I memorial in Washington Washington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last living U.S.
Lawmakers Monday began to move ahead with proposed resolutions that would allow his casket to be displayed at the Capitol Rotunda, and plans were already in the works for his burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Buckles "died peacefully in his home of natural causes" early Sunday morning, the family said in a statement sent to CNN late Sunday by spokesman David DeJonge. Buckles, who served as a U.S. His assignments included that of an escort for German prisoners of war. Last living U.S. 2009: Oldest vet on WWI memorial.
Bike License Assemblyman Envisions Cameras in Bike Lanes, Too. This afternoon we spoke with State Assemblyman Michael DenDekker, a Queens Democrat who has introduced legislation that would require every bicycle in New York State to have a license plate. The registration and inspection fee would cost $25 for "private" (i.e. non-commercial) bicyclists and $50 for commercial bicyclists, with a $5 fee every subsequent year to renew the license. Reached by phone, DenDekker elaborated on the bill, and said he looks forward to the day when cameras in bike lanes will help identify scofflaw cyclists and hold them to the same standard of accountability as drivers. (We're assuming motorists and police officers in bike lanes would continue to be exempt from any enforcement.) Where did this idea come from and why? I had various constituents contact me concerning bicyclists in the Woodside/Jackson Heights area that don't obey the traffic rules, that are driving down streets the wrong way, driving on sidewalks and actually being very reckless.
Oregon Trail Street Sign. Sabres New Locker Room Plaque (Video) It hasn't even been a month yet and Terry Pegula has dramatically changed the culture of the Sabres organization. On his first night as owner, Pegula welcomed Rene Robert back to the Sabres family after a falling out with the previous ownership group. The team has generated points in 7 out of 8 games since Pegula entered and Golisano exited. The Sabres acquired Brad Boyes at the deadline - a former 40 goal scorer with another year left on his contract. And the Sabres employees are talking about what a pleasure it's been to work for the new ownership group. Oh, and Pegula has started to renovate the locker room and he's put his wife Kim in charge of that operation.
We're expecting more locker room renovations over time and, based on some Pegula family tweets , it appears Vancouver's new locker room is the envy of the league and may well serve as a model for a new Sabres makeover. Quotable: Steve Ott on head shots in Tuesday's game - Dallas Stars Blog - ESPN Dallas. What Are Millisieverts? And Should Tokyo Be Scared Of Them? - Christopher Helman - Fuel.
George Takei on the Japan Quake and Tsunami: Gaman. Report: Cam Newton gets lucrative endorsement deal. Who is good at writing papers???????????? i pay…” Photo : yfrog.com/hscsiwnj - Shared by Husaria. Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com. Finebaum: Feds involved in Toomers tree poisoning. AUBURN, AL (WBRC) - Federal authorities are involved in the investigation of the poisoning of trees at Toomer's Corner in Auburn. Paul Finebaum, a syndicated sports talk show host in Birmingham, Alabama, told FOX6 News Wednesday federal investigators were involved in the case. Finebaum also said authorities are worried the poison could be in the groundwater supply. Earlier Wednesday, Auburn University announced old oak trees located at Toomer's Corner had been poisoned.
The university said a herbicide commonly used to kill trees was deliberately applied to the trees and that they do not expect the trees to survive. Auburn University officials were alerted to the situation after a person called into Paul Finebaum's radio broadcast on January 27 saying he had poisoned the trees.
"I put Spike 80 DF in them," the caller said. Finebaum asked the caller why. "Do you think I care? Jay Gogue, President of Auburn University, released the following statement Wednesday afternoon: Confirmed case of death for A1N1 in Venezuelan central state - Daily News. Westboro Baptist Church challenges hacker group Anonymous to 'Bring It' - National Technology. Follow me on Twitter The Westboro Baptist Church appears to have sealed the fate of all of its Web properties.
You don't mock or challenge Anonymous, and that is what the Church has done in response to a threat by the hacker group, with challenges sent back to the group on Saturday, Feb. 19. Anonymous' open letter to the Westboro Baptist Church was "delivered" last week. It said, in part: We, the collective super-consciousness known as ANONYMOUS - the Voice of Free Speech & the Advocate of the People - have long heard you issue your venomous statements of hatred, and we have witnessed your flagrant and absurd displays of inimitable bigotry and intolerant fanaticism.
When WBC pickets or demonstrates, they usually carry signs with such messages as "God Hates Fags," "God Hates the USA" or "Thank God for 9/11. " Their site, in fact, is Anonymous is not a group to be trifled with. Thanks, Anonymous! In addition, WBC has released an open letter back to Anonymous. Palin Opens Up on Long Island Stop. List of Official Microsoft Twitter Accounts | Cool Stuff. Where Have the Good Men Gone? New York Liberty's Cappie Pondexter apologizes for Japan tweets. Middle-earth according to Mordor - Laura Miller.
$10 drug now $1500 after FDA grants monopoly. Anonymous revives Operation Payback, wages war on "copywrong" The hacker collective Anonymous has once again cranked up Operation Payback, its attack on pro-copyright trade groups, this time taking down the website for Broadcast Music International (BMI). More attacks are on the way. Launching a denial of service attack on the website for BMI, a songwriters' collection agency, would matter little on its own, but Operation Payback has some history behind it.
Started last year, the "op" produced an international series of attacks on pro-copyright trade groups and enforcement companies like RIAA (US), BPI (UK), MPAA (US), AFACT (Australia), BREIN (Netherlands), Aiplex (India), and Websheriff (UK). One of the smaller sites actually yielded the biggest bounty; the UK "P2P settlement letter factory" ACS: Law gave up several hundred megabytes of private e-mails after being taken offline by the attack, and the firm has since collapsed. The attacks were not wholly successful, but they did stir police in multiple countries to action. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban creates company to challenge BCS system - ESPN Dallas.