For the geeks in the crowd like me, you just can’t get enough tech news.  Now there’s a specific source for news on all the major United States wireless carriers – it’s called CellyBlog.com, and you should check it out. full disclosure:  i’m the one maintaining the site.  just thought you should know.

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You can donate to Earthquake relief by text messaging the code “yele” to 501501 – $5 each time you do it, up to $50.  You can also click here to donate on their website.  100% of donations go to the earthquake fund.

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Dig if you will the picture… mom’s online logged into her favorite auction site.  She gets tired and decides to take a nap.  Her 3-year-old daughter took over the controls, and by the time she awoke the youngster had purchased a $12,300 earth mover.  So the toddler had the house to herself?  That’s messed up.

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This is unprecedented in the cell phone industry.  Starting today, U.S. Cellular customers with dead or dying batteries can walk into any retail store and receive a fully charged replacement for free.  Two minor catches… 1) you need to be a U.S. Cellular customer and 2)  your phone needs to have been purchased within the [...]

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via BoingBoing, comes this totally messed up story… in Bakersfield, CA, a father douche who procreated got high on PCP and proceeded to eat the eyeball of his four year old son and permanently damaged the other… let that sink in… oh, and he proceeded to try and cut his own leg off with an [...]

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According to an article in today’s USA Today, last year 75% of bodybuilders tested for banned substances either failed or refused to be tested.  So it’s no wonder that when drug testers showed up at a recent bodybuilding competition in Belgium, competitors scattered like cockroaches.  The majority of them headed out of the arena, and [...]

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And here I thought it had to do with a low metabolism or something… but the site thisiswhyyourefat.com sheds light on the matter – with some of the strangest and grossest food concoctions on the planet.  Pictured above is the 30,000 calorie sandwich: Sandwich filled with ground beef, bacon, corn dogs, ham, pastrami, roast beef, bratwurst, braunschweiger and turkey, topped with fried mushrooms, onion rings, swiss/provolone/cheddar/feta/parmesan [...]

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For those of us who are a) old enough and b) warped enough to have grown up on Bloom County and the Far side, there’s a clever Flikr pool out there with reenactments of some of the strips featuring real people (like the one pictured below).

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Last year we brought you the questionable paint job on a Lamborghini.  This year, we bring you a questionable paint job on a much less expensive ride – a 1993 Saturn.  What started as an effort by Jill Bell, the car’s owner, to cover up a scratch exploded into the picture you see below. After [...]

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This is kind of a neat idea.  A tour company called Competitours offers tours of Europe that emulate the competition of the hit TV series Amazing Race by incorporating offbeat tasks each day. According to this National Geographic article, a fella by the name of Steve Belkin recently launched this unique service.  “Challenges are set [...]

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This rousing rendition of “Go Tell It On The Mountain” will have you dancing in the streets.  The enthusiasm of Henrietta and Merna is simply infectious.

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You may have noticed a new little icon over there on the left of the page touting free ringtones.  It’s not some money making scheme and it’s not going to redirect you to a page with a bazillion popups with no real ringtones. What you will find is a page with a small selection of [...]

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Interesting comparison of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” and a tune by Joe Satriani from 2004.  And yes, legal proceedings have already begun.

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I’ve long believed that we Americans are lazy when it comes to pronouncing words, in general, especially names. Along comes a site called HowToSayThatName.com that can help immensely with the task. Native speakers provide help with pronouncing a host of first and last names. Check out the site if you need help with your class [...]

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ok.  can we put an end to the madness now?

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