Glenn Beck satire web site owner prevails in court
3 commentsEiland-Hall, the creator of a parody website that satirises political douche-bag commentator Glenn Beck has prevailed in court after Beck and his legal team went after him to get the web site www.Glenn Beck Raped And Murdered A Young Girl In 1990.com taken down, which they claim is "libellous, bad faith, and could confuse potential consumers&q...
keep readingGuy shuns college and job for poker game: Wins first place and $8.5million
Holy cow. 21 year old Joe Cada has become the worlds youngest ever to win the World Series Poker event, walking away with US8.5 million clams. After over 14 hours of playing and demolishing 6,494 entrants, Cada found himself in the final round. "It helped being down before and having no chips earlier at the final table. I though about th...
keep reading 1 commentAnd the worst phone in the world is...
...not the Nokia N97. But believe it or not, the guys over at cnet have done a comprehensive drill-down of all the failings of the iPhone, and given it the 'worst phone ever' badge. I've never owned an iPhone but I know it fails in many regards (only one app at a time - seriously?), and I don't know enough about them to know if cnet have made a ...
keep reading 6 commentsTwitter facing another phishing scam?
Just a quickie to advise anyone tweeting to be wary of what could be a phishing scam perpetrated by the same mob responsible for a recent Facebook equivalent. The direct message I received this morning from a follower called "chipwiginton" simply read "check this out http://videos.twitter.shjjiwe.com/?abqqldlyr" which goes to...
keep reading 6 commentsIs Kevin Spacey an arrogant douchebag?
Radaronline is running a story about an incident that caused a waiter to get fired when actor Kevin Spacey refused to comply with state law by not smoking at a restaurant. Peter Turner was asked by his boss to ask Spacey to stop smoking, which he did 3 times politely and even with a sense of humour. When spacey was asked the 3rd time to stop smo...
keep reading 7 commentsSchwarzenegger includes 'F*ck You' hidden message to lawmakers
In what surely cannot be a coincidence, but is being explained as one, Governor Schwarzenegger included a hidden message addressed to State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, who had previously told the Governator to "Kiss my Gay Ass". The message, which was part of a bill Arnie vetoed read: Now look a little closer at the first letters o...
keep reading 7 commentsApple mocks the Windows 7 launch
Those crazy marketing geniuses at Apple are once again doing what they do best - poking fun at Microsoft. These latest videos in the ever long series of Mac vs PC adverts are IMHO just as amusing as always. Though I've always thought the PC guy (John Hodgman) is much more likeable (and sympathetic) than the Mac guy (Justin Long) and wonder if th...
keep reading 3 commentsWe've gone mobile - again
If you've been using the mobile version of this site, it's time to update your bookmarks. The new version, designed to closer match this most recent release of Rusty Lime and adding more functionality, is now located at m.rustylime.com Unlike the previous mobile version, this new edition will allow you to login and comment and is generally much ...
keep reading 7 commentsMeet the Google Street View trike
If streets weren't enough to satisfy your voyeuristic urges, Google have now deployed the new street view trike in an effort to show us the nooks and crannies of the world that aren't accessible by car. Although technically not 'street view', the trike will be going into parks, university campuses trails and anywhere else you can ride a trike. ...
keep reading 2 commentsFirefox now more popular than Internet Explorer
After reacting to a tweet from a follower who was reluctant to drop support of IE6, I checked the latest browser stats and found something unexpected. Firefox is now in use more than all versions of Internet Explorer combined, and by a large margin. This is obviously good news for Mozilla and web designers, but we can't break out the champagne j...
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