For a guy named Weiner, he sure has a lot of balls

Too much? Anyway, it’s a shame we don’t have more passionate and intelligent politicians like Anthony Weiner, on both sides of the aisle. We’d probably have a better government, and at the very least C-SPAN would be way more entertaining. As it is the only watchable thing on there is Questions to the Prime Minister.

[via Roughstock]

Winter Olympics in Vancouver

The Big Picture captures the victory and defeat of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Airlines don’t want your business

They only want the money in your wallet, and they’ll do anything to get it. Kayak is trying to do their part by posting a table of the extra”fees” that airlines charge. The bag fees legroom charges being the most heinous.

NBA: Where digestion happens

The Toronto Raptors mascot devours a cheerleader, and the video is made even better by the reaction of the New Jersey Nets play-by-play man, Ian Eagle.

WHOA! Devoured! That’s… that’s wrong.

[via The Good, The Bad and The Awesome]

My mouse path

This is my mouse path from about 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM today. The lines are movement and the dots are periods of rest. I’m not sure if this looks like a busy day or just a lot of unnecessary mouse movement. You can download the Java app here.

Wordboner

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Redesigning Valentine’s day

Every year there’s only one good thing happens on Valentine’s day, my dear mother’s birthday. But this year we had a second. Someone took a stab at giving the horribly over-commercialized holiday a new look and some real meaning. Here comes the Love Puppy!

[via Swissmiss]

Kicking cancer’s ass

Scientists are developing a new treatment for cancer, specifically brain cancer, that involves shaking cancer cells to death. Literally. All the while leaving the surrounding cells unharmed.

[via Kottke]

Free as a bird

The online image editing tool Aviary can now be used for free. I wonder if Photoshop.com will follow suit, but I doubt it.

[via TechCrunch]

Willie Mays

Jon Stewart had the pleasure of talking with one of the greatest baseball players and professional athletes of all time.

Update: The video and link have been changed and now include just the Willie Mays interview, not the entire show.

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