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Unravelling Short URLs

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Short URLs are somewhere between handy and annoying. If you’re on the receiving end, they’re mostly annoying. While the person who sent the link, perhaps a clingy friend or devious intern applicant, is happily counting his clicks, you’re stuck wondering where http://bit.ly/YMaTob will take you. Gambling site? Phishing scam? Something … Read More

Insane Office Escape

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If you’re anything like us, you occasionally replace the mind-numbing drudgery of photocopying and water cooler chit-chat with daydreams of high-octane, elaborately choreographed super-fights that take you out of the office and on a high-speed, cat-and-mouse chase with hired goons who look suspiciously like your most thick-headed co-workers. What we’re … Read More

Slingshot Oreo Separator

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For a few weeks, Oreo’s advertising department has been creating these spots where people separate Oreos in crazy and hilarious ways, like this physicist with his mechanized axe separator, or these two scientists and their liquid cream atomizer. Now Joerg Sprave of the notorious Slingshot Channel has jumped in on … Read More

Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer

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Infamous triple-axed British heavy metal band Iron Maiden has figured out what to do when they’re not touring: they’re making their own hand-crafted ale called The Trooper. What’s it taste like? We’re not sure, it isn’t out until May, but we really hope there are guitar solos when we crack … Read More

Bad News, Vegans

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Fancy a pint of Guinness today? If you’re vegan, you may want to stick to whiskey (which is always pretty sensible advice, in our opinion). Your Guinness may contain isinglass, a substance like gelatine made from the swim bladders of fish like sturgeons. It’s added to cask beers like Guinness … Read More

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