Jeremy Taylor
Say Goodbye to Loud TV Commercials
Have you ever noticed that when a TV show goes into a commercial the volume on your set goes up?
Get the Lowdown on the Dumbest People of 2012
With 2012 coming to a close, it's time for the annual parade of year end lists. Most of these features will celebrate the best of the past 12 months. However, some of our favorite lists will point out the year's low-lights, because they make us feel better about all the times people screwed up in 2012.
Couple Kidnaps Handyman And Forces Him To Do Home Improvements
If you have stuff around the house that needs fixing, normal people have one of two options: you either do it yourself, or pay somebody else to do it for you. Neither of those options appealed to 36-year-old Jason DeJesus and 33-year-old Chanelle Troedson of Morgan Hill, California. So instead they lured a local handyman to their home and beat him until he agreed to spend the day fixing stuff around their house, gratis.
Dumb ‘Chick Bank Robber’ Brags About Crime on YouTube, Gets Busted
After robbing a bank, most criminals will try to lay low for a period of time. Not 19-year-old Hannah Sabata. The Stromsburg, Nebraska teen wanted to get credit for her ability to knock over a local bank for over $6,000 and also make off with a Pontiac Grand Am that didn't belong to her.
Tumblr Hacked! Here’s What You Need to Know
The good news: the attack on Tumblr from a hacker group may be over. The bad news: it was a really big one. Reportedly over 8,000 unique Tumblr users were affected by the massive worm, including blogs associated with media outlets such as the USA Today and Reuters.
Should Parents Use the Internet to Check Up On Their Kids? — Survey of the Day
We're probably at the point where just about every parent with a school-age child has a certain level of Internet sophistication. This means that it is fairly easy for most parents to check up on what their kids are getting into online. But are they?
Chinese Newspaper Falls for The Onion Naming Kim Jung-Un ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
Some humor -- like, say, a guy slipping on a banana peel -- is universal. But when more sophisticated jokes cross into other cultures they can get lost in translation.
Have You Ever Surfed the Internet While Driving? — Survey of the Day
Texting while driving is so 2009. Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, Web surfing is the new dangerous activity the young folks are engaging in while operating a motor vehicle.
Your Facebook Copyright Notice Status Update Is Bogus
If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update.
The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:
Non-Existent Island Pops Up On Google Maps
There are hundreds of thousands of uninhabited islands on our planet. The South Pacific island of Sandy isn't one of them...