Every day, people are tossing millions of 140 character updates onto Twitter. If you’re one of those people who’s avoided the site because you think it’s all about people telling the world they clipped their toenails today or took a dump, well, you’re sadly mistaken. (And I’m laughing at you. Haha. Way to go, grandpa. […]
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Nerd Reenacts “Three Little Pigs” with Giant Fart Ring Machine
Get a load of the nerd! Okay, I agree this is moderately—MODERATELY—cool… but c’mon. He either needs to find a girlfriend, or raise some money on the internet to buy one.
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IT Support Staff: Geniuses
Yesterday we got a little preoccupied with the discussion of whether or not all IT support staff are assholes. This morning, this happened. I’m on Patrick’s computer. I would like to clarify that my feelings on the IT support staff at the Mercury could not be further from asshole-dom. Our IT support staff are Gods. […]
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We Came in Peace for All Mankind
Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 (if you believe in that sort of thing—and Patrick Coleman, I’m looking at you). Apollo 11 is one of the most staggering achievements in human history, and The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog takes a look back in the way they do best—with gorgeous, […]
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DVD: Finally, a Superior Format to VHS!
I don’t know, guys… I realize these new “DVD machines” are expensive, but this commercial makes a very convincing argument! Hat tips to Everything is Terrible!
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“If I ever get kidnapped? FUCK THOSE WIKIPEDIA GUYS! GET ME OUTTA THERE!!”
That’s the official line of our esteemed editor Wm.Steven Humphrey on today’s big free speech/tech story: “NYTimes and Wikipedia Save Reporter’s Life By NOT Reporting On His Capture.” Earlier last week, New York Times reporter David Rohde escaped from a Taliban prison. He had been a Taliban hostage for the last seven months, but the […]
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PDX Tweeps Pound Pies for Free Geek
A little over a week ago, Twitter user and iPhone dev consultant Raven Zachary (@ravenme) decided to beat the previous record of eating five fried pies from Whiffies in one hour. His success only generated a desire in others to knock him from his pedestal—and thus the “#piechamp” pie-eating contest was born. The six pie-champ […]
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You’re My Wonder Wheel
Have you tried the brand new Wonder Wheel feature for your Google search results? Google announced the new visual feature today at a press event. Here’s how it works: After you get your search results, click on “Show options” and select the multi-colored “Wonder Wheel” option. For this search (as for almost every Google search […]
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The Death of Textbooks: Free Kindles for Reedies
The big news in nerd world this morning is that Amazon unveiled a brand new kind of Kindle — designed bigger for easier reading of newspapers and textbooks. The Wall Street Journal actually leaked this news on Monday, including an interesting note for Portlanders: Reed College will be part of a six school pilot program […]
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1) Download Cocktail Compass. 2) Find Happy Hour. 3) Drink.
It’s that simple! If you’d like to find the closest happy hour—no matter where you are in Portland—download the shit out of our new iPhone app Cocktail Compass: Portland Happy Hour Finder.IT’S GOT WHAT YOU NEED!• All the happy hours happening right now, including how far away they are, AND when the said happy hour […]
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New Mercury iPhone App: Cocktail Compass!
You need a drink… AM I RIGHT?If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, then do yourself a favor and download our brand spanking new iPhone app Cocktail Compass: Portland Happy Hour Finder. (This opens iTunes.) Not only does Cocktail Compass find the closest Happy Hours happening right now, IT’S TOTALLY FREE! HERE’S HOW IT […]
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Tweet Relief?
That title is so precious; I almost gouged my own eyeballs out. I’ve been on Twitter for almost a week now, and I have mixed emotions about it. On one level I find it engaging, like listening to a party line where everyone is just sort of yammering on to everyone and no-one in particular, […]