A dangerous skin infection that is resistant to antibiotics is infecting people in New York City. MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, is contracted by casual contact and can cause anything from reddening of the skin, to abscesses, tissue loss, amputation or even death in severe cases, doctors said.
You will now. The best Coke commercial ever.
Every May 28 and July 12 Manhattan becomes a modern stonehenge when the sun sets perfectly between the between the streets’ concrete canyons.
Look into the nest of a bald eagle’s nest perched high in tree above Washington’s Puget Sound. If baldy ain’t home, checkout some pre-recorded footage of dinnertime or go to their neighbors, the Heron family.
It doesn’t turn out like you think. Take a look at a Mini Cooper versus a Ford F150 pickup truck. Small and nimble is safer, it turns out.
In what must be the ultimate example of a creaky corporate behemoth grasping for relevance, McDonalds will allow customers to rent $1/day DVDs in all of its 105 Denver-area stores. There are more than 30,000 McDonalds restaurants, er, retail establishments worldwide.
Moss Gross won Most Obsessively Comprehensive Restaurant Review in SF Weekly’s Best of San Francisco 2004. Check out Moss’s thorough cataloging and reviewing of every item on the menu at Henry’s Hunan Restaurant.
Fabrice Santoro won the longest tennis match in recorded history when he defeated Arnaud Clement in a 71-game, two-day long French Open match. The final score was 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(5), 3-6, 16-14.
The Frank Gehry -designed MIT Stata Center opened recently. The 700,000 square-foot building for the departments of engineering, linguistics and phlosophy features twelve 120-foot towers, a gym, a pub, 350-seat auditorium and a 30-inch pipe pumping chilled water to cool the racks of computers that run the 10-Gbps network webbing the center.
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A drawing taken into a London auction house for appraisal turns out to be a lost Raphael drawing from 1505. It is believed to be Raphael’s first known drawing in red chalk and is expected to fetch
I knew this day would come, I just didn’t think I’d get to see it. Robots have taken to the streets to demand the respect and recognition of our contribution to society and fair compensation for our labors. Or so says the press release issued by the Robotics & Automation Association of Madison, Wisconsin. Personally, I welcome the equality of our robotic overlords.
While addressing Parliment, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was hit with 3 condoms filled with purple flower. A group called Fathers 4 Justice claimed responsibility. Watch the video.
More photos of the new Rem Koolhaas-design Seattle Public Library building. Wish that were my local library.
A young deer ran across the Golden Gate Bridge this morning. It got on the freeway in Marin County and bolted two and a half miles across the span to the 19th Ave. exit and into the Presidio. Motorists slowed as bridge police escorted the doe. When the deer reached the toll plaza it passed through FasTrak Lane 11. ‘It violated the toll,’ said bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie.
Read Jon Stewart’s (’84) Commencement Address to the grads of The College of William & Mary. Those lucky bastards.
CNN reports that in 1999 murdered hostage Nick Berg gave his email and password to terrorists, and it was later used by 20th hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui. I don’t know what this means. But there are other people who do seem to know. Many, many conspiracy theories are blooming over Nick Berg’s murder.
The US Olympic Comittee is advising US athletes to be less apple pie and more humble pie. What I am telling the athletes is, ‘Don’t run over and grab a flag and take it round the track with you.’ It’s not business as usual for American athletes. If a Kenyan or a Russian grabs their national flag and runs round the track or holds it high over their heads, it might not be viewed as confrontational. Where we are in the world right now, an American athlete doing that might be viewed in another manner, said one USOC advisor.
Or did he? Apparently, Andy Kaufman said that he would return 20 years later if he were faking his death. So Bob Zmuda, Kaufman’s best friend, has a party planned tonight in LA just in case. Over 100 personal ads will be taken out across the country and abroad, reminding him of his words. Will he show? Zmuda asked.