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Lunchtime Links

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:36 AM PDT

- Lunchtime Links


Today on The Daily What Geek: The Daleks invade MIT

Elsewhere on the Internets:

  • Prevented: PTSD in soldiers returning from war, using Tetris
  • Not pregnant: Jessica Simpson, who has officially given birth, for real this time
  • Idiots: The five arrested for plotting to bomb a Cleveland bridge
  • Faceoff: It’s Obama v. Romney + Bin Laden in this week’s best editorial cartoons

Lunchtime Leisure: Astro Break
Lunchtime List: 37 Saddest Failed Kickstarters


Tagged: Lunchtime Links

Monthly Fail Compilation of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:17 AM PDT


Our trusty Keeper of the Fails, TwisterNederland, brings us April’s natural — and unnatural — disasters.

[vvv]


Tagged: Monthly Fail Compilation

Single-Serving Site of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:54 AM PDT

- Single-Serving Site of the Day


Fiscally conservative Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Budget Committee and potential GOP VP pick, gets the Ryan Gosling treatment. Finally.

[heygirlitspaulryan]


Tagged: meme, paul ryan, Ryan Gosling

This Is Informative, You Should Watch It of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:41 AM PDT


Introducing CDZA, founded by a trio of goofballs in order to create musical video experiments. Don’t miss their previous hit, “History of Lyrics That Aren’t Lyrics.”

[cdza]


Tagged: history of whistling, This Is Informative

Rejection Letter of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:22 AM PDT

- Rejection Letter of the Day


When word reached Hillary Clinton that actor Jason Segal wanted to work with her, she penned him this study in classiness.

First the TFHC meme buy-in, and now this? Please, God, don’t let one of her aides be revealed as the letter’s true author.

[style]


Tagged: hillary clinton, jason segal

Follow-Up of the Day: Baby With The Bucket List Dies

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:52 AM PDT

- Follow-Up of the Day: Baby With The Bucket List Dies


Avery Canahuati, the baby with the bucket list, lost her battle with spinal muscular atrophy Monday afternoon. A letter on her blog, written in her voice, encourages her family, friends, and supporters to carry on the fight:

Dear Mommy & Daddy:

If you’re reading this it’s because I’ve gone to take care of my Uncle Bryant, Nana Carolyn, Papa George, and all my great Grandparents. I love you veeeeeeeeeery much. Also, tell Nana & G-Pa I love them too. In fact, tell everyone who loved me that I love them and I appreciate them caring about me.

When I started writing my blog, I thought I’d only be speaking to my closest friends and family members. Little did I know soooooooo many people would care about me and while I’m flattered to have so many people who love me, I hope they will also take time to love and care about all of my friends out there with SMA.

You see, I’d never heard of SMA prior to being diagnosed with it, yet there’s thousands of my friends out there living with it today and millions of my future friends parents who are unknowingly carriers of the SMA gene. Without awareness and without a cure, I’m afraid more of my friends are at risk to have their lives drastically shortened by SMA.

When people think of me, I hope they’ll also think of all my friends who have been through this and who are going through this now. But what I really hope for is that when people think about me, they will not waste time sitting there feeling sorry for me, rather I hope they will STAND UP in honor of me and all of my friends (past, present, and future). And they can do so by spreading awareness and helping to fund a cure for my friends.

To all my SMAns, you followed me, now please follow all of my friends.

Mommy. Daddy. I love you every bit as much as you love me. And while I’m not here physically, I will forever live in your minds, as you will mine.

Love always,

Avery, Aviator, Aves, Scuttlebutt

[averysbucketlist]


Tagged: bucket list baby

Say What Now of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:40 AM PDT

- Say What Now of the Day


In a new post on her blog, Bristol Palin defends her mother as John McCain’s VP pick in 2008:

“Whoever [Mitt Romney's running mate] turns out to be, I don’t envy the next vice-presidential nominee. After all… Sarah Palin is a tough act to follow.”

[thejanedough]

Marketing Campaign of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT


Meet Sultan the Tomcat, who epitomizes the “better late than never” idiom in SPCA‘s latest spot advocating pet sterilization.

[spca]


Tagged: cat, Marketing Campaign, sultan

Post-Apocalyptic World of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:03 AM PDT

- Post-Apocalyptic World of the Day


Lucie & Simon, a self-taught artistic duo out of France, have traveled the world photographing major metropolitan areas — such as Times Square and the Louvre — without signs of life. Their technique involves using a neutral density filter that allows for extra-long exposures, which removes moving objects like people and cars.

Don’t miss the rest of their series, Silent World, or the short film that pairs their images with music.

[twistedsifter]


Tagged: Photo Series, post-apocalyptic

Facebook Rollout of the Day

Posted: 01 May 2012 08:36 AM PDT

- Facebook Rollout of the Day


Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced today a potentially life-saving — and possibly TMI — new feature: Facebook users now have the option to share their organ donor status on their timelines. In a post on the site, Facebook points out that there are 114,000 people currently awaiting transplants in the U.S., and millions around the world.

“Medical experts believe that broader awareness about organ donation could go a long way toward solving this crisis. And we believe that by simply telling people that you’re an organ donor, the power of sharing and connection can play an important role.”

The new timeline feature provides links to organ donation registries in the event that someone wants to sign up, and currently is only available in the U.S. and the U.K. Widespread rollout is planned in the coming months.

[thenextweb]


Tagged: Facebook, organ donation