Mark Frauenfelder:
The Navy’s Safety Center website has a fantastic gallery of photos showing people doing foolishly dangerous things.
On the plus side, he is wearing a hard hat. Also, if you look carefully at the boulder’s 4 o’clock, you’ll see a plastic drink bottle propped on another rock, so he is also staying hydrated. And maybe that boulder is actually 20 feet long, so that’s just the tip sticking out. Yeah, that’s it.
Originally from Boing Boing
Hybrids consume more energy than Hummers?!
I am HORRIBLE at Monopoly, mostly because I overbuy or get sucked into bidding wars.
Board game expert Erik Arneson has some great tips for winning at Monopoly; admittedly, there’s a lot of luck involved, but if you can get some tried and true strategies under your belt, you can help that luck along a little. Here’s a few that I appreciated:
“Know the odds. Most players make a complete lap around the board in five turns; you’re likely to roll doubles once in those five turns (doubles happen about 17 percent of the time).
Railroads are better to own than utilities, but utilities should be purchased if the opportunity arises (especially if you can get both of them). Short Line is the least useful railroad to own, because it is visited least often.
When you build, get to three houses as quickly as possible. The rent raises significantly between two and three houses. For example, rent on Illinois Avenue jumps from $300 to $750.”
With these tips, I just might get the chance to be a land baron after all.
Originally from Lifehacker
We here at the glamorous Lifehacker labs make it our endeavor to help you become more productive in every area of your life. And if those areas include a spot of Pac-Man, then so be it. We’re here for you.
MameWorld has the definitive guide to playing a masterful game of Pac-Man, from the basics to figuring out common patterns. Once you take these tips to heart, you’ll be the best Pac-Man player on the block.
Originally from Lifehacker
Eager Google watchers, always seeking to uncover the latest project coming from the search giant, have found additional evidence regarding the much-rumored GDrive under a service code-named Platypus. GDrive is expected to be an Internet hard drive of sorts for users.
Originally from BetaNews.Com
