Youtube has announced that it will begin streaming certain movies from the Sundance Film Festival for about 5 bucks. In this case switching to a paid model appears to be a good thing. Youtube is not moving their existing content behind a paywall (who would pay for keyboard cat anyways?), but are enhancing the site [...]

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While nothing is set in stone, Hulu is considering charging for older episodes of popular TV shows. Hulu would allow viewers to watch the 5 most recent episodes and charging $4.99 a month to access back episodes. From the LA Times: The site has spent months studying how to strike a balance between what people [...]

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A San Francisco couple who were caught with 5,900 marijuana plant are now awaiting trial and have lost custody of their three children. The reason for losing the kids was not the ridiculous number of pot plants nor was it enlisting the children’s help in the harvest. No, it was the illegal and potentially dangerous [...]

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The US obesity rate skyrocketed in the 80′s and 90′s after remaining stable since 1960. Americans’ waistlines increased as the obesity rate shot up from around 15% to over 30%. Apparently, America can only fit so many deep fried, sugar glazed snacks in its collective mouth at once. The last ten years has seen the [...]

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During the last week of November ’09, San Francisco’s famous sea lions mysteriously disappeared. These large blubbery animals have been mooching off San Francisco for about 20 years. Its not like the free ride was over, scores of people still came to see them daily, food was plentiful and the weather is far from extreme [...]

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In the wake of the Underwear Bomber calls for heightened security at airports has risen to a fever pitch. Is anyone asking the critical question: Do the new measures actually make us safer? With talk of pat downs and full body scanners it seems like smuggling a bomb on board should be near impossible. However [...]

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The Somali pirates are unstoppable. With poverty, war and/or strict Islamic rule as the alternatives, entire communities are getting into the pirate business. A little quid pro pirate. From Reuters: Four months ago, during the monsoon rains, we decided to set up this stock exchange. We started with 15 ‘maritime companies’ and now we are [...]

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Great white sharks: deadly predator or deadliest? Great whites near shore more often than believed Shark experts surprised by research in Pacific If anyone out there thought that the crumbling San Francisco Bay Bridge was dangerous, think again. The real danger lies far below the bridge deck. For years, humans have thought of great white [...]

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Doomed Dome: The Future That Never Was No heating bills, wind, rain or snow. Does this remind anyone of the Simpson’s movie? In the bright and shiny future, we all live in green, gleaming communities, monorailed shuttles at the ready, climate-controlled at all times — a sort of Logan’s Run, but without the forced euthanasia. [...]

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Head explosions, hallucinations and imaginary limbs. Thorough list if I do say so myself. From Cracked: We hate for you to find out this way, but you should know that your brain hates you. Even if you’re perfectly healthy and have never had a mental illness or dropped acid, it can mess with you in [...]

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