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Pac-Man invades University

College pranks rock. This is one of my favourite. Thanks, Kotaku!

String Quartet Rendition of “The Legend of Zelda” Music

One of the neatest dorky things I’ve seen in a while. Enjoy! (via Kotaku)

For my Senior Cello Recital at James Madison University this past March, I decided that my recital needed something extra. This is the encore of my recital. If you can name all of the zelda themes used in this medley, you are as cool as me. Enjoy!

Bored Scientist + Earwax = Hilarity

Ear wax in a test tube
Eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww eww.

Scientist is bored in the lab one night. He stabs a finger in his ear and pulls out earwax. He thinks “Hmm. What is this made from.” Hilarity ensues.

(via BoingBoing)

Yet another example of why drugs are bad: Trolls

Two men were arrested in Boulder, Colorado after an altercation with an off duty sheriff’s deputy. One of the men, aged 19, was stopping joggers and bicycle riders at a bridge in a public park. They said the bridge was owned by a troll and demanded $1 in toll to allow them to past. When the deputy refused the toll and forced his way past them, they hit his bike with a golf club. They then struck the deputy with the club. The deputy was able to gain control of the club and struck the attacker back to defend himself.

His friend told police that the attacker was having a bad LSD trip

Police found marijuana rolled inside of a dollar bill (’kay… don’t understand that). They also searched his friend’s apartment and found “drugs and drug paraphernalia.” Needless to say, they’re charging them both with various crimes.

And that, kids, is why you should not do drugs.

Link, via Boing Boing

Sprint automated system reveals addresses

I’ve been following a story that’s been developing over the weekend about Sprint’s automated system giving out the name and billing address for mobile phones. Reading through the transcript of the phone call, it’s obvious how retarded their “security” is. But, in a later article on Boing Boing, it’s pointed out how bad this can be. The example given was guy who put in a friends phone number.

She is in a battered woman’s program and staying in a “safe house.” When he gave the automated system her phone number, it read out her address.

They’ve also found that by calling a second 1-800 number, you can find out the account balance on the account simply by entering the phone number as well.

While most mobile phone companies use rudimentary security for such things (”Please enter your zip code, followed by the pound sign”), even a little bit helps.




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