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Unlimited GMail Ids

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:02:36 GMT

clipped by: sandeshkutty

Use Gmail to Generate Unlimited E-mail Addresses:

Gmail has an interesting quirk where you can add a plus sign (+) after your Gmail address, and it'll still get to your inbox. It's called plus-addressing, and it essentially gives you an unlimited number of e-mail addresses to play with. Here's how it works: say your address is pinkyrocks@gmail.com, and you want to automatically label all work e-mails. Add a plus sign and a phrase to make it pinkyrocks+work@gmail.com and set up a filter to label it work (to access your filters go to Settings->Filters and create a filter for messages addressed to pinkyrocks+work@gmail.com. Then add the label work).

More real world examples:

Find out who is spamming you: Be sure to use plus-addressing for every form you fill out online and give each site a different plus address.

Example: You could use
pinkyrocks+nytimes@gmail.com for nytimes.com
pinkyrocks+freestuff@gmail.com for freestuff.com

Then you can tell which site has given your e-mail address to spammers, and automatically send them to the trash.

Automatically label your incoming mail: I've talked about that above.

Archive your mail: If you receive periodic updates about your bank account balance or are subscribed to a lot of mailing lists that you don't check often, then you can send that sort of mail to the archives and bypass your Inbox.

Example: For the mailing list, you could give pinkyrocks+mailinglist1@gmail.com as your address, and assign a filter that will archive mail to that address automatically. Then you can just check in once in a while on the archive if you want to catch up.

-unknown source

Tags: gmail, filter, email

The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:13:27 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.chaosmatrix.org

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA  34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16.  After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department. 

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters.  With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. 

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time.  Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August.  I look forward to seeing you then. 

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

Tags: rejection, letter, humor, funny, wit, application, jobs, people, joke, entertainment

Tallest vehicular bridge in the world

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:08:49 GMT

clipped by: karokan
clipper's remarks: This is my second post of this bridge but these are far better pics.... The last pic is of another bridge, tho (I just included it because it was a cool shot)

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Tallest vehicular bridge in the world

The Millau Viaduct is a large cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the structural engineer Michel Virlogeux, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one mast's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft) — slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. The viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004 and opened to traffic two days later.

Tags: pictures, bridges

Polar Bear and Huskie?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:02:52 GMT

clipped by: karokan
clipper's remarks: These are amazing and beatiful

Clip Source: valdezlink.com

Where did this happen?

The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his huskies when the polar bear materialized out of the blue, as it were: But something else happened. The Polar Bear returned every night that week to play with the dogs...

Tags: photos, nature, wildlife

The Fallacy Files

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:50:03 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes
clipper's remarks: I clipped this before, but pop restrictions burried the clip.

In a very naive hope to keep discussions fallacy-free, better the debate and stimulate some self-criticism, I'm re-sharing this with you all.

Anyway, the resource is huge, examples abundant, explications very clear and even etymological grounded.

Clip Source: www.fallacyfiles.org

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What are the Fallacy Files?

A collection of named fallacies—such as "ad hominem"—that is, types of bad reasoning which someone has thought distinctive and interesting enough to name and describe. This collection took the form, primarily, of the study and acquisition of books and articles on the named fallacies, especially textbooks and reference books. You can find individual files on the named fallacies via the Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies, or from the alphabetical index in the scroll bar to your left.

A collection of fallacious, or otherwise bad, arguments, that is, examples of reasoning which may commit one or more of the named fallacies under 1, or are bad in some way yet to be classified. This collection took the form of clippings from newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, photocopies of pages of books, and—in a few rare cases—entire articles or books which were rich sources of bad reasoning. I have used selections from my collection as examples in many of the files on named fallacies, and additional examples can be found in the file: Stalking the Wild Fallacy.

Tags: fallacy, logical, discussion, argument, logical fallacy, logic, appeal, argumentum, debate, index, list, rhetoric, science, politics, fallacy files

The secret of the greatest-ever student prank

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:15:29 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Revealed after 50 years: The secret of the greatest-ever student prank

In June 1958, Cambridge awoke to see a car perched at the apex of an inaccessible rooftop, looking as if it were driving across the skyline.

The spectacle made headlines around the world and left police, firefighters and civil defence units battling for nearly a week to hoist the vehicle back down before giving in and taking it to pieces with blowtorches.

The shadowy group of engineering students who executed the stunt were never identified and the mystery of how they did it has baffled successive undergraduates and provided fodder for countless tourist guides.

Now, 50 years on, the group have reunited to disclose their identities and reveal how they winched an Austin Seven to the top of the university's 70ft-high Senate House.

At an anniversary dinner this month, ringleader Peter Davey revealed he had hatched the plan while staying in rooms at Gonville and Caius College overlooking the Senate House roof.

Tags: prank, mystery, pics

Of All The Moments For Freud To Slip

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:13:39 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: notalwaysright.com

Of All The Moments For Freud To Slip

Movie Cinema | Australia

(I was working the candy bar when a I was approached by a man seeing Bridge to Terabithia with two young kids. He points to the popcorn machine:)

Customer: “I’ll have two boxes of cockporn please.”

(There was a two second pause as the customer’s eyes went wide with horror…and then I started to laugh. He got the popcorn and ran upstairs, with me standing behind the counter with tears running down my face.)

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Tags: humor

Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:53:52 GMT

clipped by: karokan
clipper's remarks: WoW! =-D

Clip Source: www.wwmt.com

Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce

APPLETON, Wisc. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A couple telephoned police in the middle of the night after finding a man in their basement covered head to toe in barbecue sauce.

"He told the officers that it was urban camouflage," said the homeowner.

This happened in Wisconsin.

The homeowners say they woke up to whistling sounds.

The husband grabbed his shotgun and headed toward the basement where he found the sauced-up intruder.

He held him at gunpoint until police arrived.

The guy told officers he covered himself in barbecue sauce because he wanted to hide from the government.

He now faces burglary charges.

Tags: news, funny

The Last Photo I Ever Took

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:12:58 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: www.hogrockcafe.com

Contest Winners For
The Last Photo I Ever Took
Contributed by Doogie

Tags: photos, humor, contest

Your Daily Dose of Awwww...

Sat, 24 May 2008 09:19:47 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: www.aardschok.net

Tags: photos, kittens

Books that will induce a mindf***k

Sat, 24 May 2008 09:05:25 GMT

clipped by: karokan
clipper's remarks: This list goes on and on. I love it!

Clip Source: www.everything2.com

Books that will induce a mindfuck

Here is the list of books that will officially induce mindfucks, sorted alphabetically by author. Those authors in bold have been recommended by one or more people as being generally mindfucking - any books listed under their names are particularly odd. You're welcome to /msg me to make an addition to this list.

And finally, although he's way down at the bottom, my personal recommendation is definitely Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, as it turns the ultimate mindfuck: inverting the world-view of our entire culture, and it is non-fiction.

Adams, Douglas

Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead

Lewis, C.S.

Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength

Poe, Edgar Allan

Carroll, Lewis

Tags: books, list

Nature's conception - the gates of hell

Thu, 22 May 2008 06:59:44 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: officeofstrategicinfluence.com

Nature's conception - the gates of hell
Image collection

The first person to say "these are photoshopped, I can tell because of the pixels" wins the "Doesn't know what compression artifacts are" award. But if you have comments the go here

X-Ray Photoshop Fun

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:01:21 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: www.myinterestingfiles.com

X-Ray Photoshop Fun

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Half Man Half Tree

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:07:55 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: www.myinterestingfiles.com

Half Man Half Tree

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With his rootlike feet and gnarled hands, he is known as “The Tree Man”.

Living in a remote village in the wilderness of Indonesia, 36-year-old father-of-two Dede has stunned medical experts. Most of his body is covered in growths which have become so large and thick they look like twisted tree roots growing out of his skin. Dede says his worst fear is that the cruel disorder will kill him before doctors have a chance to save him.

Dede grew up in a tiny hamlet near Bandung, south of Jakarta, the capital of the volcanic island of Java. He enjoyed a completely normal childhood, but just after he turned 15 he cut his knee in an accident on a building site. The injury - not deemed to be at all serious at the time - was to change his life forever.

Within weeks, a huge growth had emerged from inside his wound. He says at first he was not unduly worried, believing it was a wart which would eventually drop off. But it didn’t.

Tags: creepy, bizarre, unbelievable

Sunset Surf

Sun, 18 May 2008 06:37:00 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: aijoartgallery.com

Tags: photos, beauty, sunset

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Unlimited GMail Ids

The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Tallest vehicular bridge in the world

Tallest vehicular bridge in the world

Polar Bear and Huskie?

The Fallacy Files

Go to Main Menu

INDEX

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What are the Fallacy Files?

The secret of the greatest-ever student prank

Revealed after 50 years: The secret of the greatest-ever student prank

Of All The Moments For Freud To Slip

Of All The Moments For Freud To Slip

Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce

Man found in WI basement covered in BBQ sauce

The Last Photo I Ever Took

Your Daily Dose of Awwww...

Books that will induce a mindf***k

Books that will induce a mindfuck

Nature's conception - the gates of hell

X-Ray Photoshop Fun

X-Ray Photoshop Fun

Half Man Half Tree

Half Man Half Tree

Sunset Surf

A B C D E F G H I JKL M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ