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Why E-mail Was Really Invented

You may think that e-mail was invented just to give you something to do all day, well perhaps not...

From The Vault: 3dfx Proud Engineer

Now "back in the day", if you were a gamer, there was only 1 video card that you would "ever" want.... the venerable 3dfx graphics cards were the best (at the time):

So The Boss Asks You To Wash His Car...

So your at work one day, and being the recession and all, the boss asks you to wash his car. This is probably NOT the best way to do it, but I am sure it would be the fastest way!

10 Drugs Not To Take While Driving (Germany)

Here is a great german commercial about 10 drugs that you should NOT take while driving.

7th Son: Descent (Novel)

The president of the United States is dead. He was murdered in the morning sunlight by a four-year-old boy…

So begins 7th Son: Descent, the technothriller novel by J.C. Hutchins. Originally released as a free audiobook podcast, 7th Son has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time.com, Wired.com UK, and on the cover of Blogger & Podcaster magazine. See what critics and bestselling novelists are saying about the book.

As America reels from the bizarre presidential assassination committed by a child, seven men are abducted from their normal lives and delivered to a secret government facility. Each man has his own career, his own specialty. All are identical in appearance. The seven strangers were not born, but grown — unwitting human clones — as part of a project called 7th Son.

The government now wants something from these “John Michael Smiths.” They share the flesh as well as the implanted memories of the psychopath responsible for the president’s murder. The killer has bigger plans, and only these seven have the unique qualifications to track and stop him. But when their progenitor makes the battle personal, it becomes clear John Alpha may know the seven better than they know themselves…

Aussie Duststorm

Now this is something you don't really see every day, well at lease not up here in the Great White North!

Just For Laughs - Asking For Directions

Here is another great clip from those masters of comedy over at "Just for Laughs"