Microsoft tries to take old operating systems off the market six months after the release of a new one, but Windows XP continues to live on, almost two years following the release of Windows Vista.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 23, 2008, 5:00am

What follows isn’t necessarily the year’s worst music—though some of it is undeniably bad—it’s but the year’s most unnecessary.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 23, 2008, 5:00am

Updated story on last summer’s news about two adoptees, abandoned at birth on the same day in neighboring towns. They finally had a DNA test done to see if they were separated twins….

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 29, 2008, 4:30am

If you are the kind of person who can’t help but look when you drive by an accident scene, DMFail is for you. The site, which has been all the rage on Twitter for the last few days, shows direct (private) messages that were sent improperly on Twitter and are therefore public.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 29, 2008, 4:31am

Make your website user friendly by following these 10 tips for web designers.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 29, 2008, 4:32am

Featured is a hand-picked selection of the best independent and mainstream feature films that were either quietly dumped by studios, ignored by audiences, or just not marketed well enough. So to give these films some extra time in the spotlight, and to support some of the best filmmakers out there, we’ve put together this year end wrap-up for you.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 30, 2008, 4:36am

This New Year’s Eve Times Square in New York is set to debut a dazzling new LED-encrusted New Year’s ball! Composed of 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs, the 12-foot wide energy-efficient orb weighs in at 11,875 pounds, making it twice the size of any ball previously dropped overhead in Time Square.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 30, 2008, 4:40am

I wonder what 2008 meme will go bizarrely mainstream in 2009 like Rickrolling did 2007-2008. I Accidentally ? Yo dawg? Place your bets now!

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on December 31, 2008, 5:01am

This house is situated in the Ukrainian town of Lviv.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on January 6, 2009, 5:43am

We’re six days into the new year, and that means everybody is abandoning ship on 2008 and looking forward to all the wonderful things 2009 has in store for us. The good folks at JoBlo for instance, have used their time machine to jump forward to the end of the year and report back on what the best movies of 2009 will be.

Originally by herdivineshadow from digg / herdivineshadow / history on January 6, 2009, 5:45am