It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy.
[Jezebel]
From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold!
[Gawker]
Comment by Airvault: Is this this the official, unofficial "thank your Gawker editors" post?
If so, thank you*, Gawker editors, for a year of... 3 Responses | Other threads
Comment by badmutha: This is obviously her way of projecting the nihilism of the last few years back on itself and portraying the... 3 Responses | Other threads
Comment by sdowney83: So, it's okay for children to starve and families to be losing their homes as long as the speakers are... 18 Responses | Other threads
Once again it's time for our yearly roundup of the most trafficked posts on the site, and this year the list is made up of everything from plus-sized models to photoshop horrors to happy childhood memories. Ahead, a look back.
[Jezebel]
Comment by tervalicious: Oh, my 'GOD'!
How did I miss the children's book with sex AND crowning (which actually made me gasp and my... 2 Responses | Other threads
Maybe we should call this post the worstCover Lies, as the most egregiously mendacious covers are often the most fun to mock. Regardless, here's a little tour of what some of the glossies were really saying in 2009.
[Jezebel]
Comment by madeofawesome: Death Clits is the name of my newly-formed AlternaPunk band. We wear ironic tees and sing about the patriarchy. 3 Responses | Other threads
Windows/Mac/Linux/and more: XBMC is a killer open-source, cross-platform media center, and today they've released XBMC 9.11, introducing a whole new default look and feel, and it's very friendly on the eyes.
[Lifehacker]
If you've ever fantasized about Ginormica or the 50-foot woman, you're not alone. "Giantess" porn is huge on the Internet. Witness massive (and half-naked) women stomping cities into rubble, and tiny men who adore them. And yes, it's very NSFW.
[io9]
Christmas is very important to Dolly, and over the years, she's written songs for the occasion, and starred in numerous Christmas specials and TV movies. Here, we collected some of our favorite Dolly holiday songs.
[Jezebel]
Comment by leroy.brown: I've recently been on a Dolly kick, and hard candy christmas makes me cry everytime, yet gives me hope. thanks... 5 Responses | Other threads
Comment by sarasasa: You can't be a rebel vacationing in St. Barts. Stop it. And I'd remove the edgy thirteen-year-old-girl bracelets while on... 1 Responses | Other threads
We know that real monsters walk, slither, and crawl among us, and each year we learn more about the amazing creatures from Earth's past and present. We look at ten of the more monstrous names we added this decade.
[io9]
Comment by noisy doll: Thanks for posting this. It sounds like kind of a thankless job to me, and I'm always impressed with Amazon's... 4 Responses | Other threads
One day after explaining the psychology of restaurant menus, the New York Times opens our minds' eyes to online retailers' manipulation of colors, price points, and time distortion to get us buying—and how we can avoid such trickery.
[Lifehacker]
Want a better shot at getting a lost digital camera back? If your finder has any heart at all, a multi-frame photo message will give both motivation and instructions. Check out Andrew McDonald's smirk-inducing series as an example.
[Lifehacker]
Comment by q335r49: Speaking honestly: If I found photos of this smarmy bastard on a camera, I would most definitely NOT return it... 17 Responses | Other threads
Is it any surprise that when I asked a bunch of Gizmodo readers to share their holiday horror stories, you guys sent in tales of frozen cameras, techno-challenged dads and—yes—porn-filled PS3s?
[Gizmodo]
Comment by Michael Torres: Honestly, is porn a big deal anymore? Like walk out big deal? My wife and I watch it together all... 8 Responses | Other threads
Comment by dwsnrs: That's how my ex-husband looked when he was unemployed---unruly hair, silly hat, t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops.
I'll take Tim Robbins any... 9 Responses | Other threads
Don't worry, it wasn't with a nuclear bomb! Last week, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory accidentally blew up part of a building with "a gun which acts like a Civil War Cannon". Even crazier, in a way.
[Gawker]
Comment by seyswho: I really hate to be "that guy", but just for the record it's "Project ON Government Oversight". I was about... 6 Responses | Other threads
This year's release of Firefox 3.5 gave us a lot of reasons to like it, but its extensibility remains everyone's favorite feature. These add-ons and theme tools were the most popular in the year gone by.
[Lifehacker]
Be thankful if you still have a job: After the hell year that was 2009, a lot of fashion people don't. Many designers were fired, some were hired, and plenty lost their businesses altogether. An overview of the tumult:
[Jezebel]
Comment by doit2julia: This situation is truly dire. I finally graduated fashion school just a few months after the bottom dropped out &... 2 Responses | Other threads
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A Very Pot Psychology Christmas
It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. [Jezebel]Comment by Alohamaid: Am I the only one who thought mama kardashian was joyce dewitt for a long time? And for BJ girl,... 13 Responses | Other threads
Presenting The Gawker Internet Yule Log™
From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold! [Gawker]Comment by Airvault: Is this this the official, unofficial "thank your Gawker editors" post? If so, thank you*, Gawker editors, for a year of... 3 Responses | Other threads
Santa Claws Is Coming To Town
[Nazareth, December 24. Image via Getty.]
[Jezebel]Comment by LVP: I miss my Pomeranian. RIP Candy. more » | Other threads
New Year, New You
[Vallejo, California; December 23. Image via Getty.]
[Jezebel]Comment by FontWhore (the Great Nubling Hope): Wow, it's not very often you see Vallejo in the news for any reason. I grew up in neighboring Benicia,... 4 Responses | Other threads
Quite A Bit Of Weight On Her Shoulders
[Los Angeles, December 23. Image via WENN.]
[Jezebel]Comment by badmutha: This is obviously her way of projecting the nihilism of the last few years back on itself and portraying the... 3 Responses | Other threads
This is God's Thundering Subwoofer
My brother worships two things: God and Subwoofers. [Gizmodo]Comment by sdowney83: So, it's okay for children to starve and families to be losing their homes as long as the speakers are... 18 Responses | Other threads
Top 25 Posts Of 2009: Models, Muppets, Implant Mishaps, And Photoshop Disasters Galore
Once again it's time for our yearly roundup of the most trafficked posts on the site, and this year the list is made up of everything from plus-sized models to photoshop horrors to happy childhood memories. Ahead, a look back. [Jezebel]Comment by tervalicious: Oh, my 'GOD'! How did I miss the children's book with sex AND crowning (which actually made me gasp and my... 2 Responses | Other threads
There Must Be Mistletoe Somewhere…
[Munich, December 23. Image via Getty.]
[Jezebel]Comment by quitelikely: *sigh* Even conehead fish are getting more action than me this holiday season. 3 Responses | Other threads
The Year's 10 Best Cover Lies
Maybe we should call this post the worst Cover Lies, as the most egregiously mendacious covers are often the most fun to mock. Regardless, here's a little tour of what some of the glossies were really saying in 2009. [Jezebel]Comment by madeofawesome: Death Clits is the name of my newly-formed AlternaPunk band. We wear ironic tees and sing about the patriarchy. 3 Responses | Other threads
XBMC Updates to 9.11 Camelot, Brings Awesome New Look, Improved Features
Windows/Mac/Linux/and more: XBMC is a killer open-source, cross-platform media center, and today they've released XBMC 9.11, introducing a whole new default look and feel, and it's very friendly on the eyes. [Lifehacker]Comment by Artin Bastani: no version for the xbox? xbmc does stand for xbox media center.... right? 9 Responses | Other threads
It's Important To Paws While Shopping
[Los Angeles, December 23. Image via Splash.]
[Jezebel]Comment by waverly: "Shall I buy a matching Gap-wanna-be-hipster-plaid for my pup?" 1 Responses | Other threads
The Larger-Than-Life Sex Lives Of Giant Women [NSFW]
If you've ever fantasized about Ginormica or the 50-foot woman, you're not alone. "Giantess" porn is huge on the Internet. Witness massive (and half-naked) women stomping cities into rubble, and tiny men who adore them. And yes, it's very NSFW. [io9]Comment by braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Actually, I think I remember Patton Oswalt writing something about this. A million years ago on his myspace, that... 5 Responses | Other threads
Blue Christmas
[Beverly Hills, December 23. Image via Splash.]
[Jezebel]Comment by Understater: It's almost Edward Hopper-esque. 6 Responses | Other threads
Have A Dolly Parton Christmas
Christmas is very important to Dolly, and over the years, she's written songs for the occasion, and starred in numerous Christmas specials and TV movies. Here, we collected some of our favorite Dolly holiday songs. [Jezebel]Comment by leroy.brown: I've recently been on a Dolly kick, and hard candy christmas makes me cry everytime, yet gives me hope. thanks... 5 Responses | Other threads
The Ultimate Movie Cliche: The Wall Of Newspaper Clippings
Whether it's homage or insanity, the best way to skate over tons of movie backstory is with newspaper clippings, on a wall. We've collected the best and the worst of this cliché, so you can decide: worthless, or worth it? [io9]Comment by Mary Sue: I do believe in the X-Files movie, it was UFO 'sightings', not 'sitings'. 6 Responses | Other threads
Shore Thing
[St. Barthelemy, December 23. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]
[Jezebel]Comment by sarasasa: You can't be a rebel vacationing in St. Barts. Stop it. And I'd remove the edgy thirteen-year-old-girl bracelets while on... 1 Responses | Other threads
10 Remarkable Monsters Named in the Last Ten Years
We know that real monsters walk, slither, and crawl among us, and each year we learn more about the amazing creatures from Earth's past and present. We look at ten of the more monstrous names we added this decade. [io9]Comment by Ebylon: While I'd hoped to see a pic of just how big the leopard's teeth are, I'm satisfied with the 'OMG... 4 Responses | Other threads
The Secret Lives of Amazon's Elves
If Amazon is Santa, 400 folks living in RVs outside the Coffeyville, Kansas fulfillment center this winter are the elves. [Gizmodo]Comment by noisy doll: Thanks for posting this. It sounds like kind of a thankless job to me, and I'm always impressed with Amazon's... 4 Responses | Other threads
Golden Girls
[Al-Ahmadi, December 23. Image via Getty.]
[Jezebel]Comment by LaMorena: ...suddenly craving waffles for breakfast. 2 Responses | Other threads
Learn Online Retail Psychology Tricks to Avoid Them
One day after explaining the psychology of restaurant menus, the New York Times opens our minds' eyes to online retailers' manipulation of colors, price points, and time distortion to get us buying—and how we can avoid such trickery. [Lifehacker]Comment by TheOtherHalf: Anything with a nebulous "Studies show..." or "Studies suggest...", I am no longer inclined to believe. Studies have shown that clichĂ©s... 3 Responses | Other threads
Get Your Camera Returned with a Great Photo Message
Want a better shot at getting a lost digital camera back? If your finder has any heart at all, a multi-frame photo message will give both motivation and instructions. Check out Andrew McDonald's smirk-inducing series as an example. [Lifehacker]Comment by q335r49: Speaking honestly: If I found photos of this smarmy bastard on a camera, I would most definitely NOT return it... 17 Responses | Other threads
Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
Is it any surprise that when I asked a bunch of Gizmodo readers to share their holiday horror stories, you guys sent in tales of frozen cameras, techno-challenged dads and—yes—porn-filled PS3s? [Gizmodo]Comment by Michael Torres: Honestly, is porn a big deal anymore? Like walk out big deal? My wife and I watch it together all... 8 Responses | Other threads
Did Susan Sarandon Dump Tim Robbins for a Ping Pong Entrepreneur?
For 23 years Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins seemed a singularly stable Hollywood couple—until they split this summer. (A fact they announced yesterday.) What caused the breakup? A theory: Sarandon wanted to pursue ping pong entrepreneur Jonathan Bricklin. [Gawker]Comment by dwsnrs: That's how my ex-husband looked when he was unemployed---unruly hair, silly hat, t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops. I'll take Tim Robbins any... 9 Responses | Other threads
Nuclear Bomb Researchers Accidentally Blow Up Building
Don't worry, it wasn't with a nuclear bomb! Last week, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory accidentally blew up part of a building with "a gun which acts like a Civil War Cannon". Even crazier, in a way. [Gawker]Comment by seyswho: I really hate to be "that guy", but just for the record it's "Project ON Government Oversight". I was about... 6 Responses | Other threads
Most Popular Firefox Extensions and Themes of 2009
This year's release of Firefox 3.5 gave us a lot of reasons to like it, but its extensibility remains everyone's favorite feature. These add-ons and theme tools were the most popular in the year gone by. [Lifehacker]Comment by kyle4: The only thing that has me using Safari is the fact that when you start typing in a website, like... 5 Responses | Other threads
Giving Gifts With Big Love
[New York, December 23. Image via Splash.]
[Jezebel]Comment by Grrrlfriend: I love her and Nikki Grant is my favorite. 1 Responses | Other threads
Freeze Frame
[Lincoln, Nebraska; December 23. Image via AP.]
[Jezebel]Comment by pinupgirl: Wow. I'm such a dork, that I'm all excited that the city 40 miles west of me is on... 4 Responses | Other threads
Shoes, You Lose
[Santa Monica, December 21. Image via Flynet.]
[Jezebel]Comment by marimari: Scroll down fright, but I need to know what to do to get my hair to do that. 1 Responses | Other threads
Lindsay Lohan, Christian Lacroix, And Every Celebrity Clothing Line Known To Man: Fashion Failures And Successes Of 2009
Be thankful if you still have a job: After the hell year that was 2009, a lot of fashion people don't. Many designers were fired, some were hired, and plenty lost their businesses altogether. An overview of the tumult: [Jezebel]Comment by doit2julia: This situation is truly dire. I finally graduated fashion school just a few months after the bottom dropped out &... 2 Responses | Other threads
Happy Hump Day!
[Tokyo, December 23. Image via AP.]
[Jezebel]Comment by euterpe35: omg CAKE!Doggie is team cake! (but I bet she'd be team pie if there were a pie on her plate.) 13 Responses | Other threads