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Tuesday: October 27, 2009

Popular Today:
Latvian meteor-like crater, most likely thought to be a meteor, not a meteor after all.
Latvian meteor-like crater, most likely thought to be a meteor, not a meteor after all.

Apparenly real craters left by meteors are not as tidy as this one was and that don't appear to have been dug out with a shovel. Oh well. See yesterday's batch of links for original story.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Silly @ 6:45 AM | Tags (8) | crater | dug | fake | hoax | latvia | meteor | shovel | silly |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 11 Clicks


Monday: October 19, 2009

Popular Today:
These days even a parking ticket can masquerade as a computer virus.
These days even a parking ticket can masquerade as a computer virus.

Drivers found the following message on the yellow ticket on their windscreen: 'PARKING VIOLATION This vehicle is in violation of standard parking regulations'. The ticket then instructed drivers to visit a website...

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Security @ 6:43 AM | Tags (9) | bbc | fake | parking | security | ticket | trick | trojan | virus | vundo |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 33 Clicks


Monday: September 21, 2009

Popular Today:
Fifteen of the biggest Wikipedia blunders for your community-edited pleasure.
Fifteen of the biggest Wikipedia blunders for your community-edited pleasure.

...and the real lesson to learn here is that anybody can have a fake death sooner or later on Wikipedia.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interwebs @ 10:18 AM | Tags (7) | blunders | community | death | edits | fake | msnbc | wikipedia |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 52 Clicks


Thursday: July 2, 2009

Popular Today:
Yes, it is quite possible to buy some Twitter followers.
Yes, it is quite possible to buy some Twitter followers.

Prices start at just $87 bucks for a block of a hundred people.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interwebs @ 10:07 AM | Tags (5) | bought | fake | followers | social | twitter |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


Thursday: June 25, 2009

Popular Today:
The top sixteen funniest fake bands of all time.
The top sixteen funniest fake bands of all time.

Put your hands together for Mr. Randy Watson.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Music @ 6:18 AM | Tags (3) | fake | funny | music |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 26 Clicks


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