Friday, October 21, 2011 // Woot
This Dyson can’t be beat. Unless you beat it. Look, they don’t call me “Hector Thomas, The Fan Wrangler” because I don’t know what I’m talking about. So why don’t you just take a seat and listen a minute. There are two things that every fan has in common: 1) they are great for air […]
Thursday, October 20, 2011 // Woot
Imagine this: a little girl is out trick-or-treating, but not for candy. Instead everyone has one $ 100 bill and then fifty $ 1 bills. And every trick-or-treater only gets one bill. Obviously, the little girl wants to get to every house first for the hundreds. But on her way, a little boy trips her, […]
Thursday, October 20, 2011 // Woot
Welcome, gentle reader, to the first in a weekly series of articles exploring the world of anthropophagic crocodilian cinema. Man-eating ‘gator movies, that is. Starting today, and continuing until I run out of movies (or enthusiasm, whichever comes first), we’ll take a look at a different selection every Thursday from what might be filmdom’s most […]
Thursday, October 20, 2011 // Woot
What do you get for the Dragon King who has everything? I don’t care if it’s cliché, it’s a GOOD wedding present! “We have to take it back.” We’re not taking it back! Now stop it! “It’s not a good gift!” It’s a perfect gift! What are you talking about? “Kim, he’s the DRAGON KING […]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 // Woot
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hollywood loves a remake. That knowledge is so commonplace even that’s become cliche. So instead of rehashing another tired “There Are No New Ideas” argument, intrepid Nick Bosworth decided to let their video editing (and the cast of John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece The Thing, itself a remake) do the talking. The result […]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 // Woot
Albert Pujols vs. C.J. Wilson. Josh Hamilton vs. Chris Carpenter. Fredbird vs. Rangers Captain. Tonight begins the World Series that will set wooter against wooter. The Texas Rangers, representing Woot’s Dallas-area HQ, will play the Cardinals in St. Louis, the hometown and spiritual home of Woot’s creative and web development team. (Yeah, us St. Louisans […]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 // Woot
Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire. LONDON (Reuters) – Bob Dylan, forever looking for […]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 // Woot
Modern Horror Carry a Slumberjack Emergency Cot and you’re ready for any emergency situation. Even one that’s only in your mind. “Melinda? Are you down there in the basement?” No! Shut the door! “Oookay, well, I’m asking because I just found this human-sized rag doll in your bed, and the Slumberjack Emergency Cot seems to […]
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 // Woot
Zombies? None for me, thanks. Aliens? Yawn. War? Only if you promise my next of kin will be taken care of after I die… from boredom. Kerning? YES! LET’S GO! NOW! Kern Type lets you drag or nudge letters into their properly proportioned places and then rates your performance against the typographic professionals. If you’re […]
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 // Woot
Every Tuesday on the Woot blog, writer and professional ex- Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings puts on his Debunker hat and takes at aim much-believed morsels of information that feel so true… but are really all wrong. This month, to celebrate Halloween and the inevitable candy-gorging orgy (gorgy?) that ensues, Ken will debunk four myths about […]
