Fa-La-La-tenment: The Soup Of Love
by wootbot
The present is inside you. Unwrap it.
Wednesday, November 05
Tuesday, November 04
The Debunker: Do Raccoons Wash Their Food?
by Scott Lydon
In November, we set our clocks an hour forward and officially say good-bye to an hour of daylight every evening. From now until spring, we're going to be spending most of our non-working hours in the dark: commuting home from the office when it's dark, making dinner when it's dark, meeting friends when it's dark, getting the kids to and from a million stupid activities in the dark. Ken Jennings, of Jeopardy! fame, is going to brighten this gloomy month with the light of knowledge, debunking some long-held myths about other nocturnal urban wanderers: the birds and critters you might see on a streetlit November night.
The Debunker: Do Raccoons Wash Their Food?
Raccoons are so associated with food-washing that their species name, Procyon lotor, literally means "the washing pre-dog." The French call the little guy le raton laveur--"the rat who washes." The popular myth is that of an animal who won't take a bite without thoroughly dunking its meal--which, if you ask me, is pretty snooty for an animal that gets a lot of its meals from garbage cans.
Fa-La-La-tenment: The Time And The Season
by wootbot
The present is inside you. Unwrap it.
Monday, November 03
The GIF That Keeps on GIFFING: Official Rules
by Sam Kemmis
Woot.com the GIF that Keeps on GIFFING Contest
OFFICIAL RULES
Please read these rules before entering the Woot.com the GIF that Keeps on GIFFING Contest (“Contest”). By submitting an entry, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and the judges, and that you satisfy all eligibility requirements.
The GIF That Keeps on GIFFING
by Sam Kemmis
Do you want some extra cash for the holidays?
Do you have mad animation skillz?
Do you pronounce "GIF" the correct way?
If you answered "Yes" or "Maybe" or "Sorta" to the above questions, we implore you to enter our newest contest: The GIF that Keeps on GIFFING.
Music Monday: Butts Butts Butts Butts Butts
by Kristy Tye
Happy Music Monday! It's me, the professed butt-lover and belove'd forum moderator, adq! I'm... I'm so sorry to you all for this week's selections already. I feel like it might be unnecessary to preface this with a warning, but these songs have NSFW lyrics and videos (depending, I guess, on your W).
Oh my god, Becky, let's get this one out of the way. Sir Mix-A-Lot has provided us the quintessential butt song and karaoke favorite of thousands of aspiring "singers". It's led to the oft repeatable adage- "I enjoy large posteriors and I am incapable of deception" or something like that.
But, no doubt you've heard that one a million times already, that's only the tip of the gluteal iceberg, more after the cut!
Fa-La-La-tenment: Meditations On The Muffin
by wootbot
The present is inside you. Unwrap it.
Wednesday, October 29
The Scarlet Petter with a Vengeance
by wootbot
What sins lie in the hearts of pets?
Tuesday, October 28
Item-Level Tracking: It’s Here!
by Scott Lydon
How many times have YOU formed an angry mob and marched on Woot HQ to demand item-level tracking? By our count… never. And we’d like to keep it that way. That’s why you’ll be noticing that you can now visit your order page and look at each individual item*, learn where it is, consider what it needs and desires, and prepare your home for what day it should be arriving. No more angry cries of “WHERE IS THE SECOND HALF OF MY ORDER?” and “WHY ARE YOU HIDING MY TRACKING INFORMATION?” Now it’s just click and read and done. So simple even our writing team could understand it.
See? Head on over to your order page and check it out. We think you’ll be pleased.
* Notice the asterisk? That’s because when we say “each individual item” we don’t mean items shipping from our Carrollton offices or items you buy from Shirt.Woot. They work a little different for now. But don’t panic. We hope to force them to also track neatly just as soon as we are able. Also it’s worth mentioning “Something Shipped”. What that means is our computer has noticed that some/all of your order has shipped, but can’t tell exactly what/how much! We’re a little embarrassed we didn’t get it perfect but it’s all a good step forward, right?
The Debunker: Did Mozart Write "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"?
by Ken Jennings
Human ignorance, sadly, isn't limited to planet Earth. Even today, over 400 years after the Age of Enlightenment began, plenty of people are still getting plenty of stuff wrong--not just about our home planet, but about the whole universe. Luckily, Jeopardy!s Ken Jennings is the author of a new book about the mysteries of the cosmos, the Junior Genius Guide to Outer Space. In this month's Debunker columns, he'll set us straight on a whole sky full of starry slip-ups. These are some misconceptions of truly astronomical proportion.
The Debunker: Star Myth #4: Did Mozart Write "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"?
The little-known fact that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the melody for the children's song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is not so little-known as the wiseacre typically volunteering the "fact" would have you believe. I've seen the claim in Frommer's travel guides, children's books about Mozart, and even (ironically) a book about scientific misconceptions by Phil Plait, who blogs at Bad Astronomy. It's plausible enough, I guess. Who else would compose one of the world's most famous kids' songs but the world's most famous kid composer?
