Imagine if you turned on your computer and found your entire digital life was wiped: years of photos, emails, documents—gone. That happened to Wired writer Mat Honan last weekend, when hackers broke into his most important accounts. But it could have probably been prevented if he'd done one thing: Enabled "two-factor authentication" on his Gmail account.

What sets good dads apart from great dads? The answer is entirely subjective.

"Africa is so beautiful! Everyone MUST visit at least one time in their life!" says Chester "Chet" Hanks "Haze," the rapping 22 year-old scion of an immensely wealthy A-list Hollywood movie star, in his inimitable declarative style. Here he is, pictured above, posing in a typical African dwelling amid local flora and fauna.

A man in Ohio was arrested Saturday night after entering a showing of The Dark Knight Rises with a loaded gun, among other weapons.

Pig evisceration company Tyson Foods saw its profits fall by 61% in the most recent quarter. Why? Humans, humbled by the realization of our own role as merely another in a long line of millions of animal species to briefly stand atop the food chain on this crazy spinning rock over which we ultimately have little control, and struck by the unavoidable ethical conviction that it is wrong to increase the suffering of sentient creatures unnecessarily, are turning away from their brutal chicken, pork, and beef-based diets of the past and embracing a new, plant-based diet of a happier, healthier, and more righteous communal future. From the NYT:

Here's the first color photo from Curiosity, the two-billion dollar NASA robot that landed on Mars yesterday. What a crock of shit. This is the first color photo of Mars we're getting? An Instagram of a mountain? Is Curiosity taking photos with a RAZR? This is the worst photo I've ever seen. Fire everyone at NASA. [NASA]

The grim Celebrity Death Beeper has beeped for 'Chorus Line' composer Marvin Hamlisch. He was 68.

Lots of fun and fascinating facts in this 3-D video infographic from the New York Times which pits Usain Bolt's record-setting 100m dash against the achievements of sprinters from past Olympics — all the way back to the 1896 Summer Games in Athens.

After weeks of teasing twitpics, the filming of Arrested Development's highly anticipated fourth season is set to get underway today.

Henrik Rummel, the U.S. rower who appeared to be sporting a boner while receiving his bronze medal yesterday, claims that his penis was flaccid during the medal ceremony. Rummel spoke out on the internet's chief boner website, Reddit, which he has previously used to discuss Game of Thrones:

On July 4th, Joplin, Missouri's Islamic Center — the city's only mosque — suffered roof damage after an unidentified man set it on fire by tossing a burning object onto the building.

Jesse the Jack Russell Terrier, star of screens both big and small, returns to capture whatever few remaining hearts are not yet under the spell of his doggie charm with the third installment in his award-winning Useful Dog Tricks video series (see also: Part 1, Part 2).

Garden Grove Medical Center employees thwarted a baby theft this weekend after Grisel Ramierez allegedly tried to walk out with a newborn girl she'd hidden in a tote bag. Ramierez had disguised herself in nurses' scrubs and led the newborn's mother to the bathroom, instructing her to shower before the doctor's examination. Once the mother left the room, Ramirez put the infant in her tote bag and was on her way out when the baby somehow set off an alarm after crossing an "imaginary line," which seems impossible if it was actually imaginary but, you know, technology is crazy these days.

Today was a tough one for Olympians. First, American Judo person Nick Delpopolo accidentally ate some pot brownies and got the boot. Then news breaks that a U.S. rower had a boner during his recent medal ceremony. Now comes word that Italy's national hero and walking champion Alex Schwazer was banned from the Olympics today after he failed a drug test. The illegal substance was not disclosed.

Famed wealth redistributor Barack Obama's favorite part of The Dark Knight Rises? Anne Hathaway's Catwoman, naturally.

Just over a week after calling McCain's decision to pick Sarah Palin a mistake, Dick Cheney sort of apologized. The former vice president clarified his statements to serious journalist Sean Hannity last night, saying, "the process didn't meet the standards I would like to see our candidate pursue when they pick a running mate."

Here's a picture of American rower Henrik Rummel receiving his new bronze medal while sporting a boner. He's the second one from the left, in case you missed the giant erection. All told, U.S. rowers won two bronze medals and one gold. Below is a video of the ceremony. [UPDATE: Rummel claims he was 'not erect.']

Want to know if someone is gay or not gay? Scientists say just look into their eyes.

From the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics—which featured as one of its star attractions, a large-but-not-even-that-large Cruella DeVille balloon—it's been clear that these Games would be one in which people felt it was okay to go ahead and phone some things in.

Francis "Fran" Higgins, who plays The Viper on the Irish mockumentary series Hardy Bucks, provides some stellar "alternative commentary" for the Women's Laser Radial sailing competition at the Thirtieth Olympiad — AKA "some boats in a race."