August 19, 2012 - August 25, 2012 Archives
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This is a series titled 'Water Wigs' by photographer Tim Tadder and his cohorts. It features bald men with wigs made from water as a result of thrown water balloons popping on their heads. Neat, but I still want mine made out of chocolate milk. We just finished shooting a ... / Continue →
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This is the 50,000+ piece diorama of Lord Of The Ring's elf haven Rivendell built by LEGOManiacs Blake Baer and Jack Bittner. The 30" x 40" piece weighs 120 pounds and took over 600 years to build. Well, that's just my guesstimate, but I've never lost one of those 'guess how ... / Continue →
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Six out of twenty-two stores unknowingly participating in a recent sting in Nottinghamshire, England sold booze to a kid using the above ID, which not only states that the boy is 17, but also has a picture of Bobby Hill from 'King of the Hill'. Another seven stores sold him alc... / Continue →
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This is the recently discovered poodle moth photographed by taxonomist Dr Arthur Anker during a recent trip to Venezuela. Poodle moth isn't its official name though, that's just what people are calling it until it can be properly classified. *eying picture* I vote for Wampa ... / Continue →
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WTF Did I Just Watch?: Cypress Hill's 'Insane In The Membrane' Played Through A Color-Changing SquidThis is a video of Cypress Hill's 'Insane In The Membrane' being played through a squid via electrical impulse that makes the pigments in its body change color. I'm pretty sure it was just a clever way to get around posting a copywritten song on Youtube. Hit the jump, turn up... / Continue →
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Because exploiting people's fear of a crushing death is a great way to sell products, a Japanese furniture manufacturer is introducing this $5,600 earthquake-proof 'Wood Luck' bed. It has a specially treated cedar frame that can support up to 65 tons of pressure and keep you a... / Continue →
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According to a recent study (because conducting studies on robot sexism are a thing that people actually do), robots suffer from human sexism because, well, I don't know why. I'm reading this crapola the same time you are. Previous research on gender effects in robots has lar... / Continue →
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Because there's jackshit on the internet today but a guy who bit a snake, here's a graphic depicting all our solar system's planets to scale (come on -- would it have killed you to still include Pluto?). As tipster Chris pointed out, all the terrestrial planets could fit comfo... / Continue →
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This is a Bumblebee pipe made for smoking hash oil. It was a collaboration piece between Banjo (fun fact: I used to own a Banjo stemless bubbler many moons ago!) and Bluegrass Man. As beautifully crafted as it is, pieces like this always give me the heebie jeebies. Amazing, ... / Continue →
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Nepali farmer Mohammed Salmodin was working in a patty field when a cobra bit him. So what did he do? What anybody would, repeatedly bit it back until it died. Wait, WHAT?! After he bit the snake to death, Mr Salmodin said that he went about his daily business as if nothing... / Continue →
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Watch out, Tony the Tiger! Because most humans abandoned the city a long ago, a targeting robot was called in to throw the first pitch at a Detroit Tigers game last night. It didn't actually THROW the ball though, it shot it out of a pneumatic cannon, similar to the way I p... / Continue →
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This is a video of a guy riding off on an ultra-tiny bicycle. It's small. Like, even smaller than the bicycle a Cabbage Patch Doll would ride. No word where the mini-bike came from, but I suspect brobro was the victim of a deceptive advertising scam. Hey, we've all been the... / Continue →
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These are some officially licensed Batman TWIN BLADE folding knives. My God, Wayne Enterprises has gone downhill. They cost about $9 and come in different colors so you can accessorize any outfit. "But why do they have two blades?" To hurt yourself, silly! Thanks to car... / Continue →
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Holy shit it's a smiley face. This is a high-definition video (created using photographs) of the Mars rover Curiosity landing on the red planet. That's not it in the picture though, that's just the heat-shield being jettisoned. "The sign clearly said 'NO DUMPING'" I imagine ... / Continue →
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So apparently Superman and Wonder Woman are gonna start dating in upcoming issue #12 of the rebooted Justice League. Assuming one date per comic, they should be rubbing privates by #15. Now THAT is gonna be the issue to buy. The comic, which goes on sale Aug. 29, culminates ... / Continue →
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Apparently an old lady in Spain took it upon herself to repair a valuable fresco of Jesus in a neighboring church. *eyeballing picture* AHHAHHAHHAHAHHAHHA! No word who ever told the old coot she had a lick of talent, but I think we can all agree they're the real criminal her... / Continue →
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Because what good are shoes if they can't tell you how high you've jumped, how far you've ran, or how many rain puddles you've stepped in, Nike is dropping these sensor-laden $315 LeBron X high-tops next month. Now I know the burning question on everybody's mind, and no, I'm n... / Continue →
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This is a triceratops tractor. It's a tractor with a metal triceratops attached to it that can move its head and open its mouth. It's the opposite of a muscle car. Get it? Because it's only bones! LOLOLKILLMENOW. Still, I'd drive it. Probably on the sidewalk. I would al... / Continue →
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Picture related: an original portrait of Link made from torn up Nintendo Power magazines by artist Chris Lange that I won in a contest. Nintendo Power magazine, the monthly publication that was at one time (the 90s') the latest and greatest source for Nintendo news and tips, ... / Continue →
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This is Venus, a three year old chimera cat. WTF is a chimera cat? CUTE AS A BUTTON. Chimera cat is one individual organism, but genetically its own fraternal twin. A chimera is typically formed from four parent cells (either two fertilized eggs, or two early embryos that ha... / Continue →
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Simple -- you're the one with the giant googly eyes and no face. This is Nico the robot. Nico can recognize himself in a mirror. He's actually been able to do that since 2007, but now he can use the image he sees in the mirror to identify the spacial location of his hands "d... / Continue →
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Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque (pronounced 'hockey' and not 'roach' like it should be) creates art with pot smoke by repeatedly blowing the smoke at a piece of paper with a stencil taped to it. :/ Art, ladies and gentlemen! It takes him a week to do a single print -- ... / Continue →
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Note: Picture shows soda flavors, beer coming soon. Pat's Backcountry Beverages have developed a powdered beer concentrate (not a new concept) that, when added to water and placed in their special carbonating bottle, makes "microbrew quality" beer anywhere. No more lugging a ... / Continue →
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This is a very small series of Zelda characters in a Persian style by DeviantARTist Lenqi. They've got a darker, edgier feel to them, don't they? I wouldn't mind seeing a Zelda game like that. Twilight Princess wasn't bad, but I want even MORE DARKNESS. Just saying, it's go... / Continue →
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Disney has been pulling the video down whenever they notice it, but while it lasts, here's a montage of bloopers, japes, and Loki-supplied Alan Rickman impressions that comes as a supplemental to Avengers home video purchases. Fun! Watch below, and discover that perhaps the tru... / Continue →
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Worst party ever: Sixty people, ONE Miller Lite. According to a recent study performed by Colgate University (of minty fresh breath fame), heavy drinking college students are happier and more "socially satisfied" (sexed?) than those who practice moderation. Me? I didn't real... / Continue →
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This is a video of the Ghostbusters theme performed on eight floppy drives as programmed by floppy aficionado MrSolidSnake745. Admittedly, it's probably one of the best "songs performed on floppy drives" renditions I've heard, and that's saying a lot because some days my tip l... / Continue →
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Comedic songwriter/performer brentalfloss is back with another video game inspired diddy, this time 'The Bioshock Song', a song all about Borderlands. I'm joking, that wouldn't make any cents. "Sense?" *rattling change in pocket* I'll holla for a dolla! I don't even know w... / Continue →
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Note: Worthwhile time-lapse video after the jump. This is a giant cross-stitch lovingly created by Linda (aka Esponsas) featuring the entire first generation of Pokemon. Man, so many familiar faces in the bunch. Like, uh, Dweezle, and...Tam-Tam? You got me, I'm more of a Yu... / Continue →
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Big deal, I burped the Ninja Turtles theme song once (but threw up during "heroes in a half shell" part). In my God it's way too early for this news comes a video of a cross-eyed cat that looks suspiciously like it stuck its face in a dirty hole "singing" the Game of Thrones t... / Continue →
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This is a currently unnamed Aerofex dual rotor-powered hoverbike. Personally, I suggest they call it the Boner-bike, but that's just me and there's no way you could zoom around on that thing without one. OR A HELMET. Safety first, folks. I'm joking -- it's your head, I don'... / Continue →
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This is an army of 'Chef Cui' noodle-shaving robots designed and manufactured by Cui Runquan. The robots were designed to cut noodles from a block of dough cheaper and more efficiently than humans can. Plus today's youth don't want to work as noodle cutters. Kids! I spent t... / Continue →
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This are two drawings by artist Jake Parker showing the imagined anatomy of Lightning Steve McQueen and his low-level IQ tow truck buddy, uh...what's his name? *IMDB's* Mater, his name's Mater. God, why did I even bother looking that up? Also, not to nit-pick or anything, b... / Continue →
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As a pathetic man-child who's no stranger to passing out drunk on the bathroom floor, I've gotten an ant's eye view of the room on several occasions. Some weeks more days than not. But enough about my debilitating life-coping mechanisms, this is a series of photographs by Mic... / Continue →
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This is a series of posters by artist Tim Anderson (links to personal website where you can buy prints, $40) imagining the first three Star Wars movies as spaghetti westerns by Italian director Sergio Leone. Would Leone have had enough decency to not make any prequels? Proba... / Continue →
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This is the Clopen Shelf from Torafu Architects. It might just look like a plain old shelf, BUT IT CONTAINS A HIDDEN DRAWER FOR VALUABLES. Don't own any valuables? Welcome to the club. The drawer is only 23mm (~0.9 of an inch) tall though, so you can forget about stashing a... / Continue →
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N165, really? Next time we should get to vote on the name. Because what better way to make the red planet even redder than with a wildfire, the rover Curiosity has begun vaporizing Martian rocks with a powerful burning laser to determine their composition. EARLY SPECULATION:... / Continue →
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So an entirely new family of spiders have been discovered in an Oregon cave system that have hooked, claw-like appendages on their front legs used for catching prey. It's a landmark find because it's the first new family of spiders to be discovered since 1890. Hopefully it wi... / Continue →
