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- Small Worlds by Frank Kunert
- Scientist to Make Programmable Cells that Act as "Operating System"
- Jetliner Appears to Hover in Midair during Takeoff
- Star Trek Episode Featuring Nazis Airs for the First Time in Germany
- Portrait Created From The Average Of 500 Photos
- Christie's New Sculpture Introduced By Spider Man
- A Comma Walks Into a Bar, ...
- Hitler's Fake Passport
- Space Alien Alarm Clock
- Cracking an Egg Under the Sea
- ET in Red Vines
- Sylvester Stallone's New Pen
- Le Internet Medley
- Call Me Hope
- The Birth of Kermit
- Chuck Testa Songified
- Chicken Pox via Mail
- Visions of Earth
- 7-foot Papercraft Gundam
- Pop Culture's Buried Treasure
- Family Shmamily ... I'm Here For The Turkey
- A Few Facts You May Not Know About Some Like It Hot
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:57 PM PST
If there's something strange about the buildings and objects in Frank Kunert's photographs, that's because they're not real. You see, Frank's a genius with building models:
This one above, titled Adventure Pool Complex, is but one of dozens of fantastic photographs over at his website: Link - via Trendland  |
| Scientist to Make Programmable Cells that Act as "Operating System" Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:56 PM PST
Oh, what could possibly go wrong? Link Image: Support Bacteria! It's the Only Culture Some People Have from the NeatoShop |
| Jetliner Appears to Hover in Midair during Takeoff Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:00 PM PST (Video Link) Freaking airplanes! How do they work? This video shows an Airbus A330 taking off from the Farnborough Airshow in 1994. About 24 seconds into the video, the jetliner appears to hover, nearly motionless, in midair. -via Jalopnik |
| Star Trek Episode Featuring Nazis Airs for the First Time in Germany Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:50 PM PST The 1968 episode of Star Trek entitled “Patterns of Force” is set in a society modeled after Nazi Germany. Because so many uniforms from the Third Reich are featured in it, the episode was not aired in a Germany still sensitive to anything remotely resembling Nazism. But recently the broadcasting company ZDF concluded that it is time to make that episode available for German Trekkies who have never had the opportunity to watch it. Due to controversial subject matter, broadcasting officials will give it a restricted rating and only air it after 10 PM. There is still no news about when “Spectre of the Gun” will be permitted in Arizona. Link -via The Mary Sue | Image: Paramount |
| Portrait Created From The Average Of 500 Photos Posted: 09 Nov 2011 04:56 PM PST This is what Flickr user clickflashwhirr looks like when 500 portraits of her, which she takes every day like the world’s most dedicated narcissist, are averaged into one angelic looking photo. The guy who put the photos together might be stalking her on Flickr, but I’m sure she will be flattered to see the result of her years of vanity rendered into the perfect self portrait. |
| Christie's New Sculpture Introduced By Spider Man Posted: 09 Nov 2011 04:54 PM PST This spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois looks big enough to swallow Spider Man whole, and probably should gobble up the webslinger for being such an attention monger! Christie’s auction house decided to unveil their newest acquisition by hiring Craig Henningsen, star of Spider Man the Musical, to commemorate the occasion with some web-headed antics. The piece is the second largest spider sculpture in the world, and is expected to sell for over 4 million dollars. |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 04:52 PM PST
Three more over at McSweeney's: Link Challenge: Can you come up with more? |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 04:02 PM PST As a joke, forgers at the United Kingdom’s Special Operations Executive made this fake German passport in 1941. It lists Hitler as a Jewish painter who has permission to visit Palestine, then ruled by the British. You can view another photograph of this passport from the UK’s National Archives at the link. Link -via How to Be a Retronaut |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 03:51 PM PST Space Alien Alarm Clock – $13.95
Are you endlessly searching for a way to defeat oversleeping? You need the Space Alien Alarm Clock from the NeatoShop. This fantastic alarm clock is shaped like the iconic arcade game character. The clock makes arcade game sounds and moves side to side when the alarm goes off. The Space Alien Alarm Clock is sure to inspire you to gain control of your sleeping patterns and score big points for waking up on time. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Clocks & Timers.
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| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 03:51 PM PST (Video Link) What happens when you crack open a raw egg 31 meters down? These divers from an Australian firm show how water pressure maintains the egg’s form. So…uh, you gonna eat that? -via That’s Nerdalicious! |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:49 PM PST
We've posted Jason Mecier's food art on Neatorama a while ago, but the man's back. This time with everyone's favorite licorice candy, Red Vines (I mean, what they hell can't they do?) Now the only reason ET would call home is to tell everyone on his planet how awesome it is to be made into edible movie mosaic! Here's Licorice Flix by Jason Mecier, going on right now at iam8bit's gallery (Making that Kim Kardashian one probably took longer than 72 days!) Notcot's Tasteologie has more pics: Link |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PST
After a rocky path filled with many cliffhangers in his storied career, Sylvester Stallone finally drew first blood as a designer with this over the top writing instrument by Montegrappa. The pen is called Chaos, and it looks sharp enough to be a Rambo weapon, if the assassin were into such things as skulls and cobras. Love it or hate it? You be the Judge, but be forewarned you need a lot of expendable (tango and) cash to buy one. Whatever you do, don't laugh at it or Sly's mom will shoot. Link [auto-start music, but oh, what music] - via Metafilter and Luxurylaunches |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 11:17 AM PST How many internet memes are in this song by the GAG Quartet? All of them! Well, according to the YouTube page, there are forty -in case you want to try to find them all. -via The Daily What |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 10:14 AM PST This catchy video was created by Joe Sabia and Bryce Yukio Adolphson and set to the music of Paul Simon. It is the second video of a campaign called “Stop the Pity. Unlock the Potential Campaign” from Mama Hope, a nonprofit organization working to improve the living conditions of people in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Uganda. Link -via Boing Boing |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 10:10 AM PST Before The Muppet Show, before Sesame Street, there was Sam and Friends, a 1955 series of local TV sketches created by a college student named Jim Henson.
Collector’s Weekly talks to Smithsonian curator Dwight Blocker Bowers about the history of Kermit and Henson’s other puppets, and gives us a glimpse at the collection of Muppet memorabilia on display at the Smithsonian Institution. Link |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PST One way to breathe new life into a meme is to autotune it. This was made from the original Rhett & Link ad for Ojai Valley Taxidermy plus the Kids React to Chuck Testa video by the Fine Brothers with audio treatment by the Gregory Brothers. -via Blame It On The Voices |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:08 AM PST
I’m sure employees of the postal service appreciate such subterfuge. The fact remains that the practice is illegal. And didn’t we learn back in the ’80s that sharing bodily fluids with strangers is dangerous? Link (Image credit: Jelene Morris) |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST Here you get a sneak peek at National Geographic’s new book Visions of Earth. The focus is on photography, but there are plenty of facts and information about our world. Link -Thanks, Carrie! |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:53 AM PST A year ago, Taras Lesko made a four-foot-tall Freedom Gundam out of paper. Where do you go from there? A bigger model, of course. This papercraft Gundam is seven feet tall! It was constructed of 1250 parts printed from 720 sheets, with a total weight of ten pounds. See pictures from the construction process and videos as well at VisualSpicer. Link |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST Did you know that there was a serious film produced about Karen Carpenter that used Barbie dolls instead of actors? That the first pressing of the Thriller LP was much longer than the finished product? That Quentin Tarantino’s first film was ruined by a fire at the film-processing lab? There are plenty of pop culture recordings that you might never get a chance to experience -or by luck, you just might. Read about a lot of lost art at Wired. Link -via Dark Roasted Blend By the way, the Carpenter biopic is available online. |
| Family Shmamily ... I'm Here For The Turkey Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:14 AM PST Family Shmamily … I’m Here For The Turkey T-shirt – $9.95 Can we talk turkey? Is there a little holiday secret you need to get off your chest? You need the Family Shmamily … I’m Here For The Turkey T-shirt from the NeatoShop. This design is also available on sweatshirts and hoodies in case your family doesn’t think you are funny and makes you eat outside. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Thanksgiving tomfoolery and Chris Murphy designs! |
| A Few Facts You May Not Know About Some Like It Hot Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:15 AM PST
Some Like It Hot, besides being the most famous film made by legendary sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (her signature performance) is a comedy classic in its own right. In 2000, it was voted by the American Film Institute as #1 on its list of the 100 Funniest Movies (interestingly, the #2 choice was Tootsie, making both the #1 and #2 choices cross-dressing films). Besides the great Marilyn (and Billy Wilder’s awesome direction), the brilliant gender-bending performances by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon make it, without a doubt, one of the most entertaining comedies ever filmed. Let’s take a look at a few facts you may not know about a truly hilarious movie: Some Like It Hot. * The “almost cast” list is almost as great as the final choices. Director Billy Wilder originally wanted Bob Hope and Danny Kaye to play the Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon roles. Frank Sinatra was another early choice the play the Jack Lemmon “Daphne” role. Perhaps the strangest actor to audition for Lemmon’s role was a young Anthony Perkins (rejected. He was to star in Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho the next year). * Jerry Lewis was also offered the role of the zany “Daphne.” Lewis turned down the role because he “didn’t think drag was funny.” Lemmon, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance, sent Lewis chocolates annually in gratitude. According to Jerry, every time he ran into Billy Wilder, Billy greeted him with, “Hello, Schmuck!” Jerry later admitted he regretted his rejection of the role.
* The film’s original working title was Not Tonight, Josephine. * Marilyn wanted the film to be in color (her contract actually stipulated that all her movies be filmed in color), but after looking at Curtis and Lemmon in the color film tests, they were deemed to be too grotesque-looking (they photographed with a green tinge). * To test the waters in their female drag outfits, Curtis and Lemmon strutted around Goldwyn Studios lot to see if they could pass as women. But the supreme test was when the two went into the ladies’ room on the Goldwyn lot and fixed their makeup in front of the mirror, imitating how typical females would do it. When no women complained or even seemed to notice their presence, they knew they looked convincing. * Marilyn was actually pregnant during the filming, accounting for her slightly bigger-than-usual appearance. As a result, most of her stills were posed by her stand-ins Evelyn Moriarty and Sandra Warner (who was given an uncredited role in the film as one of the girl band members). Monroe’s head was later superimposed on the photos. * Marilyn, as most movie fans know, was pretty messed up by this point in her career. It reportedly took her 47 takes to correctly deliver her line “It’s me, Sugar,” in one scene. Exasperated, director Wilder finally had the line written on a blackboard for the actress to read. In another, it took 59 takes to say the line “Where’s the bourbon?” A fed-up Wilder had the line written on a slip of paper and placed in the drawer Marilyn was searching through. If you watch the final climactic scene where Tony Curtis has to say goodbye to Marilyn over the phone, it is easy to see Marilyn’s eyes going back and forth, back and forth. This is because she is reading her dialogue directly off a blackboard. * Tony Curtis had to film take after take of his kissing scene with Marilyn, because she kept forgetting or flubbing her lines. The kissing, of course, was not so unpleasant (being every man’s fantasy), but before they kissed, poor Tony had to take a bite of a chicken leg. Curtis grew so sick of chicken, he couldn’t eat it again for years. Curtis’ famous reply when asked by reporters what it was like to kiss Marilyn Monroe: “It was like kissing Hitler.” * According to Billy Wilder (referring to Marilyn Monroe): “We were mid-flight and we had a nut on board. Marilyn’s erratic behavior was so upsetting to so many people, she was not invited to the film’s wrap party. * The film’s final, classic line “Well, nobody’s perfect,” delivered by Joe E. Brown after his “girlfriend” Jack Lemmon reveals he is really a man, was actually just a throwaway line. It was used in the original take, but it was going to be changed later when they found a better line. Interestingly, no one will claim credit for the immortal closing line. Billy Wilder claims it was written by the film’s writer I.A.I. Diamond, and Diamond claims it was Wilder’s line. * Upon its original release, Some Like It Hot was banned in the state of Kansas. Cross-dressing was considered “too disturbing for Kansas.” |
Scientists at the University of Nottingham are trying to create a "reprogrammable cell" that can act as a cellular equivalent to a computer's operating system.
From McWSweeney's, presented without further ado, here are some bar jokes involving grammar and punctuation by Eric K. Auld:
Before the varicella vaccine became widely available in 1995, some parents would encourage a case of chicken pox in their children, as enduring the disease would cause immunity and it is less dangerous in children than for adults. Decades ago when I was young, no encouragement was needed as chicken pox, measles, and mumps swept through schools every year -the same way smallpox and diphtheria spread before vaccines were developed. Since most children are innoculated these days, it’s not so easy to find a case of chicken pox to catch, so some vaccine-wary parents are going online to have it delivered …by mail!
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* Actress Mitzi Gaynor was the original choice for the female lead “Sugar Kane” role, but as soon as Wilder found out Marilyn Monroe was available, he offered her the role.
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