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- Getting a Deer off the Road
- 10 Bizarre English Pub Names
- U.S. Gov't Jobs: Frequent travel may be required
- Cool Creations From Tokyo Design Week 2011
- Black Swan Director Makes Disturbing Anti-Meth Ads
- Marvel Comics Character Redesigns By Ben Balistreri
- The Crovel Is The Ultimate Survival Tool
- Watch These Oscar Submitted Animated Shorts
- A Cosplay Gallery Featuring Some Unique Characters
- PETA: Mario Kills Tanooki
- Did You Break That Table?
- New Slippery Material Inspired by Carnivorous Plant
- Turning Human Ashes into Beads
- Another Day at the Ringwraith Office
- Pumpkin Pie Donut
- Doctor Who Mini Talking Plush Tardis
- A Truly Memorable Wedding
- TARDIS Refrigerator Is Remarkably Roomy
- The Dark Tower: Found!
- The Crew of the Enterprise Watch Star Wars
- "Despite what the fashion industry says, manufacturing a suit of feral raccoons is not overly complicated."
- Pokérose, I Choose You!
- Killing Pets for Insurance Money
- Thai Flood Hacks
- G+ Caption Contest No. 01
- The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial
- Pleasant Holidays With The Entire Family Tea
- Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors
- Candy Nostalgia
- Human Brain
- House Blend
- Bert and Ernie's Recording Session
- The Danse Macabre Collection
| Posted: 16 Nov 2011 05:22 AM PST Deputy Ryan Swartz of Huron County, Michigan responded to a call about a car hitting a deer Friday night. The small doe just stood there dazed, like a deer in the headlights… well, not like, because that’s exactly what she was. Swartz got out of his car to shoo the animal off the road before someone hit it again, but the doe still didn’t move. So the deputy did what he had to do. After about 25 minutes, the deer took off into the woods. Link -via Arbroath  |
| Posted: 16 Nov 2011 04:19 AM PST |
| U.S. Gov't Jobs: Frequent travel may be required Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:34 AM PST
Applications will be taken until January 27th. Link -via Metafilter |
| Cool Creations From Tokyo Design Week 2011 Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:57 PM PST Here’s a nifty little gallery of items from Tokyo Design Week 2011, including the glasses shown above, which were made out of sugar crystals which were formed naturally then reproduced in plastic via 3d printer. Art and innovation collide in these interesting items, and some may even make their way into a store near you. Others, like the tusk inspired headgear or the strange knit yellow suit with duck hat, probably won’t make it out of Japan. Thank your lucky stars! |
| Black Swan Director Makes Disturbing Anti-Meth Ads Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:50 PM PST Anti-drug PSA’s just got a whole lot scarier, thanks to this slick new campaign that warns against using Meth. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, of Black Swan and Requiem For A Dream fame, they all start out with a seemingly benign shot of the user. Then the camera pulls out to reveal a scene of horror meant to illustrate what you’re getting yourself into if you decide to try Meth, and it ain’t pretty. So, instead of just saying “Don’t Do Meth”, these scary ads show you why you shouldn’t mess around. No argument here! You can see them all at the DesignTAXI link below. |
| Marvel Comics Character Redesigns By Ben Balistreri Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:19 PM PST Ben Balistreri is a storyboard artist and character designer for Dreamworks Animation, so the energy he brings to his Marvel re-designs is fresh and full of cartoon charm. I would love to see an animated series featuring these re-designed characters, you can see all 50 of them for yourself at Ben’s site below. My faves are Taskmaster and Juggernaut, with his massive frame and little tiny face, but which ones do you like? Link –via ComicsAlliance |
| The Crovel Is The Ultimate Survival Tool Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:03 PM PST The Crovel, short for Crowbar Shovel, is the must have tool for survival in most any situation. It’s a spade, machete, saw, crowbar, hammer, and can also be used as a grappling hook, basically an amazing wonder-tool for extreme conditions. Guaranteed to make surviving the zombie apocalypse a whole lot easier. |
| Watch These Oscar Submitted Animated Shorts Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:02 PM PST This year there are 45 animated shorts being considered in the Best Animated Short category at the Oscars, and while the verdict isn’t out yet on which ones have qualified, the three shorts at the link below were submitted and may be among the finalists. A man has a New York City sidewalk encounter with a chicken in A Morning Stroll, the dark and dreary world of Birdboy, and the surreal war-torn landscape of The Gloaming are all likely candidates for the Oscar, but do you have a bid for Oscar-worthy animated short? |
| A Cosplay Gallery Featuring Some Unique Characters Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:02 PM PST I try to refrain from posting every cosplay gallery link I come across for obvious reasons, but I thought i’d share this one because it features obscure characters and some seriously well-made costumes. Among the characters present: a couple of creatures from They Live, Priss Asagiri from Bubblegum Crisis anime, a scary Little Sister from Bioshock, and a strangely fitting female Rule 63 Aquaman. Which costumes did you like? |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:22 PM PST
In the new Super Mario 3D Land game, Mario has special abilities when he wears the Tanooki Suit - but think about it. Where did he get such a suit? From a dead Tanooki, a Japanese raccoon dog, of course! PETA, understandably, is upset over the unnecessary killing of an imaginary videogame character and has made its displeasure known by releasing this fun little Flash game: Mario Kills Tanooki - Thanks Jay! |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:56 PM PST It’s okay. Those tables came that way. French designer Suzy Lelièvre has a gift for adding fluidity to solid objects. This piece is entitled “Contortions, Shocked Tables.” Link | Designer’s Website (Google Translate) | Photo: Veronique Huyghe, ENSCI |
| New Slippery Material Inspired by Carnivorous Plant Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:21 PM PST
NewScientist has the story: Link - via Popsci |
| Turning Human Ashes into Beads Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:21 PM PST
Link -via Oddity Central| Photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon |
| Another Day at the Ringwraith Office Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:11 PM PST (Video Link) Sauron has high expectations of us, and this new guy isn’t helping our billable hours. Yeah, he’s got some innovative ideas, but he isn’t a team player. It may be time to call in an outside trainer for some community-building activities. I know a guy at Greenstorm Films — you know, the people behind the Dora the Explorer spoof — who can help. -via The Mary Sue |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:56 PM PST I’ve long dreamed of eating a donut stuffed with sweetened peanut butter. But this concoction by the California donut shop chain Psycho Donuts may top that. It’s filled with pumpkin pie and capped with maple flavoring and crushed graham crackers. What new donut design would you create, if given the chance? Official Website -via That’s Nerdalicious! |
| Doctor Who Mini Talking Plush Tardis Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:47 PM PST Doctor Who Mini Talking Plush Tardis – $10.95 Attention Doctor Who fans! Behold the adorable Doctor Who Mini Talking Plush Tardis from the Neatoshop. This 4″ soft clip on toy makes materialization sounds and has a light up lamp. Also available:
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop more fantastic Doctor Who items.
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| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:44 PM PST Mike and Nancy Rogers were to be married in the main lodge at White Point Beach Resort in Nova Scotia. However, that building was on fire, so they held the ceremony in another resort building. But the happy couple took the opportunity to pose for a wedding portrait in front of the conflagration. That’s one photo composition you don’t see at every wedding! Read about the fire and see videos at HuffPo. Link -via Buzzfeed (Image credit: Nicholas Augustus/Canadian Press) |
| TARDIS Refrigerator Is Remarkably Roomy Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:20 PM PST But you should anticipate that strange people will try to crawl inside at times. Time Lords and their companions are annoying that way. Link -via Nerd Bastards |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:14 PM PST Could The Dark Tower by Stephen King have been inspired by Pico Cão Grande? This “volcanic plug” is in Obo National Park in the tiny island country of São Tomé and Principe off the coast of Africa. Photographs of this tower are hard to take because the top is usually in the clouds, but you’ll find some good ones at Dark Roasted Blend. Link (Image credit: Antonio Martins and Jose Bazelga) |
| The Crew of the Enterprise Watch Star Wars Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:13 PM PST (Video Link) The bridge officers on the Enterprise-D encounter strange sensor readings. What is that huge sphere? How should they respond? Who shot first, Han or Greedo? -via Fanboy |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST I’ve long suspected this to be true, but Kara Crabb’s successful experiment has only confirmed it. “As the old saying goes, the best way to get raccoons to swarm over your body is to think like a raccoon.” We know that raccoons are highly motivated by food, so she baited them with food duct-taped to her body. She was successful. And now, thanks to her work, you know that you can be, too. Link -via American Digest | Photo: Kara-Lis Coverdale and Rose Athena |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST |
| Killing Pets for Insurance Money Posted: 15 Nov 2011 02:20 PM PST
The bad news is that fraudulent claims on pet insurance policies are on the rise in the UK:
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| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:19 PM PST
Necessity is truly the mother of invention, so when the going gets tough because of the 2011 Thailand Floods, the Thais get floatin' on a DIY boat made from water bottles. Thai Flood Hacks is a Tumblr blog that collects the ingenuity of the Thai people in dealing with the 3-month-old flood. A few more pics:
See more at Thai Flood Hacks - via Makeshift |
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| The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:56 AM PST
No matter what happened in court, Arbuckle also went through “trial by newspaper.” Find out what happened to Fatty Arbuckle, legally and professionally, at Past Imperfect. Link |
| Pleasant Holidays With The Entire Family Tea Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:37 AM PST
Pleasant Holidays With The Entire Family Tea – $9.95 Are you dreading the holidays? You need the Pleasant Holidays With The Family Tea from the NeatoShop. This Darjeeling with spice tea provides just the right dose of laughter to help soothe frayed nerves. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fun Food & Drinks! |
| Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:19 AM PST Ben Mendelsohn gives us a look at “The Physical Underbelly of the Internet.”
Read more about the film at Brain Pickings. Link |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:37 AM PST I once referred to the candy bar as Peter Paul’s Almond Joy and my kids thought I was crazy. But that’s what the candy was called when I learned to love it! You’ll see all kinds of sweets that were sold a half-century ago in the 1949 NWCA Candy Salesman Book. Link -via the Presurfer |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:34 AM PST The Dutch National Ballet rehearses for a performance at TEDxAmsterdam 2011, an independently organized TED event, November 25th in the Netherlands. Narrated by Rutger Hauer. -via Everlasting Blort |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:05 AM PST They hardly needed to put the name on the pot -just about everyone knows what they’ll be drinking from it. Link Who knows? It might be the same restaurant where the cold drink dispensers are labeled with pictures as well. |
| Bert and Ernie's Recording Session Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:02 AM PST Bert and Ernie are recording their voices for the TomTom GPS company. They can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street! -Thanks, Bearfoot! |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:00 AM PST The dance of death (usually represented by a skeleton) has been a recurring theme in art and literature for centuries -at least! BibliOddysey has a sampling of such illustrations from the Heinrich Hein University of Düsseldorf collection, ranging from 1736 to the 20th century. Link |
The job pays well, but the minimum education and work experience requirements are pretty stiff and you’ll have to relocate to Houston. Also, you must be small enough to fit into a Soyuz spacecraft.
Scientists have invented a super-slippery material inspired by the carnivorous pitcher plants:
South Korea is a densely-populated nation, and so has diminishing room for appropriate places to bury the dead. A law passed a decade ago even requires people to exhume loved ones within sixty years of burial. Cremation has thus become increasingly popular, and one company has responded to this change by offering to turn human ashes into small crystal beads:
Committing insurance fraud is bad, but killing pets for insurance money? Now that's surely a crime deserving the deepest circle of Hell. 
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was a million-dollar movie star in 1921, when there weren’t all that many million dollar movie stars. After a Labor Day weekend party, a young actress named Virginia Rappe was hospitalized and later died. Arbuckle was the prime suspect in her death. The prosecution’s evidence came from the testimony of Maude Delmont, a woman with a shady past who kept changing her story.
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