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- DC Launches Charity Campaign Fronted By Justice League
- Laurent Craste Puts A Hurting On Some Porcelain
- When Good Lawn Ornaments Go Bad
- Life-Sized Scrap Metal Mammoth Skeleton
- Pizza Steamed Buns Sound Delicious
- The Day I Met Dave Is Creepy…With Beards
- Alice In Wonderland Wedding Is Truly Wonderful
- When Film Colorization Goes Wrong
- Make Your Own Cyclops Glasses For Under $30
- This Puppy Loves Leaf Piles
- How to Turn a Toolbox into a Boombox
- Barbie throughout Art History
- Electronic Suspenders Remind You to Sit up Straight
- How It Should Have Ended (and Began): Return of the Jedi
- Buffalo Wing Cupcakes
- Worst Superpower Ever: Turn Yourself into a Pile of Ladybugs
- Robot
- The World’s Ugliest Cars
- The Chemistry of Meringue
- Did They Ever Win a Primary?
- Archetype
- I Hate It When….
- More Snowy Owl Sightings in the U.S.
- Bohemian Rhapsody A Capella
- Wait Just a (Leap) Second
- Flip a Coin
- Kodak No.1
- The Year of the Dragon
- Rapid Fire Archery
| DC Launches Charity Campaign Fronted By Justice League Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:58 PM PST DC Comics has been making some ambitious moves lately, from a logo re-design to a relaunch flop, but their newest move should prove to be most heroic-a charity called We Can Be Heroes which will raise money to benefit humanitarian efforts in Africa. Here’s the dollars and cents of it all: Donations of any amount made at the We Can Be Heroes site will reportedly be matched by DC Entertainment 100 percent, with 50 percent of branded “We Can Be Heroes” online merchandise sales being donated to the fund (unless you buy in Maine, Massachusetts and Alabama). Between these and other efforts, DC says that its three WCBH partners will receive a combined total of at least $2 million over the next two years. Caped superfolks in print are fine, but stepping up to the plate and making a difference in the real world is truly noble indeed! Link –via ComicsAlliance  |
| Laurent Craste Puts A Hurting On Some Porcelain Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:42 PM PST Laurent Craste has a serious problem with porcelain, and his knowledge of ceramics allows him to put a hurting on delicate pieces without letting them fall to pieces. Warped and imaginative, he has come up with some great ways to bend porcelain to his will, and I wondered “how did he do that without cracking it?” many times as I checked out his site. Take a look for yourself, and see if you have any pity for porcelain. Link –via Beautiful Decay |
| When Good Lawn Ornaments Go Bad Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST What happens when lawn gnomes get bitten in the zombie apocalypse? Apparently the gnomes get a hunger for flamingo flesh the way regular zombies start craving human brains. |
| Life-Sized Scrap Metal Mammoth Skeleton Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:26 PM PST I love scrap metal sculptures, especially when they retain the character of the parts they’re made from, like car parts, tools and, in this case, farm equipment. Constructed by sculptor Jud Turner for the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center in Washington, this life-sized construction of a Columbia mammoth skeleton is made from “mostly old farm equipment and agricultural tools”. Why scrap parts when you can build cool stuff like this outta them? Link –via BoingBoing
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| Pizza Steamed Buns Sound Delicious Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST Chinese steamed buns stuffed with meats or other delicious fillings are always a treat, but Japan might have just upped the ante with their new pizza buns found at the local 7-Elevens.While the reviewer at Serious Eats doesn’t seem to be too fond of the actual product, I think we can all agree that the idea has a lot of great potential. What do you guys think? Yum or yuck? |
| The Day I Met Dave Is Creepy…With Beards Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:06 PM PST The Day I Met Dave is a short film with a creepy surprise, and manages to make a minute and a quarter feel like just enough time to get under your skin. Man, I need to shave! –via Geekosystem |
| Alice In Wonderland Wedding Is Truly Wonderful Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST Erin and Matt are big fans of Tim Burton’s Alice of Wonderland. How big? Big enough to theme their wedding after the film. Even if you weren’t a big fan of the movie yourself (or if you find it strange that Alice is marrying the Hatter), it’s still easy to appreciate the amazing level of details incorporated into the occasion. Link Via The Mary Sue |
| When Film Colorization Goes Wrong Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:43 PM PST First motion pictures went talkie, then everybody got on board the color train, leaving those black and white gems to gather dust because later generations found the lack of color “uncool”. This video shows a side-by-side comparison of the black and white original versus the colorized version of “Smile Darn Ya, Smile” Here’s how this Merry Melodies short got it’s color: …in 1992, Ted Turner paid to colorized a batch of black and white Merrie Melodies from 1931-33. This was back before computers were employed to add colors, so the cartoons were shipped to South Korea, traced frame-by-frame (well, almost), new cels were inked and painted and shot under the camera – creating a "color" cartoon from a "worthless" black & white print. I can’t believe they would go through so much trouble just to add color, and the end result looks a bit too wonky to me. But what do you guys think-with digital colorization available now, should we colorize black and white films or not? –via Cartoon Brew |
| Make Your Own Cyclops Glasses For Under $30 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:34 PM PST |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:25 PM PST What happens when a little dog finds a giant pile of leaves to play in? Hilarity, of course. via Geekosystem |
| How to Turn a Toolbox into a Boombox Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:35 PM PST If you need me, I’ll be downstairs with the shop vac. You can call but I probably won’t hear you because it’s loud with the shop vac on. And this speaker built by Art Pentry into a toolbox probably won’t help you any. Watch a step-by-step instructional video at the link. |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:14 PM PST In the Western tradition, it has always been about Barbie. Venus? Actually Barbie. Mona Lisa? It was Barbie. The model for the Statue of Liberty? Barbie. So French artist Jocelyne Grivaud created many Barbie images as great artists should have composed them. Content warning: nudes. Link (Google Translate) -via Flavorwire |
| Electronic Suspenders Remind You to Sit up Straight Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:02 PM PST Tobias Sonne, a student at Carnegie Mellon University, developed a pair of suspenders that encourage the user to sit up straight. He attached a strip of conductive fabric to one side. When it’s compacted, a buzzer activates. It’s not bad. But, as Lauren McCarthy’s Happiness Hat demonstrates, an electric shock would probably be more effective. |
| How It Should Have Ended (and Began): Return of the Jedi Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:46 PM PST The crew at How It Should Have Ended spends four and a half hilarious minutes exposing the gaping plot holes in Episode VI, especially taking into account the changes made to this movie after the release of the prequels. Nevermind the extermination of the Ewoks. Video Link -via The Mary Sue |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:27 PM PST The Super Bowl is less than two weeks away. Now I know that most of you probably eat, in accordance with tradition, nothing but cupcakes that day. But hear me out: buffalo chicken wings. I know that it sounds crazy, but try it. Even if it’s as a compromise recipe, like this cupcake by Stef of The Cupcake Project. Buffalo wings and cupcakes. Like haggis and this tube of expired cookie dough that I found behind Alex’s desk, they just naturally belong together. Link -via That’s Nerdalicious! |
| Worst Superpower Ever: Turn Yourself into a Pile of Ladybugs Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:19 PM PST
What is the meaning of Fulop Gabor’s statue? I have no idea, but I’m going with a superhero one, especially since it presents a more frightening version of the current ladybug superhero. |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST You very well may recognize the voice, so stop reading if you want to watch and guess who did this little film. Okay, now? This film was produced in 1963 for a Bell Systems seminar in Chicago, by Jim Henson. It was recently retrieved from the AT&T Archives. -via Dangerous Minds |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:57 AM PST This is the 1957 Aurora. We will never know what the public would have thought about it, as only one prototype was built, and it didn’t work well enough to make it to its own press conference. Now wait, before you argue that the Aurora can’t be the world’s ugliest car, check out the huge collection of ugly cars at Dark Roasted Blend. They are all ugly in their own ways. Link (Image credit: GATSBY Magazine) |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:30 AM PST Not the dance, that’s merengue, which has plenty of chemistry, too. This concerns that delicious sweet fluff that tops your lemon meringue pie or the lightweight candy sold at bake sales. It’s made by beating egg whites into a foam, which can then be cooked. But getting it right is tricky. It may help to know the scientific reasons it might not turn out they way you expected. Smithsonian’s Food and Think blog tells you all about the meringue that went wrong. Link (Image credit: Flickr user wiserbailey) |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:27 AM PST So far, three Republican presidential hopefuls have won one state primary or caucus each. Eventually, only one will be selected for the presidential race. Mental_floss looks back into previous election races for today’s Lunchtime Quiz. You will be given ten politicians who ran for president unsuccessfully in the past, and you try to recall whether they ever won a state primary race or not. It’s not easy! I was surprised to score 60%. Link |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:22 AM PST This little short film appears to be a teaser for a longer story by effects designer Aaron Sims. If he is trying to raise interest in getting a studio to fund a feature film, this is the way to do it. Wouldn’t you like to see the rest of the story? Link -via Geeks Are Sexy |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST When I saw this at reddit, of course I entered the search term to see if it would autocomplete the same way for me, which it did, and the first search result is a Facebook page. Apparently, the phrase has been around for at least a few days. Link |
| More Snowy Owl Sightings in the U.S. Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:06 AM PST
Experts say that the birds don’t seem to be particularly hungry or stressed, so that doesn’t explain the move south. The owls are expected to return north as the seasons change. Link -via Holy Kaw! (Image credit: Flickr user Ian Turk) |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:04 AM PST Matt Mulholland (featured previously) sings all the vocal and instrumental parts as well on his very personal version of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” This is from Mulholland’s album of cover songs. Link -Thanks, Muzition! |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:01 AM PST
This has to be done every two or three years, so why not just adjust the length of a day or year or something? The detailed explanation is at Bad Astronomy. Link |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:57 AM PST Belly dancer Helena Vlahos has a unique talent for turning coins over with her abdominal muscles. And dollar bills, too! Kind of makes you want to start doing your crunches, doesn’t it? Well, no, me neither. -via Metafilter |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:40 AM PST
The idea was resurrected many years later with the “development” of the disposable film camera. Link -via the Presurfer |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:09 AM PST Happy New Year! Today, communities celebrating Chinese New Year are welcoming the Year of the Dragon. Next Media Animation explains how the Chinese New Year celebration came to be celebrated with firecrackers. Link |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:22 AM PST (Video Link) Legolas is alive, and he’s a Russian woman named Iza Privezenceva. Watch her send arrows downrange about once a second and, as you can see at the end of the video, hitting her target most of the time. |
Bird watchers and Harry Potter fans are delighted at the larger than usual number of snowy owl sightings in the lower 48 this year. Snowy Owls are native to the Arctic, but fly south every few years to let us admire them. This winter, they’ve been seen as far south as Hawaii!
At the end of June this year, those who do this sort of thing will add an extra second to the world’s official clocks to keep us on the right track.
You’ve probably heard that the Kodak company has filed for bankruptcy. Kodak introduced its first camera 120 years ago, and revolutionized the way we see the world. The Kodak No.1 expanded photography from professionals to anyone who wanted to take a picture.| You are subscribed to email updates from Neatorama To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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