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- Who Does Google Think You Are?
- Teen Life in 1947 Iowa
- Andre The Giant Holding a Can of Beer
- Floating Grill for Pool Parties
- Felted Anatomy
- President John Tyler’s Grandsons Are Still Alive
- Restoring Classic Work Boots
- The End of Résumés
- Still Life
- Chainsaw Bayonet Attachment Offers More Ways To Mow Zombies Down
- Pirate Bay Reveals Newest Trend-Downloading Objects For 3D Printing
- Wilco Channels Popeye For Their Latest Music Video
- Mickey Mouse X Joy Division = WTF
- Strange Space Station Designs That Didn’t Make The Cut
- You Won’t Like Obama When He’s Angry
- Cardboard Kitten Tank
- Should Senior Citizen Discounts Be Banned?
- Name That Road in Virginia (For a Fee)
- Fans Recreate Awkward Pose of Mary Jane from Spider-Man
- When Larry Met Sergey
- Boots and Cats
- Money Laundering
- Mal and Chad’s New Book!
- Celebrity Sleepovers
- What Your Favorite Blog Says About You
- Joel Sartore’s Biodiversity Portraits
- Fantasy Author Imitates Women’s Poses on the Covers of Fantasy Novels
- Bigfoot
- Pork: The Cure for a Nosebleed
- The Nose Hair Notification Service
- 7 Amazing Stories of Lost and Re-Found Wedding Rings
| Who Does Google Think You Are? Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:50 AM PST
The Google ad preference page shows my interests, which is actually evidence of my work plus the interests of the three teenage girls who also use my computer, often without changing to their own Google accounts. Then it guesses that I am male, age 24-34. Wrong on all counts. How is this useful to advertisers? These analytics are based on categorizing individuals based on the perceived behaviors of groups. In real life, we call that discrimination and try to teach our kids not to do it. Either way, there’s a lot of room for error. How wrong are they about you? Link -via Metafilter  |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:32 PM PST
Ah, the life of a teenager. Long before the era of Facebook, texting, and clubbing, there's the hopping soda shop scene. LIFE photographer George Skadding documented the lives of Iowa high school teenagers in the late '40s. Gosh darn it! They're so wholesome! From Teenagster:
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| Andre The Giant Holding a Can of Beer Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST
That's not a tiny can of beer. That's actually a normal sized 12 oz. can of Molson. The huge hand belongs to André the Giant: Link And you know what goes great with beer? Peanuts. Anybody want a peanut? See also: Movie Trivia: The Princess Bride |
| Floating Grill for Pool Parties Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:37 PM PST It’s called the Floating Flamer, and the design is simple but ingenious. Why bother leaving the pool to get fresh, hot burgers and steaks? Just swim over. The Floating Flamer is available in two models and, here’s the kicker: this is the smaller one. Link -via Gizmodo | Product Website |
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| President John Tyler’s Grandsons Are Still Alive Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:21 PM PST
Link -via Ace of Spades HQ | Photo via GearedBull |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:05 PM PST I really grok Michael Williams’ motivation for this project. I have a pair of comfortable leather shoes that I’ve worn almost every day for the past five years. I’ve done both office work and manual labor in them and they’ve held up amazingly well. Williams has had a lifelong love affair with Red Wing 875s, a classic American work boot design now over one hundred years old. When his most recent pair wore out, he sent them back to the factory for restoration. The workers kindly took photographs of every step of the process. You can view them at the link. Link -via American Digest |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:55 PM PST
Do you think that the age of the résumé is over? Link -via TYWKIWDBI | Photo: Flickr user bpsusf |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:48 PM PST Artist Scott Garner gives us a depiction of a bowl of fruit on a table, named “Still Life.” But this interactive artwork is anything but still! Link -via The Daily What Geek |
| Chainsaw Bayonet Attachment Offers More Ways To Mow Zombies Down Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:17 PM PST Man, with all the innovative ways people have come up with to destroy zombies, humanity should be well prepared if we ever end up in neck deep in the walking dead! The latest innovation comes in the form of the Doublestar Zombie X Chainsaw rail attachment-just attach it to your favorite assault rifle and get to chopping if the rotten buggers start to close in on you! Perfect for channeling your inner Gear or Space Marine, badass suit of armor not included. Link –via Geekosystem |
| Pirate Bay Reveals Newest Trend-Downloading Objects For 3D Printing Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:06 PM PST While technologically inept government officials argue over the fate of our beloved interwebs, and the thought of people sharing data is scrutinized and villainized by those who admittedly “don’t get it”, those who feel that sharing is caring keep searching for new ways, and stuff, to share. Pirate Bay, the website that has gained a notorious reputation among those fearful of file sharing, are about to become my personal heroes by revealing the newest torrent trend-sharing objects for 3d printing. Downloading 3d object files for printing may sound like a concept straight from an episode of Star Trek but it’s going to be a reality sooner than you think, and I am so excited to see what people will create for the sake of 3d object sharing. Download, print, paint, repeat-oh the joys of technology! |
| Wilco Channels Popeye For Their Latest Music Video Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:02 PM PST No one has ever accused me of being a fan of Wilco, or their alt-country sound, but I have been a huge fan of Popeye ever since I was a wee lad, getting in trouble for emulating the Sailor Man by beating up kids on the playground at preschool. These days, I like my Popeye cartoons old and uncolored, and apparently so does Wilco, for they have cast a decidedly old timey version of the spinach munching tough guy in their new music video, which is the first hand drawn Popeye cartoon produced in over 30 years. I yam what I yam, and that’s a Popeye fan, don’t hate! –via ComicsAlliance |
| Mickey Mouse X Joy Division = WTF Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:28 PM PST If “love will tear us apart”, then we’ll surely be left in one piece by this newest Disney oddity-the Mouse that helped create an empire meets the cover art of Joy Division’s album Unknown Pleasures in their newest t-shirt design. Seeing designs like this coming out of the Mouse Factory makes me wonder if Disney’s design crew think about the subtexts relayed by their images, or if they see a hot trend happening and just follow right along. What’s next-emo Mickey complete with lame haircut and mascara? –via DesignTAXI |
| Strange Space Station Designs That Didn’t Make The Cut Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:19 PM PST Before construction on the International Space Station began, a flood of conceptual designs passed across the drawing board, an Wired has gathered a gallery of designs that didn’t make the cut. From far out, scifi influenced designs to more mundane designs that missed the mark by a hair, these concept drawings are fun to peruse and take us back to a simpler time in space design, a time when landing a space shuttle on a runway atop the space station actually made a lot of sense. Check them all out at the link below, and see what space looked like back in the day. |
| You Won’t Like Obama When He’s Angry Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:08 PM PST This incredibly cool sculpture is brought to you by the twisted mind of Ron English, an artist known for warping iconic figures into ironic statements (see Fat Tony and Dead Mickey), and who previously brought us an Obama-Lincoln mashup that was all the rage a few years back. This time, Ron has brought us Obama hulking out, as he prepares for the upcoming election by saying “You vote for me or OBAMA SMASH!” |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:56 PM PST Instructables member TigrisLi make a tank for her kitten out of cardboard, and posted the instructions so you can make one, too! Even if you don’t want a kitty-sized cardboard tank, don’t miss the short film she made of her kitten using it to blow the enemy away. Link -via Laughing Squid |
| Should Senior Citizen Discounts Be Banned? Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:56 PM PST
What do you think? Should senior citizen discounts be banned? Answer after you get off Don's lawn: Link - via Moneyland Photo: Older Than Dirt T-Shirt from the NeatoShop |
| Name That Road in Virginia (For a Fee) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:53 PM PST
In order to generate funds for road maintenance, Virginia governor Robert McDonnell is proposing the state sell the naming rights to its brides and highways. Not everyone's buying the idea, though:
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| Fans Recreate Awkward Pose of Mary Jane from Spider-Man Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST
John's post about Jim Hines posing as women on the covers of fantasy novels reminded me of this clever bit of Tumblry from last year, where fans re-created Mary Jane's awkward pose from Spider-Man comics: Link |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:47 AM PST When Larry Met Sergey is the highly condensed story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin and the company they named Google. Scroll down for each chapter (slowly, because the graphics are in layers) and watch the men’s hairstyles and clothing change over the years. Link -via the Presurfer |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST This makes no sense at all, but does that matter when a video has cats and boots and other stuff? It’s even got a catchy chant! Animation by Henry Edmonds, with music by Robert Clouth. -via Buzzfeed |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST
Veras was arrested for trespassing. He apparently has a mistaken notion of what money laundering really entails. Link -via Arbroath |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:18 AM PST Comic artist Stephen McCranie has been very busy the past few months, and the result is a new book called Mal and Chad: Food Fight! featuring boy genius Mal and his talking dog Chad. To publicize the book, Stephen is running a special Fill in the Bubble Contest at his website. Your caption could win you a personalized comic portrait and the book! Link |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:10 AM PST New York comedian Mark Malkoff visited every Starbucks in Manhattan, raced a Big Wheel against a bus, and treated people to free cab rides. His latest stunt is to take a trip to Los Angeles and avoid hotel bills by bunking at various celebrity’s homes. Thirteen of the people he contacted said, “Sure!” -Thanks, Mark! |
| What Your Favorite Blog Says About You Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:35 AM PST Slackstory posted a list of blogs and the characteristics of those who like them. You've bought food from ThinkGeek? Are we really that geeky? I didn’t even know ThinkGeek sold food (I tend to get my candy from the NeatoShop). There are plenty of other blogs listed, with even more in the comments, and you might get a kick out of what they say. Link |
| Joel Sartore’s Biodiversity Portraits Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:07 AM PST National Geographic magazine photographer Joel Sartore is taking a working tour of the American zoos in order to take portraits of the world’s animals. It’s all part of the the Biodiversity Project. Learn more about the Biodiversity Project and see some of those awesome portraits up close at the Neatorama Spotlight Blog. Link |
| Fantasy Author Imitates Women’s Poses on the Covers of Fantasy Novels Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:24 AM PST |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:04 AM PST Michel Gondry produced this ad for Sunshine Sakae, a Japanese department store. The store connection will eventually become clear, although you may be giggling too much to catch it. (via The Daily What) |
| Pork: The Cure for a Nosebleed Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:06 AM PST
Link -via Dave Barry | Photo: Flickr user TheDeliciousLife |
| The Nose Hair Notification Service Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:55 AM PST Some people hesitate to approach people and inform them that they should trim their nose hairs. Why? I have no idea. It appears to be some weird social taboo about commenting on other people’s body hair. But now it’s not necessary to speak up. Chololi, the nose hair email notification service, will send an anonymous message to someone who needs a reminder. Link -via Oddity Central |
| 7 Amazing Stories of Lost and Re-Found Wedding Rings Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:14 AM PST If you're married, you've almost certainly misplaced your wedding ring at one place or another and even if you've never actually lost it, you probably know someone else who has. After all, a little band of gold or platinum is pretty easy to lose track of, even if it is important to hold on to. But while many people lose their rings, it's pretty rare to actually find them again. Even so, it has been known to happen. Here are some of the most amazing stories of people who have lost their wedding or engagement rings, only to find them again. Image Via Jason Pier in DC [Flickr] Hidden in Some WeedsAnthea Capewell lost her wedding ring and engagement ring in 1976, when they fell off her finger as she closed her garden gate. After a long and thorough search, she and her husband could only find the engagement ring. Eight years later, the couple moved out of the house, which is why it was even more amazing that 33 years after the ring was lost, Anthea received a call from her old neighbor who claimed to have found the ring. The neighbors discovered the ring buried in some weeds underneath a hedge that was shared by the two homes. The discovery was such a pleasant surprise for the couple that Anthea and her husband immediately decided to renew their wedding vows in the next year. In An Old Toilet
As the years went by, the Clavers moved out of the home and it was sold over and over, but just last year, Terry happened to be roofing a house across the street from his old home when he noticed the new owners carrying the toilet to the trash. Remembering his wife's lost ring, Terry climbed off the roof and told the gentlemen he'd be happy to throw the toilet away for them. He then took the fixture to his shop and broke it with a sledgehammer. Finally, the ring was free. Amazingly, after a little cleaning, the ring still looked brand new 36 years later. In a Dog Food BagToy surprises are usually reserved for cereals and Cracker Jack boxes, that's why when Krista Berg discovered a man's wedding ring in the bag of NutroMax she bought for her pup Otto, she figured it wasn't meant as a bonus gift. Whereas most people would probably invoke the law of finder's keepers, Krista decided to call around. When no one at the dog food plant had lost their ring, she tried calling the store where she bought the food and got in touch with Mike Stoddard, the rightful owner of the wedding ring. Mike was glad that Krista found his ring and not someone else, noting, “most people would just keep it." In a Garbage Truck
Unfortunately, by that time, the local trash truck had already come by and collected the couple's garbage bags. Bridget immediately called the local sanitation department, only to have the supervisor tell her that the truck couldn't be stopped until the end of their route. On a CarrotLena Pahlsson was in the middle of an epic baking session, just before Christmas of 1995, when she removed her ring and placed it on the kitchen counter. At some point during the day, the ring disappeared and Lena and her husband, Ola, looked everywhere for the lost jewelry item. When they remodeled their kitchen a few years later, they even took the opportunity to search behind all the appliances and under the floorboards to no avail. Finally, the couple gave up hope on ever finding the ring. Sixteen years after the ring disappeared, Lena was outside, pulling up the last of the carrots in her garden when she noticed something strange about one of the carrots. The tiny vegetable had a strange thing wrapped around it. When she looked a little closer, Lena realized the carrot had grown inside of her wedding band. After a quick cleaning, the white gold band adorned with diamonds looks as good as new again. While no one knows for sure how the ring ended up in the garden, Ola has a few theories. "We thought maybe it had fallen in to the compostable food bin. Perhaps it ended up in compost that was spread over the vegetable patch later," he said. Alternatively, he has speculated that maybe the family's sheep, known for sneaking in and munching on the family's kitchen scraps, had a hand in the disappearance. At the Bottom of Some Sea BathsThe Dawn Fraser Baths are a tidal flow salt water pool in Australia, unlike normal pools, this means these baths are filled with salt water and silt, making it hard to find anything lost in the bottom. Fortunately for Joanne Norman, who lost her engagement ring while playing water polo at the baths, scuba diver Brad Lovell was available for hire. She tried to find the ring herself, but noted, "the bottom of the ocean pool was covered in silt and constantly moving. We tried to find it but with the (fading) light we were forced to give up." Joanne tried hiring a few local salvage divers to look for the ring, but she had no luck until she got in touch with Mr. Lovell. That's because Brad incorporates a metal detector into his salvage diving to help him find specific items underwater. Brad got the idea for his business as he used a metal detector on the beach and was often interrupted by divers and swimmers asking him to help them find something they lost in the shallows. His idea to combine the practice with scuba diving has proven quite fruitful as he has since been hired to find a number of items lost under the ocean's surface including the wedding ring of world surfing champion Layne Beachley. "The gratification I feel when reuniting people with a lost engagement or wedding ring is indescribable," he says. In the Mud of A Dirty HarborJust like Joanne Norman, ecologist Aleki Taumoepeau lost his rings in murky ocean water. In Taumoepeau's case, he was searching the waters of New Zealand for invasive plant species. When the ring disappeared in water ten feet deep, Aleki tossed his anchor overboard to help him mark the spot. He recorded the area and then returned to his wife of three years who offered to buy him a new ring. “I just said ‘No, I’ll find it,’” he said. Three months later, he returned to the location and searched for the ring –to no avail. He then returned again, over a year later, and dared to dive into the freezing waters during the area's winter season. Finally, he spotted his old anchor and then immediately saw the ring. “I couldn’t believe that I could see the ring so perfectly,” he said, “the whole top surface of the ring was glowing.” As you may have guessed, Aleki's ability to spot a "glowing" ring in the normally murky waters of New Zealand has earned him a new nickname amongst his friends…that's right, he's now the "Lord of the Ring." Image Via tata_aka_T [Flickr] Have any of you lost your wedding rings? Did you end up finding them again? If so, do you have a tale that can rival these stories? |
If you don’t toss your cookies on a regular basis, you leave a trail behind as you surf the web. But making any sense of that trail is a science that may be beyond the reach of automated analytics -at least for now.
John Tyler (1790-1862), the tenth President of the United States, left office in 1845. Though quite old, he fathered a son in 1853. That son himself fathered two sons at an advanced age in 1924 and 1928. Those two men, the grandsons of President Tyler, are still alive:
It used to be that composing a quality résumé and wearing pants to a job interview were critical to a successful job hunt. But that’s changing. Well, one of them is. Hiring managers are increasingly looking toward applicants’ web presence to gauge what they have to offer:
Over at USA Today, Don Campbell is hoppin' mad about the economic injustice, nay reverse "ageism" that is the senior citizen discount. He opines:
Well, they already sell the naming rights to stadiums, so why not bridges or roads? 
After the fire department came and found someone had pulled a false alarm, Louisville Metro Police responded to a call about a man acting very strange. They arrived to find Jose Veras of Radcliff, Kentucky, in an apartment building laundry room, stuffing money into a washing machine.
Shoving pork up one’s nose is a folk remedy for nosebleeds in some cultures. Now medical researchers think that it may be an effective and safe treatment. The Guardian quotes a recent medical journal article:
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