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- A Romantically-Inclined Rube Goldberg Machine
- Kitty Cosplay Is Adorable
- Getting To Know The Actors Who Played The Doctor
- The Most Romantic Leopards In The World
- Retro Valentine’s Day Cards From Fleischer Studios
- WTF In Cartoon Form-A Giant Hot Dog Eats Batman
- Awesome Matchstick Art Masterpieces
- Fan Edited Video Shows Why We Love Disney Animation
- Bad Timing
- Mapping Stereotypes
- Dad Shot Laptop Over Daughter’s Facebook Post
- The Lost French Fries Lawsuit
- Scientific Formula for Tearjerker Songs
- The Dutch Get Ready for a Rare Ice Skating Race
- How to Make Geeky Valentines in Photoshop
- Garden Fork Folding Table
- Scientists Calculated the “Rapunzel Number” and Cracked the Secret of the Ponytail
- Date Night Rube Goldberg Contraption
- Star Wars Sets in Africa
- Piano Concerto For Orchestra And Two (Small) Hands
- Vampire Bottle Opener
A Romantically-Inclined Rube Goldberg Machine Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST It pours wine, plays music and pushes your girl closer to you… all you have to do is be remotely charming, although that’s still asking too much for some people. Via io9 |
Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:31 AM PST Sometimes it’s too hard to actually get your kitty in a costume. Fortunately, with a simple cardboard box and a marker, you can make your little one the coolest geek kitty in town. Click the link to see the picture even bigger. |
Getting To Know The Actors Who Played The Doctor Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:04 AM PST You might know all about the show, but what do you know of the men who played the Doctor? If you want to increase your knowledge of the subject, then don’t miss this great Mental Floss article filled with fascinating trivia on the actors and the show. Personally, I didn’t know the story of how Tom Baker’s scarf was born:
Any of you Whovians learn something new from the article? |
The Most Romantic Leopards In The World Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:55 PM PST Just in time for Valentine’s Day, these kitties want to show us just how to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Isn’t love beautiful? |
Retro Valentine’s Day Cards From Fleischer Studios Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST These cute, colorful and rather kitschy Valentine’s Day cards were licensed by Paramount Pictures in 1939, and they feature characters from Max Fleischer’s animated version of Gulliver’s Travels. They’re charming and simply ooze retro cartoon charm, so it’s no wonder these cards are highly prized by collectors of animation memorabilia, and Valentine’s Day card enthusiasts, over 70 years later. Anyone have a nice color printer and some cardstock, I want to give one of these adorable cards to my Valentine! *wink* –via Cartoon Brew |
WTF In Cartoon Form-A Giant Hot Dog Eats Batman Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:07 PM PST Here’s your WTF moment of the day, an animated short featuring a giant hot dog eating the Caped Crusader! The hot dog has no facial features save a giant maw, so it’s hard to tell what it’s thinking about as it chomps down on old Batsy, but I bet it wishes it had a giant beer to help rinse the taste of spandex out of it’s mouth. And so, the question remains-why would a giant hot dog do such a horrific thing? Because it’s hungry, of course! BTW this video (LINK) could well be the reason why the giant hot dog went after the Dark Knight in the first place. Apparently payback reeks of mustard and relish… –via i09 |
Awesome Matchstick Art Masterpieces Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:55 PM PST What started as an art form practiced by prisoners and tramps has become a really cool way for crafty folks to show off their modeling skills by building awesome structures, and sculptural works of art, out of a million or so little pieces of wood and lots of glue. Hit the link to peruse a gallery featuring eight matchstick art masterpieces, full of fine detail and fantastic constructs, just don’t light up anywhere near these highly flammable works of art or you can kiss them goodbye! |
Fan Edited Video Shows Why We Love Disney Animation Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:34 PM PST Oh Disney animators, you know how to breathe life into characters in a way which makes them seem so real, from the dawn of the animated feature (Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs) to your latest hit (Tangled) you’ve This video was created by a true Disney film fan (NkMcdonalds), and while it may not feature enough classics for my taste, it tugs at the heartstrings just enough to make you want to bust out the DVDs and have a Disney marathon. Great Mouse Detective here I come! –via The Mary Sue |
Posted: 12 Feb 2012 07:40 PM PST Kat Martin takes discarded landscapes and alters them just a bit. A monster here or a zombie there. In this case, the TARDIS and Doc Brown’s DeLorean have rematerialized in the same place at the same time. Etsy Shop and Artist’s Website -via XombieDIRGE Previously: Artist Buys Cheap Landscapes, Adds Monsters |
Posted: 12 Feb 2012 06:52 PM PST
This ain't your grandfather's maps! In the series Mapping Stereotypes, Designer Yanko Tsvetkov of Alpha Designer created maps that lays bare the racists and stereotypical views of a number of nations (us Yanks included): Link |
Dad Shot Laptop Over Daughter’s Facebook Post Posted: 12 Feb 2012 05:50 PM PST
When Tommy Jordan came across a Facebook post written by his teenage daughter complaining about how she had to do chores, he decided to film his response and upload it to YouTube:
What do you think Neatoramanauts? A justified or over-the-top reaction? Link | The YouTube video clip |
Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:48 PM PST
Can french fries be objects of art? That's debatable, but they sure can be objects of lawsuits! Here's what happened when a gallery lost a pair of french fries that "were the basis of an artwork":
What were they thinking? This could've been solved for $0.99 with a quick trip to the local McDonald's: Link - via Arbroath |
Scientific Formula for Tearjerker Songs Posted: 12 Feb 2012 03:47 PM PST
Why do some songs - take Adele's hit pop song Someone Like You, for example - bring us to tears? Science came up with the formula why certain songs can induce strong emotions in people:
Michaeleen Doucleff of The Wall Street Journal has more: Link |
The Dutch Get Ready for a Rare Ice Skating Race Posted: 12 Feb 2012 02:56 PM PST Europe has had a hard winter, but the upside may be that the Netherlands gets to hold a rare ice skating race. The Elfstedentocht is conducted in the province of Friesland whenever the 125-mile course of canals and lakes has frozen to a thickness of six inches:
Link | News Story | Photo: Flickr user nikontino |
How to Make Geeky Valentines in Photoshop Posted: 12 Feb 2012 02:38 PM PST Okay, I’ve got one of Shakespeare’s love sonnets in the original Klingon. Now I need a good valentine before Tuesday. Thankfully, Eric Goodnight of How-To Geek has a step-by-step tutorial with screenshots that shows how to make a geeky valentine with Photoshop. He also has eleven ready to use, including the two you see above. Link -via Geek Crafts |
Posted: 12 Feb 2012 02:24 PM PST
Natalie Sampson’s table isn’t just pretty; it’s practical too. It folds into a small space and can be stuck wherever there’s loose soil. Link -via Dude Craft | Sampson’s Website |
Scientists Calculated the “Rapunzel Number” and Cracked the Secret of the Ponytail Posted: 12 Feb 2012 02:12 PM PST
Huzzah! Another scientific mystery bites the dust! Scientists have finally cracked a problem that has "perplexed humanity since Leonardo da Vinci pondered it 500 years ago." Learn all about the Rapunzel Number, which provides a key ratio needed to calculate the effect of gravity on hair relative to its length. In the right hands, this dangerous number can predict the shape of any ponytail:
Oh, he also mentioned how the Rapunzel Number would also help scientists deepend their understanding of fibers, as well as be useful in computer graphics and animation, but we all know that the real reason for the study is to break the stronghold of the hair stylist mafia on ponytail-wearing populace. |
Date Night Rube Goldberg Contraption Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:55 PM PST Everything you need for a romantic evening in one move. One move for you, that is. The machine makes dozens the get it done. -via Buzzfeed |
Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:15 PM PST In the Star Wars universe, Tattooine is the home planet of the Skywalker family, but it looks like Tunisia because that’s where many of the exterior shots were filmed. In fact, Tatooine got its name from the town of Tataouine in Tunisia. A lot of the buildings and landscapes you know from the films look pretty much the same today, and many of them welcome tourists. This photo is of a fisherman’s hut which was used as the home of an old hermit named Ben Kenobi. Read about more of these Tunisians locations at LosApos. Link -via reddit |
Piano Concerto For Orchestra And Two (Small) Hands Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:30 AM PST The pianist is Lise Linde Kronenberg, filmed on her first birthday. It’s not clear whether the piano music was overdubbed on a pre-existing melody, or whether the orchestral accompaniment was created specifically to harmonize with her extemporaneous creation, but the result is fascinating. Try playing it for someone who can’t see your monitor, and ask them what they think of this “nouveau” piano style. And it has an LOL ending. |
Posted: 12 Feb 2012 07:03 AM PST
Vampire Bottle Opener – $5.95 Valentine’s Day is almost here. Are getting ready to hunker down and watch your favorite vampire love story over and over again? Make sure you are well prepared with the Vampire Bottle Opener from the NeatoShop. This great bottle opener is shaped like a vampire’s fangs. Even werewolf fans will appreciate this fantastic kitchen gadget. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fangstatic Barware & Cocktail items.
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