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• This Rum Tastes A Little Fishy
• The Post-It Note Video Game
• Can You Tell Me How To Get To Diablo III’s Secret Level?
• What Do You Mean It Won’t Fit?
• If Pixar Made The Avengers
• Strange Animated Short – Ean’s Day
• The 5 Worst Animal Mothers Ever
• A Musical Makeover For The Professor Layton Games
• Real Life Brawndo Fountain, As Seen In Idiocracy
• Patton Oswalt Is The Internet Troll
• Escaped Penguin Spotted in Tokyo Bay
• Odd Disney Merch From Around The Globe
• Granny G Raps About Family Values
• How Fast Can You Read?
• Making a Shot Glass out of a Giant Jawbreaker
• Home Tours of the Corrupt Rich and Infamous
• Slingbots
• Design Concept: A Modern Camel-Drawn Ambulance
• Disco, the Gay Old Bird
• Man Fathered 30 Children Asking for Relief from Child Support
• Will Smith on the Graham Norton Show
• Death to Hipster Granny
• Vegetarian Shark Eschews Meat
• Zuckerberg Changes His Status
• Hell Hath No Yard Sale Like a Woman Scorned
• Star Wars Climbing Wall Holds
• A Little Airplane Music
• Battle of Closet Space
• Underpants Candy
• Why Men Prefer to Eat Red Meat

This Rum Tastes A Little Fishy Posted: 21 May 2012 04:02 AM PDT Sure the Mon Calamari might not actually come from under the sea, but there’s no way you can convince me that something that looks like that and has “Calamari” in its name doesn’t smell like fish and if it made rum, I’m certain it would rub off. Link Via Geeks Are Sexy

The Post-It Note Video Game Posted: 21 May 2012 03:58 AM PDT (Video Link) It no doubt took a lot of time and effort to create a stop-motion video game out of nothing but Post-It notes, but the animators at prestigious French engineering school École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne proved that their dedication to the project was certainly worth the time investment. Via The Daily What

Can You Tell Me How To Get To Diablo III’s Secret Level? Posted: 21 May 2012 03:30 AM PDT (YouTube Link) There’s a secret level in Blizzard’s newest action RPG Diablo III that seems mighty out of place when compared to the rest of the game. It’s called Whimsyshire, and it’s full of teddy bears, unicorns, rainbows and a color palette straight out of My Little Pony. It’s the kind of place where your character can take a break from all those undead hordes and stagnant caves, even if the killing doesn’t stop at the end of the rainbow. (Warning: this video contains game spoilers) –via Geekosystem

What Do You Mean It Won’t Fit? Posted: 21 May 2012 02:55 AM PDT (Video Link) Poor guy, he just wants to show his new friend where he lives, but either his friend refuses to come inside or his owners refuse to let his friend in. Whatever the reason, it’s very frustrating for the little guy. Via I Can Has Cheezburger

If Pixar Made The Avengers Posted: 21 May 2012 01:46 AM PDT Now that Disney owns the rights to Marvel, it only makes sense that they would combine their newest acquisition with an earlier one. If they did, it would almost certainly look very similar to what artist J.M. Walter came up with in this great illustration. Link Via Geeks Are Sexy

Strange Animated Short – Ean’s Day Posted: 21 May 2012 01:43 AM PDT (YouTube Link) This strange yet stylish animated short is entitled Ean’s Day, and it stars a cube headed fellow who…well…does stuff and things are all trippy and stuff. It’s a weird yet fun waste of three and a half minutes of your life, if you’re into odd bits of animated nonsense. It’s free to try, and if you like it keep it as a free gift and watch it FOREVER! –via reddit

The 5 Worst Animal Mothers Ever Posted: 21 May 2012 12:45 AM PDT Last week Miss C linked to a story about 9 bad animal mothers, but if you just can’t get enough terrible critter parenting, then you might just enjoy this Cracked article with even more wretched mothers. For example, the Tasmanian devil that places its own form of natural selection on its own babies after giving birth to a litter of around 50 pups: Because there are only four milk spigots, only four pups will survive. Plain and simple. As soon as they’re born, there’s a race to see who gets one of mommy’s feeding nozzles. Whoever makes it there first and can hold on wins. The rest simply don’t survive, but believe it or not, they’re only ranked #5 on the list of crummy critter moms. Link

A Musical Makeover For The Professor Layton Games Posted: 21 May 2012 12:37 AM PDT (YouTube Link) If you’ve ever played the video games in the Professor Layton series then you know that the one thing these games are missing is a suitably cerebral soundtrack score. The folks at Gamological Society agreed, so they’ve created an alternate soundtrack for the games by using music composed by Yann Tierson. It’s just the kind of soundtrack you need to keep those mental juices flowing, as you try to puzzle your way through the often infuriating games in the Professor Layton series. Link  –via Kotaku

Real Life Brawndo Fountain, As Seen In Idiocracy Posted: 20 May 2012 11:36 PM PDT Brawndo, the thirst mutilator energy drink enjoyed by the citizens of the future in the hilarious Mike Judge movie Idiocracy, is now a delicious reality thanks to geek visionaries Dave Dalton and Craig Berscheidt of Hammerspace. Just make sure the switch is set to Brawndo, or you may get a face full of toilet water! It’s UPS man tested, and approved by future President/Pro Wrestler Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Link  –via i09

Patton Oswalt Is The Internet Troll Posted: 20 May 2012 10:44 PM PDT (YouTube Link) Patton Oswalt stars as one of the original internet trolls in this hilarious comedy short. He’s hoofed, hairy and misunderstood-get to know one of the web’s most notorious figures, and you’ll find that he’s not such a bad guy after all! (NSFWish due to one bad word) –via Gizmodo

Escaped Penguin Spotted in Tokyo Bay Posted: 20 May 2012 10:00 PM PDT Remember No. 337, the intrepid penguin that escaped from the Tokyo Sea Life Park a couple of months ago? It has been spotted in Tokyo Bay looking none the worse for wear: A Sea Life Park official identified it as the escapee, recognising a distinctive ring round a flipper. "It looks like it's been living quite happily," Kazuhiro Sakamoto said. "It didn't look like it has got thinner over the last two months - or been without food," he added. Link - via Arbroath

Odd Disney Merch From Around The Globe Posted: 20 May 2012 09:27 PM PDT Apparently even the mighty Disney corporation has let some rather questionable merchandise slip through the cracks over the years, and characters such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have been placed in compromising positions by the manufacturers of this creepy merch. Cartoon Brew has put together a small yet entertaining selection of oddball Disney related merchandise from around the globe worthy of a “WTF?!” Link

Granny G Raps About Family Values Posted: 20 May 2012 08:22 PM PDT (YouTube Link) Granny G is a senior with hip hop in her soul, and she’s got some advice for any young man thinking about bringing another fatherless child into the world. Watch her display her serious rhyming skills on America’s Got Talent, proving that you’re never too old to win a rap battle. –via Best Week Ever

How Fast Can You Read? Posted: 20 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT Sohowfastcanyouread?Really?Areyousure?Well,we'llseeaboutthat,whydon'twe.* Head on over to this nifty webpage over at Staples to see how you stack up against the national average: Link - via Metafilter *This is how I felt after I completed the test.

Making a Shot Glass out of a Giant Jawbreaker Posted: 20 May 2012 07:00 PM PDT (Video Link) Who would ever think of using a jawbreaker as a sculpting material? YouTube user hifijohn did. In this long, meditative video, he gently shapes one mounted on a lathe. It gradually takes the shape of an elegant cup. -via Boing Boing

Home Tours of the Corrupt Rich and Infamous Posted: 20 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT [YouTube Clip] Hollywood may have movie stars home tours but 37-year-old Czech translator Petr Sourek has something even better: a tour of the homes of the corrupt Rich and Infamous! "In the corruption segment, the Czech Republic has a lot to offer to both local and foreign visitors. "The local corruption environment is extremely stable with moderate growth," CorruptTour says dryly on its website. Their tour guide, wearing a funny orange hat and a waistcoat, is impossible to miss as he stands next to a black mini-bus with 26 tourists eager to embark on an "ornithological safari tour" of Prague's upscale "nests". Resembling a Hollywood homes-of-the-stars circuit, this tour targets the residences of lobbyists and rich businessmen caught up in dodgy deals - "nesting birds", in the guide's words. Link

Slingbots Posted: 20 May 2012 05:30 PM PDT Slingbots – $9.95 Do you ever have the urge to shoot robot heads at friends, family, and coworkers? Now you can with the Sligbots from the NeatoShop. This great indoor or outdoor toy lets you shoot soft foam robot heads up to 30 feet. We don’t know why someone created this fantastic item, we are just glad they did. Thank you Slingbot creator. Thank you! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Toys & Games! Link

Design Concept: A Modern Camel-Drawn Ambulance Posted: 20 May 2012 05:14 PM PDT Even a four-wheel drive truck isn’t going to make it over high, shifting sand dunes. That’s why design student Frederic Schwab thinks that an ambulance for the roughest desert terrain should be pulled by a camel. He envisions that a doctor would sit in the shaded cockpit and navigate by GPS. Compartments behind the cockpit, as well as additional cases strapped to the camel, would contain medical supplies. Link -via Oddity Central | Schwab’s Blog

Disco, the Gay Old Bird Posted: 20 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) Meet Disco, a parakeet who has plenty to say! “What’s the problem, officer?” is probably the most useful of his varied repertoire, although he also does foreign languages, and impressions of other species, too! -via Buzzfeed

Man Fathered 30 Children Asking for Relief from Child Support Posted: 20 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT Think you've got problem? Meet Desmond Hatchett, who has fathered 30 children with 11 different women. Now, he's asking the courts for a break ... on child support because he's making only minimum wage: Desmond explained how it all happened, well you know what we mean, “I had four kids in the same year. Twice.” [...] He was last in court in 2009, at which time he had 21 children. That means he’s had at least 9 more children in the last 3 years. Hatchett only has a minimum wage job, which means some of the moms receive as little as… $1.49 a month. Link

Will Smith on the Graham Norton Show Posted: 20 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) Here, for once and for all, is proof that everyone in the world over the age of ten knows the theme song to the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air by heart. And they don’t mind to sing it for you, either! Will Smith was one of the guests on the BBC’s Graham Norton Show last week. -via Laughing Squid

Death to Hipster Granny Posted: 20 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT Death to Hipster granny hates hipster before it was cool. But doesn't that make her the ultimate hipster? Via Cubiclebot See also: I Blame Hipsters T-shirt from the NeatoShop

Vegetarian Shark Eschews Meat Posted: 20 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT Florence is a nurse shark who lives in an aquarium in Birmingham, UK. She’s a strict vegetarian. Even when her caretakers wrap fish in lettuce, she turns away from it. Instead, she competes with other herbivores for plants: Florence's mouth is filled with razor-sharp, serrated teeth designed for demolishing fish and crustaceans. Instead she uses them for pulping broccoli and cabbage and any other greens she can steal from fellow ocean tank resident Molokai the green turtle. I suspect that she simply hasn’t encountered bacon yet. News Story and More Pictures -via Dave Barry Photo: Birmingham National Sea Life Center

Zuckerberg Changes His Status Posted: 20 May 2012 12:30 PM PDT Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a change in his relationship status yesterday. The 28-year-old billionaire married his girlfriend of nine years, Priscilla Chan yesterday. Chan received her medical degree last Monday, on Zuckerberg’s birthday. They invited friends to what they thought was a graduation party Saturday, but instead it turned out to be a surprise wedding! At least it was a surprise for the guests, and was planned that way to ensure privacy for the ceremony, which took place in Zuckerberg’s back yard. Link

Hell Hath No Yard Sale Like a Woman Scorned Posted: 20 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT That's one way to clean the house: a woman in Superior, Wisconsin, decided to hold an "ex-husband" garage sale where she threw out all of her husband's worldly possessions, including his car: Large signs reading “X-HUSBAND SALE” and “FREE” by a pile of discarded belongings in the front yard of 202 N. 21st St. caused passersby to slow down and check out what was there. But it was the once-green GMC Yukon SUV with flat tires and “cheater” and obscenities spray-painted all over it that slowed traffic to a halt and got the cameras clicking. [...] Superior Police Sgt. William Lear said there’s no law against spray painting a vehicle in one’s own yard. “If it’s a running vehicle and someone wants to paint their own car, they can do it,” he said. Candace Renalls of Duluth News Tribune has the story: Link (Photo: Jed Carlson/Superior Telegram)

Star Wars Climbing Wall Holds Posted: 20 May 2012 11:43 AM PDT If you want to climb out of that garbage compactor, you’ll need some sturdy handholds. Hang Fast volumes makes several appropriate ones, including volumes that are shaped like the Death Star, R2-D2′s head, and the Millennium Falcon. Link -via Technabob

A Little Airplane Music Posted: 20 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT When their plane was delayed, the members of the Lemon Bucket Orkestra had an idea on how to pass the time: Our plane got delayed 20 minutes so we got out our instruments and played an impromptu 4 song set for the packed plane. We were right in our element; all the funds for our 14 plane tickets were raised busking the streets of Toronto in the past three weeks! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]

Battle of Closet Space Posted: 20 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT Embiggen over at DOGHOUSE: Link - via Fashionably Geek

Underpants Candy Posted: 20 May 2012 06:47 AM PDT Underpants Candy – $4.95 Boxers or briefs? Tell the world you love your tighty whities with the Underpants candy from the NeatoShop. This fun candy is shaped like a comfy pair of underwear. Don’t worry they are Tutti frutti flavored. Yum! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more hilarious Mints & Candies! Link

Why Men Prefer to Eat Red Meat Posted: 20 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT I'd say because it's more delicious, but that's not what Brian Wansink of Cornell University Food and Brand Lab found out: it's because meat is macho. "To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, all-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, all-American food," write the researchers. [...] If meat represents masculinity, it would seem men would be more likely than women to prefer meat to other foods — a means of reinforcing gender. To test this idea, the researchers analyzed data of more than 2,000 university students who indicated how much they liked or disliked various foods. Male students were significantly more likely than female students to like beef, meat and orange juice; and the women were significantly more likely than guys to like salad and vegetables. This "masculine meat" phenomenon seems to hold in other countries as well. In one study of 23 languages with gendered pronouns, the researchers found "that the vast majority of these gendered words and these languages associate meat with the masculine pronoun," Wansink told LiveScience. Link

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