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- Elders React To Dubstep
- Art Reproductions Made Using Torn Up Magazines
- Animated Tribute To The Ninja Turtles
- NeatoShop Weekend Deal: Mystery Bonus on Select T-Shirts
- What’s Your State Food?
- Ron Perlman Dons the Full Hellboy Garb to Spend the Day with a Boy
- Stay Healthy, Young Vampires
- Pet Pal Dog Pen
- Yardstick Table
- The Ultimate Gaming Mouse
- Dog Hot Dogs
- The Light-Up TARDIS Cake
- The Two-Faced Cuttlefish
- Cats With Flowers on Their Heads Hanging From Baskets
- A Cosmic Mystery: Planet Forming Disk Gone!
- Ode to Gonyaulax polyedra
- Kiss Your Favorite Beatle
- LEGO Settlers of Catan
- David, Missoni-Style
- Steampunk Da Vinci Cupcake
- The Walmart Library
- Higgs Boson, Explained by Cartoons
- Kinetic Rain
- High Styler Highlighter
- Soviet Hydrofoil: Rocket of the Riverways
- Model Warship Built from Human Bones
- 10 Famous Musical Duos and How They First Met
- Coming to TV: No Friends
- Phone Rage
- Millefiori
- Domino Soldiers
- My Little Smith & Wesson
- Pub in a Shed Wins Title
- The Centipede Song
- To Use and Use Not
- Lanister vs. Stark with Light Sabers
- Nerd With Bow Hello Kitty Backpack
- A Lamp Shade That Projects The Night Sky Onto The Ceiling
- Raccoon Repellent
- Great Christian Art by Really Lousy Christians
| Posted: 07 Jul 2012 04:37 AM PDT This might be the most important video you’ll ever see regarding dubstep music, and it proves that you’re never too old to have good taste in music. Watch as elders are subjected to Skrillex before sharing their opinions and point of view with the world. Spoiler alert – some of them actually enjoy dubstep! –via TDW  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art Reproductions Made Using Torn Up Magazines Posted: 07 Jul 2012 03:43 AM PDT These reproductions of famous paintings take collage art to a whole new level of cool, and demonstrate a good use for all the magazines piling up in the corner of the living room. They were created by Vik Muniz, a Brooklyn based artist whose passion is hacking up the printed page with scissors and gluing the bits together to make pretty pictures, reconstructing disposable magazines into something timeless. It’s a beautiful mess, with minute details only visible in the image blow up, details which show the meticulous care that went into each piece. Link –via Flavorwire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Animated Tribute To The Ninja Turtles Posted: 07 Jul 2012 02:48 AM PDT Animator Malcolm Sutherland pays tribute to the heroes in a half shell by letting them show you some of their sweet ninja moves, but they look like they’re feeling a bit under the weather so don’t stare too hard. I would love it if they made a reboot of the Ninja Turtles TV series drawn in this style! –via Twitch
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| NeatoShop Weekend Deal: Mystery Bonus on Select T-Shirts Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:35 AM PDT
Psst! Do you love to wear funny T-shirts? Then you'd love this limited weekend deal from the NeatoShop. On Saturday and Sunday July 7 and 8, 2012, select T-shirts from the NeatoShop will have a Mystery Bonus. When you buy these special shirts, you'd automatically get something extra and neat (you'll get one bonus per shirt - so go ahead, stock up and buy as many as you'd like!) What's the bonus? Well, duh! It's a mystery and we can't tell you! Here are the T-shirts with the Mystery Bonus:
While supplies last. Get 'em today, because this is a limited time deal only! Check out the full selection of Funny T-Shirts over at the NeatoShop: Link | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:54 PM PDT Yum Sugar recently came out with a list of official dishes for each U.S. state. Oregon, for example, is Marion berry pie. My state, California, has Cobb salad listed as the food of choice. Over all, they seem pretty accurate to me, but I haven’t been to every state of the nation. How do you feel about your state food? Does it suit your home or do you think another dish would have been more appropriate? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Perlman Dons the Full Hellboy Garb to Spend the Day with a Boy Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT The Make-a-Wish Foundation contacted actor Ron Perlman on behalf of Zachary, a young boy who wanted two things: to meet and become Hellboy. Perlman reprised his titular role in the Hellboy movies by going through the long makeup application process and appearing in character. Later, the same makeup artists turned Zachary into a little demon with facepaint and prosthetic appliances. You can view more pictures of their day together at the link. Link -via Nerd Bastards | Photo: Spectral Motion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:59 PM PDT Sometimes getting fresh blood just takes too much time for today’s busy working vampires. Fortunately, this necessary nutrient now comes in convenient concentrate and canned forms -of course, nothing will ever beat fresh squeezed blood. Link Via BoingBoing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:09 PM PDT Pet Pal Dog Pen – $3.95 Are disappearing pens making you barking mad? Hide your pen in plain sight with the Pet Pal Dog Pen from the NeatoShop. No one will ever suspect that your favorite pen is disguised as a cute Dachshund dog wearing a bell. The Pet Pal Dog Pen comes in: green, fuchsia, orange, and white. Buy 1 or buy all 4. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Back To School items! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:50 PM PDT Tired of having a sweaty palm because you never move your hand from your computer mouse? Well then, it sounds like you need the Thermaltake Black Element -the only mouse to come with a built-in fan to help cool down your hand. That you could always just take a break from your game every now and again to give your hand to dry off naturally. Link Via Geekologie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:00 PM PDT Mayumi has a great idea for adding some humor to your backyard cookouts. To make these dog hot dog buns, all you have to do is shape the dough before baking and add black beans for the eyes and noses. Link -via That’s Nerdalicious! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:50 PM PDT This might just be the most impressive TARDIS cake after. Not only does it look like the real thing, but it even has a light on the top! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:00 PM PDT
We frown at two-faced people, but when it comes to cuttlefish, being two-faced makes smart evolutionary sense. Culum Brown of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, discovered that a male cuttlefish would display two different markings when courting a female: Link See also: 30 Strangest Animal Mating Habits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cats With Flowers on Their Heads Hanging From Baskets Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:53 PM PDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Cosmic Mystery: Planet Forming Disk Gone! Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:00 PM PDT
It's a mystery of cosmic proportion! Astronomers observed a thick disk of dust swirling around a star named TYC 8241 2652 1, some 460 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, and then, the disk just vanished! Link | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT
It's from Smith College professor Mary E. Harrington, who wrote the poem about the bioluminescent algae Gonyaulax polyedra:
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT
Somehow, I thought that the Fab Four would be a bit more hairy! Via Retronaut and Best Kisses What? You think that kissing the printed lips of the Beatles musicians is creepy? Well, how about kissing the 3D The Beatles Pop! Vinyl Figures from the NeatoShop? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT
Love playing Settlers of Catan? Find it too easy (chortle!)? Then try this on for size: Ryan H. (Flickr user L D M) built himself the game pieces and board out of LEGO. Link - via Nerdcore and The Brothers Brick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT
Poor David. Naked, cold, and style-less. Well, no more. Spanish artist dEmo and Italian designer Luca Missoni to the rescue! CollabCubed wrote:
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT
Hold on to your monocle and top hat, Steampunk lovers! Mike's Amazing Cakes baked up this idea of bringing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings into cupcake form, sprinkled with a little steampunk magic. Between the Pages blog has more pics: Link - via Nerdcore and Nerdalicious | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT
What to do with 124,500 square foot of an abandoned Walmart? The city of McAllen, Texas, has a refreshing answer: put a library in it! Carolyn Kellog of the Los Angeles Time's Jacket Copy blog has more: Link | More photos at McAllen Public Library's gallery and PSFK - via Holy Kaw and Boing Boing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Higgs Boson, Explained by Cartoons Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT
All right, so you all know that scientists at CERN have discovered the Higgs boson. But what exactly is the Higgs boson? Jorge Cham of PhD Comics to the rescue! Here's a fantastic animated video clip on Vimeo that will make you into a particle physics expert in a jiffy. Hit play or go to Link [Vimeo] Celebrate the discovery of the Higgs boson with these neat Higgs boson T-shirts from the NeatoShop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT (Video Link) If you’re ever in Singapore’s Changi Airport, check out Art+Com’s “Kinetic Rain.” This art installation consists of 608 aluminum and copper balls suspended from steel cables. Computer controls move them in a dance through the air, forming patterns and shapes. The video is mesmerizing. Link (Google Translate) | Studio’s Website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT High Styler Highlighter – $7.95 Are you a closet straight A student? Protect your dumb girl social status with the High Styler Highlighters from the NeatoShop. This fabulous set of 4 highlighter pens are shaped like nail polish. No one will ever suspect that you are actually studying. Everyone will just think (insert hair flip) you are doing your nails. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Back To School items. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Hydrofoil: Rocket of the Riverways Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT
We've covered the Soviet's Ekranoplan before in our feature Bigger is Better: 7 Insane Soviet Projects, but that's not the only hydrofoil vehicles they built. Dark Roasted Blend has a feature of the "rockets of the riverways" that will make you pine for the good ol' days of the Cold War: Link - Thanks Avi! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Model Warship Built from Human Bones Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT If you’re a prisoner of war and you’d like to freak out the guards, you could start by building a model guillotine out of animal bones. If that isn’t enough, it’s time to step up your game and use human bones. That’s what one French prisoner of war during the Napoleonic Wars did for this model of HMS Victory. You can read more about it from io9′s Keith Veronese at the link. Link | Photo: Heritage Auctions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Famous Musical Duos and How They First Met Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:30 AM PDT
Read the stories of Mick and Keith, Sonny and Cher, John and Paul, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and more at mental_floss. Link | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT (Video Link) This pitch from The Irish Clip Board seems okay, but I don’t see it catching the popular appeal of the original. Upside: no Joey Tribbiani. That alone makes the loneliness palatable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:30 AM PDT Rob Manual wrote a silly song about his habit of smashing his phone, although he admits it’s a form of killing the messenger. Contains some rude British slang -I think. Link | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT Photographer Fabian Oefner creates lovely art by mixing water color paint with ferrofluids, and then subjecting it to a magnetic field. See various close-up views of the artwork in Oefner’s project called Millefiori and a “making-of” video at his site. Link -via The Daily What Geek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT A precision military drill team impresses the crowd at a parade in Belarus. Well done! -via Buzzfeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT
David Novotny can bring the sights on his Smith & Wesson 1911PD on target with the speed of a sonic rainboom, thanks to his new custom grips. They’re inscribed with the cutie mark of My Little Pony‘s Rainbow Dash. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:30 AM PDT The winner in Shedblog’s annual Shed of the Year competition is Wood Henge, a shed owned by John Plumridge of Shrewsbury, England. It started out as a simple garden pagoda, but after much steady work, is now a pub for family and friends!
Besides the title, Plumridge wins £1000 cash and products from the contest’s sponsor. National Shed Week runs through July 8. Link -via b3ta See also: Last year’s winner. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT Indoor centipedes (Scutigera Coleoptrata) look huge and freaky and they like to hang around your bathroom! But according to this catchy little song, they are just looking for a place to stay. -via Geekosystem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT
If you’ve never read the novel, the linked article contains spoilers. Link -via Time NewsFeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lanister vs. Stark with Light Sabers Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT Someone had to do it sooner or later. They gave light sabers to the characters in Game of Thrones! -via The Daily What Geek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nerd With Bow Hello Kitty Backpack Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:41 AM PDT Nerd With Bow Hello Kitty Backpack – $39.95 Attention Hello Kitty fans! Back to school is right around the corner. Do you have the purr-fect book bag to tote all your precious belongings? You need the Nerd With Bow Hello Kitty Backpack from the NeatoShop. This fantastically geeky bag features a attached plush plaid red bow and 3-D ears. Don’t wait! Get your Hello Kitty Backpack before they are all gone! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Hello Kitty items. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Lamp Shade That Projects The Night Sky Onto The Ceiling Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT This astronomically awesome lamp shade casts the night sky across the ceiling, in case you can’t go outside and see it all for yourself. Created with the serious star gazer in mind, this piece was hand crafted by artist Anna Farkas and contains every major star, with a few thrown in for good measure and a constellation cheat sheet on the underside. Sadly, this is an art piece and not something destined for production, so you’ll just have to dream about the stars appearing on your ceiling via lampshade. Or, better yet, grab a drill and an astronomy book and start drilling one of your own! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:00 AM PDT Are you bothered by pesky raccoons? The answer to your problem comes in a handy bottle from Hannah Montana! -via The Daily What | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Christian Art by Really Lousy Christians Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:05 AM PDT If you want to paint a saint, it's best to hire a sinner. Artist: Caravaggio Religious art in the late 16th century had become pretty standard stuff, full of beautiful Madonnas, chubby cherubs, and handsome saints. But Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio changed all that by painting what he knew best —debauchery. After moving to Rome in the late 1580s, Caravaggio began rendering baroque Biblical scenes with remarkable realism. In the case of "The Calling of St. Matthew," for example (pictured), he portrayed the apostle in a dirty Roman tavern surrounded by downtrodden patrons. According to police records, Caravaggio spent plenty of time in these Roman taverns himself, drinking, brawling, and once throwing a plate of hot artichokes into a waiter's face. Church officials put up with Caravaggio's wild behavior in exchange for his amazing work—until he crossed the line to murder. In 1606, the hot-tempered artist killed a Roman thug named Ranuccio Tomassoni in a fight following their tennis match. Recent research suggests the tennis game was actually a kind of duel over a woman, and that Tomassoni bled to death after Caravaggio tried to castrate his enemy on the court. The artist would have gotten into serious trouble, but wealthy patrons smuggled him out of town. Caravaggio wound up in Naples, where he thrived as an artist for several years. Then he shocked everyone by leaving to join the Knights of Malta, an order of elite warrior monks famed for their religious devotion. Less than four months after taking his vows, however, Caravaggio's temper got the better of him again, and he wounded a fellow monk in a quarrel. Once more, his friends smuggled him back to Naples. Oddly, the Church never gave up on Caravaggio, and in 1610, friends in Rome sent word that a pardon was in the works. Caravaggio headed north, but he caught a fever and died on July 18, at age 38. He left behind a bizarre artistic legacy: No fewer than 12 of his paintings show figures being beheaded—a reflection, perhaps, of his own violent life. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti had two contradictory goals in life. One was to indulge his hedonistic impulses to such an extent that his fellow Victorians would faint. The other was to revitalize Christian art. Rossetti achieved the first goal by drinking heavily, taking several lovers, throwing the best parties in town, and filling his ramshackle house with exotic pets such as kangaroos, armadillos, and wombats. The second goal proved trickier for a man who'd never made it to church. In paintings such as 1850's "Ecce Ancilla Domini" ("The Annunciation," pictured), Rossetti set out to realistically depict a young woman's encounter with the divine. He painted the Virgin Mary as a gawky teenager, recoiling in terror from an angel. The portrait horrified devout Christians, and the work was denounced as blasphemous in sermons and editorials. The criticism so hurt Rossetti that he never exhibited publicly again. But his painting of the gangly Mary ultimately freed him. Without the pressure of public life, Rossetti was able to do and paint what he wanted. He picked up an addiction to sleeping pills, had an affair with his best friend's wife, and created some of the most fascinating religious works in history, including "The Passover of the Holy Family," "The Seed of David," and "Mary Magdalene." Artist: Salvador Dali Although born to devout Catholic parents, surrealist master Salvador Dali was an atheist who indulged his every outlandish whim. This included teaming up with his salacious wife, Gala, to throw anything-goes orgies, dubbed "erotic Masses." Although his paintings of melting clocks, such as 1931's "The Persistence of Memory,” made Dali famous, so did his ridiculous publicity stunts. He once showed up for a lecture in a diving helmet and insisted upon giving his talk while wearing it. Another time, he created a spectacle by driving around in a white limousine filled with cauliflower. After Hitler invaded Europe, Dali and Gala fled to the United States. To everyone's surprise, Dali returned to his Catholic roots and began creating Christian art. He painted a Madonna and Child called "The Madonna of Port Lligat" (pictured), using Gala as his model for the Virgin Mary. He also went on to complete two versions of Jesus' crucifixion and the Sacrament of the Last Supper. The Church readily embraced his new paintings, and in 1949, Dali enjoyed a private audience with the Pope. Not surprisingly, both critics and friends found the idea of Dali expressing a religious side laughable. Many suspected that he was attempting to win the favor of the staunchly Catholic General Francisco Franco in Spain. Artists such as Picasso had denounced the fascist dictator, but Dali defended him—which allowed Salvador to return to Spain, while Picasso couldn't. Others suspected that money was his major motivation. Indeed, Dali claimed that postcards of his 1955 painting "The Sacrament of the Last Supper" sold more than postcards of all the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael combined. Or maybe Dali really did have a spiritual side. Wouldn't that be surreal? Artist: Rembrandt Like Caravaggio, Rembrandt liked his religious art to be realistic. His 1633 etching "The Good Samaritan" (pictured), for instance, even includes a dog defecating in the foreground. Surprisingly, his patrons liked his down-to-earth touches, and Rembrandt's art became hugely popular with members of Amsterdam's Dutch Reformed Church, a branch of Calvinism. They didn't commission his work, believing that art might distract worshipers from sermons, but many rich Calvinists enjoyed showing off Rembrandt originals in their homes. What the pious Dutch didn't like were Rembrandt's relationships with women. In 1635, he painted his wife, Saskia, as a prostitute in a tavern, literally sitting in the lap of the prodigal son. His art was strange, but his personal life was stranger. Things became especially fraught after Saskia died in 1642, leaving behind a newborn son. A woman named Geertje Dircx took over as Rembrandt's nurse, housekeeper, and lover. But when the artist started up with yet another servant, Geertje took him to court for breach of promise. Bad idea. The outraged painter used his influence to have her imprisoned for theft. Meanwhile, church officials summoned his other mistress before a local council and charged her with living in sin. All of this hurt Rembrandt's reputation as a religious painter tremendously. Because the pious Calvinists wanted nothing to do with him, Rembrandt lost his patrons and died in poverty in 1669. One of his last paintings was "Return of the Prodigal Son." This time, the painting depicts the end of the story, when the son—his clothing just rags and his shoes just scraps of leather—returns to his father to seek forgiveness. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci In the 1470s, the Roman Catholic Church was taking notice of the talents of young Leonardo da Vinci, but they hesitated to give him his big break. Rumor had it that the artist was gay, and at the time, Italian law punished homosexuality with exile, branding, or burning at the stake. In April 1476, after years of whispers, someone anonymously accused Leonardo of sodomy, and Florence police promptly arrested him. Luckily for Leonardo, the case was dropped, ostensibly because someone higher up had pulled some strings. Not surprisingly, he left Florence soon after and took up a post with the Duke of Milan, who didn't seem to care about the artist's sexuality. Leonardo continued to paint religious art, including "The Last Supper" (pictured), and in general, the Milanese adopted a don't-ask-don't-tell attitude towards him. Of course, the artist did raise some eyebrows when his "student"—a handsome young man known as Salai—moved in with him. In 1513, with nearly 40 years of scandal-free work under his belt, da Vinci finally found himself in the good graces of the Church, and he was invited to work for the Vatican. It was a great honor, but Leonardo didn't feel obligated to give the Pope what he asked for. Instead of painting Madonnas, Leonardo produced several odd depictions of John the Baptist that were modeled on his lover, Salai. The half-naked paintings featured seductive smiles and boyish faces (pictured), and they rattled his employer. In 1516, King Francis I of France invited Leonardo to become his court painter, and the Vatican was happy to see him go. When Leonardo died in 1519, he left the bulk of his property to Salai. ________________________________
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