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- Reader Holiday Photos
- 15 Christmas Critters
- Subversive Snowglobes Featuring Scenes From New York City
- Santa Claus Needs A Little Soy Sauce
- The Pointer Brothers Are Ready For Christmas
- Reindeer Games
- 11 Things You Didn't Know About Santa Claus
- Don't Ask George R. R. Martin To Grant Your Christmas Wishes
- This Video Will Hurt
- Make Your Own Minecraft Snowflakes And Avoid The Creepers
- Christmas Eve Comic Strip Proposal
- Skyscraper Light Puzzle
- Google's Santa Tracker
- Hello Kitty Leopard Laptop Case
- The Santas of Inglewood Drive
| Posted: 25 Dec 2013 04:00 AM PST I've been inviting readers to send in photos of their families and pets over the last week. Little Cooper here's owner has sent in great photos of the budgie every time I've asked for reader pictures and they never disappoint. This happy little birdie knows how to have herself a Merry Little Christmas -complete with a tree and presents just her size. Cooper and her owner are the only readers who submitted great Christmas photos to us. Here is Greg Williams' great Christmas card for the year showing what happens when the pets take over for the holidays. Nothing's scarier than dogs and cats living together in harmony trying to destroy us all.  |
| Posted: 25 Dec 2013 02:00 AM PST We wish you a Merry Christmas, and so do these adorable critters featured on InventorSpot. It's not all just cats and dogs either, squirrels, horses, bunnies, birds, donkeys and more are all eager to celebrate the holiday season with lights, costumes, letters to Santa and all sorts of other iconic holiday traditions. Whatever you're doing today, hopefully you're having as good of a time enjoying the holidays as these precious little animals are. Merry Christmas everyone. |
| Subversive Snowglobes Featuring Scenes From New York City Posted: 25 Dec 2013 12:00 AM PST Snowglobes usually depict idyllic scenes of winter wonderlands or important landmarks from around the world, but this series of snowglobes by artist Miss Heather depict those colorful, messed up and non-tourist friendly moments that take place in New York City, making them the opposite of what a visitor to the city would buy in a gift shop. From Hurricane Sandy to Santacon, stop and frisk scenes to people taking a stand for public nudity, Miss Heather’s subversive snowglobe series Urban Renewal celebrates the diversity of good and bad that makes up life in NYC. Via DesignTAXI |
| Santa Claus Needs A Little Soy Sauce Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:00 PM PST He sees you when you're eating, he knows when your polite. He knows if you tip bad or good, so tip well for goodness sake. That's right, Santa sushi is coming to town and he's too nice looking to be naughty. You can learn how to make your own too if you check out this Youtube video by Make Sushi. Via Foodbeast |
| The Pointer Brothers Are Ready For Christmas Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:00 PM PST Dogs don’t generally get in the Christmas spirit without a little encouragement from their owners, but Gus and Travis the German Shorthaired Pointers seem to enjoy celebrating the holidays, even if their stoic expressions say otherwise. Known as the Pointer Brothers, these two fashionable pooches are very photogenic, and they stand there staring into the camera no matter what their owners put on them. From hats and beards to Christmas lights and plastic toys, Gus and Travis are serious about Christmas, and modeling for their owner Steph McCombie really makes them smile...on the inside. Via 22 Words |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:00 PM PST We all know that line in the song where the other reindeer wouldn't let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games. Did you ever wonder what kind of games those might be? Grant Snider at Incidental Comics let his imagination run wild and has more of the Arctic wildlife joining in: seals, walruses, rabbits, lemmings, puffins, and even narwhals! Notice you don't see any polar bears -they tend to not play well with other species. I'm glad they all learned their lesson about including others. -via Laughing Squid |
| 11 Things You Didn't Know About Santa Claus Posted: 24 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST You probably think of him as a fat guy in a big red suit, but you'd be surprised at how much you don't know about both the real St. Nick and his traditional legend. For example, his red suit was only standardized in 1931, thanks to an ad campaign by Coca Cola. According to legend, he fought saved young women from prostitution, fought off a cannibalistic butcher and even spoke immediately after being born, exclaiming, "God be glorified." Find out more about Old St. Nick over at io9. Image from the Pragmatic Santa shirt from the NeatoShop. |
| Don't Ask George R. R. Martin To Grant Your Christmas Wishes Posted: 24 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST When making a list of all the stuff you want for Christmas, be careful what you wish for, especially if you express those wishes to George R. R. Martin, author of the blood soaked epic fantasy series Game Of Thrones and a man who's commonly mistaken for Santa Claus. If you run into Mr. Martin you shouldn’t tell him anything, because George tends to take things way too far. George’s idea of helping generally involves dismemberment, murder and treachery, so whatever you do don’t let him in your house! He's not Santa Claus, and he will bring you nothing but regret, that is if you believe this comic strip by Anna-Maria Jung and Andrew Bridgman. Have a bloody good Christmas everyone! Via Dorkly |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST You've heard of the placebo effect, of course, but the converse has been observed as well. CGP Grey explains the "nocebo effect." When pharmaceuticals started being advertised on TV, under regulations that the side effects had to be advertised as well, I predicted that those side effects would become more common because of the nocebo effect. I don't know if there are any studies on exactly that, but I know some people who seem to develop every possible side effect when trying a new medicine. There are links to quite a few studies and stories on the nocebo effect at Metafilter. Grey is holding a discussion on this video at reddit. |
| Make Your Own Minecraft Snowflakes And Avoid The Creepers Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST Anybody who has tried their hand at a bit of digital block farming knows that Creepers don’t like to celebrate Christmas, or anything else that involves happiness, and if those blockheads had their way they’d blow the whole holiday up! Thankfully you can now make your own paper Minecraft snowflakes and celebrate a very blocky Minecraft themed Christmas at home. Just pull out some scissors and paper, follow the handy dandy instructions over at Instructables and fill your home with Minecraft themed snowflakes that won't leave a wet spot on the floor but may give you a paper cut if you're not careful. Via Nerd Approved |
| Christmas Eve Comic Strip Proposal Posted: 24 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST Frank Page, the cartoonist behind Bob the Squirrel (previously at Neatorama), relegated Bob to just an observer in today's strip. Frank himself took center stage to propose to his longtime love Lezley. |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST It's time for our weekly collaboration with Conceptis Puzzles, and this week we have the Skyscraper Light game, where you get to arrange skyscrapers in a grid so their skyline is visible according to the clues. The object is to place a skyscraper in each square so that no two skyscrapers in a row or column have the same number of floors. In addition, the number of visible skyscrapers, as viewed from the direction of each clue, is equal to the value of the clue. Note that higher skyscrapers block the view of lower skyscrapers located behind them. There is only one unique solution for each puzzle. Game Instructions: Click mouse on the desired square to open dial pad and then click on the desired number. To remove a number, repeat the above using X at the bottom of the dial pad. Numbers can also be placed by pointing mouse on the desired square and then typing with the keyboard. So go ahead and check it out! Then visit Conceptis Puzzles for more neat puzzles. |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST If you have children obsessed Santa Claus and his annual whirlwind trip around the globe, Google has an online tracker that keeps up with his journey. Since we are well into nighttime Christmas Eve in the Eastern Hemisphere, the tracker is going strong! When I took these screen caps, he was through with Australia, and was zipping between Indonesia and The Philippines, delivering gifts and laying tracks at lightning speed. Of course, when he gets near your location, it will be time for good little boys and girls to be in bed, dreaming of sugar plums or game consoles or such. |
| Hello Kitty Leopard Laptop Case Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST Hello Kitty Leopard Laptop Case Are you looking for the purr-fect accessory for your beloved 13" laptop. Get the Hello Kitty Leopard Laptop Case from the NeatoShop. This wild case is made of faux patent leather and features a leopard and Hello Kitty print with an embossed Hello Kitty pattern. This bag is the cat's meow. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Hello Kitty items. |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST What is going on here? Is this some HOA gone out of control, or was there a particularly big sale on inflatable Santas at the local department store? No, this is a case of a neighborhood having fun. The residents of Inglewood Drive in Toronto have 29 giant inflatable Santas in front of their homes. Amy Westin had considered an inflatable when she found a "14-foot, totally Griswolds, obnoxious-looking Santa" and bought it for laughs. Another neighbor asked if she minded if he got one, too. Then came the neighborhood party, when Westin told everyone she'd gotten her Santa at a Canadian Tire store.
Eventually, Canadian Tire stores in Toronto sold out of their inflatables, but the company rounded up more from far-flung locations to satisfy the demand.
Now, people are coming from all over to drive down Inglewood in Moore Park to see the giant inflatable Santas for themselves. -via Arbroath |
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