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- Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box, as Looped by Kawehi
- Stability with Bipolar: A Cartoon
- A Windy Day in Russia
- Man Gets Revenge on Deadbeat Internet Seller by Texting Him the Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- NYC's Newest Neighborhood Will Float Above an Active Train Yard
- Amazing Near Miss: Truck Flies in Between 2 Parked Cars
- Surreal Wooden Sculptures By Yoshitoshi Kanemaki
- Dog Martini
- 21 Mind-Blowing Now-Extinct Lifeforms
- The Best and Worst Things About US States
- These First World Rebels Know Rules Are Made To Be Broken
- Quadruple Amputee Soccer Player
- 25 Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Star Wars
- A Fan Theory That Ties Frozen, Tangled, and The Little Mermaid Together
- Adorable: Dalek and Weeping Angel Kids' Cosplay
- If World War I Were a Bar Fight
- The Joy Of Watching A Designer Sweater Slowly Unravel
- LEGO Minifig Dialogue Posters
- George Washington Could Swear "Like an Angel from Heaven"
- When Animals Fall from the Sky
- Creepy Computer Animated Short from 1974- Hunger
- Genetically Engineered Corn Foiled by Insect Evolution
- Music Video Starring Jim Henson's Creature Shop Creations - Little Fang
- Think You Know Ugly? Think Again
- A Museum Dedicated to Bad Art
- The Canadian Zombie
- This Cool Dome-Shaped House Only Cost $9,000 to Build and Furnish
- Bloody Good Sci-Fi Animated Short- Malaise
- Beautiful Images From Rare Books of Science and Astronomy
| Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box, as Looped by Kawehi Posted: 20 Mar 2014 04:00 AM PDT
We've covered Hawaiian-born musician Kawehi a while ago on Neatorama, so we're glad that she's back! This time, Kawehi takes her looping-technique to cover Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box. That's pretty good! If you like that, check out the rest of her music videos, then head over to her Facebook page: The Way You Make Me Feel (by Michael Jackson): This one, titled I'd Never Tell, captures the looping method in a clever visual form: Don't forget to check out Kawehi's official blog.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stability with Bipolar: A Cartoon Posted: 20 Mar 2014 03:00 AM PDT Beth Evans is one of my favorite webcomic artists. She's funny and perceptive, which is why I interviewed her last November. She's had a rough time since then. But, true to form, she's open about her experiences. Beth has drawn a lengthy comic about depression and her quest for stability. You can read the entire piece here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 20 Mar 2014 02:00 AM PDT Someone in the town of Gelendzhik, Russia, watched out the window of their apartment on March 10th and recorded the goings-on during a particularly windy day. You’ll see people arm-in-arm struggling to stay on their feet (and failing), a truck having its cover blown completely off, and vehicles rocking with no one inside. And what’s the deal with the truck on its side? Is that just a poor parking job, or was it blown over by the wind? -via Daily Picks and Flicks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 20 Mar 2014 01:00 AM PDT
Eventually, a modern rogue shall encounter that line, which is from William Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1. Edd Joseph of Bristol, UK attempted to purchase a PlayStation 3 game console online. The seller took his money, but never delivered the console. At first, Joseph thought that he was helpless. But now he's found a way to strike back at the villain. He has the seller's phone number, so Joseph is texting him the complete works of Shakespeare. Joseph has an unlimited texting plan, so it doesn't cost him anything. He simply copies an entire play, then pastes it into a text message window. The texting program automatically breaks down the message into 160-character chunks, then sends them out. So the deadbeat's phone is probably buzzing constantly as it receives an estimated 29,305 text messages. So far, Joseph has already sent 22 plays, including Othello, Hamlet and the Scottish play. The longest play, Hamlet, required 1,143 texts. How has the seller responded? The Bristol Post reports Edd has received abusive replies from the seller:
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| NYC's Newest Neighborhood Will Float Above an Active Train Yard Posted: 20 Mar 2014 12:00 AM PDT  West Side Yard is a 26-acre train depot in Manhattan. You know how important trains are to New York City, but you might also have some idea of how valuable land in Manhattan is. The train yard must stay, but that acreage will be developed into skyscrapers, business, and housing anyway. Hudson Yards, a private development leasing space from the city, will be built on a platform above the train yard. There will be four skyscrapers on the corners. How they’re going to do it is explained at Gizmodo. Just think: in another hundred years, people will consider the train yard as being underground, and assume that it was originally planned that way. -via Digg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amazing Near Miss: Truck Flies in Between 2 Parked Cars Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:00 PM PDT Trooper Jess Hernandez of Sheriff's Office of Johnson County, Iowa is alive and unhurt. As you can see in this animated .gif, that was almost not the case. It's a selection from a video made by the dashboard camera on a patrol car, one of two pulled over on a busy night on Intersate 80. A semi-tractor trailer hit a truck, which careened off the road, sliced off the back of Hernandez's car, then flew into a ditch. You can watch a video of the incident at KCCI News. -via Jalopnik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surreal Wooden Sculptures By Yoshitoshi Kanemaki Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:00 PM PDT Sculptors who choose to work in wood fight an uphill battle against the grain, as they try to make contours look smooth and human body parts as realistic as possible. But wood is a medium chosen because of its heart, and it’s the tool carved facets and random grain patterns that most people find warm and appealing. Japanese sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki has definitely found his heart in wood as a medium, and between his purposeful incorporation of tool marks, his retention of grain pattern beneath layers of paint, and his signature cartoon-surreal style his sculptures are a delight to behold, full of humanistic symbolism which gently blows your mind like a light breeze rustling leaves on a tree branch. -Via Hi-Fructose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 19 Mar 2014 09:00 PM PDT (Photo: unknown) Knock back a few of these puppies, and you’ll need a hair of the dog the next morning. After he gets out of the bath, towel him off. A martini should be dry. Thanks, folks. I’ll be here all night. Tip your bartender. -via Geekosystem
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| 21 Mind-Blowing Now-Extinct Lifeforms Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:00 PM PDT As amazing as the different species of earth are, there were so many more that are no longer with us. In some cases, that’s fortunate for us, because many were huge and predatory. In other cases, it would be so cool to have them around now. And then there are some that are just too weird to contemplate, like the shark with a circular saw in its mouth and the poop-eating snail that fossilized in place to show how it was done. Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop guest-hosts this week’s mental_floss video from the Field Museum in Chicago. -via mental_floss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Best and Worst Things About US States Posted: 19 Mar 2014 07:00 PM PDT
What is the best and worst things about your state? In these two maps of the United States by redditor bigafricanhat, each of the states in the nation are labeled with its best and worst characteristics (yes, it's biased but still fun :)
Here they are in text form:
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| These First World Rebels Know Rules Are Made To Be Broken Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:00 PM PDT The people, and a few animals, that make up Bored Panda's list of 33 First-World Anarchists Who Don't Care About Your Rules aren’t what you’d normally think of as anarchists, at least not in the political sense, they’re more like pranksters who stick it to society by disregarding simple rules like don’t lay on the lawn, don’t stand in this area, and no dogs allowed. These are first world problems, with first world repercussions for those who get caught- you might get yelled at, or a ticket, or you may be chased off by a flashlight wielding security guard, so you know these rebels mean serious business when they not only disregard a posted warning- they post a picture online as proof of their rebellious nature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quadruple Amputee Soccer Player Posted: 19 Mar 2014 05:00 PM PDT Jorge Dyksen is a 16-year-old high school soccer player, despite the fact that both his arms and both his legs were amputated due to a massive infection when he was only 18 months old. Adopted from Panama, he now lives in Haledon, New Jersey. Dyksen is the starting forward on the junior varsity team at Manchester Regional High School. In this video, his family tells about learning to play soccer with prosthethic legs, when sometimes he would kick the leg farther than the ball! -via With Leather | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Star Wars Posted: 19 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PDT These are the Star Wars behind-the-scenes photos you're looking for. Ever since the iconic sci-fi series joined Instagram back in December 2013, the Star Wars Instagram has amassed an empire of followers (it stands at about 327K follower right now - it got 50K followers right off the bat with just three pics. What can we say? The Force is strong with this one.) Since then, they added over 200 posts, so it's time that we take another look at some of the best behind-the-scenes photos posted to the Star Wars Instagram account so far: A never-before-seen behind-the-scenes image of Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala Gamorrean Guard feet, found at the Lucasfilm Archives This prop is used to create the hyperspace-jump effect, with a little help from fancy lighting and camera tricks Sound designer Ben Burtt petting George Lucas' pet dog Indiana, the inspiration for Chewbacca and the eponym of Indiana Jones "We named the dog Indiana" is actually true! Wampa hair sample This wampa hair sample was sent to costume makers to ensure color continuity Extras line up for the final scenes of A New Hope Original ad for the release of Star Wars outside the Grauman's Chinese Theater in 1977 Olympic fencer Bob Anderson as Darth Vader's stunt double for his lightsaber battles Cover your eyes, it's a trap! This is how Admiral Ackbar's costume was made Warwick Davis, the actor who played the Ewok Wicket Stormtrooper stunt man landing on "high-tech" safety equipment Film producer Gary Kurtz, with Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher Benn Burtt playing Ewok sounds to actors playing Ewoks Carrie Fisher playing around with the camera Carrie said, "Originally, I was known as 'the girl.' During my first day on the set, someone described the next scene I was in as, 'The girl crossed the room and exits stage left. The camera operator will have to pan to keep her in frame.' I asked whether I was to be 'the girl' or 'the camera operator.' They got the idea. I'm now an honorary camera operator." Industrial Light & Magic model maker working on a cloud car From the Lucasfilm Archives, hereare the proper Pantone colors of a Tauntaun Harrison Ford as a scruffy-looking nerf-herder Ford said, "It was the first time a character I had played was so important to the film. It was necessary that this character worked, as necessary for them as it was for me" Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher behind-the-scenes of The Empire Strikes Back The prop used to test the opening crawl Notice the text is different from the movie version. It's from an earlier draft of the film's script: "It is a period of civil wars in the galaxy. A brave alliance of underground freedom fighters has challenged the tyranny and oppression of the awesome GALACTIC EMPIRE. Striking from a fortress hidden among the billion stars of the galaxy, rebel spaceship have won their first victory ..." Model maker Don Bies with the puppet Melas from the Cantina scene Behind-the-scenes, on the way to the cell block 1138 aboard the Death Star Behind-the-scenes look inside the "armory" of Star Wars Close-up look at the surface of a Death Star model, from the Lucasfilm Archives Cut here! A model of the Death Star Lightsaber battle ... with props (What? Did you think lightsabers are real?) For more Star Wars goodness, don't forget to check out the official Star Wars Instagram. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Fan Theory That Ties Frozen, Tangled, and The Little Mermaid Together Posted: 19 Mar 2014 03:00 PM PDT Disney’s habit of reusing artwork in its animated features, as well as the deliberate cross-promotion of characters, has led fans on internet forums to connect three stories: Tangled, Frozen, and The Little Mermaid. Although actual geographic locations are not given, they are implied, so the fact that Rapunzel is seen attending Elsa’s coronation led some to think that Anna and Elsa’s parents’ ship sank on their way to Rapunzel’s wedding. And that was the shipwreck that Ariel plunders to learn about humans. The theory makes sense, although when I was young, I considered Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen (on which Frozen is supposedly based), to be more of a North Pole tale, set in Spitsbergen, Lapland, and Finland, as well as Norway. A roundup at Buzzfeed explains it all with maps and images. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adorable: Dalek and Weeping Angel Kids' Cosplay Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PDT The resident blogger at Attorney Work Product had a great Halloween last year. Her kids dressed up as two of the most terrifying monsters on Doctor Who. Both of them got into the destroying humans mood:
Now, now: exterminated humans can't become clients. -via The Geek Twins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If World War I Were a Bar Fight Posted: 19 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria’s pint. ************************** Earlier this month, The Meta Picture posted the story of World War I simplified into a bar fight, with each country being represented by one bar patron. Of course, this only simplifies the story if you already know what happened in World War I. This retelling has been around for a few years, the earliest version on the web being in 2010, as far as I can tell. If you enjoyed this, you might also want to read If World War II Were a Bar Fight. -via Geeks Are Sexy P.S. I changed the title to the subjunctive because grammar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Joy Of Watching A Designer Sweater Slowly Unravel Posted: 19 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT There’s something so relaxing about watching a sweater being unraveled thread by thread, slowly being reduced back to its core material. Sweaters are really just big balls of yarn, after all, and as Last Season proves slapping a fancy label on the collar doesn’t make it more than the sum of its parts. Last Season is a documented act of designer sweater deconstruction which was orchestrated by artists/designers Lernert & Sander, who created the video, and accompanying before and after photos, as part of an advertising campaign for designer boutique Kiki Niesten. Well, that's one way to put your sweaters away until next winter! -Via Gizmodo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PDT Dutch artist Vincent Vermeij, also known as Chungkong (previously at Neatorama) has a new series of art prints illustrating famous movie dialogue scenes using LEGO minifigs. Above you see Apocalypse Now and Fight Club. Continue reading for Pulp Fiction, Rocky, Scarface, and The Big Lebowski. Each of these is for sale. Seemore of Vermeij's geeky minimalist art at his website. -Thanks, Vincent! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington Could Swear "Like an Angel from Heaven" Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT
From his youth, George Washington made a studied effort at maintaining a public persona befitting a gentleman and a leader. He guarded his conduct carefully with particular attention to his temper. He was capable of savage anger, but rarely displayed it. Sometimes, though, he lost his composure—usually when dealing with subordinates that he regarded as cowardly or incompetent. Once such occasion was at the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778. Washington’s army had spent several months at Valley Forge training intensively under drillmasters, including the famous Baron von Steuben. Washington was ready to go on the offensive against the British.
His senior officers talked him out of a direct assault in favor at a strike at the British rear.* He reluctantly gave heavy responsibility to General Charles Lee, a man of substantial military experience but limited ability. Thanks to Lee, the American battle plan fell apart. Washington rode forward, relieved Lee on the spot, and personally rallied Lee’s fleeing troops into order. It was during this moment that Washington lost his cool and offered General Lee his frank assessment of the subordinate’s professional competence.
Emphasis added. *One of the qualities that made Washington a great leader was his ability to discern good advice and his willingness to take it. This characteristic secured American victories during the Boston, New Jersey and Yorktown campaigns. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When Animals Fall from the Sky Posted: 19 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PDT "It’s raining cats and dogs" is just an expression, and Sharknado was just a movie. But throughout history, there have been instances of animals falling from the sky. When it’s birds or insects, we assume that they were flying, but how do you account for all those other creatures?
Although they all fall into the freakish category of animals falling from the sky, there are many different explanations for the phenomena. Read about some of these accounts, and the reasonable explanations of how they happened, at Modern Farmer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creepy Computer Animated Short from 1974- Hunger Posted: 19 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PDT When you think of computer animation from the mid-70s some pretty rough images probably come to mind, but Hunger might change your mind about what could be done with a computer in the 70s. Hunger was made by Peter Foldes in 1974, and it was meant to be a "film satire of self-indulgence in a hungry world", an educational piece created with funding from the National Film Board of Canada. However, watching it will probably creep you out rather than teaching you anything, but it's not to be missed if you're a lover of vintage and/or surreal animation.
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| Genetically Engineered Corn Foiled by Insect Evolution Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:30 AM PDT Bt corn is a kind of corn that has been modified with genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis to produce its own insecticide, protecting the plant from all kind of pests. Released in 1996, Bt corn is now grown as three-quarters of the American corn crop. Still, nature finds a way: through natural selection, corn rootworms have developed a resistance to the insecticide.
It's the classic story of too much of a good thing. Bt corn still kills off other kinds of insects, but for how long? Read the full story at Wired. -via Boing Boing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music Video Starring Jim Henson's Creature Shop Creations - Little Fang Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT Hiring Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to make puppets for your music video means your video will definitely have visual appeal, and a unique look that’s hard to beat, but the question will arise- to use humans or not to use humans? Animal Collective member Avey Tare decided to include humans, but only in the most terrifying way possible, in this video for his Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks song entitled "Little Fang". The band members show up as ghosts, and strange creatures with floating facial features, and the scariest monsters of them all- clowns! "Little Fang" was inspired by Avey’s kitty, who may or may not be a ghost whisperer but is definitely a better driver than Toonces the Driving Cat ever was. -Via Juxtapoz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Think You Know Ugly? Think Again Posted: 19 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT We know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and ugly is, too. Trying to define beauty is difficult because opinions vary so much. And it’s even harder to define ugly. British design critic and cultural commentator Stephen Bayley wrote the book Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything, in an attempt to describe the difficulty of such a subjective quality. Everyone knows what they consider ugly when they see it, but many find it hard to explain why something is ugly.
There are many people who find those things delightful, and even beautiful. What one person considers ugly because it’s simple, gaudy, dirty, ornate, or primitive, another person finds appealing because it’s different, interesting, funny, or nostalgic. Who is to say whose taste is really "better?" And tastes change- what is fashionably beautiful today will seem ugly when it falls out of style; then when it is old enough to be vintage, it may be considered beautiful once again. Besides, if we didn't have ugliness, how could we appreciate beauty? Read a detailed look at the elusive concept of ugliness at Collectors Weekly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 19 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT The Museum of Bad Art is an art museum in Somerville, Massachusetts dedicated to one theme: badly conceived and executed art. The curators have high standards for the works they display: the images must be bad art, but not intentionally bad art. They must not be kitsch, but honest attempts to create serious artwork. The above image, entitled “Lucy in the Sky with Flowers,” was the piece that inspired the creation of the museum. It’s a portrait of Anna Lally Keane, a woman who died in 1968. 2 years after her death, a relative commissioned this portrait of her. The artist, working from photos, created the horrendous painting. The customer proudly displayed it in her home for years. Then, some years after she died, it ended up in the trash. Scott Wilson, the first curator of the museum, found and fished it out. Obviously such a prize is worthy of public display. So in 1993, Wilson established the Museum of Bad Art. The above video by CBS Sunday Morning shows a tour of its wonders. Scroll down to see samples. The Mona Lisa Hot, Hot, Hot Chicken in the Kitchen -via VA Viper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:30 AM PDT We know all about Georgia zombies. A Canadian zombie is completely different. Antoine puts maple syrup on his brains before eating them! And getting an acting job isn’t easy for him: "Less polite Canadian, more zombie!" Watch as Antoine Zombié learns to give it all for his craft. This is an ad for the 2014 Canadian Film Fest, tomorrow through Saturday in Toronto. -via Digg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This Cool Dome-Shaped House Only Cost $9,000 to Build and Furnish Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PDT A 500 square-foot home isn't huge, but when you live in a tropical paradise like a Thai mango plantation, you don't need much to be comfortable -especially when your tiny home even comes equipped with a small pond and a gazebo. Impressively, Steve Areen built this home for only $9,000 -including the impressive stonework and furnishings inside. It's also made from locally sourced concrete and clay bricks although Areen now hopes to build more dome houses that are even more sustainable with pressed earth bricks. Check our more pictures of this impressive, tiny home over at Homes and Hues: This Cozy, Cool Thailand Home Costs Only $9,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloody Good Sci-Fi Animated Short- Malaise Posted: 19 Mar 2014 05:30 AM PDT Space is the place where nobody can hear you scream, the final frontier full of strange new worlds, alien lifeforms and lots of stars, and it’s also the setting for this retro sci-fi themed short Malaise. Malaise is a short that feels like a segment from a feature length film-it's punchy, bloody and very stylish, with CGI characters and backgrounds that have the look of stop motion animation. It was created by Daniel Beaulieu from the Vancouver Film School, made as a final project for a 3D animation class, and from the look of this short Daniel has a bright future ahead of him. -Via Nerd Approved | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beautiful Images From Rare Books of Science and Astronomy Posted: 19 Mar 2014 05:00 AM PDT  If you're a big fan of woodcut illustrations of science and astronomy, you're in for a big treat. Swann Auction Galleries will host an auction of some rare astronomy and science books from the private collection of physicist Martin C. Gutzwiller, and have shared with us some of the fascinating images. |
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Although some historians doubt it, General Charles Scott of Virginia (left) claimed to have witnessed the scene. Scott himself was a man of prodigious profanity. Later in Scott's life, one of his more refined friends tried to convince him to cease swearing. Would it not be better to follow the example of Washington? George Washington Parke Custis, Washington’s step-grandson and biographer, 
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