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- 84-Year-Old Gives <i>AGT</i> a Reason to Live
- Give Your Living Room a Stormy Forecast
- 34 Things You Didn't Know about <i>Breaking Bad</i>
- Love Bird Makes Her Own Tail Extensions
- Now This Is How You Game Like A Boss
- Bottled Foods Prove That Everything Looks Delicious/Disgusting in Glass
- How Are Those <i>Back To The Future II</i> Predictions Looking?
- What Happens to All Canadians on Canada Day
- President Abraham Lincoln's Slippers
- Pedestrian Countdowns Save Pedestrians; Drivers, Not So Much
- Fast Food Facts You Won't Believe Are Actually True
- New Eyes With Which to See Her New Cubs
- This Amphibious RV Is a True Land Yacht
- The Strangest X-Files Fan Fiction Crossovers
- Funny Pictures of the Day - July 1, 2014
- Surprise Graduations
- Anatomical Venus: Medical Models from 18th Century Europe
- Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.?
- Death Defying Skater Jumps Across Subway Tracks In NYC
- Piñata Skin Rug
- Describing Colors to a Blind Person
- Photorealistic Drawings by Marcello Barenghi
- Tooshlights for More Efficient Public Restrooms
- Using Non-Disney Words Seems Reasonable in This Case
- Rejected Princesses Are Too Adult For Disney
- Cereal Taste Test: Name Brand Or Knockoff?
- Spring Cleaning
- The "O Canada" Beer Fridge
- An Indoor Swimming Pool And Functional Floor Space
- Book Review: For Dummies®, the Advanced Series
| 84-Year-Old Gives <i>AGT</i> a Reason to Live Posted: 02 Jul 2014 04:00 AM PDT America’s Got Talent, along with the many other talent shows on TV now, has been losing audience members by the millions. But thanks to the internet, we don’t have to miss the rare act that stands out. Here, 84-year-old Ray Jessel debuts an original song that leaves a lasting impression. The song starts at about 1:25, and you DO NOT want to be sipping coffee during the performance. You might want to wear headphones: despite being on broadcast TV, the song is a bit risqué and may be considered NSFW. And the tune might stick in your head all day. -via Daily Picks and Flicks  | ||||||||
| Give Your Living Room a Stormy Forecast Posted: 02 Jul 2014 03:00 AM PDT Designer Richard Clarkson, in time split between his New York and New Zealand studios, has produced Cloud, a light fixture in the form of a cumulus cloud. But Clarkson's Cloud doesn't just look pretty; it also does an excellent thunderstorm imitation. The simulation can be controlled either by remote control or motion sensors. Information from Clarkson’s website reads in part:
Read more about the Cloud and its different versions at Clarkson's website. Via Colossal. | ||||||||
| 34 Things You Didn't Know about <i>Breaking Bad</i> Posted: 02 Jul 2014 02:00 AM PDT Robin Edds of Buzzfeed dove into the production history of Breaking Bad and found surprising bits of information about the actors' lives and the composition of the show. Here's a sample:
Here's a video showing Bryan Cranston voicing that monster.
You can read more fun facts about Breaking Bad here. | ||||||||
| Love Bird Makes Her Own Tail Extensions Posted: 02 Jul 2014 01:00 AM PDT Bebe the love bird loves the shred paper. In this video, she has a purpose for it: she’s tucking them into her tail feathers to make a longer, more attractive tail for herself. Love Birds aren’t all that different from humans, now, are they? To be honest, this behavior has been observed in the wild. It's a bird trick for hauling more nest material than will fit in one's beak. This way she can carry more in fewer trips! -via Tastefully Offensive | ||||||||
| Now This Is How You Game Like A Boss Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT Gaming while seated at a computer desk is so 2001, nowadays it’s all about lounging on the couch while you game, and using your chubby little dog to hold up your mousepad like a total boss. The best part about using a pug enhanced computer configuration is that the pug can help give you pointers when you’re having trouble beating a boss, and dogs love to bark at the competition so make sure your dog is wearing a mic when you play your favorite multiplayer games. The only drawback we've found with the pug enhanced configuration is the dog will occasionally have terrible gas, which can bring an entire gaming session to a halt as everyone is forced to evacuate the house for some fresh air! -Via Kotaku | ||||||||
| Bottled Foods Prove That Everything Looks Delicious/Disgusting in Glass Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT Would you like a nice, cold bottle of macaroni and cheese? Of course you would! A tall glass bottle is a convenient way to carry and eat food, so Tom Davie applied its shape to foods that you might not expect. He also re-applied the original labels and added color coded straws to accompany them. I find the potted meat especially tempting. It may take some effort to get it through the straw, but I'd be willing to work on it. Davie says that only these photos of the bottles remain because "some of the products do not age well over time." They were, alas, too good for this world. Other foods that I'd like to see bottled: haggis, pigs' feet, and fried sheep brains. -via Foodiggity | ||||||||
| How Are Those <i>Back To The Future II</i> Predictions Looking? Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:00 PM PDT As we approach 2015, how close are we to the future imagined in Back to the Future Part II? You may be surprised at how prescient that was! Gamma Squad takes a look at five technologies from the movie that are on the verge of becoming reality, if not already so. Like TVs:
The rest has to do with flying cars, biometrics, and of course, hover boards. Not bad for a movie that came out in 1989! | ||||||||
| What Happens to All Canadians on Canada Day Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:00 PM PDT Today is Canada Day, an annual Canadian holiday that marks the establishment of the modern Canadian government by the passage of the British North America Act on July 1, 1867. Redditor engrsohail writes that these photos show what happens to all Canadians on that day. Canadian Neatoramanauts, can you confirm? Tastefully Offensive quips, "Don't make me sorry. You won't like me when I'm sorry." The Incredible Leaf will very politely smash you if you speak ill of curling. | ||||||||
| President Abraham Lincoln's Slippers Posted: 01 Jul 2014 08:00 PM PDT
Read more in this article at the Hayes Presidential Center website. Via Nag on the Lake. | ||||||||
| Pedestrian Countdowns Save Pedestrians; Drivers, Not So Much Posted: 01 Jul 2014 07:00 PM PDT
Do you think that would work any better? Listen to the conversation on NPR’s Morning Edition, or read the transcript. -via Gizmodo | ||||||||
| Fast Food Facts You Won't Believe Are Actually True Posted: 01 Jul 2014 06:00 PM PDT Wherever you go there’s a fast food restaurant lurking around the corner, waiting to fry up pounds of delicious diabetes inducing goodness for you to stuff in your gob, and yet these ever present restaurant chains are surrounded by secrecy and mystery. They all claim to be number one, but who’s telling the truth? Where do Subway sandwich shops get all of their avocados, and what’s the farthest distance a pizza chain has ever gone to delivered a cheesy pie? These tasty factoid nuggets and more can be found in BuzzFeed’s low calorie video 9 Fast Food Facts You Won’t Believe Are Actually True, winner of the 2014 award for Most Exaggerated Factoid Video Title. | ||||||||
| New Eyes With Which to See Her New Cubs Posted: 01 Jul 2014 05:00 PM PDT We suddenly have no shortage of cool cats named Venus at Neatorama! Venus the 6-year-old cheetah recently gave birth to four cubs at her home on the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa. But that wasn't the first time she was in the news. The first-time cheetah mom surprised the ranch staff with her exceptional maternal skills. Venus and her cubs are healthy, playful and enjoying their time spent bonding together as a family. See more pictures at Zooborns. | ||||||||
| This Amphibious RV Is a True Land Yacht Posted: 01 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT The Terra Wind is a luxurious custom-built motorhome with everything you could want from a house, including a full set of home appliances, ornate teak cabinetry with gold inlay, and a jacuzzi bath. It's like a cruise ship on the road. It's also that way on the water. That's because the Terra Wind was built by Cool Amphibious Manufacturing International--a company that specializes in amphibious vehicles. The Terra Wind is not just a road vehicle, but also a boat.
You can drive it straight into the water. The transmission can be switched from the driver's seat. It's built to move through freshwater at 7 knots. That may seem slow, but you drive your own motorhome or car into the water and see if you can go faster. There's a swim deck in the back, as well as a trailer hitch. When the above video was made, the manufacturer was working on a custom trailer for the Terra Wind. The trailer would also be amphibious, so you could take it anywhere. The Terra Wind's price starts at about $850,000. -via Dornob | ||||||||
| The Strangest X-Files Fan Fiction Crossovers Posted: 01 Jul 2014 03:00 PM PDT Fans of the seminal sci-fi TV show The X-Files haven’t lost any love for the far out adventures of Mulder and Scully even though the show went off the air nearly twelve years ago. However, The X-Files superfans aren’t making animated shorts, or live action YouTube videos, because they’re too busy writing fan fiction featuring ridiculous pop culture crossovers and the obligatory romantic moment between Fox Mulder and (insert another popular main character's name here). There's a fun tale about the time when Mulder and Scully met the apartment dwelling gang from Seinfeld, one about the totally plausible idea of Scully & Mulder being sucked into the Hunger Games universe and forced to compete in the games without any backup from Skinner or the Lone Gunmen, and the timeless tale Scully O'Hara meets Rhett Mulder. The X-files crossovers only get stranger from here folks! Read all about these mind bending X-Files fan fic crossovers at Vulture. | ||||||||
| Funny Pictures of the Day - July 1, 2014 Posted: 01 Jul 2014 02:41 PM PDT Love funny pictures? You're in luck! Check out today's funniest pictures over at our LOLpic blog NeatoPicto:
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT Southern New Hampshire University had several students who could not attend their own graduation ceremony this spring because they were shipped out to military bases or followed their military spouses to new assignments. Instead, SNHU went to them, with surprise ceremonies and diplomas wherever they were. That wasn’t easy to do, but it was a touching gesture that meant a lot to the graduates who worked so hard for their degrees. -via the Presurfer | ||||||||
| Anatomical Venus: Medical Models from 18th Century Europe Posted: 01 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT These photos show anatomical guides used for educational purposes, first used in 18th century Europe. The figures seem odd in comparison to those seen today, which are absent of many details present in the photos shown here, such as strands of pearls and makeup on the female forms. The figures were generally made of wax. See more examples (some borderline NSFW that are strangely sexualized) in this article at Dangerous Minds. | ||||||||
| Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.? Posted: 01 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT The New York Times constructed an interactive map of the United States that ranks the nation’s 3,135 counties on a scale that combines the percentage of residents with a bachelor’s degree, median household income, unemployment rate, disability rate, life expectancy, and obesity. The county that ranked dead last is Clay County, Kentucky, where I started my radio career in 1982. Who’s number one? Los Alamos county, New Mexico, which is where the Los Alamos National Laboratory is.
The county I live in came in 3,106th. How does yours rank? Mouseover the map at the New York Times to find out. The title may be misleading, though. It’s easy to live in a poor county when you have a job, a degree, and a healthy diet. Life can be hard in Los Alamos if you don’t. | ||||||||
| Death Defying Skater Jumps Across Subway Tracks In NYC Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT The guy in this video took the phrase “skate or die” way too literally when he decided to jump across the 145th Street subway station tracks in Harlem, but it’s a good thing he captured the whole thing on video because you rarely get a second chance at a deadly stunt like this: The daredevil who completed this leap of faith for Colin Read's skate video Tengu: God of Mischief-Subway Skating is Koki Loaiza, and he was able to pull off this trick on his second attempt, without the aid of antigravity boards or self lacing sneakers. It’s unlikely that anyone will be trying to follow in Koki’s footsteps anytime soon, especially because MTS officials were probably put on red alert when they witnessed this stunt, but it’s a sure bet that Koki is super stoked that he's alive to skate another day! -Via Sploid | ||||||||
| Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Yes, I plugged that piñata right in the neck with a .243 round. People told me that I should use a stick or a bat, but that didn't seem fair. Then I took it to Etsy seller SomeRabbits for processing. The meat was good, but on the sweet side. The skin, though, when properly treated, made a fine rug. She added some felt, but most of that is the original piñata. -via Craft | ||||||||
| Describing Colors to a Blind Person Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:30 AM PDT Tommy Edison has been blind all his life, so he has no concept of color. Color is a measure of parameters he cannot perceive, but the connotations different colors have can be described. Red and green are pretty easy, as they are associated with fire and nature, but the other colors are difficult. Some of these people at Vidcon 2014 get rather imaginative in their descriptions -especially the guy associating the marbled colors in the carpet with a physical sensation. -via Tastefully Offensive See more of Tommy Edison's videos. | ||||||||
| Photorealistic Drawings by Marcello Barenghi Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Milan-based Italian illustrator Marcello Barenghi posts videos of his photorealistic drawing process to his YouTube channel at the rate of about once a week. On his website, Barenghi lists varied influences, from Leonardo da Vinci to Derek Riggs, the illustrator that worked with Iron Maiden on their band and album graphics. Barenghi's amazing drawings seem to leap off the page when he is through. Follow the artist on Facebook here. Via Colossal
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| Tooshlights for More Efficient Public Restrooms Posted: 01 Jul 2014 08:30 AM PDT The Hollywood Bowl has a new feature that patrons are delighted with: red and green lights over public restroom stalls, indicating whether someone is in there. The lights, called Tooshlights, can reduce wait times up to 50%, which is a huge help when the line for relief snakes out the door.
Tooshlights also have other talents -they can be programmed to flash in different colors, such as when a team scores a touchdown. More importantly, they can also be remotely monitored, as a constant green light may indicate a toilet that’s out of order or needs cleaning. Read more about this simple but useful idea at Forbes. -via Digg | ||||||||
| Using Non-Disney Words Seems Reasonable in This Case Posted: 01 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT I suppose that it does not speak well of me, but there are times when I utter non-Disney words when using a computer. But only when the computer has provoked me beyond all reason. And who among you can claim only pure language when dealing with computers? Unfortunately, this man in Stow, Massachusetts used language that was a little too graphic--and I don't mean 3D computer animation. Reader challenge: in the comments, express frustration with a computer problem using only Disney words. -via Nothing to Do with Aborath | ||||||||
| Rejected Princesses Are Too Adult For Disney Posted: 01 Jul 2014 07:30 AM PDT Disney has chosen to keep their animated content light and family friendly, which is why some legendary female characters will never make it onto the big screen under the Disney monicker. Characters like Mai Bhago, the Sikh warrior-saint who led forty fierce women against the Mughal army and lived to tell about it, and Pasiphae, the immortal daughter of Helios who was cursed with desires to couple with a bull and gave birth to the Minotaur, are the stars of tales way too explicit for a general audience: Illustrator, history/mythology buff and former DreamWorks animator Jason Porath is giving these hardcore heroines their day in the sun through his site Rejected Princesses, which is full of fun Disney inspired illustrations and a fairly comprehensive backstory on each character, so you can see what you're missing when Disney chooses some G rated gal over these fiercely capable femmes! -Via io9 | ||||||||
| Cereal Taste Test: Name Brand Or Knockoff? Posted: 01 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT Can you tell the difference between your favorite name-brand cereals and their knockoffs just by taste? The folks who guess correctly here seem to be proud of themselves, but as a group, they would have guessed just as well without tasting the cereal at all. The experimenters upped the difficulty factor by including Kroger store brands, which I’ve found are pretty high quality. There are some food products for which I prefer the the taste of Kroger brand over the national brand name, although I often buy knockoffs from elsewhere to save money. Which brings up another question: even if you can identify the name brand cereal over the generic, which do you like better? You can save money by trying them out with an open mind. -via Buzzfeed | ||||||||
| Posted: 01 Jul 2014 06:30 AM PDT
That is . . . just about right. When I moved out of my first apartment, I counted 33 bags of trash. I'm not sure how that happened because I owned so little stuff. Moving frequently is a great way to make sure that your household goods are pared down to a reasonable amount. | ||||||||
| Posted: 01 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT Last year, Molson put a refrigerator full of beer in an English square that would only open if you had a Canadian passport. That made the first Canadian to show up into an instant hero! The beer company has taken that stunt one step further with a refrigerator that will only open if you can sing the Canadian national anthem “O Canada.” Since our neighbors to the north are feeling particularly patriotic today, this is a good time to hand out beer to those who know their anthem. Happy Canada Day! -via mental_floss | ||||||||
| An Indoor Swimming Pool And Functional Floor Space Posted: 01 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT Indoor pools are awesome, but they also are a huge waste of space when you don't want to go swimming. If you have a mansion, that's no big deal, but for most people, space is a precious commodity. With the Hydrofloor though, any pool can be closed to look like a regular concrete or stone floor with just the push of a button. You can even stop the rising floor part of the way up to just make the pool more shallow -perfect for those who have children. Check out more cool pictures of the design over at Homes and Hues: Don't Let Your Pool Take Up All Your Space -Try Hydrofloors Instead | ||||||||
| Book Review: For Dummies®, the Advanced Series Posted: 01 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT
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In cities that have countdowns on their pedestrian walk signs, collisions between cars and pedestrians have decreased since they were installed. You’d expect that. The countdowns make it easier for a pedestrian to judge whether they can safety get across the street in time. But something else happened: the number of collisions between cars actually increased! See, drivers can see the pedestrian countdowns, too, and that gives some of them the idea that they can make it across the intersection before the light changes, and encourages other drivers to wait. And those two kinds of drivers sometimes hit each other. NPR’s David Greene and Shankar Vedantam talked about this phenomenon and what can be done about it. 
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The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research.
Aeronautics and Astronautics for Dummies® begins, as it should, with fundamental concepts such as gravity. The non-relativistic treatment of gravity is entirely appropriate here. After all, the author knows her readers are not Einsteins. Nor are they likely to design a craft to navigate at quasi-luminal velocities among black holes or other forms of degenerate matter. In addition to its simple and lucid explanation of abstract ideas, this volume abounds in memorable practical advice. For example, "Despite convincing proof that the practice actually prevents cancer, smoking near jet fuel is not advisable." Although it is generally both reliable and well-written, Aeronautics and Astronautics is not without flaws. To mention just one, its discussion of dilithium crystals fails to mention that this particular fuel is not likely to be available for another two centuries, if ever.
Quantum Mechanics for Dummies® is in some ways more ambitious than the other two, for it deals almost entirely with abstract matters. yet the task of explaining strange quantum phenomena to the for Dummies® audience is facilitated by their lack of classical physical preconceptions. For example, the reader who has no experience with precise measurements of position or momentum is not all all surprised by the impossibility of measure both simultaneously. Similarly, one who holds no strong opinions as to whether light is a particle or a wave will not resist being told that it is both. To the author's credit, he takes advantage of his audience's ignorance where he can, yet usually crafts lucid explanations of even analogies with unrelated topics. His elucidation of the Copenhagen interpretation makes sense even to someone who could not find Denmark on a map of Scandinavia, and the explanation of tunneling by analogy to socks lost in the laundry is pure genius! Occasionally he falters, though; the phrase "quantum calamari" in connection with Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices was utterly uninformative and just too cute.
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