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• Chocolate Lasagna
• A Simple Twitter Exchange
• Sleeping Beauty Is A Sleeping Menace
• Remove All the Jokes from an Episode of <i>Friends</i> And It's a Completely Understandable 3-Minute Story
• A Few Fabulous Fingerprint Facts
• This Piano Is Played by Clouds
• 25 Creative Buildings Around the World
• Omid Asadi's Beautiful Cut Leaves
• Final Fantasy-Themed Restaurant Opens in Tokyo
• <i>Adventure Time</i> Chair
• Dog Plays Fetch Alone
• Police Ask That You Not Call 911 Just Because Facebook Is Down
• Hilarious Renaissance Art Animated .Gifs
• Incredibox V3
• SpongeBob and His Friends in Human Form
• The Three Living and the Three Dead
• Clever Can Creations
• No <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> for You
• Cross-Species Teamwork
• Largest Penguin Ever

Chocolate Lasagna Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:00 AM PDT Tomato sauce, cheese, pasta, and meat are a filling meal. But Garfield needs to polish off his supper with a bit of dessert. Ashley, the CenterCutCook, has just the recipe for him. The crust is made of an entire package of crushed Double Stuf Oreos, followed by the creme, then chocolate pudding, then Cool Whip, then mini chocolate chips. -via Thrillist

A Simple Twitter Exchange Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:00 AM PDT How is @NASA doing today? — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) August 2, 2014 @WilliamShatner Good day, Captain. #ISS is in standard orbit and Commander Swanson has the conn. Hope you’re having a great weekend! — NASA (@NASA) August 2, 2014 @NASA Very good news! — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) August 3, 2014 Isn’t it a wonderful world we live in, in which a simple greeting between two Twitter accounts can make everyone smile? If you think about it, it would be hard to find anyone at NASA who didn’t grow up knowing exactly what the Captain expected. -via Buzzfeed

Sleeping Beauty Is A Sleeping Menace Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:00 AM PDT Only in fairytales could a fair maiden lay unconscious for years and still look as pretty as the day they first lay her down to rest, in real life bedsores, bugs and a layer of filth would have made poor Sleeping Beauty look a fright! Even more frightful is the possibility that the spell placed upon her didn’t actually preserve her in any way, so if Aurora actually died when she pricked her finger on the spinning wheel spindle then she’s probably just laying there biding her time until a healthy meal comes along… Poor Prince Phillip, who knew that sleeping princess would take the fact that you’re a slice of beefcake literally?! Take it from DeviantARTist Shira-Chan (Sarah White)- Let sleeping zombies lie, no matter how beautiful they might be! -Via GeekTyrant

Remove All the Jokes from an Episode of <i>Friends</i> And It's a Completely Understandable 3-Minute Story Posted: 02 Aug 2014 11:00 PM PDT (Video Link) The eleventh episode in the sixth season of Friends is called "The One with the Apothecary Table." It's 22 minutes long. But YouTube user Tunglebrek removed all of the jokes and almost all of the laugh track so that it's just 2 minutes, 43 seconds long. The plot remains entirely coherent with two clearly discernible story arcs (an A story and a B story). He's also done similar work with an episode of The Big Bang Theory (1 minute, 28 seconds) and an episode of Seinfeld (3 minutes, 3 seconds). What other shows would you like to see subjected to this treatment? -via 22 Words

A Few Fabulous Fingerprint Facts Posted: 02 Aug 2014 10:00 PM PDT I once had to be fingerprinted for a background check, and was told if I didn’t finish my business in 18 months, my fingerprints would expire and I’d have to have them taken again. No, they couldn’t run the same prints again for an update. That always seemed strange to me, because my fingerprints aren’t going to change -or will they? Can you lose your fingerprints by wearing them out? Will they regenerate after an injury? Can fingerprints change over your lifetime? Are there people born without fingerprints? These questions and more are explained in a post all about fingerprints at Today I Found Out. -via Nag on the Lake

This Piano Is Played by Clouds Posted: 02 Aug 2014 09:00 PM PDT David Bowen is a robotic sculptor. By that I mean he makes robotic sculptures, not that he himself is a robot--at least to the best of my knowledge. And not that there's anything wrong with being a robot--I'm no robophobe, mind you. But I digress. Bowen made a robot that plays a piano. He installed it at the L'Assaut de la Menuiserie, an art gallery in Saint-Étienne, France. A camera mounted on the roof of the building noted the presence of clouds. As clouds flowed over, the robot played keys, thus playing a naturally occurring music in the sky. (Video Link) -via FastCoDesign

25 Creative Buildings Around the World Posted: 02 Aug 2014 08:00 PM PDT Image: Akademi Fantasia Architectural achievements in any given region are an important aspect of its culture and identity, as well as a means to improve the economy via tourism. These examples of unusual architecture across the globe are monuments to the creative ingenuity of humankind.   Pictured above is the "Crooked House" in Sopot, Poland, built in 2004 as a tribute to children's book illustrator Jan Marcin Szancer. Designed by architects Szotyńscy & Zaleski, the 43,000-square-foot structure houses a shopping center.  See the other striking structures featured in the article "25 Creative Buildings Around the World" here. Barcode Buildiing ~ St. Petersburg, Russia Image: Funny Buildings Atomium ~ Brussels, Belgium Image: joeri Goossens via Panoramio Crazy House ~ Dalat, Vietnam Photo via: Mimoa Basque Health Department Headquarters ~ BilBao, Spain Image: Permaframe

Omid Asadi's Beautiful Cut Leaves Posted: 02 Aug 2014 07:00 PM PDT Omid Asadi, an artist from Iran, carefully cuts away naturally fallen leaves into highly realistic scenes. His discovery of this medium began when he noticed that other people casually step on what he regards as naturally beautiful: I started to think why nobody paid attention to these beautiful leaves and trod on them, because of their name - if they were called flowers we wouldn’t tread on them at all! He's developed this craft with not only refined, precise detail, but also an imaginative eye for the possibilities of the medium. -via Visual News

Final Fantasy-Themed Restaurant Opens in Tokyo Posted: 02 Aug 2014 06:00 PM PDT A Final Fantasy XIV-themed restaurant had its grand opening yesterday in Tokyo. Named the Eorzea Cafe after the region in which the game takes place, the restaurant has an iimpressive look. Even the food and drinks (one is named the Alchemist Elixir) on the menu are in keeping with the theme. Patrons who get in the mood to play Final Fantasy when they visit are in luck: one side of the restaurant has a row of PCs with the game at the ready. See more pictures at Nerdicious.  Image: Game Watch Impress Image: Radio Kaikan Image: roy_shinryu Image: Game Watch Impress

<i>Adventure Time</i> Chair Posted: 02 Aug 2014 05:00 PM PDT What makes this antique restoration perfect is that the chair almost seems originally designed to look like Finn. It wasn't, of course, but redditor reallylovely saw how its forms perfectly fit as a kawaii version of Finn. She saw the old chair at an antique shop and saw in her mind the image of Finn on the back. She painted it with acrylic, including glow-in-the-dark paint on Finn's socks and hood. For the seat, she used a pre-existing piece of Adventure Time fabric, but also embroidered details on Jake's face herself. -via Geek Crafts

Dog Plays Fetch Alone Posted: 02 Aug 2014 04:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) We’ve seen some videos here and there of dogs throwing their own ball to fetch, but can you think of a better place to do it than a boat ramp? The ball gets its own momentum, and the dog gets to swim, too, as long as he’s not in a big hurry to catch the ball. This dog’s got it all figured out! -via Tastefully Offensive

Police Ask That You Not Call 911 Just Because Facebook Is Down Posted: 02 Aug 2014 03:00 PM PDT #Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up! — Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014 Yes we got calls #facebookdown That is why I sent out my previous msg to prevent them. Unk number received on 911 or reg number TY #LASD — Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014 Pls. No questions about when #Facebook will be back up, we do not know... Thx! #LAPD — LAPD Communications (@911LAPD) August 1, 2014 I know that losing access to Facebook can feel like an emergency. You can certainly experience emotional heartbreak as a result of its sudden, inexplicable departure from your life. But police departments would like for you to know that it is not a crisis that they can resolve. Just shelter in place until Facebook resumes normal operations. Tragically, this emergency lasted a full half hour before Facebook came back online. During that time, well . . . let's just say no one will forget the carnage of August 1, 2014. Look around you--right where you are now. Ask yourself if you have all of the skills and supplies necessary to endure a social media outage. If not, then it's time to get ready. -via Ace of Spades HQ

Hilarious Renaissance Art Animated .Gifs Posted: 02 Aug 2014 02:00 PM PDT James Kerr, AKA "Scorpion Daggger,"  is an artist who specializes in collages and animated .gifs. When he combines the two, the results are comical. Lately, he's been splicing together images from Renaissance paintings to show unexpected scenes. -via Juxtapoz

Incredibox V3 Posted: 02 Aug 2014 01:00 PM PDT You may have seen, or even used the music generator Incredibox before, but it’s worth a revisit as they are now up to version 3. Select your musicians to provide beats, effects, melodies, and harmonies. Then you can switch them around, mute them for different combinations, and change your song as it goes. You can also shared your composition or listen to some that other people made. -via Metafilter

SpongeBob and His Friends in Human Form Posted: 02 Aug 2014 12:00 PM PDT XiaozuoZ, an artist in Hubei Province, China, created these striking images of SpongeBob SquarePants characters. Perhaps he was inspired by the new SpongeBob movie, which will be released next year. But even if the movie is his inspiration, his take on the character designs is unique. Patrick Star Squidward Tentacles Eugene Crabs Sandy Cheeks -via Rocket News 24

The Three Living and the Three Dead Posted: 02 Aug 2014 11:00 AM PDT A recurring theme in medieval art is “The Three Living and the Three Dead.” You’ll find it over and over, a scene in which three normal people encounter three walking corpses, or skeletons, or spirits of some kind who are obviously dead, but still acting as if they live. The precise origins of the Three Living and the Three Dead are still somewhat mysterious, but there are many versions of the tale dating back to the 13th century, with the best-known coming from England and France.  The basic version of the story goes like this: three young noblemen are out hunting when they suddenly come across three corpses, which are in varying states of decay, but nonetheless still animated.  Unsurprisingly, the young men express shock and dismay at the sight, while the three corpses admonish them to consider the transience of life and to improve their behaviour before it is too late. In art, the three zombies often resemble the three living, in dress, size, and/or posture. It works as memento mori, a reminder that we all face death eventually. See quite a few examples of this art at the British Library’s Medieval Manuscripts blog. -via the Presurfer

Clever Can Creations Posted: 02 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT A Japanese artist working under the name Makaon repurposes aluminum cans in a charming way: he transforms them into these sculptures. Featured here are characters from pop culture, however the artist also makes animals and everyday objects.  Makaon uses small aluminum pieces to form the desired shapes and chooses the brand of can depending on its color. One might think that working with aluminum can colors would be limiting, yet the artist has found a surprisingly large range. He even has a can to imitate flesh tones, as seen in the scupture of Mario below. More of Makaon's works can be seen on hiswebsite or in this article at My Modern Met.

No <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i> for You Posted: 02 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT YOU HAD ONE JOB. (Then it happened AGAIN.) @RegalMovies#rva#GuardiansOfTheGalaxypic.twitter.com/DUbyAuLDlu — Dean Browell (@dbrowell) August 1, 2014 The reviews for Guardians of the Galaxy are quite positive, but that doesn’t help much when you go to a theater and they show the wrong movie. Some people went to see Guardians of the Galaxy on its opening night, but were instead shown Rise of the Guardians, the 2012 animated film. The reactions were immediately posted on Twitter. "omg," one moviegoer tweeted. "they started playing rise of the guardians instead of guardians of the galaxy." How in the galaxy did that happen? "EVERYONE IN THE THEATRE IS CRYING," the tweeter added. Then it happened again ... and again, possibly in more than one location, according by the tweets. A Regal Cinema theater in Virginia tried a reset, but after previews, the wrong movie began again. Maybe the third time would be the charm? No. Dean Browell, who was sitting in the audience with his 10-year-old daughter, says they sat through 15 minutes of previews, followed by five minutes of the animated movie before an employee popped in to say they were trying to fix the situation. The audience then withstood the same 15 minutes of previews again … only for Rise of the Guardians to start playing once more. At this point, the theater offered to give people tickets to a later 3D Imax showing, and about half the people at the 2D screening took them up on the offer. But the other screening was too late for the Browells, so they persevered. "There was a 10 minute wait, then the lights went down again and the third go of previews started, this time with the new Interstellar one, which gave us hope," Browell tells The Hollywood Reporter. No luck. Rise started playing a third time — to major expletives from the agitated crowd. Browell and the other audience members got a refund, tickets for another showing, and a movie poster. Maybe today’s showings will be pre-screened to make sure the labels are correct, because no one likes to be rickrolled when they’ve already bought the ticket, the popcorn, and the drinks.

Cross-Species Teamwork Posted: 02 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT (Video Link) The goat wants to eat from the crabapple tree, but he isn't tall enough to reach it. A donkey helpfully serves as a ladder. A question for the donkey: are you getting a cut of the payoff? You could earn some crabapples this way. -via David Thompson

Largest Penguin Ever Posted: 02 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT When you watch March of the Penguins or Happy Feet, you don’t get a good perspective of how big Emperor penguins are: they are over four feet tall and can weigh over 100 pounds! But that size pales against the extinct penguin species Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, which lived between 37 and 40 million years ago. Recently found bones indicate that this penguin was over two meters long! Its standing height would be somewhat less, estimated at about 1.6 meters, or 5’3”. Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche of the La Plata Museum in Argentina led an expedition that found the bones in Terra del Fuego, the southern tip of Aergentina. The site has yielded thousands of penguin bones. Earlier this year, Acosta Hospitaleche reported the most complete P. klekowskii skeleton yet, although it contained only about a dozen bones, mostly from the wings and feet (Geobios, DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2014.03.003). Now she has uncovered two bigger bones. One is part of a wing, and the other is a tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of ankle and foot bones. The tarsometatarsus measures a record 9.1 centimetres. Based on the relative sizes of bones in penguin skeletons, Acosta Hospitaleche estimates P. klekowskii was 2.01 meters long from beak tip to toes. Acosta Hospitaleche estimates that a penguin of that size could stay underwater for up to 40 minutes. Read more about P. klekowskii at NewScoentist. -via reddit

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