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- Art Exhibit Escapes from Museum, Rampages through City
- Mutant And Proud (Leo) - By Fist Or By Foot
- The Embrace That Never Came
- <i>Fifth Element</i> Cat Cosplay
- <i>Jurassic World</i> in 90 Seconds
- Pop-Tart Flavored Beer Exists
- I'm Going To Bite Someone
- Beautiful Swirling Stone Walls
- Bubba the Cat Issued Student ID
- In China, Pretty Girls Are Hired as Cheerleaders for Computer Programmers
- Bear Family Takes a Dip
- Study: Psychopaths Don't Catch Yawns
- The Jokers - Laugh It Up While You Can, Chuckleheads
- Hexagon Cake Knife
- The Milkshake Craze Is Going too Far
- Slo-Mo Video Of Faces Flapping In The Wind
- Inside Disney World's Secret "Tunnels"
- The Fun And Futuristic Simulator Used To Train F-35 Pilots
- A Trip to the Moon
- “No More!” Says the Cat
- Self-Proclaimed Wizard Enrages Gorilla At Wildlife Park With His Magical Ways
- Pessimism Is Good For You
- How to Get 86% More Burrito for Free At Chipotle
- Intergalactic Trash Talk - It's Better Than Calling Someone A Hoser!
- Bad Movie Science
| Art Exhibit Escapes from Museum, Rampages through City Posted: 22 Aug 2015 04:00 AM PDT
The RedBall Project is a giant rubber ball measuring 15 feet across. Kurt Perschke, the artist who conceived it, takes it around the world. He often shoves it into tight spaces, like alleys. Perschke has been doing this for several years. Perhaps he's become complacent. Perhaps he's forgotten that he's trying to control a wild ball--an enormous, dangerous predator. The people of Toledo, Ohio learned that recently. Perschke took his RedBall to that city, planning to display it at the Toledo Museum of Art. But during transit, the RedBall broke free and rolled down the open streets. The Daily Mail reports:
No one died from the RedBall--this time. -via Ace of Spades HQ  | ||||||||
| Mutant And Proud (Leo) - By Fist Or By Foot Posted: 22 Aug 2015 02:00 AM PDT Mutant And Proud (Leo) by Brandon Wilhelm ART When life gives you glowing green ooze you can either lie down and let it turn you into a sad little puddle or you can make it into mutant punch and become a half shelled hero! It's easy for teenagers to get down on themselves, and doubly easy when that teen is a mutant turtle, but you're better off putting those insecurities in the shredder and being proud of who you are, Because before you know it your carefree days of pizza munching and sewer surfing will be over, your cowabunga will only come in April and your ninja clan will start to splinter. So shout it out loud- I'm mutant and proud! Show the world you're proud of your geeky heritage with this Mutant And Proud (Leo) t-shirt by Brandon Wilhelm Art, and keep the dark forces of self doubt at bay the fun way! Visit Brandon Wilhelm ART's Facebook fan page, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more inspirationally geeky designs:
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| Posted: 22 Aug 2015 02:00 AM PDT All they wanted was to be together. But alas, that was beyond their abilities. Maybe someday… maybe tomorrow, maybe in fifteen years from now. It’s all part of the parental adventures of Lunarbaboon. | ||||||||
| <i>Fifth Element</i> Cat Cosplay Posted: 22 Aug 2015 12:00 AM PDT This is Khufu Beans, a cat owned by artist and pop culture commentator Comicbookgirl19. She loves to dress Khufu in custom costumes that look almost exactly like the original inspirations. In this case, Khufu is looking sharp in Leeloo's white strappy outfit from the science fiction movie The Fifth Element. -via Uproxx | ||||||||
| <i>Jurassic World</i> in 90 Seconds Posted: 21 Aug 2015 11:00 PM PDT BrotherhoodWorkshop condensed the movie Jurassic World down to only 90 seconds and rendered it in LEGO blocks and minifigs. Yep, the whole movie. And in the process, they made it into a comedy! I guess I should warn you that this contains spoilers, duh. But I never saw the film, and this condensed version didn’t show me anything I didn’t already know about Jurassic World. -via 22 Words | ||||||||
| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 10:00 PM PDT
Finally! If, like me, you've been waiting for breakfast (and lunch and dinner) pastries to be turned into an alcoholic beverage, then I've got great news: the brilliant brewmasters at 21st Amendment (that's the amendment that repealed Prohibition) have made Pop-Tart flavored beer. Fortune magazine reports:
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT The story starts out weird and then it turns much weirder. Two sharks have a shark-to-shark conversation about the meaning of life under the sea. They get deep, so to speak. One decides he needs to do something to give meaning to his life. This award-winning short film was written and directed by Steve Dildarian, whose work for Budweiser you may recall. -via io9 | ||||||||
| Beautiful Swirling Stone Walls Posted: 21 Aug 2015 08:00 PM PDT Andreas Kunert and Naomi Zettl aren't just stonemasons. They're refined artists who can create vibrant images by arranging smooth stones into walls. They say that their "inspiration flows directly from nature and the pure simple forms and rhythms that are inherent within the creative forces of the Earth." You can see more of their amazing works at the Ancient Art of Stone. You can watch a video of them at work here. -via Boing Boing | ||||||||
| Bubba the Cat Issued Student ID Posted: 21 Aug 2015 07:00 PM PDT
Bubba belongs to Amber Marienthal and her family, but he spends his days at school. He’s the campus cat at Leland High School in San Jose and Bret Harte Middle School next door. He roams the halls freely and stays from the time the first bell rings to the end of the latest sports practice.
This year, Bubba was issued an official student ID card at the high school. So far, he has an attendance record of 100%. San Jose Mercury News has more of Bubba’s story. You can also visit Bubba at Facebook. -via Arbroath | ||||||||
| In China, Pretty Girls Are Hired as Cheerleaders for Computer Programmers Posted: 21 Aug 2015 06:00 PM PDT Trending in China reports on an innovative approach some tech companies are taking to enhance employee morale: in-house cheerleaders. These are pretty young ladies who are hired to flirt with the engineers and programmers in order to make the work environment more appealing. The premise is that the workers will be more productive as a result. Neatorama is not a tech company--at least in the popular sense of the term--but surely the effect would be the same, right? -via Kotaku POLL: Should Neatorama hire its own office cheerleaders?
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 05:00 PM PDT A family in New Jersey watched from the second floor as a mama bear and five cubs played in their pool for about an hour. Dad is worried about the pool being ruined, the kids are upset that their toys are in peril, and Mom just wanted to enjoy the unique opportunity to watch bears having fun. I wonder if baby bears whine as much as human kids do? The bear family enjoys the swing set, the slides, the floats, and the pool. Things get a little scary when Mama Bear starts playing with the pool pump, but a second video shows them all leaving, unharmed and much cleaner for their adventure. -via Metafilter | ||||||||
| Study: Psychopaths Don't Catch Yawns Posted: 21 Aug 2015 04:00 PM PDT
Yawns are contagious. Or at least they're supposed to be. So here's a quick test: yawn. If the person next to you--whether a stranger of someone you've known and loved all of your life--doesn't yawn, then he might be a psychopath. That's how I'm misinterpreting a new study by researchers at Baylor University. They found a positive correlation between people who don't yawn when other people do and scores on questionnaires for psychopathic characteristics. Shaunacy Ferro writes for Mental Floss:
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| The Jokers - Laugh It Up While You Can, Chuckleheads Posted: 21 Aug 2015 03:00 PM PDT They're the funny felonious faces who have launched a thousand gas attacks, the clown princes of crime who keep the Bat and his little birdie boy Robin on their toes. The Joker has changed his style up many times over the years, from the madcap mod years to those brooding bad boy days when he kept a ledger of all he'd killed, but he's always the same criminal chucklehead underneath the clothes. He's the guy who drives Bruce batty, the chaotic force to be reckoned with who will always be a wild card no matter how much his look may have changed. Celebrate your favorite comic book character's cinematic alter egos with this The Jokers t-shirt by Danny Haas, it's guaranteed to spread smiles wherever you go! Visit Danny Haas's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs:
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 03:00 PM PDT She asked him to cut the cake; he goes to the shop and designs and builds a new kind of knife, complete with a fancy handle. I was sure that by the time he got back, the cake would be completely consumed. After all, this is Matthias Wandel, the man who made the Perpetual Slinky Escalator and other wooden marvels. He gets lost in his projects. But maybe she made another cake. Of course, to justify a new knife, many cakes would have to be baked and consumed, and I can’t argue with that. -via reddit | ||||||||
| The Milkshake Craze Is Going too Far Posted: 21 Aug 2015 02:00 PM PDT Australia is currently being consumed in a milkshake arms race as cafes and bakeries try to one-up each other in increasingly extreme and bizarre milkshakes. You want a milkshake with a huge Nutella-filled donut on top? You got it. You want a milkshake topped with 4 different types of brownies? Dig in. These chefs were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should. Which leads us to this creation. It's 1 of 3 preposterous milkshakes made by food photographer Alana Dimou. She warns us:
-via That's Nerdalicious! | ||||||||
| Slo-Mo Video Of Faces Flapping In The Wind Posted: 21 Aug 2015 01:00 PM PDT Our faces are made of extremely elastic skin, which is why those who have properly exercised and mastered the use of their facial muscles can make so many funny faces. Speaking of funny faces, I'm sure you've seen video footage of the human face being hit with high wind, but this slo-mo vid takes facial distortion caused by air to another level! "Crazy Faces In Extreme Slow Motion!" was shot by self-proclaimed filmmaker/songwriter/friend ScottDW, who hit the subjects with compressed air to achieve that perfect flappy face effect. Some friend you are ScottDW! -Via Laughing Squid | ||||||||
| Inside Disney World's Secret "Tunnels" Posted: 21 Aug 2015 12:00 PM PDT Walt Disney World was Walt’s opportunity to improve upon the design and logistics of Disneyland, using his experience and the much greater land area in Florida. One of those improvements was building tunnels under the Magic Kingdom to facilitate the backstage activities that park guests don’t need to see.
It’s a matter of maintaining the illusion of magic. The "utilidors" are used for all kinds of things, which you can read about at mental_floss. | ||||||||
| The Fun And Futuristic Simulator Used To Train F-35 Pilots Posted: 21 Aug 2015 11:00 AM PDT Before a U.S. Air Force pilot is trusted to fly the F-35 Lightning 2, a fighter jet that costs $100 million dollars to make, they have to log in many hours piloting this amazing simulator. It looks like some awesome arcade game from the future, but this cutting edge training tech used at the Luke Air Force base in Arizona won't be coming to an arcade near you anytime soon. Pilots who have "flown" in the simulator say it feels just like the real thing, but how can future F-35 pilots get the full effect without the "relief bag"? -Via Sploid | ||||||||
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:00 AM PDT The bath is mostly done, but the cat needs a rinse. You have to feel sorry for him, the poor bedraggled thing. At least he's cleaner than he was. Now, cats will let you know when they’ve had enough of your shenanigans. Most will struggle, claw, and even bite. This one will flat out tell you in words you can understand. -via Arbroath | ||||||||
| Self-Proclaimed Wizard Enrages Gorilla At Wildlife Park With His Magical Ways Posted: 21 Aug 2015 08:00 AM PDT Wizards and gorillas have a long history of hatred towards one another another, dating back to the first time a wizard tried to use a mind control spell on a gorilla in order to steal his bananas. So when a self-proclaimed wizard named Andrew Wright paid a visit to the Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch, New Zealand all he had to do to rekindle the flames of animosity is chant and beat on his chest like a gorilla. The Orana gorilla was so incensed by his disrespectful display that he charged at the glass and got into mage attack mode. But Andrew insisted he was “healing” the gorilla with his display so he didn't stop, prompting Orana Park officials to kick Andrew out and ban him for life. The real Wizard of Christchurch had this to say about Andrew's shameful display:
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 07:00 AM PDT The constant admonitions to “think positive!” aren’t as useful in achieving your goals as we once thought. Of course, fatalism isn’t much help, either. But tempering one’s optimism with a real-world dose of pessimism may do the trick. The Science of Us from New York magazine presents the psychological research showing that positive thinking can get in the way of getting where we want to be. -via Digg | ||||||||
| How to Get 86% More Burrito for Free At Chipotle Posted: 21 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT If you love getting the most bang for your buck when you go out to eat, you'll want to discover this great Chipotle hack to get you 86% more buritto for free. Best of all, the process is pretty easy -just order a bowl with a double tortilla wrap on the side, then order half and half with the beans, rice and meats, and be sure to add the fajita veggies and corn salsa on top. Voila! | ||||||||
| Intergalactic Trash Talk - It's Better Than Calling Someone A Hoser! Posted: 21 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT Intergalactic Trash Talk by Grady Graphics The non-nerdy Norms think geeks speak a different language, but it's not hard to understand what a geek is saying if you listen to the tone. When they yell "Frack!" it usually means something didn't go right and they're letting off steam the Battlestar way, and when they call you a Nerfherder they're saying you're a yokel, the star of your own war on urbanity. And when the nerdy say something is "shiny" well shiny is actually a good thing, like seeing a firefly in the serenity of the night sky. So don't worry when you hear one or two of these geeky phrases being tossed around, worry when the speaker starts throwing everything plus the Galactica at ya! Talk trash your own geeky way with this Intergalactic Trash Talk t-shirt by Grady Graphics, it's sure to stun the uninitiated into silence and make your fellow fans roar with delight! Visit Grady Graphics's Facebook fan page, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs:
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT This is an article from the new book Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004) Premise: The Gulf Stream, an Atlantic ocean current that helps regulate Earth’s temperature, has become so affected by global warming that it essentially stops. The ocean suddenly rises and massive icy tidal waves flood New York City. Within days, North America is a frozen wasteland. Bad Science: Global warming can have a detrimental effect on the oceans, but it can’t stop the Gulf Stream that fast. Even if it could, in order for New York City to flood like it did in the movie, the entire continent of Antarctica would have to melt. For that to happen, all of the sunlight that hits Earth would have to be collectively beamed at the South Pole… for three years. Premise: After the machines take over the world, the human resistance “scorches the sky” to block out the machines’ power supply— sunlight. So the machines use the humans for power, keeping them alive in a vegetative state while subjecting their brains to a life simulation. The machines “liquefy the dead so they can be fed intravenously to the living.” Premise: This big-budget action flick stars Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. After Earth’s inner core suddenly stops rotating, the planet’s magnetic field collapses. This allows the Sun’s microwaves to penetrate the atmosphere and cause havoc on the surface. Humanity’s only hope is a ragtag group of scientists who must travel down to the center of the planet in an experimental vehicle. Their plan: detonate several nuclear bombs in the hopes of “jump-starting Earth’s engine.” Premise: The surface of Earth has been completely covered in water. In one scene, the Mariner (Kevin Costner) swims around an abandoned underwater city that’s revealed to be none other than Denver, Colorado, once known as the “Mile-High City.” Premise: (If you haven’t seen this and don’t want to have the “twist ending” spoiled, stop reading!) Throughout the movie, some unknown force is causing people all over the northeastern United States to spontaneously kill themselves. The cause is revealed to be trees— angry, angry trees. Retaliating en masse against humans for polluting the planet, the trees emit neurotoxins called pyrethrins, which scramble the brain and lead to suicide. _______________________________
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