Mime Wall is awesome.
The lightning flash captured here happened during a May 20 storm not far from the Florida Tech campus in Melbourne. It was recorded at 7,000 frames per second using a high-speed camera.
(3-1) Dimensions = Cool Illusions. Wait for the last one [via].
A waste is a terrible thing to mind.
“When I was a boy, we had to walk to… oh wait. Nevermind.”
[Top image from here.]
You might still be able to find this great parody on the internest if you know where to look. It’s one of those rare recordings that you could play in the background at a party and few would notice until someone says “Wait a minute! That’s not Bob!”
Copyright lawyers knocked it down years ago and spoiled the fun. Go figure.
Here’s one of the images you get if you arbitrarily Google “DOG FACE HEAD.”
15 year-old discovers lost Mayan city in Canada. (Okay, yeah, there’s a grammar thang going on there, but so what.)
I didn’t know what “stimming” was until I read this.
ICYMI Dept.: Curtis James Jackson III (aka rapper 50 Cent aka BigazzPantload) records himself harassing a white autistic guy working at CVG Airport, then claims it was an accident. [More here.]
Cool looping animation is cool and looping and animated.
Samantha Fish gonna put a spell on you, and they ain’t nothin’ you can do ’bout it.
[Top image screen capped from KISS Makeup Tutorial – How to apply makeup to look like Gene Simmons by Gene Simmons featuring daughter Sophia Tweed Simmons [via].
There’s some sharp in that girl’s eyes. [Found here.]
[Found here.]
Greek-American inventor Elie Aghnides amassed a fortune coming up with clever inventions.
One of his more unusual creations was the “Rhino,” an amphibious four-wheeled vehicle designed to patrol and defend the vast roadless wastes of Alaska and Canada.
Weighing in at five tons, the four-wheel-drive machine could hit speeds of 45 miles per hour on the highway.
Defining features were its massive front wheels, which had six-foot diameters and weighed 1,500 pounds each. Their hollow, hemispherical shape gave the Rhino its unique all-terrain capability. As the vehicle sank into mud, sand, or other soft surfaces, the bearing surface of the ribbed wheels increased, giving it greater traction.
The Rhino’s massive wheels and low center of gravity also meant it could tip 75 degrees to either side without toppling over.
In the water, the hollow wheels provided flotation, while a rear water jet provided propulsion at speeds of about four miles per hour.
The Marmon-Herrington Company of Indianapolis built one prototype of the Rhino for demonstration. The United States military declined to purchase any, reportedly out of concern that the wheels could be punctured by gunfire, sinking the vehicle [via].
Not only could it float, it had such a low center of gravity that it was nearly impossible to overturn. Here it is in action:
Elie Aghnides didn’t stop there. He created another prototype amphibious vehicle named “The Cyclops,” but for some reason the prototype construction failed. Aghnides won a $120.5K settlement with The Marmon Group in 1972.
I want one, if only to crash Burning Man without paying.
[Images from here, here and here. Found here.]
The Cabin Kids from “Teacher’s Beau” in 1935. [via].
Too Many Zooz crank it.
Trumpet player Matt Doe, baritone saxophonist Leo P. and drummer David “King of Sludge” Parks have been rocking the [NYC] subways since August [2013]. Doe, 21, and Leo P., 22, first became friends while attending the Manhattan School of Music, while Leo P. and Parks played together in another busking band, the Drumadics. They all came together with a simple goal: to make some extra cash [via].
[h/t Bunkessa]
Lucky Chops is/are a bit more elaborate and include some cool moves (the trombone player even does the Mashed Potato).
Not bad for buskers. Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you shortly.
Tacky Raccoons 