Photograph by Nicolas Gayet of the Paulo Bonifacio lab was a 2015 FEI contest winner.
Polychaetes worms are fascinating. One species are called “Zombie Worms” and includes the Osedax mucofloris, discovered in 2005. Its name translates to “bone-eating snot flower.”
[Image found here.]
According to the U.S. Patent, the machine was described as a Device For Obtaining Intimate Contact With Engaging, Or Clamping Bodies Of Any Shape, or DFOICWEOCBOAS for easy. It contained 30 nested rotating jaws.
Application filed March 21, 1912.
Serial No. 685,288.
The invention purposes to effect by means of rotatable and oscillatable cheeks, an intimate contact, engagement with or clamping of bodies of any shape, the contact being effected at as many points as possible, Whereby owing to the reactions or the automatic adjustment to the position of equilibrium of all the cheeks, if the latter are symmetrically arranged, the pressure is uniformly distributed over all points of contact, while if the arrangement is unsymmetrical there is a greater pressure to one side.
Inventor Paulin Karl Kunze was a “subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Vienna.”
The term fractal was coined by French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot in 1973 and is defined as “never-ending pattern.” Jump to 34:00 for a silly but cool demonstration of the completed restoration.
[Found at BustedNuckles & the U.S. Patent Office. Images of Mantle & Co. vise found here and here.]
Cuttin’ In, Johnny “Guitar” Watson (1961)John Watson Jr. came from a musical family, and when he was 11, his grandfather offered to give him a guitar if, and only if, the boy didn’t play any of the “devil’s music.” His recording career spanned forty years; his highest charting single was A Real Mother for Ya (1977). Frank Zappa: “Watson’s 1956 song ‘Three Hours Past Midnight‘ inspired me to become a guitarist.” Many others were influenced as well.
The Ghost Dance in 1894.
Games involving dead octopi.
[h/t Octo]
Geostorm hits the NY tri-state area.
[h/t Bunkerville]
Rent a flat in Augsburg Germany for $1 / per year.
The Great Gazoo was voiced by actor Harvey Korman.
The theme to Raising Arizona, Way Out There, was written in 1936.
Twitter secretly removes likes and retweets. See what Twitter doesn’t want you to see.
[Top image: Soup du Jour by Lemanshots 2021.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Boston Dynamics did it again – and that’s not a typo in the title – the robot is named Spot.
Straight from the Caribbean Osnabrück, Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen (the Powder Monkeys) are German “grogstars” playing Irish melodies with a rock pirate theme. (A powder monkey’s job was to bring black powder to the ship’s cannons.) Yo ho and shalalala.
The SIDH is an Italian band that plays electro Celtic metal bagpipe club music; 2018 band interview here.
Iain Marr – whistle player/piper
Federico Melato- keyboards and percussion
Michael Subet – bass
Salvatore Pagliaro – electric & acoustic guitar
[h/t Mme. Jujujive]
It’s that time of year when we set our calendars back, so have a great three day weekend and we’ll see you here tomorrow.
Olivia Jaimes‘ update was a few years back (2019) but it was an was an interesting take on Ernie Bushmiller’s classic strip. More about her revamp here.
Yeah, we have a Nancy Archive, too, because Bushmiller was awesome.
[UPDATE: Olivia Jaimes is also cartoonist Caroline Cash. Bio here.]
La Bruja, Tlen Huicani & Lino Chávez (Veracruz trad.)
“¡Ay! dígame, dígame, dígame usted,
¿cuántas criaturitas se ha chupado usted?”
[English translation for La Bruja here; images found here and here. More Day of the Dead stuff here.]
Cantina Blues, Kevin MacLeod (2008)His music is ubiquitous, he’s composed 1,000s of tunes and soundtrack material, and, because of his disdain for copyrights, he gives it away. Some of MacLeod’s work is free for download on his website, and a documentary is coming.
Claude Raines costume (for Zoom).
Halloween Glow In The Dark Terrible Towel.
Thwarting body snatchers. [h/t Mme. Jujujive]
13th Floor Haunted House: “They kindly prepare you for what’s going to happen by telling you the legends, then letting you see how much worse the reality is.”
[More haunted attractions here.]
Not sure why anyone would want to avoid Halloween candy leftovers, but here’s a calculator.
[h/t Innocent Bystanders]
No masks, no clown or priest costumes, no corsets, no trick-or-treating for 14 year olds, no Sunday celebrations, no fake mustaches in church, no silly string. In some places, no Halloween PERIOD. Know the Halloween Laws.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
The Firebirds were the only British band to play the 2002 Rockabilly Festival, which marked the 50th anniversary of Sun Records and 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death.
Dracula’s Daughters are Emily & Elizabeth Butters (with Forrest Butler and Jim, Mitch & Elias from Boston’s Triple Thick).
Mad Jack and the Hatters are, um, interesting…
Formed in South London in 1980, The Meteors are considered the first verifiable psychobilly band (and the second band to use the term).
Halloween be upon us, so carve a squash, spook the kids, mock the mask-mongers and have fun sending the Aos Sí back to their hidey holes for another year. See you back here for tricks and treats tomorrow.
Tacky Raccoons 