The .Gif Friday Post No. 437 – Automation

Machine Paper Clip

Machine Spring

Machine Chocolate Bar

Machine Pretzel

Machine Pasta Shells

[Above .gifs found in here.]

High Cholesterol Hot Links

Breakfast of Champions

Mime Wall is awesome.

Very cool. Also very hot.

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].

Cell Phone Etiquette.

A waste is a terrible thing to mind.

Parkour Relay.

“When I was a boy, we had to walk to… oh wait. Nevermind.”

[Top image from here.]

VoIP circa 1951

Ham Radio Beer

“Here’s a message from Milwaukee”
This thoughtful wife knows that the moment her husband tunes in on Schlitz the reception is good. For Schlitz has a very special taste that beer-lovers are changing to with ultra high frequency. Taste Schlitz, yourself. You’ll soon know why–

Something’s wrong with that picture. His code key is missing, he should be drinking Hamm’s and he’s leering, but why? Maybe he knows that The 2016 Amateur Radio Relay League Field Day is 25-26 June.

[Image found here.]

Pistachiaoliens.

pistalien

Guess who’s gonna eat it.

[Found here.]

Nothing much happened today.

Nothing Much Happened Today 20A nap képe: pirosra festett öböl Japánból.
Hanem a kegyetlen bálna- és delfinvadászatairól is.

For those who don’t know, This Is Twitter.

[Found here via here.]

Bigass Farm Crabs

Field Crabs

To raise awareness to the issue of air and environmental pollution, artists created three gigantic straw crabs on Shanghai’s Chongming Island late last month [Dec. 2015].
[…]
Coal is the biggest source of China’s air pollution, but straw burning is also an issue of major concern. Although straw burning is banned, many farmers continue the age-old tradition to turn leftover straw into ash fertilizer. Crop burning also helps farmers save on labor costs and is considered an efficient way to rid farmlands of leftover stalks, which are seen as waste material. The practice is most prevalent in the China North Plain, and winds carry the smoke to nearby regions.

Damn those industrious peasants. They always find ways to get things done cheaper… because they have to.

[Found here; description with more photos here. Somewhat related posts here and here.]

Gastrointestinal Hot Links

Haggis

Blogger Gains Internet Following by Smashing Her Face into Bread Products.

Breakfast in Bahrain.

Lunch in Your Kitchen.

Dinner in Alaska.

Late Night Snacks in Bataan.

Bunk’s Secret Chili Recipe.

Pizza Pie.

Oh, and if you were wondering, that’s a Haggis. Only Scots eat them, and it explains and justifies the honorable tradition of wearing kilts.

Truth In Advertising.

Truth In Advertising

Dude should’ve thrown a trollface for the win.

[Found here.]

Tempting A Cheese Of Piece Is How?

Cheese

There’s something inherently disturbing about that ad.

[Found here.]

Evolution Is Awesome.

Evolution Is Awesome

In other words, “How the Hell did THIS happen?

[Found here.]