Temper tantrum lip synch [via].
Kids and animals at the zoo (cute alert).
This MIT experiment is awesome and scary at the same time (this gibberish got published as legit just because it looked cool). Reminds me of the Turbo Encabulator.
Google “City of Woodland Hills Trash Enclosure Requirements” and check out the image results.
Wooden Water Droplet Machine is simple yet awesome.
Top image from Andrew Loomis‘ “Fun With A Pencil” 1939. Free download here.
How to make a wooden Viking beer mug with a hatchet and a knife. I’d use the rawhide method.
Better yet – how to scout and set up a whiskey still in the hills of Appalachia. The late Popcorn Sutton is his own live narrator on this 96 minute video, entitled, “This Is The Last Damn Likker Run I’ll Ever Make.” Take the time to watch it.
Interesting comparative photo essay of differing people of the U.S.
Large Brass Industrial Man Template is a great title for that post.
The True Story of The Simpsons.
Ohio State School For The Blind Marching Band accompanied the OSU Marching Band for “script Ohio” September 2013.
Amy Oops has free tickets for something. Go for it.
Top image refers to this story. KGB, NSA, what’s the difference.
Awesome koala fight. [via]
The Elephant’s Foot (aka, what happens when socialists are in charge of everything).
Wondering what your ancient Baktrian bronze battle axes are worth? Start here.
Interesting analysis of the countries around the world. It hints at the reasons why many nations are armpits (and worse) while others are successful. [via]
Nice collection of retrostuff courtesy of VE.
Showgirls playing chess backstage at the Latin Quarter nightclub, New York, 1958 [NSFK].
Top image found here.
In Dreams is an experimental film about childhood nightmares by Samuel Blain.
“I never forget a face.” Yeah, you’ve heard someone say it, but how would they know? I got a score of 91% and 82% on this test.
The Legend of Chuck Norris lives on. I’m amazed that I didn’t make it into the Top 50, or maybe I did…
Crashing Cell Phone Conversations At The Airport.
This Guy Travelled The Country In A Pink Tutu Just To Make His Wife Laugh During Chemo.
Very cool fractal art.
Yeah, it snowed in Cairo. BFD. Weather happens, and it’s not caused by humans. We don’t have that much power, never will, no matter what Mr. Catastrophe told you.
How long can YOU watch a kitten with nasal problems in front of a fire place? [via]
WorpDress just informed me that this our 2,609th blog post. Wish they’d warned me a few years ago. I’d have cleaned up the yard, re-caulked the tub and got rid of the meerkats (cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards).
Top image from Edwin A. Abbot’s 1884 classic novella “Flatland.”
Nice video: Los Angeles sans traffic.
Mrs. Straight Six has a nice collection of retromobiles.
How to get a wash cloth wet in zero gravity and what happens when you wring out.
Serious crappy commercials. Serious.
It’s true. ESPN = PPPP.
Classic PPPLol.
RIP Nelson Mandela, who was not always an old man, nor was he a saint.
Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. At his trial, he had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandela’s MK terrorists. [via]
But then there’s always Little Isidore to lighten the mood.
Mrs. Miller sings Petula Clark’s hit “Downtown.” Double dog dare you to listen to the whole thing.
“What The Hell Did Jesse Jackson Say?” is a radio game show on AM640KFI hosted by Tim Conway Jr. (who’s funny as hell, and the game is tougher than you think).
What you get when you heat aluminum to 1200 degrees F and pour it into an ant colony [via].
Mozilla has a new add-on for FireFox that allows you to see who’s tracking you across the internet called “Lightbeam” (originally named “Collusion”). In February 2012, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs explained it’s origin and purpose at a TED Talk.
“I made this powerpoint for this week’s lesson – Regional/Iconic American Foods. I went back through and replaced all the text with my student’s reactions.” His students are Chinese.
Airhorn Classics – Various Artists [via].
Top image found here.
This is both interesting and annoying at the same time. “Electric Pow Wow Drum” by A Tribe Called Red [via].
Like logic puzzles? Try this. For more variety, there’s this.
Very cool physics trick. Took me five tries to get it right [via].
Parking Pron from the handsome and fetching Ms. Cellania. [Update – The vid was pulled by the user, from that link, but here it is from another source.]
Interesting story about President Herbert Hoover and Jan Paderewski. Turns out to be true.
Never heard that story, and my first reaction was that it was Urban Myth. $2,000 in 1892 dollars could purchase a spacious two-story home with multiple fireplaces. That seemed to be an extravagant fee, even for a popular piano virtuoso. It’s about $50K in 2013 dollars. That young Hoover could have raised $1,600 (+$40K / 2013) in a short amount of time is just as astounding. But it appears the story is true.
–Bunk
http://www.paderewskiassociation.org/Paderewski_Biography.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/more/hoover.htm
Great cartooning with amazing .gif animations by Neil Sanders.
“The transistor was probably the most important invention of the 20th Century, and the story behind the invention is one of clashing egos and top secret research.” True.
Top image from here.
Bizarre illustrations by Gustave Doré from The Mythology Of The Rhine And The Stories Of The Grandmother, 1863.
On 6 September 2013, NASA unintentionally launched a frog. True.
Kiwis replumb a friend’s house with beer. Pure awesome prank, even though it was promoted by these guys.
(Tip of teh tarboosh to SH.)
Tiny Cupcakes and Pies is very cool [via].
Some folks on Reddit liked our 2009 post on the timeless brilliance of Milton Friedman.
The Grimm Brothers. Nasty stories.
Interview with Robyn Adele Anderson, vocalist for Post Modern Jukebox, and featured in the .gif animation above. Pure awesome.
This is kinda cool. Interactive Twist Again [via].
Skybridges [via].
I love the name of this experimental project: The Slingatron.
Never heard of guard llamas until a few days ago.
Photos of a young James Newell Osterberg, Jr. [via]
Oh, and about Syria? There’s this abbreviated version.
The Bird is The Word. Don’t you know about the bird?
Top image from here.
Chet Phillips’ flip-face thingy is kinda fun.
This song is awesome. Ruben & The Jets’ first album was produced by Frank Zappa, (and is not the same band or record as the Mothers’ previous album “Cruisin’ With Ruben & The Jets“).
Yay! Woosk is back from a seven-month vacation!
Here’s an interesting collection of historical oddities.
Like early 20th century animation? Tralfaz is a good place to start.
Tacky Raccoons 