Tag: awesome
The Apache Revolver (ca. 1869)
“The Apache Revolver is the Swiss Army knife of guns. Designed in the early 1900’s by the french gang Les Apaches this weapon was easily concealed and it is said that one bullet would always be left out of the chamber so as to not shoot yourself while it was in your pocket. Its range was very limited due to its lack of a barrel but it was an effective tool due to everything it could do, this weapon could shoot, cut and hit and could be easily folded up and placed in your pocket. Sheer Genius.”
The Wikipedia entry contradicts that description. This multi-purpose weapon was presumably designed by Louis Dolne of Belgium in 1860, went into production in 1869, and was discontinued by 1900. Here’s a quick video.
Yeah. I heard you the first time.
The Friday .GIF Post No. 470 – Tech Support, Frozen Turntable & Cold Night Roadtrip
Postprandial Hot Links
On 24 January, Mozilla disabled the popular “Web Of Trust” (WOT) add-on to the Firefox browser due to security / privacy breaches. Other browsers that allow the add-on (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, etc.) are affected as well. The problem was verified by a German team last November, and has yet to be remedied by the WOT engineers.
Lightning strikes as seen from space.
Lightning strikes caused by a volcano.
Bears with chainsaws. Some of the images are very cool.
Hunting snakes in the ‘Glades: Professional snake trackers were brought in from India to help with a python problem.
Amazing makeup timelapse [via].
Anxiolytic effect of hepatocyte growth factor infused into rat brain. I typed in some random letters into a Google search to find this gem.
#NotMySuperbowl is hilarious.
[No, that’s not a coyote carcass on a stake in the top picture. It’s a scaregoose. Really. Story here, via here.]
Volcán Calbuco Erupción de Abril 2015
Timelapse photos by Francisco Negroni of the April 2015 Calbuco volcano eruption, Chile. More photos here.
[h/t Savage, via Facebook]
Swingline Alien
[Found here.]
Privacy.
[Image found here. Other images on that site may be NSFK, NSFW.]
Tre-Dimensionelle Papirklip
Woodpiles
[Via email, h/t Nancy H.]
