Tag: FAIL

Better Than Crack Spackle? Um, No.

Nice try, but that’s just disturbing.

[Found here.]

L’Abbé Jean-Baptiste de La Chapelle’s Contribution To The World

Father Jean-Baptiste de La Chapelle, born about 1710 and probably died in 1792 in Paris. Before a large audience, he jumped into the Seine, eating, drinking, snuffing, discharging a pistol and writing while floating on the surface. He tried again, three years later, this demonstration before Louis XV near the royal hunting lodge in the forest of Senart, but his attempt failed when the current swept him away so fast that the king could not identify what happened to him.

His invention was a cork suit for soldiers, a precursor to the modern life vest. [Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.241 – Dance Hard, Piano Cola, Foul Tip

[Found here, and here. The middle one’s mine based on this image.]

Saturday Matinee – Cat Fail Sail, Mechanical Principles, & Tom Waits

[Tip ‘o the tarboosh to Mrmacs who found it here and insisted that we post it.]

“Mechanical Principles” – Simple gear actions from 1930 by Ralph Steiner, set to classical music. From the UToobage comments:

Some of the mechanisms featured:
0:16 Positive displacement pump
0:26 Four-stroke engine piston;
0:50 Simple steam engines or pumps;
2:00 Steam engine reversing gear as on ships;
3:10 Differential gear;
4:05 Worm gear;
4:10 Archimedes screw;
5:22 Geneva gear;
5:32 Pawl and ratchet;
5:55 Grasshopper escapement;
7:15 Scotch yokes;
8:07 Positive displacement pump (same as 0:16);
9:29 Wheel and disc integrator used in analog computers;
9:54 Possibly a turbine.

The only other soundtrack I can think of that might go along with that vid would be something by this guy:

Tom Waits’ Private Listening Party. I’m there if you need to get in touch with me. Have a great weekend, be back here tomorrow.

Lightsaber – Beta Version

[Found in here.]

Girls Just Wanna Have Oops

When you wear Bud you’ve worn it all.

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.232 – Kraken Crackin’, Clappin’ & Flappin’

[Top and bottom found here and here. 2nd one was an experiment, animated from this.]

UPDATED 8 JUNE: TR & .Gif fan David sent this. It takes time to put these together, so I didn’t want it to go to waste. Besides, it’s creepy as hell and stacks nicely with the advert below it.

When There’s Nothing Good On TV…

Yep, that’s right.  It’s a watchdog.

[Found here, via]

You Must Be Logged In Error – WorpDress Strikes Again

[This post will remain at the top of the list until Word Press either fixes the problem or undoes it.  Scroll down for the newer stuff. –Bunk]

Not that we get a lot of comments here, but if you try to post one you may get this error message:

WordPress decided to make some platform changes yesterday [13 March] without telling anyone. One of the problems is that commenting is blocked unless you have a WP account, or log in with FB or something. Brilliant.

A lot of bloggers on the WordPress Forum  are pissed, and for good reason.

Continue reading “You Must Be Logged In Error – WorpDress Strikes Again”

The .Gif Friday Post No. 218 – Glad Bag Sale, Floor Ninjas & The Pandas Of Death

[Found here, here and from somewhere that I don’t remember. I modified the 2nd one for fun.]