Page images from a 1965 edition of the Boy Scout’s Handbook bring back memories.
The Blob: 1,000 cubic feet of squid eggs discovered over 70 feet below the ocean surface (video at the link).
There’s a reason for wrapping your cabin in foil.
Hitchbot mugged in Philadelphia, is recuperating from injuries.
How to handle job interviews like a pro.
More stuff about knots than what you learned in Boy Scouts. I can’t tell if this is brilliance, a spoof, or if someone in the UC Santa Barbara math department has gone scooters.
A Sloth Awakes [via]. I pray that someone called the police.
Top 5 Grammar Rules Not To Break [via]. Like, ya.
Frank Zappa’s classic “Peaches en Regalia” played by Talichova Komorní Filharmonie during the 2012 edition of Golden Prague International Television Festival.
The Magnus Effect. It’s more than just for sports [via].
Fred Johnson. (That’s him at the top of this post.)
Mr. Rogers’ acceptance speech.
For those who think wearing rings with monster eyes makes you look cool, they’re available here [via here].
Children’s songs, 1970s Belfast
Medieval illustrations of cats licking their butts [via].
Okay, this is brilliant.
Great Barrington – Business is Greater than Great!
It appears that someone/some people have created a YouTube channel about the town of Great Barrington, MA that has a video for EVERY business in the town.
The song is the same in all of the videos and each video is just filled with some exteriors of the business.
I am obsessed.
this is real, people. and it’s realer than real.
It’s true. Business in Great Barrington is greater than great, and here’s proof:
Watch the entire play list. I know where I want to go on my next vacation, and I’ll check each establishment off my bucket list one at a time. Wait for the Great Barrington Cemetery
It’s greater than great.
[Top image from here.]
Techno-pumpin [via].
Mr. Toot, by Ylvis. It’s not what you think it is.
Hank Penny wants to pet your poodle.
Best Frank Zappa composition ever. Ruth Underwood was awesome.
Must see. Pay attention to what the Imam says.
Joey Ramone’s mom talks about Joey Ramone with Joey Ramone. Jump to 00:02:00 [via].
Laugh tracks suck donkeys. [Cue Laugh Track].
The Tricks and Traps of New York City. Not much has changed.
Have a great weekend folks and be back here tomorrow, for tomorrow’s another day.
Peyton rocks out. Kid’s got the moves.
We’ve posted these before, and they’re entirely awesome .gifs, just like these.
How to collect Birch Water and what to do with it.
What to do with pistachio shells?
What to do with a red-hot ball of nickel and a jawbreaker?
Balls roll uphill on this paper bridge. Pause the vid at 0:20 seconds and scratch your fuzzy head a bit before resuming play. Paper template here.
Top image is a character sketch from The Lost Thing. It would have given me nightmares when I was a little tad.
40 hours of Boston snow timelapse.
Famous structures under construction.
Teena Marie serenades Smokey Robinson. Turn your monitor off and just listen. You’ve been warned.
Green means “go” because of trainwrecks.
Sounds like Magic Dick learned from James Cotton who learned from Walter Horton.
Type the word “poop” and see it how it translates around the world.
All 4 episodes of Charlie the Unicorn in one. “Charleeee, click on it, Charleeeeee… Go on, click it.”
A Unicorn in a Unitard on a Unicycle. The Internet is closing in 5 minutes.
[Top image from here. More Hot Links here.]
And THIS is important.
A Brief Illustrated History of the Navy Goat.
You’ve probably uttered the phrase, “it begs the question,” and you’ve probably used it incorrectly. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.
Loyalty. Dog follows ambulance all the way to the hospital to look after his master.
She’s cool and creepy at the same time.
How to speak like Porky Pig in 32 seconds.
How to Eef in 60 seconds (previously posted here).
Homemade gas powered horse [via]. Guy looks like Tom Waits to me.
International CyberWar attacks in real time – and it’s not a time lapse. The majority of attacks originate from China, and the majority of the targets are in the US. [Source of screencapped image at top.]
Human produced CO2 is responsible for everything. Lol.
Interesting concept: an online collaborative to write stories with multiple authors in real time.
How to make a very cool simple electric train.
Fun facts to know and tell:
Bears’ closest living relatives are pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses).
Pinnipeds’ closest living relatives are bears and musteloids (skunks, weasels and raccoons).
The German word for “raccoon” is Waschbär, which translates literally to “Wash Bear.”
Here’s a naked bear. Here’s a naked raccoon.
Viral video by Russel Houghton – Urban Isolation. L.A. without traffic.
Why is The Parkside Inn Motel (Bundoora, Australia) ranked No.1? Because there’s no No. 2. Interesting reviews. [via]
This is possibly The Greatest DooWop song ever recorded, by The Channels.
Your Telephone Of Tomorrow: Fairly accurate prediction from September 1956, and source of the *ahem* top image.
P.S. We get notifications of new followers from time to time, and we like to see who you are, so we stop by your blogs out of curiosity. Our readers are an eclectic mix of all ages, backgrounds, ethnicities and nationalities. We’ve known this for years, courtesy of WordPress, RevolverMaps and other sources.
That said, here’s the website of a recent follower, both disturbing and fascinating at the same time. NSFK except as a warning to those who choose to tread a similar path.
–Bunk
Horse rocks out to crappy dance music [via].
“Welcome to Kansas: Not as Flat as Delaware!”
How to multiply numerals with multiple digits graphically. Very cool. Now I can get rid of my TI Datamath.
Sorry to have to state the obvious, but the people who marched for “Climate Change” are idiots.
Interesting timelapse of Arizona weather [via].
Planets inside water droplets.
Very cool audio/visual display of pendulum motion [via]. Visual demo of sound waves, mathematical sine wave congruences, electronics, physics, gravity, art and bowling all in one. Surprising stuff happens about 1:00 in. There’s medical info in the video as well – one of the kids has whooping cough. I haven’t heard that sound since I was in 3rd grade. [A screencap of the video is the source of the top image.]
Black holes are soooo passé. Meet the White Holes [via].
What children’s games do you remember playing? Here are some classics including the rules.
A List Of Pointless Websites. Very cool collection.
Deaf-Blind Brazilian Watches World Cup With Help From His Friends.
Need a prosthetic leg with a built-in stereo system? Here’s the place [via].
Cigar box juggling in America.
This story still fascinates me. Michael Larson discovered a flaw in a TV game show and exploited it without cheating. Walked away with a quarter million in today’s dollars, then blew it. Documentary here.
Top 10 Greatest Optical Illusions Ever.
[Top image found somewhere in here.]
Tacky Raccoons 