Tag: WIN

Totally Brainwashed Hot Links

The Hickory Horned Devil is the largest caterpillar in North America (except for this one).

Watch this first.
Now watch that next [via].

Ondes Martenot was a precursor to the Ondioline which was a precursor to the Moog synthesizer.

Early electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey ‎released an EP  entitled “Mister Ondioline” in 1960.
1. Parade Des Soldats De Bois – 0:00.
2. La Gavotte Des Vers Luisants – 3:04.
3. Le Siffleur Et Son Chien – 5:42.
4. Nola – 8:01.

Here’s my favorite version of “Nola.” Jonathan Edwards was brilliant.

It holds the record for the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of all vertebrates, and the latin name of Acanthonus Armatus translates into “Bony-Eared Ass Fish” according to this site. (Any chance that some wag tunneled under the fact-checkers at Wikipedia? Nope. Never happens.) On the other hand, the Bony-Eared Ass Fish is real.

Amateur photography: A collection of people who snapped.

[Top image found here, with no explanation.]

 

The .Gif Friday Post No. 505 – Pup Chumped, Owner Pwnd & The Goat Ate My Homework

[Found here, here and here.]

Cat Wanders into Police Station, Demands a Selfie

[Image found here with story, via Columbia PD, South Carolina.]

Big ‘Ol Honkin’ Hot Links

Soviet anti-U.S. posters.

Everybody wants to talk with Pee-Wee! Here’s your chance!

Choose a name for your game. Choose wisely, as it can’t be changed later.

Spiral-cut pinapple demonstration vid is pretty cool [via].

Fun Facts To Know And Tell: Take a regular deck of playing cards, shuffle them, and spread them out face up. IIRC, the odds of getting that particular sequence is calculated by factorial:
n! = 52! = (1 x 2 x 3 … x 52) = 8.065817517 E+67, or 1 in
80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000, and you just nailed it. The ex post probability of getting that particular sequence is always 100%.

Hypershock vs. Warrior Clan is amusing. The winner took out the other Battlebots with brute force… and a rake.

[Top image from here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.504 – STOP IT, Grebe-ass & Squirrel pwns Chipmunk

First I was like

Then I was like

Then I was like, “Bang-zoom! To the moon, Alice!”

[Found here, here and here.]

Don’t Touch The Croissants. They’re Hot.

[Found here.]

Live From Pyongyang, It’s Saturday Night Hot Links

THIS is just wrong.

There’s a bronze statue of Lt. Frank Columbo (Peter Falk) with a bronze beagle in Budapest. TRUE.

Robot prototype fail [via].

Tower Records was awesome. We’d spend hours in their Buena Park store combing through their vinyl, but the L.A. store was huge. I never knew the history until now [via].

Always order the largest pizza. Here’s why.

What do you need to know to become a Citizen of the United States? Here’s a practice test.

Guy moves massive concrete blocks by himself using only gravity and leverage [via].

I found this Tweet amusing.

[Top image made with I Can Haz Cheeseburger Meme Generator.]

Another Milestone for Tacky Raccoons.

Earlier today we passed the 2M mark and I almost missed it. Thanks, peeps and search engines. I feel like a hundred bucks.

[Other TR Milestones for 2017 here, here and here.]

Nichelle Nichols (aka Lt. Nyota Uhura) Makes Me Smile

That was Nichelle Nichols‘ most famous role, but prior to Star Trek she sang with Lionel Hampton’s and Duke Ellington’s bands. I searched for an early recording, but found something entirely unexpected. If you are a fan, Do NOT click this link.

You’ve been warned.

[Images found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.502 – 1st Day of School, Parkour Cat & Mountain Mishap

[Found here, here and here.]