Archive for June, 2012
The Future is Ours [video]
Published June 29, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Asimo, dreamer, exploration, future, inspiration, Neil deGrasse Tyson, optimism, Ronald Reagan, science, Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs, video
White Out? That’s Not White Out! [comic]
Published June 28, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bird droppings, cartoon, comic, correction fluid, critic, editor, funny, humor, newspaper, pic, poop, revision, typo, White Out, Wite Out, Ziggy
When Words Explain Themselves In Images
Published June 27, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: definition, font, Fontophile, graphics, lexicography, type junkie, typography, Word, writing
Mindjunker posted an interesting collection of words that show the words’ definitions with simple graphic enhancements. Fontophiles and type junkies will love it.
Dancing Industrial Robots [video]
Published June 25, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: assembly line, Choreography, Dancing Industrial Robots, kawasaki spot welding robot, laser, light saber, music video, video
Yes, You Can Increase Your Spiritual Powers
Published June 21, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: charlatan, dead relative, Karl Lang, naked, pseudoscience, psychic, séance, skeptic, Spiritual Powers, strip
Well… If you are an attractive woman in your 20s, psychic Karl Lang says you can by stripping naked. Good luck with that!
Psychic Karl Lang persuaded two women to strip naked at séances to enhance their spiritual powers, a court heard yesterday. The women in their 20s wanted to contact dead relatives and it was alleged Lang, 49, told them they “had to be naked as the spirits are naked”. It was also claimed that Lang told them to send him naked pictures of themselves and to carry out sexual acts as it would boost their psychic powers. His first alleged victim, 27, told the jury she wanted to contact her father, who died 10 years ago. But at their sessions she claimed Lang told her he was the “reincarnation of Jesus Christ”. Speaking via video link to avoid seeing his face, she told Newport crown court: “He reassured me what we were doing was completely normal. “I felt uncomfortable but he said that I needed to be spiritually cleansed and to do this I had to strip naked.
Behind The Scenes At A McDonald’s Photo Shoot [video]
Published June 20, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: advertising, Canada, condiment, food porn, food stylist, hamburger, McDonalds, Photo Shoot, photography, video
How To Read . . . . You Got It! [pic]
Published June 19, 2012 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: education, funny, How To Read, humor, illiterate, literate, pic, picture, reading, scholar, textbook, three rs
Adidas Can’t Be this Stupid – Adds Shackles To Shoes
Published June 18, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Adidas, ankle chain, athletic shoes, lock up, perp, prison, shackles, slavery, sneakers, urban fashion, wtf
When I first read about Adidas adding shackles to their shoes, I thought this must be a fake story. However, it appears that the story started on Adidas’ Facebook page last week, so there may be some truthiness in the story.
A hurtful symbol of slavery or simply a quirky fashion statement? Adidas is rebuffing fierce criticism of one of its upcoming original sneaker designs. The JS Roundhouse Mid, a collaboration between Adidas Originals and edgy fashion designer Jeremy Scott and due to be released in August, features a bright orange chain and ankle strap. The public got its first look at the sneakers when Adidas added a photo of them to the brand’s Facebook page on June 14 with the caption: “Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?”
5 Worst Dads of The Animal Kingdom
Published June 16, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Animal, Assassin Bug, bad dad, Bass, cannibal, Grizzly Bears, Happy Father's Day, Lions, nature, parent, paternity, Sand Goby, wild animal, Worst Dad, Worst Father
Mental_floss presents a list of the 5 worst fathers of the animal kingdom. The bad dads are – Lions, Grizzly Bears, Bass, Sand Goby and Assassin Bug. The article details why these five made the list, but it is mostly is about eating the youngsters.
Oldtime Hipsters – Australian Mugshots From The 1920s [pics]
Published June 15, 2012 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: 1920s, Australia, crime, dapper, hipster, history, Mugshot, Oldtime, photography, pic, picture
I Bet Homeland Security Wants This [video]
Published June 14, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Ascending Aggies, climb, engineering, homeland security, Hoovering, PVAC, research, Spiderman, suction cup, vacuum, video, wall climb