Monday, December 24, 2012

Colored dollar bill


Made me ask myself: why do we not have colored currency like this in the U.S.?

Reddit user leroideschoux used photoshop as a tool for this masterpiece.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Our hands evolved for punching

From sciencedaily: "Compared with a chimpanzee hand, at left, the human hand, at right, has shorter fingers and palms and a longer, stronger more flexible thumb. That not only allows fine manipulation of tools and other objects, but allows humans to make a clenched fist, which apes cannot. A new University of Utah study argues that human hands evolved not only for manual dexterity, but for fighting." (Credit: Denise Morgan for the University of Utah)

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The xx- Last Christmas BBC live


Better than the original?  - full of seasonal cheer - Wham's 'Last Christmas.

Game of Thrones is getting a beer of its own


“It made us approach development in a completely new way and I think the first edition Iron Throne reveals that,” said Phil Leinhart, brewmaster at Ommegang. “With a Lannister currently on the throne, it made sense to do a delicate, but piercing Golden Blonde Ale with Noble hops. Iron Throne is certainly fair in color and soft in appearance, yet it still possesses a complexity and bite to be on guard for.”
Iron Throne will be in stores in March at a cost of $8.50 per bottle.

Stanley Pickle, an award winning stop motion film


Saturday, December 8, 2012

First person goomba


First person perspective of the life of mario's enemy- the Goomba mushroom.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Pizza Hut reveals perfume that smells like hand-tossed dough


From marketwire press release: What began as a fun Facebook post - with Pizza Hut asking fans just how much they loved the smell of a box of Pizza Hut pizza being opened - has materialized into Pizza Hut becoming the latest celebrity to launch its own perfume.
Introducing Pizza Hut Perfume - a brand new fragrance from Pizza Hut Canada boasting top notes of freshly baked, hand-tossed dough.

U.S. first, a pacemaker for Alzheimer's disease

ScienceDaily- Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in November surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, the first such operation in the United States. The device, which provides deep brain stimulation and has been used in thousands of people with Parkinson's disease, is seen as a possible means of boosting memory and reversing cognitive decline.
As part of a preliminary safety study in 2010, the devices were implanted in six Alzheimer's disease patients in Canada. Researchers found that patients with mild forms of the disorder showed sustained increases in glucose metabolism, an indicator of neuronal activity.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Lars Anderson is world's fastest archer


Historians used to say that the feat of shooting 3 deadly arrows all in 1.5 seconds is impossible. They were mistaken.

Crazy card flourishes


An impressive display of cardistry from Singapore card-manipulating trio The Virts

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Motorcycle jacket made from reclaimed Cadillac upholstery

From laughingsquidDustin Page, the founder of Platinum Dirt, an Oakland-based company that makes fashion accessories and jackets out of reclaimed leather automobile upholstery. At Wunderfaire, he had on display one of his VIN Jackets, a motorcycle-style jacket made out of (in this case, Cadillac) upholstery and parts.


Deadpool spiced pumpkin cake

A spiced pumpkin Deadpool cake with white chocolate cream cheese filling, whipped buttercream frosting, and rolled fondant. Created by Grandma’s Sugar Kitchen.

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Amazing animated optical illusions by brasspup



The trick is pretty simple: the photographs are skewed but then filmed at an angle where everything looks normal, but when the illusion is revealed it’s still pretty mind-bending. 
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7 ways to open a wine bottle

Life hacks shows us 7 ways to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew.


Beer and bacon battered deep fried bacon

Nick over at dudefoods had this to say about his creation:

I also decided that when it came to the batter that I was going to use I had to go all out, so I mixed some beer and flour and then threw in some diced pieces of bacon for good measure. In the end my deep fried bacon turned out to be one of my favorite things that I've ever used my deep fryer for. When it came to the taste, the crispy bacon matched up absolutely perfectly with the crunchy beer and bacon breading.

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Best of Tom Hanks illustrated


1984: Allen Bauer, Splash
1988: Josh Baskin, Big
1989: Det. Scott Turner, Turner & Hooch
1994: Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump
1995: Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
1995: Voice of Woody, Toy Story
1998: Captain Miller, Saving Private Ryan
2000: Chuck Noland, Cast Away
2006: Robert Langdon, The Da Vinci Code

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Windows 95 tips






Enormous sculpture parade made of flowers

Bloemencorso, A Flower Parade in Zundert, Netherlands






Vehicles: on


The praying mantis clearly has an advantage here.

Transform: carbon fiber hand


Monster bottle lids

from boingboing Perpetual Kid sells a $4.50 cartoon vampire ketchup-bottle lid called "Count Ketchup Spread." Affix it and squeeze the bottle, and the ketchup drips out of his fangs. There's also a mustard version: it's an alien head that oozes mustard out of its mouth.


Miniature violin


Scottish miniaturist David Edwards makes incredibly intricate 1/12 scale violins that are just 1.5 inches long. The miniatures are modeled after Stradivarius violins and each one takes a few months to make