November 28, 2016
In space, no one can hear you flush.
NASA wants you to help astronauts deal with their poo in space: We can put a man on the moon but we can’t deny our bodily functions, no matter who you are. So the world’s leading space agency has put up a $US30,000 ($AU40,300) award for anyone who can come up with the most innovative “space poop” solution. [more inside]
Turns out the fault actually does lie in the stars.
The life in Peterborough
Amateur street photographer Chris Porsz wandered the streets of his native Peterborough for hours in the 70s and 80s, capturing brief portraits. After rediscovering his trove of photos, he was inspired to recreate some of the shots for his second book, Reunions (SLBuzzfeed).
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South Koreans urge resignation of Park Geun-hye (Al Jazeera)
If verified, this is the largest protest in South Korean history. [more inside]
If verified, this is the largest protest in South Korean history. [more inside]
I got it...I got it...I got it.... I ain't got it.
GivingTuesday
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, a marketing ploy for sure, but one I'm fully behind. But who should you give to? TinySpark helps answer those questions. [more inside]
“It's such a horrible game, though.”
The True Story Of Nintendo's Most Coveted Game [ESPN] “The game calls out to collectors. It is seductive because of its rarity but also a testament to the darker side of a hobby reaching new heights of popularity. It isn't a good game. It's a boring game. Released in 1987 by the Japanese company Bandai, Stadium Events [wiki] was made for a piece of peripheral hardware called the Family Fun Fitness mat. Playing it required jumping on the mat's sensors to emulate running, the characters in the game sprinting, hurdling in accord with how fast the player could go. The graphics weren't anything special. The easiest way to play was to give up running and crouch in front of the pad and slap your hands on the sensors as fast as possible -- cheating.”
I'd Like To See You Do Better
You have just been appointed as all-commanding leader of a major country. You have control over the monetary, fiscal, and foreign policy of your country ... As all-commanding leader, you have different indicators available that show you the health of your economy. But choose wisely. There are consequences for every decision you take. The End Game?, a choose-your-own-adventure from UBS.
“You’re Welcome.”
Full clip of Dwayne Johnson’s big song from the Disney movie Moana, penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, which chronicles the achievements of Hawaiian demi-god Maui in riduculously cheery manner.
Strangers
Late Night Work Club presents STRANGERS. The Late Night Work Club is a loose, rotating collective of indie animators. Previously.
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Some of our typical options are baseball bats, golf clubs, two-by-fours.
Since 2011, the Anger Room in Arlington has offered its visitors (ages 18 and up) the ability to pummel, pound, splinter, shred, and straight-up smash the hell out of all kinds of stuff as a way to relieve stress. Similar businesses include the Smash Shack in Jacksonville, NC, a pair of Rage Rooms in Toronto -- North York and downtown -- and Tantrums LLC in Houston, along with the soon-to-be-christened Break Room in St. Paul, MN and Smash Room in La Crosse, WI. It's way more relaxing than yoga. [more inside]
You can do better than that, Andorra
A travel company has compiled a map of nearly every country's tourism slogan, from sublime ("Travel in Slovakia - Good idea") to simple ("Remarkable Rwanda" right next to "Beautiful Burundi") to historically boastful (Mozambique's "Come to where it all started" and Egypt's "Where it all begins") to the trying a little too hard ("Incredible !ndia" and Wales' "#findyourepic"). (via kottke)
One Hundred Years Of Men Taking Off Their Shirts
It seems obvious that a man without a shirt in a national magazine, a widely distributed film still, or viral image on the internet is sending a message about masculinity. What’s less obvious, however, is how those messages have changed — and in an era seemingly saturated with shirtlessness, how much they communicate about the desperate need for masculinity to forcefully, aggressively, unceasingly reassert itself. [slAnneHelenPetersen@Buzzfeed] [more inside]
F*ck Work!
What if jobs are not the solution? An essay on the nature of work, its evolution as a cultural linchpin, its role in the human psyche and how it does/does not define us in an atmosphere of increasing social volatility. [more inside]
2016, the year that keeps taking: Doug Edwards, co-writer of Wildflower
A member of two seminal BC bands, Chilliwack and Skylark, dies of cancer. I remember first hearing Wildflower on local Vancouver AM station CKLG in the middle of an insomniac night. It was more of an FM tune in those early-70s years, so at first the radio station probably wouldn't chance playing it during the day, saddled between the likes of Grand Funk Railroad and Donny Osmond. For years I never knew the story behind the song, and was only vaguely aware of a connection with the rockier band Chilliwack. And, yes, that's the David Foster in Skylark.
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