August 4, 2011

TheCatScan.tumblr.com

TheCatScan.tumblr.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.
posted by beukeboom at 10:53 PM PST - 96 comments

Gone in 60 seconds

TRIM (via reddit)
posted by the noob at 10:33 PM PST - 19 comments

No, you put your tea in a petrol can

Alex and Liam Do Walmart
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:49 PM PST - 112 comments

Public Radio Remix

Do you like great radio storytelling? Looking for a way to find it without having to work hard for it? Check out Public Radio Remix. The stories go far beyond your typical NPR fare. There's a more definitive list of all the segments Remix has purchased in the past year, for those who like that kind of thing. Or you can glance at their blog for more indepth discussion of new additions and programming choices. [WARNING: All pages have auto-play streaming sound.] [more inside]
posted by hippybear at 6:53 PM PST - 9 comments

Stanley clicked the link to download The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable is an experimental, story driven Half-Life 2 mod in the vain of the Radiator mods and The Chinese Room's Dear Esther. It's a little hard to explain without spoiling it, and there is a classy trailer on YouTube, but it's probably best you go in with no expectations. [more inside]
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:23 PM PST - 21 comments

Until this is fixed, I’m afraid I won’t be checking in on Your creation.

Comments on God's blog
posted by NoraReed at 4:59 PM PST - 55 comments

"what real women look like"

my body gallery - photographs of women, searchable by height, weight, clothing size, and body type (via youlookfab) [more inside]
posted by flex at 4:58 PM PST - 105 comments

It's all right, 'cause I'm Saved by the Bell!

Love "Saved by the Bell," but thought the original had too little gore? Have I got the video for you! (SLYT; NSFW and certainly not safe if you're squeamish)
posted by Betelgeuse at 3:50 PM PST - 32 comments

The Pickiness Of The Masses

Fuck You Yelper, a collection of unhelpfulful Yelp reviews
posted by The Whelk at 3:40 PM PST - 148 comments

Poem fight

Raging and raging in the lengthening thread
The mood will not heed the moderator;
Rules sprout loopholes; the FAQ cannot answer;
Mere trollery is loosed upon the site;
The lambent prose is loosed, and everywhere
The assumption of good faith is crumbled;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Battle Poetry: Abi Sutherland vs. Chris Clarke. (via mefi's own LanguageHat)
posted by Diablevert at 3:13 PM PST - 25 comments

"Dumbo Feather Pass It On is a stupid name for a magazine"

Dumbo Feather is an Australian quarterly print magazine which features five "extended (20 page) profiles of people worth knowing, across enterprise, science, politics, fashion and the arts." They're only just establishing an online presence. Profile archive is slim at the moment, but does include a lengthy interview from their current issue with Chris Anderson, curator of TED. A blog entry asks readers to submit their favorite TED talks, and an ongoing feature: Harnell Fletcher's Interviews with Children is taking submissions, too.
posted by zarq at 3:12 PM PST - 8 comments

Parent reform? LOL

Is patent reform even possible? [more inside]
posted by jeffburdges at 2:32 PM PST - 108 comments

The Ballad of Mike Haggar

This is the Ballad of Mike Haggar (SLYT) via [more inside]
posted by EatTheWeek at 12:59 PM PST - 6 comments

UK had official torture use policy.

UK's official use of torture policy. For MI5 & MI6, special renditions: when to proceed knowing torture would be used during the interrogation. [more inside]
posted by maiamaia at 12:42 PM PST - 27 comments

Pinhole photographer Gregg Kemp documents his cancer treatments.

Documenting his own cancer treatments with his pinhole camera Gregg Kemp is not only brave but visionary. One of the main pillars in the pinhole photography movement for many years, Gregg is now on a new journey with uncertain results who has decided to take it head-on with setting up a pinhole camera in each surgery which exposes throughout the entire procedure producing a single unique photograph as testament to his hope.
posted by ThenCameNow at 12:29 PM PST - 7 comments

Blue Space Vixens!

Master of Orion begat Master of Orion 2 begat Master of Orion 3 begat FreeOrion and a beautiful webcomic called Outsider, whose first chapter has just been completed.
posted by Zarkonnen at 11:52 AM PST - 64 comments

An unfiltered view from the top of the pyramid

In an investment manager's view on the top 1% - referring to the richest Americans by wealth and income - we learn that one needs $1.2 million in net worth to barely slip in the door of the top 1%. But that's just a start: the real power and influence in the U.S., the author argues, resides in the top 0.1%. You can guess who you'll find there: bankers and large-cap CEOs. Relevant quotes include... [more inside]
posted by mark7570 at 11:35 AM PST - 115 comments

Water water everywhere

NASA May Have Discovered Flowing Water on Mars Dark, finger-like features appear and extend down some Martian slopes during late spring through summer, fade in winter, and return during the next spring. Repeated observations have tracked the seasonal changes in these recurring features on several steep slopes in the middle latitudes of Mars' southern hemisphere.
posted by modernnomad at 11:16 AM PST - 66 comments

But what about Panadol, Anacin and Efferalgan?

Last week Johnson & Johnson announced that it is lowering the maximum daily dose for single-ingredient Extra Strength Tylenol from 8 to 6 pills per day (from 4,000 to 3,000 mg). [more inside]
posted by hat_eater at 11:15 AM PST - 54 comments

"I've beheaded that last child of Ghrotian VII, where should I spend my vacation?"

Forget First World Problems. Fifth World Problems are irritations of Lovecraftian proportions. Stuck between alternate dimensions? Plagued by neighboring hyperlizards? Is your quantum state beginning to crystallize? You've got Fifth World Problems.
posted by overeducated_alligator at 11:00 AM PST - 23 comments

Consider the following...

Bill Nye, the-Sci-ence Guy
Biill Nyye, the Science Guuy
Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!
Bill Nye, the-Sci-ence Guy
(Science rules)
Bill Nye, the-Sci-ence Guy
(Inertia is a property of matter)
Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill-Bill-Bill-
Biill Nyye, the Science Guuy
Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!
(T-minus seven seconds)
Bill Nye, the-Sci-ence Guy

[more inside]
posted by troll at 10:24 AM PST - 102 comments

all my arguments are based on sound logic

Praxgirl explains Praxeology. 6 Episodes so far. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:21 AM PST - 28 comments

"But I didn't do it!"

Little Girl Writes Best Running Away Letter Ever "Kids are hilarious when they're trying to make a point. They can't help it."
posted by foxhat10 at 9:55 AM PST - 104 comments

The pain is the ad. The toxicity is the truth.

Dr. Justin O. Schmidt likes insects of the persuasive sort, the ones that bite, sting or squirt venom in your eyes. In the course of his entomological studies all over the world, he has met the defenses of about 150 different insects, and he has rated them, creating the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. On the low end: sweat bees, whose sting is "light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm." On the high end: Bullet ants, whose venomous bites cause "pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel." And it can last for hours, leaving you "quivering and still screaming from these peristaltic waves" [of pain]. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief at 8:52 AM PST - 49 comments

More like a Magic 8-Ball than a round slide rule

How to build a newsroom time machine. Some pessimists predicted ALL ON PAPER would be an exercise in futility. It’s proven to be a lesson in humility – for both the student journalists struggling with the old tech for the first time, and for the veteran journalists trying to recall how it all worked a few decades ago. A college paper makes an issue the old-fashioned way. [more inside]
posted by shakespeherian at 7:55 AM PST - 52 comments

A new view of North Korea

Earlier this year, David Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press, along with Jean H. Lee, AP bureau chief in Seoul, were granted unprecedented access to parts of North Korea as part of the AP's efforts to expand coverage of the isolated communist nation. A new look at North Korea. WARNING: Fascinating.
posted by DoctorFedora at 7:38 AM PST - 61 comments

Lighting bolt. Lighting bolt. Lighting bolt.

The music of New Mexico's A Hawk and a Hacksaw brings LARPing the epicness it deserves.
posted by griphus at 7:37 AM PST - 23 comments

and a shit ton of frequent flier miles

move, eat, learn
posted by allkindsoftime at 7:14 AM PST - 22 comments

“This Sharia Law business is just crap…I’m tired of dealing with the crazies!"

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey defends his appointment of Sohail Mohammed to the state bench. Sohail Mohammed is New Jersey's first Indian-born Superior Court Judge. "After Christie nominated Mohammed in January for the judgeship, the former federal prosecutor found himself accused of cozying up to Islamic radicals. Mohammed’s confirmation hearing before the state Senate included two hours of grilling, including inquires about Sharia, jihad and Hamas." [more inside]
posted by spitbull at 6:52 AM PST - 81 comments

Biking the Beartooth

A short and sweet video to get your juices flowing this morning: Mike Speed cycles down from the Western Summit of the Beartooth Highway. Here's some info if you want to give it a shot yourself.
posted by The Deej at 5:43 AM PST - 26 comments

Art that grows on you

Melanie Bilenker documents quiet moments in a unique way. Precious metals, ebony and epoxy resin are the canvas, and human hair is the material used to delicately capture life's simpler things. [more inside]
posted by kinnakeet at 5:35 AM PST - 6 comments

AAAaaaaah!! They're coming!

Run for your lives! Zombies are coming!
posted by FunkyHelix at 5:33 AM PST - 23 comments

Massachuesetts Could Shut of the Tap

Earlier this week, the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission released an advisory (PDF) on the status of the farmer-brewer's license when they denied small craft brewer Idle Hands' application. The farmer-brewer's license has long been used by small (under 5,000 barrels/year) brewers as a cheaper alternative to the state's otherwise manufacturer's license. Even larger breweries, like Boston Beer Co., brewer of Samuel Adams, use it as it allows for on-site tastings. With the new advisory requiring that 50% of hops and grains be locally grown in Massachusetts, small brewers are worried about the fate of their businesses - without the ability to sell on premises, offer tastings, or self-distribute, many of the state's microbrews and brew pubs will no longer be able to operate. A meeting with the state treasurer, who oversees the ABCC, is planned.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:54 AM PST - 38 comments

It's a bag for oranges, sad oranges that weep for Spring, denying their fruitness, only to sour and wilt. Or maybe a container for socks. It could be a metaphor for soft tender moist eager buttons...

The Deutsches Technikmuseum has many interesting exhibits, some of which are puzzling... [more inside]
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:35 AM PST - 6 comments

Acquaintances made by the telegraph key

From 1890: The First Text Messages I’m not sure what “Wl hrs a fu” is supposed to mean. But it sounds like “min pen” is an 1890 equivalent of today’s instant messager’s “afk brb." [more inside]
posted by Omnomnom at 3:54 AM PST - 29 comments

From the Comrades that Brought You Tetris... But Only If You Have 15 Kopek

Soviet era arcade remains full functionally in Armenia. While Funspot is impressive, check out this working arcade in Gyumri, Armenia. [more inside]
posted by k8t at 3:47 AM PST - 21 comments

A St. Bernard and a year's supply of whisky

"Little slices of glamour beamed directly into your home in half-hour chunks; a perky theme, flashy titles, charismatic host, inventive format, gags, quiz, games, raucous outro – the works! Incredibly plain people given a quick glimpse of the good life, to which the tanned, funny man in the nice suit held the door." The joys of the 1980s game show. [more inside]
posted by mippy at 2:45 AM PST - 4 comments

Melbourne to Brisbane in six hours

Australia's federal Department of Infrastructure and Transport has released an initial report into the prospects of building a high-speed rail link joining the eastern states. The report (which may be found here) lists a number of potential corridors joining Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane, and gives the total cost of building the system at AUD100bn. The resulting system would allow journeys between Melbourne and Sydney (currently the world's fourth busiest air route) in just under three hours, and Sydney and Brisbane in a further three. Tickets between Melbourne and Sydney would be priced at AUD99 to AUD197, with Sydney-Brisbane tickets being slightly cheaper. [more inside]
posted by acb at 2:44 AM PST - 50 comments

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