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Forever Geek posted a list of the ten worst science fiction TV shows ever. You may not remember them all (for good reasons), so there is video evidence for each. And of course, more suggestions in the comments. Link -via Cynical-C
Blu is an Italian artist specializing in murals and urban design. This painting is located in Berlin.
Link – via Streetart & Kram
These origamis papercrafts are based on the animated TV series Clone Wars. You can check out the gallery and download printable models if you’d like to make one by yourself.
The Stormtroopers are so cuuuute!
Link – via Paperinside
One day, Heath Buck and Douglas Campbell, who have never met before, dared each other to go on a travel adventure. The night ended with a drunken handshake – and six months later, the two embarked on a crazy journey from Hong Kong to London, via Vietnam, Tibet, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Kyrgyzstan …
What’s so crazy about that? Well, besides going on around the world with a complete stranger, the whole journey is to be done wearing tuxedoes …
TMZ brings you this strange story of the hazards of being rich:
Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband, the wacky Freddy von Anhalt, 64, was photographed after a trio of women robbers (he says) pulled up next to him, asked for a photo, but instead robbed him at gunpoint and left him naked and cuffed to his Rolls-Royce. Don’t ya just hate when that happens?
Link [Safe for work, but kind of gross] – via Citizen Jake
Scientists at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia found that the office laser printer can be hazardous to your health:
An investigation of a range of printer models showed that almost a third emit potentially dangerous levels of toner into the air. [...]
Conducted in an open-plan office, the test revealed that particle levels increased five-fold during working hours, a rise blamed on printer use.
The problem was worse when new cartridges were used and when graphics and images required higher quantities of toner.
Link – via Wicked Boring
If Chris Angel can levitate, then so can Shoko Asahara, the cult leader of Aum Shinrikyo crazies in Japan:
He came to public notice through an article in the popular "Twilight Zone" magazine that showed him supposedly levitating in a yoga pose. Yoga exponents had practiced the technique, which consisted of flexing the thigh muscles to imitate levitation, for centuries.
Links: Article on Aum Shinrikyo by Patrick Bellamy at Crime Library (also photo source) | Wikipedia article
In this Flickr pool called "The Items We Carry," you can browse photos of stuff people carry with them every day (or submit your own pic!)
Link (This one to the left is anthony808‘s [Flickr])
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is having a Ron Mueck exhibition – We’ve posted about Ron’s amazingly lifelike sculptures (okay – gigantic lifelike hollow sculptures made from fiberglass and silicon) before, but The Modern blog pointed us to a Flickr set of the artwork being installed!
Link [Flickr] – via The Modern, Thanks Dustin!
I love web games that are simple, fun and addictive – like Bloons by Ninja Kiwi. The concept is dead simple: aim your monkey’s aim to pop as many balloons as you can!
Link – via Laura Watson
The guys at Kotaku blog has got a preview of a special edition Mountain Dew’s Halo 3 Game Fuel softdrink.
And apparently, they’ve managed to cram even more caffeine into the drink:
According to the box, the drinks will be available in stores for 12 weeks only starting on Aug. 13. Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel, the box writes, has the same flavor of Mountain Dew but with a citrus cherry flavor and more caffeine.
Link – via Well-Rounded Nerd
Dreampost aims to do for dreams what Postsecret does for secrets: users can share artwork, photos, stories and poetry inspired by their dreams.
This artwork, titled Earth Daughter, was submitted by Dreampost user Marie Liberty.
Link – Thanks Lumpy Lundgren!
Criss gives us an example of why his last name happens to be Angel.
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Here is not 5, not 10, but 25 of the worst rapper names of all time! For shizzle my nizzle. Link – via digg
Iranian weavers have created what they claim is the world’s largest handmade carpet, a soccer-field-sized red-and-green colossus bound for an Abu Dhabi mosque and valued at $5.8 million. But Iranians are setting their sights even higher:
[Jalaleddin Bassam, the head of Iran's state carpet company,] said the carpet was an important commission for Iran’s carpet-making industry, and said it could lead to further orders.
“Iran is in talks to make similar carpets for Oman and other Gulf countries,” he told Agence France-Presse.
Link – via Fortean Times
Here’s a collection of 52 influential photographs starting from 1827 through the ages and up to 2006. Link – via A Welsh View
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Just in case toasting two slices of bread at a time isn’t enough, Matt Gossington designed this toaster that can heat six:
The Radical Six Part Toaster rotates and heats the toast in single compartments. The compartments lift from the main assembly and swing open to allow toast to keep warm and crisp on its hot plates. The toaster is ideal for homeowners that are inspired by contemporary touches in their living space, making an inspiring centrepiece to at the dinner table.
Link – Thanks Shihui!
The Dutch Health Services launched this condom-shaped hot air balloon to promote safe sex ("Vrij Veilig" in Dutch). Link | Photo: Dayoo [in Chinese] – Thanks Jee!
Lunch in a Box blog has a post about making your very own pig-shaped boiled egg, using a nifty Japanese (what else?) contraption improvised into an egg mold:
I figured they’d work just fine as ice cream sandwich molds, cookie cutters, and onigiri molds, but I was most curious about how they’d do as hard-boiled egg shapers. You may have seen these crazy gadgets before (photo below): you hard-boil an egg, peel it while it’s hot, pop it into a plastic mold while it’s still hot and pliant, and click the lid shut. Dump the whole thing into cold water for 10 minutes, and you’ve got an egg that looks like a rabbit head or a star.
Link – Thanks Shihui!
Found at Miss Cellania.
Let’s Blow This Thing is a Star Wars musical (the Death Star battle scene), created by Hunter Nolen and Timothy Edward Smith of Infauxmedia. It was shown at the 2006 Jedicon in Brazil.
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Say No to Crack
Parents need not worry anymore that their children will draw on the wall – all they need is this Philips "Drag and Draw," a set of digital drawing tools that lets kids create artwork with light!
GeekAlerts got the details: Link (with video)
Even with all the broadcast indecency brouhaha, some broadcasters still get in hot water for choosing (and getting okayed by the regulators!) horribly bad station call letters:
The call letter snafu was a source of great mirth for Bae’s attorney.
"I can’t tell you how long he laughed at me when he learned of my gaffe," Bae said.
Broadcasters for generations have joked among themselves about call letters resembling off-color words or acronyms knowing the FCC would never approve their assignment — but that was before computerization.
What’s the call letters? You’ve got to read to find out: Link – via The Good Reverend
Englishmen Rich Smith and Bateman came to the United States to commit a crime spree – that is, by breaking as many stupid, unreasonable and long-forgotten laws (that are still on the book!).
For example, did you know that handwalking across the street is illegal in Hartford, Connecticut? Or that peeling an orange in a hotel room is Los Angeles is a no-no?
The pair documents their cross country journey in their book You Can Get Arrested for That.
Link – via Scribal Terror
Why do slim people dislike those who are fat? Researchers at the University of British Columbia discovered that it may actually be an immune system response:
From the taunting of the chubby child in the playground to cruel jibes at fat people in work and social settings, few could doubt there is widespread prejudice against the overweight. However, according to research reported in Evolution and Human Behavior some people suffer abuse because being too fat is mistaken by the brain for a sign of disease.
Researchers say the immune system can be triggered into action at the sight of obesity because it doesn’t like the look of what it sees, and associates it with infection.
Just as it orchestrates attacks on viruses and bacteria and triggers nausea at the hint of bad food, so it sends out signals of disgust in some people at the sight of an obese body that is designed to encourage avoidance and survival.
Link – via Spluch (Image from Mr. TGT [Flickr[)
You’re looking at the Haeundae Beach in Pusan, South Korea, during the first week of August (public holidays for all Koreans). Apparently, they all flock to the beach …
Link [Flickr] | More crowded beach at Knuttz – via One Large Prawn
You’re looking at the world’s first rolling road testing facility at WindShear, Inc., which is used to test the aerodynamics of race cars:
The one-millimeter thick continuous steel belt will roll at over 180mph, and features sensors under the bed that can take readings at each wheel. At top speed the wind tunnel fan will circulate 2.85 million cubic feet of air per minute!
Link – via Random Good Stuff
