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I would assume that these skunks have been de-stinked and taken in as pets since the person is video taping them from such a close spot, but it seems they’ve held onto their instincts to break into things to get food. The result is pretty cute. Do any of you know someone who had pet skunks?
Link Via I Can Has Cheezburger
What do zombie chickens, Osama bin Laden and Paris Hilton have in common? They’re all in the best bad movies that have come out in the past 20 years.
Movies that were box office bombs, universally panned or just made as a bad movie from the ground up, here’s the 20 you hate to love as compiled by I Heart Chaos.
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In celebration of the new Street Fighter movie and video game version, Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California, and I am 8-bit (with support from CAPCOM), are holding a tribute group art exhibition titled "Jab Strong Fierce" for the iconic game. Over 40 artists will participate, and yes – there’s even a lil’ Street Fighter video game competition.
This one to the left is Flash Kick, a colored pencil drawing by Anthony Wu.
Link – via diskursdisko
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So you’re driving through a national forest and see a bunch of wild turkeys. You take out your rifle and start firing. Then suddenly up pop some state game officers from behind bushes and they yell "Game and Fish Department! Cease fire! Put down
your weapon!"
You got caught in a sting and most embarrassing of all, they weren’t real turkeys, they were robots.
Tiny radio-controlled motors allow wildlife officers to move a decoy’s head, ears, and tail. The robots even have shiny reflective eyes, just like the real thing.
The robotic decoys come in several varieties including black bear, white-tail deer, and even a swimming moose.
Photo: Custom Robotic Wildlife
“The people that shoot at decoys are wildlife thieves, said Lt. Steve Lane. “They’re not hunters.”
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Len Peralta of Monster by Mail who drew the Neatorama Alien and Neatorama Zombie some years ago has a new project: Summer of the Super-Villain.
For a mere $25, you can custom order your own original villain or as a gift to your loved ones or archenemies. For a little bit extra, he’ll include the "making of" video clip – sadly without the maniacal laugh worthy of a super villain.
Link – via jawboneradio
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Say what you will, but Goodwill can be a treasure trove of weird and wonderful stuff. Jonathan Ryan went to one a few days ago and found this gem: a pop-up book titled "Inside the Personal Computer" published in 1984.
The book describes – in delightful pop-up glory – everything from read/write heads to the inner workings of a CRT.
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Update 5/2/09 by Alex: Here’s a YouTube clip of the book in action.
Sluice (2009) by Kate MccGwire
Bits of bones and pigeon feathers may be garbage to you and me, but not to artist Kate MccGwire. The London-based artist used thousands of discarded pigeon feathers to create amazing works of art.
In this interview with Kate, Don’t Panic Magazine asks: why pigeon feathers?
I am currently using pigeon feathers as they come from a bird that is generally reviled – regarded as vermin and referred to as ‘rats with wings’. I started to collect pigeon feathers that moulted from the birds in a shed next to my studio – I realised that they were actually very beautiful.
Link – via dontpaniconline
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Hard to imagine eating 10 sugar cubes, but when you guzzle down a can of soda, that’s what you’re putting in your body. See just how much sugar you’re destroying yourself with …
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Blair Blacker of Smart Grow created a new, natural product that prevents weeds, eliminates the need for pesticides, and lets farmer conserve water. It could revolutionize how food is grown, as long as you can overlook the yuck factor.
What is it? Hair. Human hair. And lots of it … Dan Grech of American Public Media’s Marketplace has the interview:
BLACKER: There is a slight nutritional difference between blond hair and black hair, but as far as a plant is concerned, they wouldn’t notice the difference.
GRECH: Which is more nutritional?
BLACKER: Blond tends to be slightly less nutritional. Slightly. I’m not going to say a word.
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Wolverine has his retractable claws, but real-life technology is catching up with comic book super heroes. Dvice lists eight awesome things you can implant into your body. If someone could have all of these, they would rival any pop culture super hero! Shown is a prosthetic speech implant, which can turn your thoughts into audible communication.
In the future: Turn a prosthetic speech implant up to 11 and you’ve got yourself a sonic scream, à la Banshee. Make it waterproof and you’re just as “super powered” as Aquaman Sammy “Squidboy” Paré. Special throat mics already allow for sub-vocal communication, but implants would take that a step further, perhaps facilitating the ability to speak where we normally wouldn’t be able to.
If you’re over 18, can get to the Miami area, and have $25, you can race your car against police officers driving cruisers -legally! Officers from several local departments race at County Line Drag Way once a month in an event called Beat the Heat.
“You could bring your mother’s minivan. You can bring a pure racing car. It doesn’t matter,” said Officer Jose Ayala with the Medley Police Department.
“We’re actually getting a lot of kids and adults alike come here and say, ‘We used to race in Davie. You probably used to chase us around, and now we’re here on the track and we want to race your car,’” said Officer Ron Bradley with the Davie Police.
Officers said they have seen a drastic reduction in illegal street racing since Beat the Heat started in 2007.
The next Beat the Heat race is May 23rd. Link -via reddit
Can people tell the difference? Not necessarily, according to a new study by Robin Goldstein of the American Association of Wine Economists and colleagues:
Researchers provided 18 volunteers five food samples to try in a blind taste test. Only three were able to identify the canine fodder. [...]
The five samples came from a wide price range and were processed to have a similar consistency. The foods were duck liver mousse, pork liver pâté, two imitation pâtés — pureed liverwurst and Spam — and Newman’s Own dog food.
Eight participants believed the liverwurst was the dog food, and four thought the Spam was the culprit.
Two people identified the high-end pâté as dog food, and one identified the duck liver mousse as dog food.
