Rock stars are seen by many as the height of cool. Their stage swagger, hip clothes and loads of groupies make it seem like they never had a nerdy day in their lives. But what about their high school years? Did they have awkward or nerdy looks once upon a time? Judging from some of these high school photos from this collection of yearbook photos of rock and heavy metal icons, the answer would be yes.
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Have you ever wondered what happens when your kitchen is left all alone? Artist Benoit Jammes immagines that our fruits and veggies are not only alive, but active. In fact, he thinks they're taking advantage of the curves, ramps and dips in our kitchens to perform some epic skating tricks.
The series is called Skitchen and while it's adorable over all, there is at least one messy accident -this is why you wear helmets kids!
Taco Bell is coming to Japan. The staff of Rocket News 24 is excited, but also trepidatious. Will the fast food giant be able to adapt to Japanese tastes? Recipes that are popular in the United States may fall flat in Japan. So the Rocket News 24 team assembled 5 taco meals that it thinks will do well, such as these with fresh octopus tentacles. The others are wasabi, natto, sushi, and green tea.
(Photo: RichardBH)
Skipping stones along a lake--it's one of the little joys and challenges of childhood. Can you get the flat rock to skim along the surface? How many times can you make it bounce?
Usually people search for and throw appropriate stones that they find on site at the lake. But if you're a cut above the ordinary riff raff, then you deserve the luxury skimming stone by Dominic Wilcox. This artist, whose work we've featured extensively, has a gift for creating offbeat versions of ordinary products and experiences. It's a flat rock covered with 24 karat gold leaf and fits inside a bespoke belt-mounted pouch.
The stone is a comment on preciousness of time. Wilcox wrote this lovely short short story to accompany it:
(Photo: US Army Materiel Command)
"An army marches on its stomach." That's a line attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who put great thought into how his armies were supplied with food. Since the end of his era, this logistical trend has only increased. The US Army in particular has spent vast sums of money and manpower developing the best possible means of assembling, preserving, and distributing food.
Anastacia Marx de Sacredo is the author of a new book on the subject titled Combat-Ready Kitchen: How the U.S. Military Shapes the Way You Eat. In an interview with NPR, she explains that the US military intentionally shares the results of its research with the public so that private companies that integrate into the military food supply chain in the event of war:
Most people don't realize that the military has a policy to get the science that it uses for rations into the public's food. The reason is military preparedness. This dates back to a policy that was made after World War II, which is designed to make sure both the military and its supporters can be ready at a moment's notice to convert over to producing rations or to create consumer products that they might be substituted in their stead. The key point here is that companies don't generally invest in basic and applied food science. What the Army is looking at is the big questions in food science. There are not many other places interested or able to do the research, so the Army guides the direction of food science.
A vast amount of the food that we Americans eat every day is the result of military research and product development:
That's not precisely what the Yellow Backie program is, but that's my takeaway from this interesting development from Amsterdam.
With half a million cyclists, Amsterdam is the bicycling capital of Europe. If you've lived in Amsterdam for a while, that's great. But if you're a visitor, then navigating the city by bike can be confusing. So Yellow Bike, a bike rental company, invites people to stop by one of its locations and get a free yellow luggage rack. When you ride around town with one of these, you're inviting people to hitch a ride by sitting on the rack.
Yellow Bike says "It's a bit like couchsurfing--on a bike!" Right now, rides are free. But as some economists have pointed out, the boon of Uber is that it lets people turn their consumer goods into capital goods--their personal possessions into ways of earning money. Perhaps these yellow luggage racks are the beginning of a way for bicyclists to do precisely that.
-via The Presurfer
Recently, Tice Ledbedder flew his drone around a public pier in San Diego. Many fishermen had gathered to relax and see what they could catch. One of them made a perfect cast and snagged an unusual flying fish: the drone.
He's a jerk for grabbing someone else's property over a public place, but you have to admire his skill with a rod and reel. Ledbedder certainly takes it in good humor, adding an appropriate spaghetti Western soundtrack to accompany this master marksman.
-via Gizmodo
Some people are terrified of any clown they see. I'm not one of those people, but I still see what makes some clowns scary -especially ones with red eyes and skull-like faces. These delightful clown shoes make the most of people's fear in a terrifyingly awesome fashion accessory.
At $175, the shoes might be a little scary to your wallet too, but it's worth it for a one-of-a-kind pair of kicks that are sure to give people nightmares every time you wear them.
Via Fashionably Geek
Garden State | Image: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Zach Braff's film Garden State, which he wrote, directed and assembled the popular soundtrack for, met with much success when it was released in 2004. Garden State was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and made $35.8 million at the box office (which was over fourteen times what it cost to make).
The Mental Floss article linked below lists eighteen facts about the indie hit, one of which is a pretty striking coincidence regarding the location scouting. The scouts were looking at homes in New Jersey to find a good match for Zach Braff's childhood home, as the movie was partially based upon his life. The first piece of real estate they proposed to Braff? His own father's house. A little too close for comfort.
Read more facts about Garden State here.
It seems like every kind of Disney Princess mashup has been done before, with many genres “reimagined” over and over again without much being added to the theme.
But then along comes Tess Fowler's truly stunning posse of Apocalyptic Princesses to remind us what a perfect reimagining looks like.
My favorites in the bunch are Alice, who is reminiscent of Tank Girl, and the awe inspiring Aurora, who has no time for sleep since the bombs fell from the sky...
Tess is currently illustrating the Image comic book series Rat Queens, but her Apocalyptic Princesses would make great character designs for an original series…oh, that’s right, they’re all Disney characters…Never mind! Perhaps they can become the Apocalyptic Duchesses? *wink*
Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island | Image: Paramount Pictures
When it comes to the American entertainment industry these days, a popular media presentation is commonly used and recycled in all possible forms to get every last dollar out of it. A blockbuster movie typically begets a sequel or a reboot. Increasingly, successful films are adapted for television; that is the focus of the article linked below, which names 32 such pilots for television in production.
One of those films is Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. In this case, HBO will feature a prequel to the movie storyline, which will focus on the early days of the eerie, isolated, island psych hospital and its founders. In an intriguing and promising twist, the author of the book upon which the film is based, Dennis Lehane, will write the pilot, and Scorsese himself will direct.
Learn about 31 other movies to be adapted for television here.
There is no better source of inspiration than a slurred speech given by someone who’s too drunk to stand, much less speak coherently.
Oh wait, did I say no better? I meant no worse, as in demotivational and truly sad, especially knowing they won’t remember a word of their drunken speech when they wake up the next day.
The only thing inspirational about a really drunk person is the natural way they inspire others not to drink so much, lest they turn out looking like a drunken fool as well.
And that's why drunks make terrible motivational speakers, well, that and it's really hard to understand what they're trying to say.
See why Mixing Inspirational Quotes With Pics Of Drunk People Is The Best Thing Ever here
Adventure Time has taken cartoon cool to a whole new level, with amazing art and totally tripped out storylines that are made to appeal to kids and adults alike.
Every episode of Adventure Time begins with a totally mathematical looking title card that serves as a graphic representation of the storyline, plus it helps set the mood for the episode.
Whether they’re scary, far out or fantastically funny, those title cards are a very visually appealing way to start every episode.
Now you can bring those title cards home in book form to sit on your bookshelf or coffee table where they belong in Adventure Time: The Original Cartoon Title Cards, with two volumes out so far covering the first four seasons of the show.
It's an eye-pleasing way to admire the artistry that goes into this amazing and innovative cartoon show, and may even convince those who don't know what time it is that it's Adventure Time!
-Via Polygon
Leon Keer is an artist with a gift for 3-dimensional renderings. In the past, we've seen his street art paintings of LEGO figures and Pac-Man that almost pop out of the ground. More recently, at the Malta Street Art Festival, he painted several huge gummy bears on a sidewalk. When viewed above, they appear to be alive, wibbling and wobbling down the walkway with other pedestrians.
In this particular scene, Keer explains, three gummies are mourning a green companion who has died. You can see more photos from the series here.
-via Colossal
Whenever I leave home, I wear a multi-tool on my belt. It's a Winchester-branded knockoff of a Leatherman PST that I find myself using on a daily basis. Like many classic multi-tool designs, it's based on a pair of pliers.
Pliers are handy. But Instructables member M3G finds that hammers are, too, and converted an old hammer into a multi-tool.
His modified hammer is a bottle opener, screw driver, ruler, and nail holder. The bottle opener is a simple nail driven in at the optimal place on the hammer head. The screwdriver is a reversible bit holder held in place with a magnet glued inside the shaft. The nail holder is circular magnet glued onto the head.
Although it may not be practical for everyday carry, this hammer multi-tool could be a great item to keep nearby whenever engaging in crafting projects. You never know when you will suddenly need a particular basic tool or be able to put one to advantageous use--if only have it were within arm's reach. I always keep my multi-tool in my pocket while doing carpentry for this reason, even if I though I have all of my multi-tool's functions duplicated in single-purpose tools.
-via Make
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