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This is my costume. I made it myself. Yes, I know: it’s not convincing at all. It’s a shoddy work of craftsmanship that was obviously cobbled together the night before the con, and every other day of my life.
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Arnout Meijer, a designer in Amsterdam, made this desk lamp that he calls Get Ready for Launch. It's a minimalist design that neatly mimics the image of a rocket launching off the surface of a planet, presumably on its way destroy Earth with a doomsday device. It's ideal for workspaces that need inspiration and enthusiasm.
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In middle and high school, we learn that flat maps are distorted projections of a nearly spherical planet. They're always wrong. The popular Mercator map gets especially bad in the polar regions. Still, even with this knowledge, bad impressions form in our minds about the relative size of countries and continents. For example, though Greenland appears to be huge in a Mercator map, it's very small compared to the equatorial-centered continent of Africa.
This BuzzFeed video illustrates some of the common misconceptions and shows how big parts of the world really are.
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Did you think that you were safe from the undead during the winter? You were wrong. Zombies may freeze, but it is only now that snowzombies are ready to rise from their graves.
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Redditor I_Say_ writes, "My son wrote a letter to batman about a week and a half ago. Today he got his 'response'." You can view a larger version here.
Before you get too excited: Yes, Batman is real. But, no, he doesn't respond to letters. I_Say_ wrote this letter for his/her son. It's a fine job, though it does make Batman look a bit boring. I suppose that Batman doesn't have a lot of time to devote to fan mail. If he had only 3 minutes or so to devote to writing to each child, he's bound to resort to tedious platitudes that can be rattled off quickly.
They call him Khaki Shorts. No one knows his real name, for he is a creature of the night. Also the arcade. With both hands, he throws one basketball after another into the hoop. Smoothly, the balls slide through the net, much faster and more accurately than his two competitors.
Having played with this child's toy long enough, Khaki Shorts aims for the basket on a different console! He banks the shots, sending the basketballs through the net.
Then Khaki Shorts strides off casually, disappearing into the sunset. He shall return again when we need him the most.
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The cat saw a pool full of live octopodes. It's time for a snack! But the octopus he selected was not in the mood to be food.
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Lassie the dog famously saved her owner in almost every episode. Little Timmy was forever falling into wells or getting stuck in old refrigerators or whatnot. The fates wanted him dead and only Lassie kept Timmy alive. Certainly Cat Lassie wouldn't have done what this dog in Germantown, Wisconsin did (warning: auto-start video).
For unknown reasons, Crystal Lauer fell unconscious on her front porch. It was only 3°F outside. She was dressed in pajamas and a housecoat. So she was in great danger of freezing to death.
Johnny, her black Labrador Retriever, ran into the street, agitated. Officer Jeff Gonzalez spotted him from his patrol car. Johnny led the officer back to Lauer's porch, where he found the unconscious woman. She had been on that porch for about an hour. Thanks to timely medical intervention, she's now recovering in a local hospital.
And India's Hinduja family of billionaires could afford it! Sanjay Hinduja, 50, married Anu Mahtani during a extraordinary 3-day wedding over the weekend that capped a full week of celebrations. They held their wedding at the Jagmandir Island Palace, a luxurious resort and hotel on an island in the city of Udaipur. 16,000 guests attended, many of whom flew in on 208 private jets.
American pop star Jennifer Lopez gave a private performance. She usually charges about $1 million for such events. Lopez was only one of many stars who performed, most of them top celebrities from the Bollywood music and film scene.
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Bonnie Northsea, 32, of Gainesville, Florida is 40 weeks pregnant. It's time to induce labor. A friend suggested dancing. She decided to try the dance routine from Michael Jackson's famous music video "Thriller." So she put on the music and turned on a camera. It's been a few years since Northsea has done these particular moves. But as you can see, she's lost none of her dexterity.
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You can print hummus? You can print hummus! It's true and Instructables member 3DigitalCooks proves it. The team used a Pinya2, which is a type of printer that extrudes liquids. This makes it suitable for printing hummus, providing that it's the right viscosity. Add a bit of icing color for flair.
I've printed with only polylactic acid filament, which tastes terrible. So I must acquire a Pinya2 for my library and start printing out some hummus. For as Remy Munasifi reminds us, "It's all about that paste."
I said "SHOW ME THE BEAST" and cosplaying Galaga's Rule 63 rendition appeared. #cosplay #katsucon #katsucon2015 pic.twitter.com/KaI1CEueMm
— DTJAAAAM (@DTJAAAAM) February 15, 2015By that I mean this clever cosplayer is both Belle and the Beast from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. David Ngo, a professional cosplay photographer (yes, this awesome job exists) snapped this shot at Katsucon, an annual fan convention in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Ngo describes this as a Rule 63 costume. I think that means switching the gender of a cosplayed character. I am hesitant to argue with a man who does cosplay photography for a living, but I think this is actually a combination of both characters.
Here at Neatorama, we love the French street artist OakOak. He has a gift for placement. He can intuitively find images in ordinary life that most of us would never see without his help. For example, the shadow of a parking meter in Saint-Etienne, France forms Snoopy's doghouse. All OakOak had to do was add the famous dog himself.
-via Street Art News
1. The scene in which Cinderella's ragged dress transforms into a ballgown was Walt Disney's favorite work of animation.
2. The Prince is often referred to as "Prince Charming," but this is never stated in the movie.
3. In 1922, 38 years before the movie Cinderella was released, Walt Disney produced this silent, animated short telling the story. In this version, Cinderella doesn't wear a ballgown, but a flapper dress.
These are only 3 of 20 facts about the classic animated movie Cinderella rounded up by Flavorwire. You can read the rest here.
Peaches is a Moluccan cockatoo. Her first owners were a couple who eventually divorced. It must have been an acrimonious separation because ever since, she's been having outbursts that sound like a couple angrily arguing.
It's been 23 years since Peaches left that home, but she still remembers. Her current owners, Elaine and Don Sigmon of Maiden, North Carolina, report that she's an otherwise happy parrot:
"A few days after coming into our home, she began her show and we all laughed hysterically. We cannot make out what she is saying when doing this arguing," Sigmon said.
"Hearing her is one thing, but to watch her movements with her head as if pointing aggressively at my husband is hilarious," she added.
However, Peaches is known to have a softer side; her repertoire also includes friendly phrases such as "I love you," "What you doing" and "Hello."
"Even during her episodes, I can go to her and she will get on my hand or arm and begin to cuddle. Many people have asked us if she was in a happy environment and yes, she is," Sigmon said.
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