Xavier Puente Vilardell is an artist in Brussels, Belgium. If you examine his wood sculptures, you’d swear that he makes them by twisting reality rather than carving wood. He says that his work reflects “a strong Mediterranean tradition, where carved holes in the wood turn into light beams caressing amazing shapes.” You can view more of Vilardell’s work here.
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“Oh my God!”
“What?!”
“Do you have to make a mess?”
“Science is generally very messy. Yes, you should know that. You can’t make an omelet unless you break a few eggs.”
With that, Francis pushes forward to make his own Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew.
As we’ve recently mentioned, Pepsi is currently testing an official version of this product. But Francis doesn’t want to wait until it’s on the open market. He’s making his own and, in this video, showing how you can, too.
The recipe is surprisingly simple. There are only two ingredients. I’ll let you guess what they are. Combine them in a blender. How does it taste? Francis says, “You know that’s going to be good when you see the chunks in it.”
I recommend watching the entire video. The verbal interaction with the woman holding the camera is very funny.
-via VA Viper
Girl Scout Cookies—especially Thin Mints—are delicious! They do, however, have low alcohol content. That’s in sharp contrast to Andrea Romano and Laura Vitto of Mashable, who created this video showing you how to make shots that taste like popular Girls Scout Cookie flavors.
After making their shots, Romano and Vitto immediately consume them. So they become increasingly intoxicated through the video. Thus they follow a classical rule of videography: shoot drunk, edit sober.
-via That’s Nerdalicious!
“Hello. I’m an actor.” The man in the grey suit doesn’t pretend that he works for Nordnet, a Scandinavian bank. He makes it clear that he’s saying the words on the teleprompter because he’s being paid to do so.
This is one of several great ads for Nordnet which doesn’t pretend to reflect the actual people and setting of the promoted company. Continue reading to view more of these honest ads.
This is the JCB GT--the fastest backhoe in the world. It's a product of JCB, a British manufacturer of heavy equipment. The company built it to advertise its products at public events, such as drag races. After heavy modifications, it's been able to seize a Guinness World Record. Matthew Lucas, a professional driver, recently piloted it on a track in Bathurst, Australia. Today, Guinness World Records confirmed the JCB GT's incredible speed on that run: 72.58 miles per hour.
-via Jalopnik
The German language is famous for its long compound words. But last year, it dropped its longest word: rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. So that will not be an option while playing a German version of Scrabble.
-via Marko Kloos
(Photos: Toyota)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the next SpongeBob SquarePants movie, will come out in 2015. To promote it, Toyota created this custom Sienna minivan. We’ve previously seen a SpongeBob Toyota SUV, but this vehicle is even more extraordinary.
Inside and out, it’s the perfect vehicle for any Bikini Bottom resident. I especially like steering wheel, which looks like a classic sailing ship’s wheel. The jellyfishing net on the roof, though, takes the challenge out of that hobby.
(Time Machine Manual t-shirt now on sale at the NeatoShop)
Rhett Allain, a physicist, offers a few items to consider for your packing list. I’ll give you a moment to retrieve your own list so that we can compare notes.
Ready? Okay, Allain suggests that you may wish to bring electrical devices, such as an ebook reader or a electric motorcycle. Just make sure that they can be recharged through some destination time energy source:
An electronic device would be super useful, but you have to charge it. How could you charge a Kindle? I can think of two ways – one of which might be considered cheating. The first way is to build a battery after you go back in time. It wouldn’t be too hard. You just need an acid and two different types of metals (here is an example battery made from pennies). It might be hard to find these materials, but I would suggest the first book on your Kindle be a book called “how to build a battery from scratch”.
What about another method to charge your kindle? What about a solar panel on your Kindle? They actually make such a thing – it’s a Kindle case with a solar panel. Pretty awesome. You could load hundreds of useful books and just keep using the thing. Yes, you might consider this to be “two things”, but once you put the cover on the Kindle it might just count as “one thing”.
I have my own suggestions: bring local money, a detailed map, orienteering equipment, and a crate in which you can keep your property safe for a very long time.
Then travel back in time. Following the approach of David Xanatos from Gargoyles, acquire a coin that is common in your destination time, but extremely rare in your own time. Place that coin in the crate, bury it, and mark the spot carefully on your map.
Next, travel forward in time, dig up your item, and sell it for a fortune.
(Tea service ring by Xavier Gubbels)
(Diamond ring box ring by Greg Sims)
Bored Panda rounded up over 200 clever and original ring designs that will make you giggle. They’re not ordinary gold bands or diamond rings. Some are terrariums, animals, and food products. It’s a great list that I wish that I had thought of. The designs have been ranked by readers, so the best are at the top. You can even vote on your favorites!
You’ve probably heard of New Zealand. You may have watched Xena: Warrior Princess, which is set there. But, like Xena, New Zealand is just pretend. It’s not real, which is why it commonly doesn’t appear on maps.
World Maps Without New Zealand is a Tumblr blog devoted to maps that show all of the nations and large islands around the world . . . except New Zealand. For some reason artists and, occasionally, actual mapmakers, leave it off.
Lauren O’Brien isn’t just funny—she’s a master impersonator. In this short video, she imagines the reactions of 15 celebrities to being stuck in heavy road traffic. It’s remarkable how well she mimics not only the voices, but the faces and mannerisms of the these women by using only small makeup and wardrobe changes.
O’Brien’s targets are, in order:
- Drew Barrymore
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Sofia Vergara
- Lois Griffin from Family Guy
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
- Katie Holmes
- Miley Cyrus
- Kim Kardashian
- Mindy Kaling
- Kristen Stewart
- Lena Dunham
- Anne Hathaway
- Taylor Swift
- Angelina Jolie
O’Brien seems to imply that Katie Holmes and Angelina Jolie are the same person.
-via 22 Words
The Kishokai Medical Corporation, a Japanese medical services firm, would like to educate mothers about the experience of pregnancy in a fun way. It commissioned the ad agency Dentsu, which developed the Mother Book.
The Mother Book is a textured board book that shows what’s happening to a baby through each week of pregnancy. As readers turn the pages, the layers of cardboard form into the swelling belly and breasts of a pregnant woman.
-via 123 Inspiration
MJ, a beagle puppy, is ready to fly, held aloft by his enormous ears as he sings the R. Kelly song "I Believe I Can Fly." I believe in you, too, MJ.
Of course, Marilyn Monroe did it first in The Seven Year Itch. Put a white dress on that dog.
-via Daily of the Day
This is the Bubble Lamp, a novel design by the Dutch firm Booo. It consists of a single LED inside an automatic bubble blower. When activated, the lamp blows bubbles which serve as lampshades. After several seconds, the bubble pops or detaches from the lamp and floats away.
You can buy one for $10,000.
-via Dornob
(Image: Júlio Ferreira)
Why worry? Philistines are gonna Philistine. So, as Taylor Swift advises, shake it off.
The great humor writer Molly Ortberg has previously brought us an Ayn Rand version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and stereotypical comments in recipe blogs. Most recently, she went through a Bible and replaced the word “Philistine” with the word “hater.” It totally works. Here’s a description of Abraham:
Genesis 26:14
“He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the haters envied him.”
The word appears a lot in the Book of Judges as the Israelite hero Samson deals with the Philistines:
Judges 14:3
“His father and mother replied, ‘Isn’t there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised haters to get a wife?’” […]Judges 15:12
“They said to him, ‘We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the haters.'”Judges 16:9
“With men hidden in the room, she called to him, ‘Samson, the haters are upon you!’ But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.”Judges 16:30
“And Samson cried, ‘Let me die with the haters!’ And he bowed himself mightily, and the house fell upon the princes and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than they whom he slew in his life.”
-via Joe Carter
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