Is Clark Kent, AKA Superman, a nice guy? Not if you're his employer. Ed Yong argues that Kent has serious ethical problems:

When it comes to journalistic ethics, Mr Kent is not so super after all. He regularly reports about himself without disclosing as much. He deceives his employers by moonlighting during working hours as a doer of derring, leaping his contractual obligations in a single bound. Worst of all, he uses the privileged inside information that he gleans as a journalist for his own personal gain during his extracurricular activities. Here is a man who is faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, and about as transparent as either of those.

And that's just the beginning. Read about the nefarious activities of Lois Lane, Peter Parker and other alleged "heroes" at the link.

Link -via VA Viper | Image: Warner Bros.

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It would be Knightfall for Batman to actually try to glide using his cape. Physics students at the University of Leicester have calculated that he wouldn't be able to survive the aerial maneuvers displayed in the movie Batman Begins:

Due to the high speeds he would be travelling, his impact with the ground would be equivalent to him being struck by a car travelling at 50 miles per hour.

David Marshall, Tom Hands, Ian Griffiths and Gareth Douglas found that the wingspan of Batman's cape -- at 4.7 metres -- is around half that used by a hang glider.

If Batman jumped from a building 150 metres high, he could glide a distance of around 350 metres -- but the problem arises as Batman's velocity increases during his descent.

His velocity would initially rise to around 68 miles per hour, before reaching a steady 50 miles per hour as he gets down to ground level -- a speed too fast for him to land safely.

Link -via Popular Science

With this medical tricorder, Type 2 hand phaser and communicator by LEGO artist Tommy Williamson, you're ready for the landing party. Also, put on this red shirt. Yes, I know that you work in navigation. But for just this mission, put it on.

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Previously by Tommy Williamson:
Cheeseburger & Fries LEGO Podracers
Monty Python and the Holy Grail in LEGO

Christopher Jobson sums it up well:

It’s amazing how a few perfectly placed gestures, about 20 lines of black spray paint in this case, can completely transform two mundane boxes into something so fun.

This piece in Olsztyn, Poland is by Adam Lokuciejewski and Szymon Czarnowski. It's right outside your window at night.

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[caption id="attachment_70365" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo: China Smack"][/caption] Oh, bouncing is indeed what Tiggers do best. But you can bounce only so many times before the law catches up with you. This Tigger was caught while playing an escaped tiger at a zoo in China during an emergency drill:

June 2nd, Sichuan Chengdu Zoo, a tranquilized “tiger” being carried away by workers, as a caged Chinese tiger watches through the glass. That day, the Chengdu Zoo conducted a escaped dangerous animal training drill/exercise. The training exercise simulated 2 Siberian Tigers escaping from their cages, with zoo workers working together with forestry police conducting an emergency response.

Note the guard's good trigger discipline. Link -via The Firearms Blog Previously on Neatorama: Paper Mâché Rhino Escapes from Zoo

Tattoo artist Joshua Couchenour has some excellent ideas for your next tat. They combine popular tattoo patterns and symbols with content that will excite any Star Wars fan. Come'on, let's head to the studio.

Link -via io9

Family Fun magazine has a great idea for an entertaining sandwich. You'll need a croissant, sandwich filling of any kind, baby carrots, a black olive, a radish, a red bell pepper, cream cheese and toothpicks. You can find the recipe at the link.

Link -via Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

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Some of you sissies are still shaving with sharpened shovels. But Mike Cook does it old school--as in using Stone Age technology. Watch him knap a slice of obsidian off a block and then shave his face with it.

Cook refers to obsidian as "the sharpest substance known to science." I don't know if that's true, but at the link, you can see electron micrographs of a surgical scalpel and an obsidian blade. The obsidian appears to have a sharper edge.

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The Swiss-made RaXibo Hand-Tret-Velo comes with a pedaling system built into the handlebars so that you can use the strength in your arms as well as your legs. The only downside that I can see is that it would make texting while riding much harder.

Link (Google Translate) -via DVICE

I copy, Beard Leader. Move into position.

Next up: Millennium Falcon chest hair.

-via io9 | Photo: unknown

UPDATE 7/8/12: In the comments, knox52 informs us that this is a picture of and by Chad Roberts, a bearding champion and founder of the RVA Beard League. Thanks, knox52!

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I weep that I went through my teenage years with nothing remotely like this technological marvel:

The character chosen to show off this augmented reality girlfriend tech is [Hatsune Miku], a voice synthesizer personified as a doll-eyed anime avatar. [Miku] is an immensely popular character in Japan, with thousands of people going to her concerts, so choosing her for this augmented reality girlfriend project was an obvious choice.

The build details for this hack are a little sparse, confounded by the horrible Google Translate results of the blog linked in the YouTube description. From what we can gather from the video and this twitter account, the build is based on an ASUS Xtion Kinect clone and a nice pair of video goggles.

Of course, from the way this guy treats Miku, it's no wonder that he lacks a human girlfriend.

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Unfortunately, redditor winstonotsniw does not elaborate on the experience. But it's safe to assume that the counselor wanted to suggest scholarships for art school.

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Graypants's lampshades are pretty enough in the daylight. But in the dark, they're stunning as light peeks through the corrugations in the cardboard.

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I've had worse.

The Black Knight always triumphs! That's why Beckie Forcier made this My Little Pony figure as a Father's Day gift.

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McLean Fahnestock's Grand Finale was a finalist in this year's Vimeo Awards. I'd say that it deserves that honor. His video shows all 135 space shuttle launches at the same time. He provided a particularly tasteful and moving treatment of the Challenger's final mission.

-via Kottke | Director's Website