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Eagles love to perch outside of YouTube user pla1554alaska's home. So do her cats, Gizmo and Suitcase. They've all managed to get along, even hang out within inches of each other.

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But if you're ninty-five, does it help you feel younger? Probably not. AGNES, a sophisticated suit developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is designed to help people understand through personal experience what it's like to get old:

AGNES simulates a gerontological atmosphere in retail, public transportation, and workplace environments. Braces and bands mimic joint stiffness and muscular fatigue. Leg straps create slower leg movements, and helmet attachments give the wearer an age-induced curved spine. Yellow eyeglasses make it difficult to read small print, and earplugs simulate difficulty with sounds and tones.

Video at the link.

Link -via Geekosystem | Project Website | Photo: MIT

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Not sufficiently retro for you? Then you could try the Andy Griffith version of "Single Ladies." As for me, I think that we should start an Internet movement to summon Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, and LeVar Burton together to present a real-life version of this video.

-via The Mary Sue | Previously: Wrinkled Ladies

Slot cars, for those of you too young to remember, were among the greatest toys of the 1960s and 70s. This awesome 1:32 scale set by Slot Mods is built inside of a replica of the Porsche 917K that won the 12 Hours of Sebring race in 1971. Just push a button and you're ready to race.

Link -via Born Rich | Photo: Slot Mods

The designers at FieldCandy think that tents should be more than functional. They should be funny, too! The firm offers dozens of different designs, including this one called "Get a Room!"

Link -via Fubiz (Google Translate)

Derek Mothershead of the We Buy Gold store in Hendersonville, North Carolina is both tough and tidy. When he saw that a robber was armed with only a pellet gun, Mothershead took him down with a single left cross:

“When I pulled it out of his waistband I started laughing,” said Mothershead. “I said, 'Man, you came in here with a fake gun?'"

Mothershead said he dragged the man over to a desk and held him down with one hand and called 911 with the other. [...]

“He kind of begged me, begged me to let him go,” Mothershead said. “I said, 'You came in and tried to rob us. You’re going to jail.'”

Then, to add magnificent insult to injury, the clerk decided that the robber should find something useful to do while waiting for the police. Specifically, clean his own blood off the floor:

While they waited for police and paramedics, Mothershead gave Hendi a roll of power towels, sprayed the floor with cleaner and told him to clean up his own blood.

There's a video of the whupping at the link.

Link -via Ace of Spades HQ

The heist went off poorly. Or exceedingly well, I suppose, depending on what the mugger was after:

An unknown man approached a 62-year-old woman as she was walking her dog just before 10 a.m. on the 100 block of Dakota. The man demanded the woman she give him everything she had, and he said that if she didn't, he would kick her dog.

The woman handed him a bag and the suspect fled. Unbeknownst to the suspect, the bag she gave him contained her dog's feces.

Link -via Dave Barry | Photo: Flickr user Ambernectar 13

Michele Chen of I Heart Baking made these adorable pocket pies shaped like Kitty White. At first, I thought that a pastry button would be a better nose than the punch out, but Michele explains that all of the holes serve as steam vents.

Link -via That's Nerdalicious!

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I'm having trouble following the plot of this Doctor Who episode. I mean more so than usual. But also like a Doctor Who episode, it's great fun even when it doesn't make sense. Rick Kelvington, maker of the excellent Doctor Who/Star Trek mashup, brought the Doctor (#1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11) into Episode I of Star Wars.

-via Nerd Bastards | Kelvington's Website

Ian and Karen had a fabulously geeky wedding featuring comic book invitations, d20 cupcake toppers, Tetris centerpieces, swords, armor and kilts. It was officiated by the couple's Dungeon Master dressed as the priest from The Princess Bride. One of the most creative bits was a wedding program written like a deadpan informative pamphlet. Read the hilarious text at the link.

Link | Karen's Flickr Stream | Photo: Anne-Marie Brouchard

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"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm Gingerbreadtron!" Brian Hall, a mechatronics student at McMaster University in Ontario, made this gingerbread house that transforms into a fighting robot. How should it be armed?

http://brianhall.ca/gingerbreadtron -via Gizmodo

If I were the art gallery operator, I probably wouldn't invite this guy back -- at least until I found how how Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira makes his sculptures. They are PVC frames covered with peeled wood, although they appear to be growing out of the walls. View several more examples at the link, including some beautiful ones that are covered with trippy paint schemes.

Link | Artist's Website (Google Translate)

There's nothing quite like settling down with a good book next to a warm fireplace during the winter. But this is probably not the place for it.

The Twingo is a subcompact car manufactured by Renault. To promote the car, Renault asked a famous chef, a fashion designer, a pop star, and an interior designer to remake four cars with individual, luxurious tastes in mind:

The results are predictable, yet entertaining: Michelin-starred Italian chef Davide Scabin gave the car the “Fusilli Jerry” treatment by covering the interior in pasta, French fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac gilded the dashboard and replaced the seats with French royal furniture, singer and entrepreneur Nicola Roberts turned the back seat into a recording studio and front seat into a dressing room, and German designer Nils Holger Moormann built a library complete with wood floors, a fireplace and a cozy sofa.

Link -via DVICE | Photo: Renault

In a must-see post, Street Art Utopia has rounded up the best works of street art that have been featured on that blog over the past year. Many, like this one by an unknown artist, make use of pre-existing forms with minimal changes to tell stories.

Link -via Offbeat Home

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Well, of course. Did you think that he was going to use an alphorn? Those things take up too much room in a sleigh.

The tune becomes more recognizable about halfway through the video.

-via View from North Central Idaho