This would, in all actuality, be a great movie. Or at least a short film. The pairing of Wolverine and Animal is good, but Beaker is automatically funny in all things.

deviantART user Rahzzah made this image to mark the 21st anniversary of the passing of Jim Henson.

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Yes, really! The post isn't mislabeled. This is tattoo of a protein named after the Sega video game character. The man with this image writes:

I got the tattoo because I am a cell biology student and love the ridiculous naming of proteins done by the geneticists which discover it. I figured, for my first tattoo, it might as well be something completely unique. I love it though, great conversation starter and very few people have any idea of what the hell it is at first glance.

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What do we know about this madness? Nothing, but the stark computer programming manuals beside Pikathulhu tell us enough.

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Sam Seide likes making tiny versions of arcade games. His latest creation is a tabletop skee ball machine. It even dispenses tickets when you score! You can't trade them in for anything, though.

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Zach Weiner's Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is consistently one of the funniest and most intelligent webcomics available. Today's, though, was especially good. A Nineteenth Century British owner of an analytical engine is contacting tech support, which apparently wasn't any better back then.

I would like to add that Mr. Weiner is a gentleman. A year or so ago, I emailed him, asking for permission to use one of his cartoons for a project at my day job. He responded favorably in literally under a minute, and even offered to track down and send a high-resolution version of the cartoon in question.

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Previously: The World's Most Addictive MMO

When using earbuds, the quality of sound transmission is impaired by the loose fit of the bud inside the ear canal. This new invention by Stephen Ambrose offers a solution:

The ADEL currently comes in two flavors — a "balloon" completely surrounding a driver unit, with the membrane replacing the entire structure of a traditional earphone, both the plastic, metal, or wooden housing and eartip; and a retrofit to existing eartips, in which small vent holes are drilled into the collar that fits around an in-ear phone's driver unit, then covered with small sections of membrane.

The diaphonic pump is a subminiature unit that can be mounted in line or on the tiny drivers used in earphones; in the balloon units it turns the otherwise wasted energy left over by the moving driver into inflation pressure to keep the membranes seated in the ear canals.

Link via Popular Science | Photo: Dan Bracaglia

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The city of Terrassa, Spain, was graced with a huge analog version of Angry Birds, thanks to a promotion by Deutsche Telekom. People stood in line to get a chance to throw soccer ball-sized birds downrange. The pigs exploded gloriously.

Link (Google Translate) via Kotaku

Elmar Weiss, a longtime beard champion, has once again captured the world title for best beard. Since the competition was held in Norway, he sculpted his long beard into a Norwegian flag and a moose.

In 2005 he won with with a beard styled into the shape of Berlin's Brandenberg Gate, and in 2007 with a representation of London's Tower Bridge.

He said he had begun preparing his creation for the Trondheim event at 7am, with the help of his sister.

"When my beard isn't styled, it goes down to my waist. It is sort of folded up," he told the AFP news agency.

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They look like cups of hot chocolate, right? Keep scrolling.



The blogger behind Diary of a Ladybird made these cupcakes out of fondant. All they need is some chocolate syrup on top!

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redditor SirCreate is making me hungry with this excellent model of Stay Puft from The Ghostbusters out of modeling clay. The missing bite is a nice touch.

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If you like this, check out the Stay Puft Caffeinated Marshmallows, available in the Neatoshop.

Really, the studio name and logo displayed in the watermark is as inspired as the smoker itself. Philip Wise modified a 55-gallon drum into this perfect Ewok-smoker. Or whatever else you want to cook.

Oh, was that offensive? Just keep in mind that those adorable little teddy bear-like creatures eat people. I say that we return the favor.

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A simple but hilarious 3-panel cartoon by Matan Blumenblat and Aviv Or, cartoonists Israel. Once again, Clark Kent needs to discreetly change his outfit.

Link (Google Translate) via The Mary Sue

Hi ho, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch! Craftster user noooitaremybirthday made this bookmark out of paper and polyclay.

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Etsy seller 27thstreetpress has the right idea. When you're introduced to someone, just pull out this book and write down his/her name and contact information for future reference.

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Robert Holden is asking people a simple question: what would you take with you if your house was burning down? The limitations create "a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental." Pictured above is the selection by photographer Porter Hovey. Why the shuttlecock? Hovey explains that's is actually a Christmas ornament:

A nice reminder of where I’m from — people never realize how cosmopolitan Kansas City really is. From an aerial view, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art looks like a gigantic badminton court with gigantic shuttlecocks scattered about on the lawn. The Nelson also has one of the best collections photography there is in the world. It always inspires me.

What would you take with you?

http://the-burning-house.com/ via Nerdcore