Kermit Tesoro, a fashion designer, calls this shoe design Polypodis. If you've ever wanted to feel like you're been caught in the tentacles of a creature eager to devour you, then these are for you. I'd like to see Brandon Cohen repeat his experiment and try to spend an entire day in these. But he'd probably have to fail a sanity check to even consider it.
-via Laughing Squid
It is a great calling. Few people can do what pizza delivery drivers do: bring hot, delicious pizza to your doorstep. Perhaps more than anyone else, pizza delivery drivers consistently bring joy into everyday life.
Anson Lemmer, 19, is a member of that honored profession in Glenwood, Colorado. Recently, by his own admission, he became a pizza man when he used CPR to save the life of a customer. The Post Independent reports on one delivery run that became extraordinary:
Instead, when he arrived at the address on Valley View Road with a hot pizza, he saw a man turning blue outside of the house. Two other people were with the man — one attempting CPR and one on the phone calling it in.
“When I pulled up there, I knew something was wrong, and I had to act. They asked me right away if I knew CPR,” Lemmer said. “I jumped in right away to do those chest compressions.”
EMTs arrived 10-15 minutes later and took the man to the hospital. Lemmer says that the people at the address didn't want the pizza. But he's glad that he came anyway.
-via reddit | Photo: Post Independent
Nature is amazing!
This BBC documentary shows a swamp in Australia. Bats are hungry for prey in the water. Crocodiles are hungry for the bats themselves. This video, which has been lightly edited by YouTube member Blackhawk, shows how these natural enemies battle for scarce resources. In the savagery of the swamp, they hold nothing back, bringing lasers, lightsabers, and air-dropped bombs into action.
-via Gizmodo
When boating on Lake Texoma, which like its name suggests, is on the border of Texas and Oklahoma, you better heed the warning buoys and stay away from certain parts of the lake. Why, you ask? So you don't get sucked into this giant 8-foot wide whirpool that can swallow a full-size boat!
The whirlpool is an intake vortex that drains the lake, which is one of the largest reserviors in the United States and formed by the buildup of water at Denison Dam on the Red River. When the water level on the lake rises to a certain level, the US Army Corps of Engineers open the floodgates that drain the lake, just like a big bathtub.
(Image: Amazon)
A neurological study found that reading Shakespeare enhances your ability to think. This is your shortcut to that advantage. YOLO Juliet is a textspeak and emoji-filled retelling of Shakespeare's most famous play. It's part of the OMG Shakespeare series of translations, including srsly Hamlet, A Midsummer Night #nofilter, and Macbeth #killingit. The books are marketed specifically at the teen and young adult reading market in the hope of making Shakespeare's classics accessible to them. Here's what a typical page looks like:
(Photo: Canvas Chameleons/Nick Henn)
Nick Henn is the owner of Canvas Chameleons, a chameleon supply company in Reading, Pennsylvania. He recently had a baby panther chameleon hatch out of its egg. The baby was struggling, so Henn cut at its eggshell with little scissors. He found inside the shell this adorable dime-sized ball of chameleon. National Geographic describes the process:
Under Henn's close watch, the panther chameleon eggs grow in their leathery shells for seven to eight months. When the big day arrives, the chameleon uses a special "egg tooth" on its upper jaw to slit the egg's inner membrane, which then contracts.
It's "like a swimmer peeling off a wet bathing suit," says Robin Andrews, a biologist at Virginia Tech.
(Photo: S.J. Bennett)
For the first time, scientists have discovered that a species other than humans has a handed dominance. Just as humans are mostly right-handed, kangaroo species are mostly left-handed. Lead researcher Yegor Malashichev and his colleagues found this tendency among eastern grey kangaroos, red kangaroos, and red-necked wallabies. The researchers think that handedness may result from a species evolving into an upright posture and walking on the hind legs. BBC News reports:
In terms of handedness, Dr Malashichev said this confirmed for the first time that "we are not alone in the Universe; we are two - humans and kangaroos".
He and his colleagues suggest that their discovery is an example of "parallel evolution". This is because handedness seems to have appeared in primates, which belong in the group of placental mammals, as well as the marsupials in the new study, but not in related animals across these two branches of the evolutionary tree.
-via National Geographic
It's heating up quickly this summer and if you're dreaming of the best places to cool down, you won't want to miss this great collection of swimming pools we rounded up on Homes and Hues.
From pools that let you swim next to savanah wildlife to ones that let you look down on the city while you're underwater, these hotel pools are unbelievably beautiful.
Don't miss the rest of the list over at Homes and Hues: 10 More Stunning Pools We'd Love to Visit This Summer and don't miss our previous list on the site -15 of the Most Awe-Inspiring Pools in the World
Jeff Ross usually roasts comedians and celebrities who get what he’s doing when he tears them down with snappy jokes about their appearance, career or lack of dignity.
But people don't take roasting very well in real life, and when it comes to real life you can’t get more real than prison, because people generally drop all pretense when they’re behind bars.
So it may come as some surprise that Jeff Ross actually went to prison with the sole purpose of roasting inmates, and you’ll probably find it even more surprising that he survived the show.
Jeff paid a visit to the Brazos County Jail in Texas and roasted a room full of female inmates, which should've been the toughest gig of his life, but the inmates really rose to the occasion! (Contains NSFW language)
-Via Comedy Central
Shia LeBeouf is one enigmatic fellow- he’s always spouting all kinds of insane theories, he disappears for a while then reappears when you’d least expect it, and his life beyond the screen is a bit of a mystery.
There’s something about Mr. LeBeouf that’s not quite right, something that makes him seem not quite human.
Could he be one of the legendary Time Lords, sent here to protect Earth’s people from otherworldly horrors and rolling trash can exterminators?
Equally enigmatic artist Brandon Bird seems to think there’s something to the theory, so he’s spreading the word with a series of paintings that show Shia as all thirteen incarnations of The Doctor.
-Via Laughing Squid
Wookiees are known for having long, shaggy fur, long lifespans and an extremely long memory when it comes to getting revenge on those who have done them wrong. When you add a Wookiee warrior to your battle for the stars the stormtroopers are sure to go running scared, but what's a Wookiee to do when they've outlived their comrades-in-arms and are forced to find another way to stick it to the Empire? Should they skywalk solo or give some other furry species a han?
Celebrate the timeless geekiness of your favorite sci-fi franchise with this Chewie Y U No Age? t-shirt by Olipop, and get geared up for movie night!
Visit Olipop's Facebook fan page, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more delightfully geeky designs:
| Donatello's Pizza | Rebel Initiative | My World Is Fire |
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Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!
John Constantine walks the line between good and evil, heaven and hell, but despite his recurring role as Savior of the Earth he's far from a saint. No, John's not a true believer, he's seen way too much messed up stuff to keep the faith, but he does have his very own guardian angel. It's too bad that fellow was nowhere to be found when Constantine was facing cancellation, how's that for heaven sent?!
Don this vision of vertigo, this Saint Bollocks t-shirt by Demonigote, and watch your geeky sense of style cast a spell on all your fellow Constantine fans!
Visit Demonigote's Facebook fan page, official website, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs:
| Mediocre! (v3) | Blue Shell (Blue/White) | FURIOSA | The Antman Minimalist |
View more designs by Demonigote | More Comic T-shirts | New T-Shirts
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The Wave Cabinet, by New York-based artist and designer Sebastian ErraZuriz (previously), is made of approximately 100 pieces of birch wood. Set in place, these wooden slats open and close in a fanlike motion that is endlessly pleasing to watch. The piece is available in white lacquer and natural finishes.
Check out the video below to see this hypnotic piece move, and visit the designer's website here. I don't know about you, but I'm glad I probably can't afford one; otherwise I'd likely be tempted to play with it far too often.
Image: Sebastian ErraZuriz | Via Design Taxi
This precious baby pygmy hippopotamus named Obi recently went for his first-ever swim under the close and caring watch of his mama. The hippos, who reside at Melbourne Zoo, are especially dear to zoo staff and visitors due to their endangered status. According to the zoo staff,
"The name Obi means heart in the Nigerian Igbo language, and he is certainly melting a few hearts here at Melbourne Zoo. Obi has grown quickly from his birth weight of around 5 kilos, putting on roughly 500 grams a day and now weighs over 13 kilos. He has been leaning to swim in the nursery yard pool and passed with flying colours. Today marked an important milestone for Obi as he ventured into the deeper water of the exhibit. Wild Sea Manager, Justin Valentine said ‘he loves the water and spends hours in the small pool, so he is ready for the next step."
Image and Video: Melbourne Zoo | Via Laughing Squid
Hugo Weaving | Image: Warner Bros.
Art imitates life in that just as man has a healthy interest in artificial intelligence and the way its various forms may shape our future, our media presentations reflect that interest. As such, movies and television are filled with portrayals of artificially intelligent beings. This article looks back at A.I. representations in film, evaluates and rates them. See what you think of this writer's choices. On his best-of list is a performance by a favorite actor of mine, Hugo Weaving. Here's what he has to say:
"8. Agent Smith in The Matrix (1999) Forget about the sequels for a minute—it shouldn’t be hard since everyone else has—and just focus on Hugo Weaving’s performance in the 1999 original film. Delivered with a thin veneer of monotone indifference that hid his boiling contempt underneath, Smith’s cadence and line readings have a lyrical quality that purely make him a wonderful villain.
On top of that attribute, however, is that Smith is a program that exists solely to execute hackers that have figured out the system. He is not supposed to be able to develop feelings like revulsion, disgust, and perpetual hostility for all humanity, but he does. The Matrix might be a reworking of Philip K. Dick and James Cameron tropes, but for such a personal and vindictive personality to unpredictably manifest among sentient programs was a fun wrinkle that gave this action film a supremely entertaining antagonist that is literally reinventing the cyber world and cinematic clichés around him into something special."
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