Do squirrels, opossums, and stray dogs wander into your backyard in the night? Some neighborhoods have more exotic wildlife. Redditor elfmachine100 lives in Florida, and has a “game cam” set up. He “finally caught something cool” on it. This is a Florida panther, an endangered subspecies of cougar. It’s busy stalking a boar, but it is unknown whether the camera action interfered with the hunt. Since there are only around 160 Florida panthers left in the wild, he was encouraged to share the picture with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Last month, we got a look at the Self-Defense Wig patented by prolific inventor Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, known as Dr. Makamats. Now we get a little more explanation of the invention, as Dr. Nakamats has constructed a custom wig for Donald Trump! The 87-year-old inventor spoke at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Tokyo Saturday and explained more about the Guard Wig. It has a chunk of iron inside, and a strap that can be used to hurl it and then retrieve it. It also comes with optional spikes. Dr. Nakamats has made a wig specifically to match Donald Trump’s existing hair.
So next time Trump finds himself teamed up on in a debate about how to guide the country, he can simply shout “Eat lead, tubby!” and hurl Guard Wig into the gullet of Ted Cruz. But just then, Marco Rubio takes advantage of Trump’s distraction and pulls out his solid gold pistol to finish the Donald off. However, he would forget about Guard Wig’s patented strap technology which Trump would use to swing it right around and into the jaw of Rubio as gracefully as Jackie Chan with a blender.
Immediately afterwards Trump would be declared king and with Miss USA in one arm and a bald eagle in the other he would have announced that America had officially been made great again.
Read more about the Trump wig, and see a video (in Japanese) at RocketNews24. -via Nag on the Lake
The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research, now in all-pdf form. Get a subscription now for only $25 a year!
Inventive, yet under-publicized devices
by Marina Tsipis, Improbable Research staff
Deloris Gray Wood applied an inventive cloak to kissing, resulting in two patents.
Wooden Adaptations to Kissing
“Kissing Shield,” U.S. patent 5787895, granted August 4, 1998 to Deloris Gray Wood. The patent document explains:
A kissing shield comprised of a thin, flexible membrane and a frame or holder. The membrane is closed on three sides, a fourth side remaining open so that the membrane can be stretched over the frame or holder. The frame or holder consists of a supporting member and an elongated handle. The supporting member adapts over the bottom part of the user’s face and has sufficient dimension to cover the lips and most of the cheeks and extends from under the nose to the bottom of the chin. ... [The] user places the kissing shield under his nose, so that it covers his lips, cheeks and chin. The user then positions the kissing shield between his lips and the lips or cheek of the individual he plans to kiss and kisses the intended recipient of his affection.
This led to the development of an intimately related invention:
Wesley is a 6-month-old golden retriever. He’s adorable! But Wesley’s teeth grew in splayed out so far that he couldn’t close his mouth properly. Wesley belongs to Molly Moore, who works for her Dad, a veterinarian who is a specialist in veterinary dentistry. He knew a round of braces would correct the malocclusion, so this happened.
Wesley will only need to wear the braces for a few weeks. Read the whole story, and see more cute pictures at Buzzfeed.
(Images credit: Molly Moore)
Most Best Actor Awards go to someone for a movie they did and that's pretty much it. But last night's Academy Award ceremony was different, because Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar -and the NeatoShop already has a t-shirt about it. More than one, actually.
ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF LEO CELEBRATING RN. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/pMZSSTfvwK
— refinery29 (@Refinery29) February 29, 2016
The internet had a lot of fun lamenting DiCaprio having six Academy Award nominations but no Oscars -until last night, when he won the Best Actor trophy for The Revenant. But the end of an era also means a few more internet nuggets, like this flip book from The Flippist. It shows how he finally got that statuette.
The original flip book is up for auction on eBay, with proceeds going to the the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. And then there’s this animation of the years-long saga.
Leonardo DiCaprio #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Ugrwz1XSw2
— pictoline (@pictoline) February 29, 2016
So, do you think that will be the end of the jokes? I doubt it.
So no more Leo jokes? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/W8pY2ty1gg
— Love Belfast (@love_belfast) February 29, 2016
This is a lot of fun! CorridorDigital brings the game Where’s Waldo into the 21st century with a 360° video. Try to find Waldo in several different scenarios. Yes, you can find him if you aren’t too busy looking around as the video plays.
You’ll have to scroll left or right to keep up with the action, but if you get distracted and scroll up or down, you’ll miss a little. That’s okay, because you can always rewind. Not only did I find Waldo, but also some other random pop culture characters. -via Viral Viral Videos
According to IMDb, Sylvester Stallone has 72 acting credits! Seven are TV, but that still leaves a bunch of movies that you haven’t seen. Oh yeah, you’re familiar with Rocky and Rambo and their sequels, but how about a look at some Stallone movies from earlier in his career? Maybe Victory, from 1981.
As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team’s escape. This is the second movie on this list that took place after Rocky. Stallone plays the goalie for the POW team and definitely has that “tough guy” gritty American feel. With Michael Caine as the star of the movie and even soccer legend Pelé being one of the characters, it’s a must watch.
The movies on this list weren’t duds, they are from the ’70s and ‘80s, which is the only reason you haven’t seen them. Read about the others at TVOM.
The following is an article from the book Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader.
If you have kids, there’s a good chance that the very first time you laid eyes on them was via a “sonogram” image taken before they were even born. The grainy images are so common that they’ve become a rite of passage for parents all over the world. Here’s the story of how they came to be.
SHIP SHAPE
In the summer of 1955, Dr. Ian Donald, a professor of midwifery at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, was invited to take a tour of Babcock & Wilcox, a firm that manufactured steam boilers for the city’s shipbuilding industry. That’s not the kind of tour that would typically interest a physician who specializes in childbirth, but Donald wanted to see the company’s “industrial flaw detectors”— devices used to check for cracks in the welds that held the steel boilers together. Industrial flaw detectors were a peacetime extension of sonar technology, which had been used during World War II to detect enemy submarines. Warships equipped with sonar sent bursts of sound energy in the form of “pings” through the water. If a submarine was lurking below the waves, the pings would strike the hard surface of the sub and bounce back to the warship as echoes. Analysis of the echoes would (hopefully) reveal the location of the submarine, so that it could be attacked and sunk.
The industrial flaw detectors used by B&W worked in much the same way, by bouncing ultrasound waves off the welds in steel. The resulting echoes were analyzed to see if they revealed any unseen defects in the welds.
LUMPING IT
Dr. Donald wondered if the technology could also be used to see things hidden inside the human body. The demonstration on the tour showed promise, so Donald wangled a second invitation to the boilermaker. This time he brought a selection of cysts, tumors, and other medical samples to analyze; B& W gave him a piece of steak that he could use as a control sample of healthy tissue that contained no tumors or cysts. The results were “beyond my wildest expectations,” Donald remembered 20 years later. “I could see boundless possibilities in the years ahead.”
MAD MAN
Donald could see the possibilities, but his colleagues could not. They’d long ago given him the nickname “Mad Donald” for his fascination with gadgets and his attempts to incorporate them into medicine. Though he’d had some successes, including a device that assisted struggling newborns in taking their first breath, the idea of taking tumors and cysts to a shipyard boilermaker, of all places, did not help his professional reputation one bit.
In 2010, the small town of Senoia, Georgia, welcomed a television production into their town, not knowing if the proposed show would ever be aired or how long it would last. The show was indeed a hit, and life changed considerably for the people who live in the set of The Walking Dead. An anonymous resident of Senoia talked to Cracked about how the zombie apocalypse series has affected the town and its people.
One of the drawbacks of filming in a real town is that real people really live there. The Alexandria Safe-Zone, which brings a whole new meaning to the term "gated community," is a real subdivision called the Gin Property, whose residents have had to live with certain new conditions. "They had to agree to things like specific exit/entry times at their own homes to work around filming, and allowing bright lights and loud noises at three in the morning," Brittany says. "I believe they are legally obligated to wait until the crew okays their leaving so that they don't mess up a scene."
That's right: When filming is in progress, there might as well be real zombies outside, because you're not leaving your house. God forbid you get stuck in traffic or have to work overtime and get home after filming has started -- you're camping out.
That’s just (part of) one thing. Cracked titled their article 6 Weird Realities Of Life On The Set Of The Walking Dead, so you can go there and read about the businesses, the zombies, the sets, the tourists, and more.
Eight movies are up for Best Picture at the Oscars tonight. Even if you’ve seen them all, it’s worth another look when they feature cute little puppies in the starring roles!
You’ve never seen The Revenant like you’ll see it here. The puppies are all from NY Pet Rescue. Maybe this will give them their big break! -via the Presurfer
The 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards were bestowed last night, the night before the Oscars, as is the custom every year. The awards recognize the worst movies and actors of the previous year. This year’s Worst Picture trophy ended in a tie between Fifty Shades of Grey and Fantastic 4. Both pictures can claim the title of Worst Picture of 2015. Those two films beat out Jupiter Ascending, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, and Pixels. The other awards went to:
Worst Actor: Jamie Dornan for Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Actress: Dakota Johnson for Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Supporting Actress: Kaley Cuoco for two movies, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip and The Wedding Ringer
Worst Supporting Actor: Eddie Redmayne for Jupiter Ascending
Worst Director: Josh Trank for Fantastic 4
Worst Screen Combo: Jamie Dornan & Dakota Johnson for Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Screenplay: Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel: Fantastic 4
In all, Fifty Shades of Grey won five Razzies while Fantastic 4 took home three awards.
When you’ve got enough energy and creativity to build a personal ice rink in your backyard, it only makes sense that you would figure out how to groom it with your own homemade Zamboni! All you need is a tricycle, a bucket, and a towel.
Jaxen explains how it works, and then polishes the entire rink himself. The only difficulty I see is driving a tricycle on ice (hence the helmet). But I don’t think they make snow tires for tricycles. Someone in the comments said,
Tried it with my bike.. How do I get blood off the ice?
-via Tastefully Offensive
Norman may be eating alone, but he still keeps his manners. A napkin for any possible mess, a spoon for his soup, and glasses placed carefully to the side of the table.
Well, there is that “licking the table” thing, but at least he doesn’t leave a mess behind. -via Daily Picks and Flicks
Jac Coleman’s son Henry got a Slip ’n’ Slide, but he’s not exactly got the instructions down yet. Doesn’t matter, he’s having a great time- as we are just watching him! -via Tastefully Offensive
The 88th Academy Awards will be presented Sunday night. Pop cultures websites all over have laid down their predictions, and we’ll find out soon who is right. The linked websites have predictions for all the major awards, and many also include their opinions of who should win if it’s different from their predictions. But I’ll just mention their prediction for Best Picture here.
The Atlantic predicts The Revenant.
The New Yorker calls it for The Revenant.
Uproxx predicts The Revenant.
The Week selects The Revenant.
The Daily Beast picks The Big Short.
Vulture goes with The Revenant.
Flavorwire predicts The Big Short.
The A.V. Club thinks it will be The Revenant.
CinemaBlend thinks it will be The Big Short.
Buzzed predicts The Revenant.
The Verge says it will be The Revenant.
Screen Rant predicts The Revenant.
FiveThirtyEight says it will be The Revenant.
Screen Junkies has a video, but it wouldn’t load for me.
In many of these articles, which movie the authors think will win is separated from which movie they want to win, and many of them are wistfully wishing for Mad Max: Fury Road to win Best Picture or Best Director.
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