If you have to wear a tie to work, you may as well have one that you can have fun with! This Dalek tie says, "You are an enemy of the Daleks. You must be destroyed. Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" Just what you want to express to your co-workers. http://www.voga.co.uk/product-detail.php?id=697 -via Dump Trumpet
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Artist Craig Robinson began making this type of illustration as advertising for a British music magazine years ago. He now exhibits a collection of them. See if you can guess the bands represented by these Lollipops. If you can’t, mouseover the images for the name. The Lollipops shown here should be pretty easy. Link -via the Presurfer
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients took part in a study that shows a daily dose of dark chocolate can help alleviate their symptoms. The results showed that chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa solids was more effective than regular milk chocolate. See, I KNEW chocolate is good for you! Link -via Reddit
Honus at Instructables has already finished two Ghostbuster costumes (and will possibly have a third). Then he posted instructions for making your own, complete with goggles and weapons. Link
Since Carl Zimmer at The Loom asked about people with science tattoos (reported previously on Neatorama), he has received over 70 submissions for his Flickr set. Especially worth noting is this tattoo of an intricately-detailed strand of DNA on Matthew MacDougall, a 4th year med student. Link
Authorities in Oak Lawn, Illinois are adding gag signs beneath regular stop signs to catch drivers’ attentions. The new signs say such things as:
But strangely, no mention of Hammertime. Link -via Bits and Pieces
STOP . . .
• *In the Naame of Love
• *And Smell the Roses
• *Really. You Gotta Stop.
• *Right There Pilgrim
• *Or We'll Hunt You Down
• *Hold it Right There Buster
• *Then You Can Go
• *Whoa Whoa Wait a Minute
• *Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Pleeeease
• *Or the Police Will Yell at You
• *Not an Optional Sign
• *It's Really Self-Explanatory
• *Means That You Aren't Moving
• *Even When No One's Looking
• *Whoa
• *Billion Dollar Fine
But strangely, no mention of Hammertime. Link -via Bits and Pieces
Enter your zip code in the application ZIPskinny and find information from the 2000 census report. I found some odd facts about the people in my zip code. Only 3.5% are unemployed, yet 22.5% are below the poverty level. 13.3% percent have a college degree, and 60% are married, which puts me in the minority on both counts. http://zipskinny.com/ -via Big Shot Bob in Texas
Wine company Carlo Rossi is challenging its customers to make something out of its wine jugs. The Jug Simple Furniture Collection was used as examples. See a wine jug chandelier, speaker system, lamp, bookshelves, and this sofa at The World’s Best Ever. Link -via Dump Trumpet
Robotics engineers at the University of Tokyo have designed a robot that jumps like a frog. And looks like one! The robot, named Mowgli, can also kick a soccer ball. The point is a study of musculature and kinetics, but the end result is quite cool. Gizmodo has the video. Link
This is real sign for a real town in California. A town with a sense of humor! Link -via J-Walk Blog
Watching cars do an intricate group dance is nice, but it’s even better when something goes wrong! Push play or go to YouTube. -via the Presurfer
It's an ad for insurance in Thailand, but that's not important. This made me cry. Push play or go to YouTube. -via BrandweekNRX
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