This Photoshop Disaster looks like a paper doll cutout! Not that there's anything wrong with that -if you're a little girl playing with paper. But this is an item in an online bridal catalogue. I can imagine that the editor was working late into the night combining a mannequin and a model and was so tired he/she didn't even notice the job wasn't finished. I've been there. Link

It's time for our collaboration with the always fascinating What Is It? Blog. Can you guess what the pictured item is?

Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many guesses as you'd like in separate comments. Post no URLs or weblinks, as doing so will forfeit your entry. Two winners: the first correct guess and the funniest (albeit ultimately wrong) guess will win T-shirt from the NeatoShop.

Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don't include a selection, you forfeit the prize, okay? May we suggest the Science T-Shirt, Funny T-Shirt and Artist-Designed T-Shirts?

For another photo of the object (and more items to guess), check out the What Is It? Blog. Good luck!

Update: the mystery device is a billiard cue trimmer and tip fastener. The first one to know the answer was Doug D, but unfortunately he did not select a shirt. The funniest answer came from The Professor, who called it a Genie Shovebackinner, you know, for getting the genie back into the bottle. That's worth a t-shirt from the NeatoShop! You can find out the answers to all the mystery items of the week at the What Is It? blog. Thanks to everyone who played, and we'll do this again soon!

This graph from the New York Times shows how much tuition has gone up, way more than other costs. They offer several reasons, but since they are focusing mainly on state schools, public funding cutbacks appears to explain a lot of it. Link -via TYWKIWDBI

El Diablo Restaurant on the Spanish island of Lanzarote has a distinctly unique way of cooking food -over the heat of a volcano! The restaurant was built over a volcanic heat vent, which is used as a grill.

Building a restaurant on top of a massive heat source is not the easiest task. Architects Eduardo Caceres and Jesus Soto had to lay 9 layers of basalt rock in lieu of digging down to build a foundation. A giant grill is laid across the opening, where 6 feet below, the gentle giant is softly bubbling lava at 400 degrees Celsius, apparently the perfect temperature for volcanically grilled meats.

If the thought of trying to eat your salad as fire shoots in the air and lava spews out of the dining room deters you, fear not. This dormant volcano has been peacefully gurgling below the surface since it's last eruption in 1824. What could possibly go wrong?

See more at Atlas Obscura. Link

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This parody is LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" for the Forever Alone crowd. We've all been there at one time or another. -via Geeks Are Sexy

Who said it -was it presidential candidate Newt Gingrich or Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear? You'll be given eleven quotes to match to one or the other. Oh, you might think today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss would be an easy one, but they both say some awfully strange things. However, I did score 73% by wild guesses. Link

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This guy made a video to warn his roommates to stop stealing his food. I mean, really, who else could it be? -via I Am Bored

A pun you can share with your kids, and a fine-looking alligator illustration, too! Created by DeviantART member arseniic. Link -via reddit

The movie John Carter, based on the series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs that date back to 1912, is scheduled to hit theaters this Friday. Geeks Are Sexy talked to director Andrew Stanton about the challenges of turning the classic character and his stories into a modern film.

To Stanton’s mind, this kind of “Clark Kent” simplicity regarding John Carter was the biggest challenge facing himself (and co-writers Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon) when penning the film. Though Stanton claims the overall story is more complex, with the warring factions and the lack of resources and whatnot, the John Carter character, at his core, is pretty simple and straightforward. There isn’t much character development in the novel at all. So the challenge was to get this cut-and-dry story of “rescue heroism”, about a guy who has a “noble quality related to justice being served, and getting involved,” into a story with relationships and characters that an audience could relate to.

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Baby goats in cute little sweaters jump around on the porch with a little girl. Squee! See more videos of the same goats at Laughing Squid. Link

Although someone thought it was a great idea around 1910, this sport never really caught on. However, some speculate that it may have been the inspiration for MarioKart. -via reddit

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An interviewer from TIME asked Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson what the "most astounding fact" is. The astrophysicist's answer was so poetic that Max Schlickenmeyer was inspired to add music and visuals. The song is "To Build a Home" by Cinematic Orchestra. -via Blame It On The Voices

The O*GE Creative Group built this “Giant Birdsnest for creating new ideas” as a prototype. That's what I'm going call my afternoon naps from now on... "I've been 'creating new ideas.'" If you want your own nest, they'll build one of three different sizes for you. This might be one of those beds that you never want to get out of! Link -via The Daily What

The RMS Titanic was built in Belfast, Nothern Ireland, and as the 100th anniversary of the ship's first and last voyage comes up, so is the new museum dedicated to the Titanic and the people who built her. Titanic Belfast is an architectural wonder designed to be reminiscent of the ship itself, situated on the very spot the luxury liner was built. Titanic Belfast is scheduled to open March 31st. See lots more pictures, including a peek at the interior, at Kuriositas. Link

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Here's a photo tour of a once-opulent building that fell into ruin, but this one has a modern story, and the photographs are all that is left. The 17,000 square-foot Jackling Mansion was built in 1925 in Woodside, California. Steve Jobs lived there for abut ten years, but let it fall into disrepair after 2000. The home maintenance was abandoned because Jobs planned to tear down the house, but then found himself in a long battle with historic preservationists. Meanwhile, photographer Jonathan Haeber documented the home's downfall in pictures. See them at WebUrbanist. Link