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Category: Curiosities
PSA: Avoid Vertical Video Syndrome
Two things – I love that one of the characters in this Public Service Announcement is called Fafa, which is what we call my maternal grandfather, and I love that this is a thing…
Oh. A third thing – iMovie on the iPhone/iPad makes rotating videos really easy. You just pinch and turn – so you don’t even have to hold your phone the right way.
Catcopter: Airborne taxidermy
As I am a lover of all things taxidermied, and a hater of all things “cat”… I do very much enjoy this. There are many ways to skin a cat, this is one good reason to do it…
Here’s a nice little image of it via BoingBoing…
Tetris: the blockbuster
Possibly the best heading I’ve ever written.
Awesome mad scientist makes Tesla Gun
I kid you not. According to the interwebs. This guy’s name is Flickenger. His life as an awesome physics defying mad scientist was nominally determined. Here’s how he did it. But seriously. Don’t try this at home. Unless you’re happy to make two.
And look. Video.
Bottle Bidet: For those emergency moments when you need one?
Just $10. Money well spent.
Crucially, there are several colours.
The blurb seriously says this:
“The most important feature is the angle of the nozzle, which is designed to provide a direct flow of water to the desired wash area. The shower-head nozzle produces a gentle stream of water that is more effective than using toilet paper alone.”
Just remember to take a spare bottle of water.
@FeedToby: Pavlov’s Dog feeder powered by Twitter
Send a tweet to @feedtoby between 9 and 9 GMT, and you give Toby the dog a treat.
The title of this video gives the punchline away…
But watch it anyway. For the laughs.
A how to guide to “Obliterating Animal Carcasses With Explosives”
I hope this is real. Allegedly this is a guide produced for a forest service in the US.
“The following examples illustrate partial obliteration (dispersion) for a horse that weighs about 1,100 pounds (453.6 kilograms). In the first example, urgency is not a factor. Perhaps a few days are expected before the public is to visit the area, or perhaps bears will not be attracted to the carcass. In any case, in this example, dispersion is acceptable.
Place 3 pounds (1.36 kilograms) of explosives under the carcass in four locations (Figure 1). The carcass can then be rolled onto the explosives if necessary.
Place 1 pound (.45 kilograms) of explosives in two locations on each leg.
Use detonator cord to tie the explosives charges together.
Use water bags to hold the explosives close to the carcass if it is impractical to place charges under the carcass, for example when the carcass is laying in water.
Horseshoes should be removed to minimize dangerous flying debris.”
At this point one wishes these instructions (except the horseshoe bit) were adhered to in this case.
Very useful “how to” videos
I watched these and I laughed till I cried and my chest hurt and I couldn’t breathe properly. I was up until 3am this morning though.
$90 burger features 1,050 slices of bacon
Burger King Japan ran a promo where you could add an already obscene number of bacon slices (more than six – which is the yardstick of bacon obscenity) for just 100 Japanese yen. So some guy thought it’d be fun to see what about $90 would buy him.
Image Credit: Japanator.com
From Japanator.
Hipster relativity
This week we had the pleasure of hosting our friends Arthur and Tamie as part of their Brisbane adventure. The conversation turned to hipsters, and Brisbane’s apparent lack there of. Well. We sure showed them. We went to West End.
But, as it turns out. “Hipster” is relative.
Via Dustinland.com
A grammatical breakdown of Steven Seagal movie titles
My love for Steven Seagal, and his catalogue of movies, knows only some bounds. A late night Seagal movie kills sleep for me like Steven Seagal kills the bad guys.
Anyway. Check out this infographic from Pop Chart Labs (big version).
When nerds attack: office pranks in a science lab
This is pretty funny.
Here, in a 13 second nutshell, is a Skyrim meme using the punch line of this amazing air cannon prank.
Here’s the original…
Here’s behind the scenes…