Sculptor Christopher Locke makes the most amazing spiders out of scissors -- but not just any scissors. Scissors that the TSA confiscated and auctioned off
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Mar 30, 2012
Spiders made from TSA-confiscated scissors
Sculptor Christopher Locke makes the most amazing spiders out of scissors -- but not just any scissors. Scissors that the TSA confiscated and auctioned off
rock on brother
Drunkard's serenade: "Bohemian Rhapsody" from the back of a police car
Here is a man who has apparently been arrested for intoxication in an unknown jurisdiction, disputing the charge from the back of a police cruiser by belting out a genuinely soulful rendition of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." Skip to 3:40 for "Scaramouche! Scaramouche
Mar 29, 2012
need this too.....
Sentry gun controller
Thanks to Bob's open-source Sentry Gun controller, now anyong can build a gun that "autonomously tracks, aims, and shoots at targets using a webcam."
need it.....
Open source "tricorders": handheld sensor packages for everyone
For the past five years, Peter Jansen, a Canadian scientist whose PhD is in neural computation and cognitive modelling, has been developing a series of open source hardware "tricorders" -- handheld sensor packages running GNU/Linux that can be used by everyday people to make and record observations about the world around them. There are several versions of the tricorder, some with sensors attached (atmospheric, electromagnetic, spatial), others that are "blank," with places to mount your own sensors. The latest version, the Mark IV, is still in development, and is intended to be mass-produced at low cost.
The Tricorder project emphasizes accessibility. The devices we build are meant to be as inexpensive as possible, so folks might have access to them without having to worry about the cost, or their difficulty of use. My hope is that someday every household — and every child who wants one — might have access to a small device that can easily be kept close in a pocket or bag, and quickly pulled out when curiosity strikes. By turning a walk home through the park into a nature walk, and Dad's spring time home repairs into a lesson about heat flow, it's my hope that everyday experiences will become opportunities to learn and develop an intuitive understanding and deep fluency with the science of our everyday world.
It is my deep belief that knowledge brings about positive change. It's possible that the same instrument that can show a child how much chlorophyll is in a leaf could also show how them much pollution is in the air around us, or given off by one's car. As an educator and a researcher, I feel that if people could easily discover things about their worlds that were also important social topics, that they would then make positive social choices, like reducing their emissions, or petitioning for cleaner industry in their communities. By having access to general tools, people can learn about leaves, or air, or clouds, or houses — or light, or magnetism, or temperature — or anything the Tricorder can help them see.
Most of all, the Tricorder is designed to discover things that we don't already know. I'm excited about what you can discover with it. And that's what it's about. Little discoveries, everywhere.
The Surreal Gravity-Defying Photographs of Philippe Ramette
Rush Limbaugh’s Fourth Wife Threatens To Walk Away Over “Slut” Controversy
Many women on the left and right have gone on the offensive against ultra-conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh over his Sandra Fluke “slut ” comment and one of those women is alleged to be his fourth wife
Mar 28, 2012
Whatever happened to Russia's Moon lander?
The United State won the race to put a man on the Moon. But we weren't the first to land anything on the Moon. That prize went to the Soviet Union, which successfully put Luna 2 on the surface of the Moon in 1959.
I knew it.......
Pure evil causes birth defects
Unassailable evidence presented by the Institute for Dangerous Research's Department of Mad Biology
good gravy.....
The Conservative Teen
Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski selects the 9 best headlines from The Conservative Teen, a magazine for youngsters that will foster conservative values and counter liberal bias.
When I moved to the U.S., one of the first things I ever heard on the radio here was someone talking at length about how he hates bisexual people because they spread disease. He said it over and over again, emphasizing the word "hate" to ensure the listener understood him. Startled by it, I tuned in long enough to find out exactly whose show it was, thinking it must be a monologue or some other fiction. In honor of my introduction to American conservatism, here's the headline from his contribution to The Conservative Teen.
been a awhile.......
"In Heaven" from David Lynch's Eraserhead
And now, an uplifting message from the Lady In The Radiator
classic......
All the window-cameos from the old Batman TV series
In this compilation video, Loomyaire compiles all fourteen of the "window cameos" from the Adam West Batman TV series, in which real-life personages and characters from other TV shows popped out of windows while Batman and the Boy Wonder were scaling a building-face and traded Laugh-In style quips with the heroes. Included in the video are appearances by (in order) Jerry Lewis, Dick Clark, Green Hornet (Van Williams) and Kato (Bruce Lee), Sammy Davis Jr., Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana), Howard Duff as Detective Sam Stone on "Felony Squad," Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer), Lurch (Ted Cassidy), Don Ho, Andy Devine as Santa Claus, Art Linkletter, Edward G. Robinson, Suzy Knickerbocker and Carpet King
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................
Eating The Placenta: January Jones Does It, But Not All Moms On Board
Last week, actress January Jones admitted to People Magazine that she ate her own placenta as part of a healthy post-natal regimen. While she got the requisite amount of slack for this –- ABC's headline reads "Mad Mom?.." -- , author Nancy Redd wrote more seriously for NYTimes.com about about the experience she had ingesting afterbirth -- one that was mostly negative.
the horror.....the horror......
Alicia Silverstone Pre-Chews Food For Her Son, Bear Blu, Spits It In His Mouth
Is Alicia Silverstone getting her parenting tips from birds?
The actress' 10-month-old son, Bear Blu, is already eating solids -- as long as they've been pre-chewed. In the latest video posted on Silverstone's website, the 35-year-old feeds her baby by chewing up his food and feeding it to him mouth-to-mouth.
"I just had a delicious breakfast of miso soup, collards and radish steamed and drizzled with flax oil, cast iron mochi with nori wrapped outside, and some grated daikon. Yum!" she wrote on The Kind Life, the website for her vegan cookbook, "The Kind Diet."
The "Clueless" star explained, "I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny bit of veggies from the soup ... from my mouth to his. It's his favorite ... and mine. He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I'm eating. This video was taken about a month or 2 ago when he was a bit wobbly. Now he is grabbing my mouth to get the food!" "Pre-chewing" is actually a thing, but it's very uncommon in the US and other Western nations and not recommended by health care professionals, as it can pass infection and disease from parent to child.
Mar 24, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
The Blaze, Site Founded By Glenn Beck, Insinuates That Slain Teen Trayvon Martin Was Troublemaker
Martin, who was black, was walking back to his father's house after a trip to the convenience store in Sanford, Fla. on February 26. George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch member who was identified by his father as Hispanic, called 911 and told the dispatchers that the teen "looked suspicious."
Despite being told by the dispatchers not to engage the teen, Zimmerman left his car and approached Martin. Neighbors called into 911 to report a scuffle, some cries for help, and gunshots. When police arrived, Zimmerman admitted to shooting Martin, who was unarmed, but claimed that he acted in self-defense. Zimmerman has not been arrested or charged, and the incident has attracted national attention.
Despite being told by the dispatchers not to engage the teen, Zimmerman left his car and approached Martin. Neighbors called into 911 to report a scuffle, some cries for help, and gunshots. When police arrived, Zimmerman admitted to shooting Martin, who was unarmed, but claimed that he acted in self-defense. Zimmerman has not been arrested or charged, and the incident has attracted national attention.
“I can’t for the life of me understand how they can justify not making an arrest!” Sharpton said on a recent episode of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation."
But Mytheos Holt, an associate editor at the Blaze, chided Sharpton "for being too willing to exploit racial controversy" and for dismissing claim of self-defense Zimmerman. Holt went further and criticized Trayvon Martin by insinuating that the slain teen was a troublemaker.We’re also learning more about Trayvon Martin. According to reporters he had been suspended from school. The International Business Times says Martin’s suspension was due to last for 10 days. But what exactly was he suspended for in the first place? Sources sympathetic to Martin say he was suspended for “excessive tardiness.” However, a quick review of both the local policies for Martin’s school, the Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, and of the Miami-Dade school district’s district-wide policies, raise some doubts
first law of fight club,,,never sell at retail only wholesale
Author Chuck Palahniuk has donated a piece of movie memorabilia to charity, his faux Ikea Yin Yang table. It was custom-made and used in the movie Fight Club and is currently being auctioned off to benefit Pixie Project, a Portland-based animal adoption organization. The table (called “Furni Fruktbar”) was given to him by film’s director David Fincher. If the winning bidder of the table lives in the Portland, Oregon area, Chuck will come and help set it up. Also, be sure to look for the subliminal kittens in the auction’s video.
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go gop.......
[Video Link] MoveOn's new ad spot features women repeating brain-curdlingly misogynistic comments made by prominent members of the Republican party.
Mar 22, 2012
Adam and Jamie's fun new show: Unchained Reaction
[Video Link] Our MythBusting pals, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, have a new series on the Discovery Channel called Unchained Reaction. It airs Sundays at 10PM (the new season of MythBusters is on Sundays, too). Here's an exclusive peek at the upcoming episode, which features a team of engineers from NASA vs. a team of Special Effects & Prop Animators. The theme is "Fire & Ice".
JUST IN TIME FOR THE LONDON OLYMPICS
The World Pizza Games Freestyle Pizza Dough Acrobatics Competition
Bronze medal winner Simone Ingrosso
Louis Cuyno
what the hell is up in florida? Shoot and kill a unarmed 17 yr old and then go home and sleep in your own bed?
Million Hoodie March for Trayvon Martin under way in NYC
A large crowd of protesters, between 2,000 and 5,000 by various estimates, are marching through the streets of New York right now to draw attention to the killing of Trayvon Martin. The Florida teen was shot to death last month, in a case that has generated widespread outrage online.
Tim Pool has been running a live video stream of the march.
Here's a quick link to the relevant Twitter hashtag (#millionhoodiemarch), to follow tweets from people who are there. Seems like a lot of youth are present at this one, perhaps more so than at recent Occupy marches in New York. People are wearing hoodies, carrying bottles of iced tea and throwing Skittles in the air: Trayvon was wearing one, and holding that candy and beverage when he was shot. So far, police presence is high, but interactions are peaceful, and the crowd is doing its thing without much NYPD aggression. That could change before the night is through.
The parents of the slain teen are present, and addressed the crowd earlier
Mar 21, 2012
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
Grilled Cheese Doughnut
At the Tom + Chee “grilled cheese and tomato soup” cafes in Cincinatti, Ohio, grilled cheese doughnut sandwiches are on the
someone please explain to me how this "church" continues to excist and have influence?
Dutch Roman Catholic Church Castrated Boys As 'Treatment' For Homosexuality
The Huffington Post | By Laura Hibbard Posted: 03/19/2012 8:06 pm Updated: 03/20/2012 12:45 pm
Henk Heithuis
Shocking reports have surfaced that reveal at least ten teenage boys were castrated in the 1950s by the Dutch Roman Catholic Church as a "treatment" for homosexuality, the Telegraph reports.
Dutch journalist Joep Dohmen, reporting for the NRC Handelsblad uncovered ten cases of the castrations, one of which was suffered by Henk Heithuis, who was castrated as a minor for reporting to police sexual abuse by a priest that he endured while in the boarding home.
Although the priests were convicted of the abuses, Heithuis was still transported to a Catholic hospital, and underwent a surgical castration as a treatment for homosexuality and, according to the report, a punishment for tattling on the clergy.Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports that the new information wasn't included in the large Deetman Commission report published three months ago on sexual abuses in the church -- and furthermore -- that the commission received a complaint about the castrations last year, but claimed there was a "lack of sufficient leads" to warrant an investigation.
The reports also uncovered minutes of official meetings held in the 1950s, which revealed directors of the Catholic institutions deciding parents did not need to be involved in decisions -- even with minors, Dutch News reports. They also proved government officials were present in meetings where the castrations were discussed.
The Deetman Commission, led by Wim Deetman, was founded by the Catholic church in 2010 following widespread reports of sexual abuse in the church. In their report, the commission found the number of victims who grew up in church institutions to be between 10,000 and 20,000.
Photos of Henk Heithuis, curtesy of the Family Rogge, originally posted in a Omroep Brabant report.
PHOTO:
Henk Heithuis, second from left.
luv it.....
Russian Pizza Plate Roulette
The Plate Roulette is a porcelain plate designed to look like a side-cut barrel of a revolver with one cylinder “loaded” to determine who is buying the pizza (or whatever food placed on it) Ã la Russian roulette style
The best f**kin, goddamn book ever written!!!!! (me twentyfive years ago, but still a great book)
Required summer reading: Neuromancer turns 25
I bring this up because this is the book’s 25th anniversary. MacWorld took a fun look at what Gibson correctly predicted, what’s still a long ways off, and what matters from a techie point of view in the book. Most importantly, as the article points out,
Happy Summer Reading
The prognostication in Neuromancer that rings most true today is the novel’s idea of a World Wide Web. The concept of an Internet already existed when Gibson wrote Neuromancer in 1984: In the early eighties, several universities had strung together various systems of servers via a telecom link. What Gibson introduced was the idea of a global network of millions of computers, which he described in astonishing detail–though the World Wide Web, as we know it today, was still more than a decade away. Imagine the novelty of that idea in 1984 when the personal computer was still a fairly new idea. Of course, things start getting really interesting only in the nineties, when technology linked all of those computers together.My suggestion? If you haven’t read it (and the remainder of the so-called “Sprawl Trilogy”, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive), then read them. Otherwise, this is one heck of a summer reading project for high schoolers. The themes, the predictive value, and the relevance in what has largely become a hyper-connected society are hard to deny.
Happy Summer Reading
oh boy.......
It will star Charlize Theron and Noomi Rapace and while the director has remained mostly quiet regarding its plot and connection to the aforementioned classic, he did premiere the full length Prometheus trailer at WonderCon yesterday.
The movie - which also features Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba and Guy Pearce - follows a team of explorers as they jet off on a journey to the deepest ends of space, investigating a clue about the origins of mankind. Watch the extended preview now:
The movie - which also features Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba and Guy Pearce - follows a team of explorers as they jet off on a journey to the deepest ends of space, investigating a clue about the origins of mankind. Watch the extended preview now:
great.......
Abortion Bill: Arizona GOP Legislator Says Women Should Witness Abortions
Rep. Terri Proud
The email published on a political blog on the Arizona Republic's website Tuesday is apparently from State Rep. Terri Proud (R-Tucson) and appears to have been sent from a state email, the paper said.
The email was in response to a constituent who said she emailed Proud and fellow lawmakers to let them know she opposed the bill pending in the Legislature that would ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. The site reports that the email is unedited.
"Personally I'd like to make a law that mandates a woman watch an abortion being performed prior to having a "surgical procedure". If it's not a life it shouldn't matter, if it doesn't harm a woman then she shouldn't care, and don't we want more transparency and education in the medical profession anyway? We demand it everywhere else. Until the dead child can tell me that she/he does not feel any pain - I have no intentions of clearing the conscience of the living - I will be voting YES."
One Tiny Hand Added to Images of Famous People
One Tiny Hand is a Tumblr site created by Zach Vitale who photo-manipulates one tiny hand onto images of famous people.
ONE TINY STEP FOR HANDS, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.
Mar 20, 2012
holy crap....
Romney and the Right-Wing Shakedown
Santorum for AG? Newt at the UN? John Bolton for State? The far right has presented mealy-mouthed Mitt with a stunningly long list of demands.
The Washington Post ran a story over the weekend describing the Romney campaign’s efforts to advance the notion of Mitt’s inevitability and get the forces of the right on board the train. It contained a tantalizing and thought-provoking little paragraph that raised the question of what kinds of demands those on the hard right are going to make of Romney, should he become the nominee. There is also the related question of how far he might go to assuage them. Such is their mistrust, and such (so far) is his pliability, that it’s worth pondering the potentially unprecedented dance of demand and acquiescence that we might witness this fall.
The paragraph in question describes a recent conversation that Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, a big cheese in the evangelical universe, says he had with Romney advisers. The money quote: “Land said he recently told [Romney advisers] that Romney could win over recalcitrant conservatives by picking Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) as his vice-presidential running mate and previewing a few Cabinet selections: Santorum as attorney general, Gingrich as ambassador to the United Nations, and John Bolton as secretary of state
sieg heine....
Hitler toilet-paper wants you to add the mustache
DrawTheShitler sells rolls of toilet roll printed with a caricature of a mustache-less Hitler. You supply the mustache when you wipe.
Mar 17, 2012
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