very mad max....

For the past four months in Libya, rebel forces made up of civilians and army defectors have been waging battles against Muammar Qaddafi's armed forces, holding their own and sometimes advancing with the assistance of NATO air strikes. Scrambling to arm themselves against mercenaries and a professional army, rebels have been making use of everything they can -- from using captured weapons and munitions to rigging anti-aircraft guns and aircraft rocket launchers to the backs of civilian pickup trucks. Collected here are recent images of some of this weaponry used by the Libyan rebels. [34 photos]

At a weapon workshop in Misrata, a Libyan volunteer fixes a UB-32 rocket launcher pod, attached to the back of a pickup truck on May 28, 2011. The UB-32, a launcher designed to fire Russian S-5 rockets, is normally mounted on an aircraft. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

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A rebel army officer works on a weapon captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, at a workshop in Benghazi, on June 1, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) #

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A Libyan rebel fighter, in a vehicle rigged with armor plating, flashes a victory sign at a territory taken from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi, after rebels pushed several kilometers in the direction of Zlitan, west of the rebel-held port city of Misrata, on June 13, 2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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Molotov cocktails rest in a rack as Libyan rebels prepare for battle in Ajdabiya on March 2, 2011. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Anti-aircraft guns and other military hardware, found stocked in a warehouse now controlled by rebel forces outside Benghazi, on March 01, 2011. (Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A rebel takes stock of weapons and ammunition in a munitions storage hanger at a government military base which they captured in Ajdabiyah, on March 1, 2011. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic) #

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A rocket rests in a case among other military hardware stocked in a warehouse controlled by rebel forces outside Benghazi, on March 01, 2011. (Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A Libyan rebel plugs his ears as rebels fire a rocket at troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on the road between Ajdabiya and Brega, Libya, on Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo) #

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Workmen clean a rusted Grad rocket launcher to make it operational, at a Libyan rebel weapons workshop and training camp in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) #

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A Libyan man tries to remove a cannon from a part of a tank, belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, with plans to reuse it, in the western Libyan city of Misrata, on June 7, 2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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A Libyan rebel fighter smokes a cigarette next to an improvised multiple rocket launcher in the back of a pickup truck, as the rebels prepare to make an advance, in the desert on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Thursday, April 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) #

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Rebel volunteer Ramzy Elshahiebi extracts elements from a mine while working to assemble home made bombs in Benghazi, Libya, on May 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) #

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Rebel fighters launch rockets against Qaddafi forces at the frontline along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah April 21, 2011. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) #

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Rebel soldiers repair weapons captured from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi at a workshop in Benghazi, on June 13, 2011 (Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori) #

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Libyans remove rust from ammunition in the western Libyan city of Misrata, on June 7, 2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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A rebel poses with an armful of rocket-propelled grenades taken from an armored personnel carrier (APC) captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on the outskirts of the town of Zlitan, west of the rebel-held port city of Misrata, on June 10, 2011. (Reuters/Abdelkader Belhessin) #

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A rebel fighter cuts metal from a destroyed tank from Qaddafi's forces, next to a checkpoint in Ajdabiya, Libya, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The metal plates are used to armor light rebel vehicles for combat. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) #

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Libyan rebel fighters opposing Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi fire their weapons at a Libyan airforce fighter jet flying overhead at the entrance to the oil-rich town of Ras Lanuf on March 8, 2011. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Rebel army officers repair weapons taken from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, at a workshop in Benghazi, on June 1, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) #

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A Libyan rebel adds an aluminum ring to a used rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), which will be refitted with high explosives and reused, at a weapons workshop in Misrata, on May 29,2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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A Libyan rebel holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) after refitting it with high explosives, for reuse, at a weapons workshop in Misrata, on May 29, 2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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A rebel soldier repairs weapons captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, at a workshop in Benghazi, on June 13, 2011. (Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori) #

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Workmen examine a Russian-made UB-32 multiple rocket launcher, a type of launcher rebels have been using mounted on pickup trucks, at a Libyan rebel weapons workshop and training camp in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) #

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A rebel fighter in front of an armored technical gives orders to comrades at the front line between the rebels and Muammar Qaddafi forces, 25 km west of Misrata, Libya, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) #

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A Libyan rebel fighter shows a weapon with a grenade launcher attachment which he said was taken from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi at Misrata's western front line, some 25 km (16 miles) from the city center, on June 7, 2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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Rebel army officers fix weapons taken from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at a workshop in Benghazi, on June 1, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) #

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A rebel supporter in Dafniya repairs a damaged recoilless rifle, as heavy clashes between pro-Qaddafi forces continued on the front line at Dafniya, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Misrata, Libya, on Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #

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Rebel fighters man load a UB-32 rocket pod mounted on a pickup truck, in the front line along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah, on April 19, 2011. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) #

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Libyan rebels drive a truck mounted with a rocket launcher salvaged from a Russian attack helicopter near front-line positions, on April 6, 2011 near Brega, Libya. Wiring from the launcher leads to a battery and a firing mechanism. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) #

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A convoy of Libyan rebels deploy around the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) #

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Libyan volunteers fix jammed weapons captured from Muammar Qaddafi forces at a workshop in Misrata, on May 28, 2011. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra) #

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Rebel fighters take part in training in Giminis, on May 26, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) #

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A rebel fighter stands next to pickup truck converted into an armored combat vehicle at the front line with Muammar Qaddafi forces, 30 km south from Misrata, Libya, on Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) #

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A rebel fighter rests on a weapon mounted on the back of a pickup truck on the front line between them and Muammar Qaddafi forces, 30 km south of Misrata, Libya, on Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) #

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At a weapon workshop in Misrata, a Libyan volunteer fixes a UB-32 rocket launcher pod, attached to the back of a pickup truck on May 28, 2011. The UB-32, a launcher designed to fire Russian S-5 rockets, is normally mounted on an aircraft. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

Bridge, A 3D Animated Short About Pride, Obstinance & Compromise

By Rusty Blazenhoff on August 22, 2011

Recent Academy of Art University MFA graduate, Ting Tey, tells the sweet moralistic tale of four animals trying to cross a bridge in this gorgeous award-winning 3D animated short titled Bridge. He was able to complete the film using

SDCC: Total Recall Reveals Its Futuristic Police Force

Source: ComingSoon.net

July 21, 2011

The futuristic police of Len Wiseman's upcoming remake of Total Recall have hit the streets of Comic-Con. The below vehicle has been set up across the street from the convention center, accompanied by two apparently robotic law enforcement officers.

Currently filming and scheduled for an August 3rd, 2012 release, Total Recall remakes the 1990 Paul Verhoeven adaptation of the short Philip K. Dick story, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." The original starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid (to be played by Colin Farrell in this version), a man who, after buying implanted memories of a vacation, begins to remember experiences tied to an elaborate conspiracy.

Wiseman's version also stars Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel and John Cho.

BAD JOKE POST

A debate in the Middle East about whether the flintstones should be shown on TV.The people in Dubai do not understand the humour,but those in Abi Dabi do

GRATUITOUS VIDEO POST

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sweet...

Spotted at Renovation, the World Science Fiction Convention in Reno: this killer tiki-themed Dalek. I didn't catch the artist's name -- anyone know it? Leave a comment and I'll update the post.

(a funny) GRATUITOUS VIDEO POST

Video: 5-Second Films' 'Mystic Pizza'

Posted by Adam Kuban, May 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM

BAD JOKE POST

What's the best way to carve wood?

Whittle by whittle.

Mach 20 = 15340 miles a hour (aprox)

Superfast US military plane reaches Mach 20 speed, then crashes

Posted by Xeni Jardin on Friday, Aug 19th at 7:14pm

An unmanned U.S. military aircraft managed to reach speeds of more than 20 times the speed of sound, and to control itself for three minutes, before it crashed into the Pacific near Vandenberg Air Force Base on August 11. Space.com/MSNBC. Here's an earlier item in the LA Times. Above and below, DARPA images and video depicting the the prototype Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2), described as the fastest aircraft ever built

YIKES!!!

HOWTO make a metapizza out of pizza-flavored snack items

Posted by Cory Doctorow on Saturday, Aug 20th at 6:17am

Kari Schuster constructed a "pizza" out of pizza-flavored snack-foods harvested from gas-stations and grocery stores. The process stained her fingers orange and clogged her nostrils with the "gentle aroma of fake cheese and tomato." She claims it was delicious.

weird but cool....

Genetic Portraits, Faces of Two Family Members Combined Into One

By EDW Lynch on August 19, 2011

In the “Genetic Portraits” photo series, Canadian photographer Ulric Collette combines the portraits of two members of the same family into one half-and-half composite in order to illustrate the family’s visual similarities. My Modern Metropolis interviewed Collete about the ongoing project

very intriguing

The Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Lincoln

Illustrator and animator Drew Christie has created a fascinating animated short using paperback books, charcoal,

Apollo astronaut on political quagmires..

there is a  lot to be said for perspective......

Bad Joke Post

What happens to Pastors who eat chili dogs?

They have to sit in their own pew

Gratuitous Video Post

The Tweet Of Life from 5-Second Films on Vimeo.

Brains!!! ooooh and some of that baguette.

Amazing 1950"s illustrations of A bomb attack....

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much the sum total of summertime entertainment:

nicely stated....

 

 

LAME JOKE POST

Why is there no gambling in Africa?

Too many Cheetahs!

TOTALLY GRATUITUS VIDEO POST

Renault: the car for men who don’t worry about their penises

This 1970 Renault ad attempts to entice customers who don't worry if their car makes them feel inadequate in the penis department. I'm inordinately fond of the phrase "fancy-price fantasy wagon," I must say

 

 

THE CAR FOR MEN THAT DO....

 

I bought one yesterday. After giving it a soothing bath in warm water I released into a vat of melted butter...

Buddhists Buy, Release Over 500 Live Lobsters Back To The Sea

classic....

Immediately before dying of cerebral meningitis in 1900, Wilde stated "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."

 

bad joke post

What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?

PUMPKIN PI

I do like this.....

Video: Patton Oswalt Reveals Wizard’s Dark Secret in ‘Final Battle’

In The Final Battle, Patton Oswalt plays a wizard with a dark secret. It’s the latest five-second film from 5-Second Films, and it’s definitely worth five seconds of your time.

I don't like this....

 

Panasonic has an eye on your parental dollar in this ad for a baby monitor, posted today by Ads of the World. The creative director was Daniel Corrêa.

very cool.....

The Marvelous Floating Stage of the Bregenz Festival In Austria

By EDW Lynch on August 8, 2011

photo via AP/Rudi Blaha

I dig these. (but I also dug coffin hotels in tokyo)

 

Dasparkhotel (The Park Hotel) is, literally, a series of tubes. Constructed from repurposed sewer pipes, each tiny room offers a double bed, storage space, a light, and the fun of an inside that is very nearly outside. Nearby are shared toilets, showers, a bar and coffee shop. [via Laughing Squid]

bad joke post

I was thrown out of NYU. On my metaphysics final, they caught me cheating. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me..... Woody Allen (this one is for Spence)

gotta luv this guy....

 

Gingrich’s Twitter Followers Mostly Fake

A new report suggests that 92 percent of Newt Gingrich’s 1.3 million Twitter followers are not real. The networking search firm PeekYou, which has been trying to determine the quality of Twitter audiences, examined Gingrich’s account. The firm uses 23 criteria—including name, location, and inbound and outbound links—to figure out which online users are real or fake. After analyzing each of Gingrich’s followers, they determined that only 106,055, or 8 percent, were real people. A spokesman for the company said, “The huge majority of his followers are either completely anonymous people who have no other Web presence, or they are spambots

Missouri State business-school professor leads successful campaign to ban Slaughterhouse-Five from local schools

 Tenth worst schools in the nation. Surprised?

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Bad joke post.

Why don't witches get pregant?
Warlocks have hollow weenies....