It's rare that a trailer for a TV show can stand on its own as a beautiful short film, yet that's what our first look at the upcoming BBC series Blue Planet III is. You should put this on full-screen mode. The effect is both relaxing an awe-inspiring.
Blue Planet III will premiere before the end of the year in quite a few countries, although exact dates haven't yet been announced. The series will have six one-hour episodes focusing on the real blue part of our world, earth's ocean life, narrated by the legendary Sir David Attenborough. Four years of filming went into the project. This trailer features music by Hans Zimmer sung by Jade Thirlwall. (via TYWKIWDBI)
Friday, October 09, 2026
Blue Planet III
The Coffeemaker at Work
The Introverted Attorney illustrates how the coffeemaker at his office sounds the way he feels first thing in the morning. It doesn't want to work, either. (via Neatorama)
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38 Extremely Rare “Once-In-A-Lifetime” Photos That Completely And Totally Scrambled My Dumb Little Brain.
Astronomers May Have Found the First Direct Hint of Planet Nine. (via Damn Interesting)
When you try "pspspsps" on a wild cat. NSFW language.
The 10 Most Popular Pop Culture Halloween Costumes of 2026, Ranked.
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules.
Neal Agarwal has a new game out called Spend Elon's Money. You can buy lots of expensive items, but that will barely make a dent. More about it here. (via Boing Boing)
15 Women Share How They Know a Man is a Creep.
“Has No Friends”: Amazon Is Keeping Amazingly Detailed Records on Its Customers and They Are Downright Insulting. My info there is mundane, but wrong because I buy gifts for other people. (via Fark)
Why 2000 People Died Fighting Over a Bucket
Wars have been fought for a lot of dumb reasons, but when political, religious, or ethnic tensions are inflamed, it only takes a spark to light a conflagration. In medieval Italy, all those tensions were sprung into war by a bucket. To be honest, the two regions were already fighting, but the bucket incident blew everything up, drawing thousands of fighters to their deaths in the battle of Zappolino. It was called the War of the Bucket. Be aware that the last minute of this video is an ad, so it's not as long as it seems. (via Digg)
Thursday, October 08, 2026
The Legend of The Jack O Lantern
What could be more fun than stealing a pumpkin and taking it out to a cemetery to scare people? He didn't think about how there might be more than just people out there in the land of the dead. This creepy tale is from The Animation School. It's only three minutes long, with extensive credits.
Which is Better: Buying or Renting a Home?
Is it better to rent a home or buy one? It all depends. The TED-Ed lesson compares two people who made different choices. The amounts of money thrown around here are scary, because I've never had that much. But it's all relative. I told my kids to buy a house once they've decided where they want to live for many years to come. Otherwise, rent until you are ready to settle down. Princess bought one, where her kids can make all the noise they want. Dr. Dolittle rents. She and her husband come to my house and cosplay as house owners, mowing my lawn and doing other maintenance. Personally, I get a lot of satisfaction out of owning my home, but I never had to sign a 30-year mortgage. That's really scary.
Star Trek Ratios
The internet is at its best when someone does something completely illogical, pointless, and difficult. Extra points for making it all about Star Trek. YouTuber Picard Looking got a challenge to make a supercut of all the numbers mentioned in Star Trek, but that seemed impossible. So he decided to instead find all the instances of a character citing a percentage in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The show ran for seven seasons, and tried to be as technical as possible, so that's a lot. Then he arranged all the clips in numerical order, from one thousandth of a percent to 1500 percent. Still, that's not all. He added some extended clips and text overlays for humor and to keep you from nodding off 20% of the time. The entire project took six months, or 50% of a year. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Twitterpated
It can happen to humans, too. HydrogenGreen recreated the memorable scene from the movie Bambi in which Thumper becomes Twitterpated. It's adorable. (via Laughing Squid)
Fall Fetish
I don't do any of these things, but i do enjoy fall, and I love to see the leaves turn. Looking at the mountains at their peak makes me want to start making a quilt, but that feeling passes. This comic is from Tommy Siegel. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Wednesday, October 07, 2026
The Mad Monster
The Mad Monster is a 1942 werewolf movie. A mad scientist has a scheme to create super soldiers by injecting wolf's blood into men. When his colleagues reject his idea, he does just that and send his werewolf out to kill them. But his wolf monster creation turns out to be uncontrollable. The Mad Monster received mixed reviews at the time, but is now considered one of the worst movies of all time. (Thanks, WTM!)
Snow Leopards
It seems a bit ironic, or maybe just sad, that the most beautiful cats in the world spend their time trying not to be seen by humans. Kind of like Canada lynx. But it's probably for the best, because you know how humans are.
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