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Monday, September 30, 2024
If Boeing Made The Death Star
So what if you can see it coming? They aren't going to make you wait long. (Thanks, Brother Bill!)
Blank Space (Donald's Version)
Randy Elizabeth Rainbow moderates a presidential debate and songifies it to the tune of "Blank Space" by Taylor swift. There's an 80-second skippable ad at :45.
The Joy of Judging Rich People's Homes
You know how we who aren't rich like to make fun of the dumb ways rich people spend their money? There is nothing tackier than buying an uncomfortable home just to show off how much money you can spend on one. It's what makes McMansion Hell such a fun site, as well as Homes and Hues and Zillow Gone Wild because money doesn't automatically bestow good taste. There are often ridiculous quirks in these properties that make us feel better about not having the money to embarrass ourselves like that. Conspicuous consumption is a serious affair, but it also makes you look weird.
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18th century autumn pies. You may find them a bit strange. (via Strange Company)
Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain.
Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky. It's a nova that happens every 80 years. (via Damn Interesting)
How the Swastika, an Ancient Symbol of Good Fortune Used Around the World, Became the Nazi Logo.
How Chain Restaurants Use Smells to Entice Us. When it comes to marketing food, scent can be as important as flavor.
How to Bathe a Cat. An alternate method. (Thanks, Bicycle Bill!)
Jurassic World Rebirth Gets Exciting Filming Update (Including Tease Of Sequel Trilogy Detail Return).
How a catchy tune became the soundtrack to TikTok's silliest videos. The song is called "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys." (via Nag on the Lake)
Colorism
The title of this video is What Dark-Skinned People Will Never Tell You, but that’s kind of a misnomer, because they tell us. The people featured are all strikingly attractive, but have been made to feel lesser because of past evils that shaped our culture. It speaks to how pervasive prejudice is when people are singled out even within their own ethnicity for being any different from those around them. Put everyone together and humans have a tendency to rank everyone by shade, and that’s both infuriating and sad. (via Boing Boing)
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I'll be there with you every step of the way..🐕🥺❤️
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) September 27, 2024
We don't deserve them..🙏 pic.twitter.com/XFBlr9xlk6
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Finding the Giant Squid
The sea holds untold mysteries and legends of monsters from as far back as people have gone to sea. Most of the many sea monster sightings have been explained by drunk and disoriented sailors, and sea monsters that wash up on shore are usually known animals that have been partially eaten or have decayed. But people know what a squid is, because the smaller ones are quite familiar. In 1873, one that was mistaken for a shipwreck grabbed a fishing boat, but was fought off. But later evidence of giant squids was limited to dead specimens and body parts. Giant squids can be 40 feet long! We knew they were there, so why did it take until 2004 to find one alive? Maybe they are hiding from us. The Kraken is smarter than we thought. And that's just the giant squid- we still haven't seen a live colossal squid! (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Teddy's Tale
Simon's Cat meets a stray named Teddy who has been homeless for some time, but not long enough to be feral. The cat feels sorry for him and tries to find hi a new home. But Teddy wants to live somewhere where he will fit in on his own terms. This three-minute cartoon is actually an edit of an earlier, much longer story that explains the backstory of the cat Teddy. The reason the cartoon was edited for re-release is that the real Teddy, who lived with Simon's Cat creator Simon Tofield, recently passed away. This is a tribute to him.
See, Tofield has always drawn inspiration from his own cats, past and present. Teddy was a black cat who was the original inspiration for the kitten, Tofield's second animated cat character after Simon's Cat. But then the real life Teddy grew up, while the animated kitten did not, and Teddy deserved his own character.
Saturday Night Live Opens Their 50th Season
SNL opened last night in the manner you expected, by introducing Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris on the campaign trail. Jim Gaffigan is Tim Walz, Andy Samberg is Doug Emhoff, James Austin Johnson is Trump as usual, Bowen Yang is JD Vance, and Dana Carvey makes a special appearance as Joe Biden. It's rather long for an opening skit, because they have a lot of material to catch up on after this summer. I, for one, am looking forward to Doug Emhoff supervising the White House Christmas decorations.
What the Auctioneer is Saying
We know that professional auctioneers develop a lovely chant that goes as fast as the bidding will allow, whether you can understand it or not. The patter is hypnotic, and the speed moves the auction along. But is it all nonsense? No, it’s real language, although manipulated. Barry Baker is not only an auctioneer, but teaches the art to others as well. Here he explains a bit about the auctioneer chant and lets us in on what they are really saying. (via Viral Viral Videos)
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This is the video you didn’t know you needed to see today
— Jessi 💫 (@its_jessi_grace) September 25, 2024
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
The Origins of Wall Street
The term "Wall Street" is used to denote the American hub of finance and stock trading. It's used more as an idea than as a place, but it is also a real street in Manhattan. You recognize it by the big bronze bull, which is actually on Broadway, but still in the financial district. But how did that financial district come about? The story goes back almost 400 years, at least to explain where the name came from. It took a lot longer for Wall Street to cement its reputation for finance. But these days, the actual neighborhood in New York doesn't have all that many banks and investment companies left. But when you hear the term Wall Street, you know what someone is talking about. (via Laughing Squid)
Putting Bats Right Side Up
Bats are scary because they fly in the dark and you won't see them coming until they startle you with a sense of movement out of the corner of your eye. There's something alien about mammals that fly and rest by hanging upside down. But they have their place in the ecosystem, as some bats eat thousands of mosquitos every night, while others pollinate crops. At Bat World Sanctuary in Texas, injured or orphaned bats can be sheltered and then released back into the wild, and bats rescued from labs and zoos can find a permanent home. They know how to make bats less alien-looking just by turning the camera upside down! Then they are just animals dealing with weird gravity. You can get to know more of the residents of Bat World at Instagram.
Typing Piano
We've seen typewriters used as musical instruments a few times, and while it's cool, it's not all that melodic. But now it is. Brazilian pianist Fabricio André Bernard Di Paolo, or Lord Vinheteiro, is not only a talented musician, he has a deep knowledge of every every note on every piano key. He attached strings to his piano so that he could play it by typing on two typewriters! Now the piano is a stringed instrument. Sure, he did the attaching, but keeping track of which key goes with which note takes a lot of cognitive bandwidth. Not only that, but he is playing the melody with his left hand, and the bass rhythm with his right, because he has his back to the piano. That's somewhat akin to playing the piano from its backside, but harder because it's two typewriters.
Scaredy Cats
What’s the most popular hobby among house cats? It has to be birdwatching. These three cats are mesmerized by the bird outside their window. It’s better than any TV show! And what’s a popular hobby among dogs? Annoying the cats, of course.
Tweet of the Day
Family: "Come here, Fluffy. We want a portrait of you."
— Undine (@HorribleSanity) September 25, 2024
Fluffy: "I'm not leaving this bowl."
Family: "But, Fluffy, we have this nice chair for..."
Fluffy: "LOVE ME, LOVE MY BOWL."
Family: pic.twitter.com/HB2JoXyVDw
Friday, September 27, 2024
About Pasta
Warning: this video will make you hungry. Pasta is an amazing food. It's made of wheat, like bread, but can be stored for a long period without going bad. It's easy to cook, and it fills you up. But most important, it can carry a full dish of flavor depending on what sauce or other ingredients you combine it with. It can help a small amount of meat or soup feed an entire family. It's no wonder pasta is popular all over. We consume it in a variety of forms, from ramen to lasagna to Kraft Dinner. But where did it really come from? How was it developed? And how can we get some right now?
Date Night
The New Zealand filmmaking group AFK is producing a Star Wars fan film series on YouTube called For the Empire. You can see all the episodes so far in this playlist. It's an epic saga, but occasionally an episode stands alone rather well. In this one, the stormtrooper TK-FNG gets busted for incompetence and demoted. His assignments deteriorate until he finds himself guarding a Clone Wars fan convention. Then as his shift ends, he encounters his own cosplaying son, TK-FKU, attending the con. The two get a chance to catch up with each other even though they are quite different. In other words, it's a weird family bonding night. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Moments of Excitement
C'mon, Marshmallow, my life is really not that dull. This comic is from Jimmy Craig at They Can Talk.
No Context is the Best Context
(via Infidel753)
Well, this is pretty funny without context, but gwdMaine had to go and find the original comic. Good luck reading the whole thing, since you can't enlarge the pictures.
CAPTCHA Photographer
Every once in a while, you have to pass a CAPTCHA test to use something on the internet. This is supposed to prove you're a human user, and not a robot or an algorithm trying to introduce spam, malware, or misinformation. Sure, we understand why these are sadly necessary, but they can be enraging. You may be instructed to check all boxes that contain a traffic light, for example, but they don't tell us whether the pole holding it is included. Or the indicated object is too far away to see. Or you may miss a tiny corner. Bingo- you've been labeled as a robot and cannot access what you came for. Requesting a different image may or may not improve your chances, but you get the feeling that just the request causes a bias against you. Who comes up with these things?
It takes an entire team, but the photographer is Landra Fontaine, who loves her job because she's a sadist. And a troll. You might even call her the scum of the earth. The next time you are confounded by a CAPTCHA, you will know who to blame. (via Laughing Squid)
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Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Kill More People than Bears Do. (via Damn Interesting)
The Battle of Palmdale: How a Pilotless Drone Embarrassed The US Air Force.
A classic site: Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names. (via Everlasting Blort)
The Stories Behind 8 ‘Witch’ Graves. Six of them are in the US, in case you want to plan an autumn road trip.
Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how. (via Damn Interesting)
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College. (via Fark)
Why the World’s First Pet Cemetery Was Revolutionary.
All You Need Is Love
Glove and Boots covers the Beatles. Look for Batman, Rick Grimes, and Popeye among the celebrity cameos. (via Metafilter)
Tweet of the Day
The incoming recruits of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are all Gen Z. Let's see if they can name some items from the 1990s, and see how old it makes you feel. (via Digg)when I saw the items they were identifying, it hit me like stray gunfire. 😭 pic.twitter.com/jtssUtCHQR
— Sassington, M.C. (@MissSassbox) September 21, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Fairy the Fawn
Jeff Letendre encountered a fawn who was too young to be away from its mother, but there was no sign of a mother, and the fawn was very hungry. So he provided her with milk and named her Fairy. These cases are sometimes pretty sad because a baby wild animal adopted by humans often has to live in captivity for the rest of their life. But Jeff was well aware of that and kept Fairy outside and encouraged her to meet other deer once she was weaned. Fairy lucked out and met a deer family with a mother that had enough maternal instinct to let a strange fawn join the family. Now Jeff had the best of both worlds, knowing that Fairy was happy and healthy living in the woods, but coming back to see him every once in a while. See more of Jeff and his woodland friends at Instagram.
How to Take a Dino's Temperature
The word "we" in the post title doesn't mean me or you, because I haven't got a clue, but scientists who know what temperature many species of dinosaur had when they were alive. I didn't even know those had been discovered at all. Al we have left of those dinosaurs are fossilized bone and a few impressions from skin, feathers, and footprints. But chemical analysis has detected a chemical called bioapatite, which sounds like something that makes you hungry. The study of this molecule tells us that dinosaurs were warm-blooded, or at least many that we know about, which makes them different from the reptiles we studied in grade school.
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What Is the Purpose of This Brickwork?
Inside the collapse of Disney’s America, the US history-themed park that almost was.
Man buried with large stones on his chest to prevent him from 'rising from the grave' unearthed in Germany. Plus more sad burials at a gallows cemetery. (via Boing Boing)
10 Historical Pigments—and Their Surprising Origins—from The Universe in 100 Colors.
7 Objects Named After the Exact Wrong Thing.
The Cinematic Spectacle of Flipping a Table. Contains NSFW language.
See Newly Discovered Nazca Drawings That Depict Llamas, Human Sacrifices and More.
How it started, how it's going. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
'Postcards are the email of their day': How cat memes went viral 100 years ago. (via Damn Interesting)
HAPPY 24th ANNIVERSARY to Madame Jujujive at Everlasting Blort!
Don't Be A Sucker
The US War Department made this film in 1947 to show how easy it is to be seduced by the forces of fanaticism and hatred. The first step is to feed people a sense of resentment, and a target for that resentment. Divide everyone into groups, "us" vs. "them." Restrict information, education, and news sources. Don't let people see that one day the leopard they adore might eat their face. These tactics have been in place in America for a long time. And people are still falling for them. Read more about this movie, including reviews, at Archive.org. (via Metafilter)
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(via Everlasting Blort)#BlackJobs pic.twitter.com/MXZqTpEBJb
— 𝓝𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓼 (@NikkiBarnesFL) September 14, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
How to Save Your Own Life
The things we re afraid of killing us are not the things we should really be afraid of. I'm not afraid of flying because I haven't been on a plane in 15 years. But even if I did take a flight, the odds of dying are greater in driving to the airport. This video is all about statistics. Right off the bat, I found out that I'm not in the normal demographic to watch Kurzgesagt videos, but if you are, it's a good idea to know what's most likely to kill you, and maybe you can lower the odds. Despite the posted length, this video is only 10:30; the rest is promotional. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Otter the Kitten
Otter was abandoned at an age way too early to be separated from her mother. Her eyes weren't even open! But Katie volunteered to foster her, and bless her for her efforts. She is willing to let Otter go to another family so she will have the time and space to foster another needy cat. See more of Otter at Instagram.
Frog
A reminder that you cannot believe everything someone says. Or anything, for that matter. This comic is from Dan Wheeler at Big Fat Comics. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
The Half-Empty Glass
In this episode of of the What If? series, we get classically literal. The old saying is that an optimist looks at a glass of liquid and sees it as half-full, while a pessimist looks and sees the same glass as half-empty. Meanwhile, a pedant looks at the same glass and says that it contains a combination of 50% drinkable liquid and 50% air. That's pretty much when a logical discussion shuts down and people try to change the subject. We all know what an empty glass means; we've washed a lot of them. But if you are going to get really literal, you ca forget all about optimists and pessimists. What does a physicist (Henry Reich) and an engineer (Randall Munroe) make of a glass that is only 50% full, and the rest is ...nothing? That means a vacuum, and that can get violent. Strangely, the effect can be recreated in real life, but be sure to have a broom and some paper towels handy.
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The Right Chemistry: The life and death of a Soviet-era search for longevity. A physician's hypothesis drew the attention of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who was interested in increasing life expectancy — his own. (via Real Clear Science)
Ernest Duchesne: The Forgotten Discoverer of Penicillin. His 1897 doctoral thesis was lost for fifty years.
I give to charity — but never to people on the street. Is that wrong? The quest to give effectively feels like it’s turning me into a cold-hearted jerk.
America’s Oldest Tombstone Was Imported From Thousands Of Miles Away. (via Strange Company)
Play the Google Arts & Culture game called What Came First? (via Kottke)
Satellite images suggest test of Russian “super weapon” failed spectacularly.
Shackleton, the cat who faked his own death. (via Damn Interesting)
True Collectors Know the Secret Charm of Antique Faux Gold.
How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon?
Fifty years ago, we thought colonizing the moon was surely in our future. But once the space race was won, the moon was found to be not useful enough to justify the expense. And the expense of getting there was astronomical. Maybe that’s where the word came from. Our dream of living on the moon would be even more expensive. This video from Whenever Productions explains the economics of space colonization. The planned Mars mission looks different when you look at it from the financial side. The Apollo missions also look different. Did we really spend that much money just to beat the Soviets to the moon? (via Digg)
Tweet of the Day
Emily ended up keeping Ginger. You can see more of her at Thread Reader and even more back-and-forth in the Twitter comments.Found a cat :( pic.twitter.com/ZTOsfL9yNk
— Emily Stepp (@Emily_Art) September 16, 2024
(via Undine)The look she gave me when I said her name the first time was such a strange thing. She still knows her name.
— Emily Stepp (@Emily_Art) September 16, 2024
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Hysteria
When we say a viral video is hysterical, that's good because it means it's funny. When we call a woman hysterical, it's a dismissive, gender-coded word that means she's upset or angry and not in control of her emotions. There is a long history behind the word used this way, and it boils down to men not taking women's problems seriously, which only adds to the anger. It was much simpler to assume there's something about a uterus that makes women difficult. Menstrual cramps no doubt contributed to this belief, but it was altogether easier to blame the uterus than it was to take a woman's feelings or opinions seriously.
Early TV Shows
Have you ever heard of the TV show The Queen's Messenger? Probably not, since it aired in 1928. But wait! We didn't have TV until after the second World War! Well, we did, but no one had a TV set to watch it on. The Queen's Messenger was an experimental production, a radio play transferred to a visual format for broadcast on station W2XAD (also known as WGY) in Schenectady, New York. It is considered the first TV drama. Too bad no one saw it. Oh, the broadcast station set up television receivers around the city, with three-inch screens, so maybe a few lucky people saw it, mostly WGY employees.
Television was still in its infancy when World War II put aside its development, but afterward, programming became more plentiful and people started buying TV sets, which made all the difference. In this video, The Historian introduces us to five groundbreaking series that made television something everyone wanted to see. I would put one thing differently, though. I Love Lucy was certainly groundbreaking in its humor and quality, but its real impact was that it was the first TV show that was recorded so it could be replayed, and therefore introduced the rerun. That's why we can still watch I Love Lucy, but not the earlier shows.
Thunderbolts* Trailer
The Marvel film Thunderbolts* assembles a team of anti-heroes, who some would call villains, for a government mission. But, as you might guess, nothing turns out to be as it seems. Thunderbolts* reunites some familiar MCU characters with newly-arrived screen characters from the comics, and some intriguing bonus characters, like Harrison Ford once again playing the president of the United States. As for the asterisk in the title, that's very deliberate, although no one connected to the film will explain why. They say the reason will be apparent when you see the completed movie. Thunderbolts* will be the 36th MCU film, and the last of Phase Five. It opens nationwide on May 2, 2025. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Flushing Mercury Down the Toilet
Mercury is a dense metal, but it’s also liquid, which makes it a rather odd substance to play with experiment with. The same volume of mercury is 13 times heavier than water. Mad scientist CodyDon Reeder wondered if you could flush mercury down a toilet. No, not your toilet, because it’s dangerous to put mercury in the sewer system. But a working toilet with a closed water system? Let’s see.
He also wondered how much mercury it would take to stop up a toilet, and then what would it be like to flush a toilet with mercury and no water! A toilet tank of mercury weighs about 240 pounds, so that in itself presented challenges, but Cody managed to do it. This is way more interesting than it should be. YouTube commenters say he should be nominated for an Ig Nobel next year. (via Metafilter)
Tweet of the Day
I could spend hours watching this! 😻😻 pic.twitter.com/x9sj6u6k5A
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) September 18, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
About Sriracha
Sriracha sauce is a crucial condiment in households like mine, and we can thank David Tran, who founded Huy Fong foods in 1980 and became a sensation. But in the last decade, sriracha sauce has had its ups and downs. We recall the incident in 2013 when the big new sriracha factory overwhelmed the town of Irwindale, California. The town and the company went back and forth for years before working things out, which not only affected production, but caused a run on sriracha and a shortage. There have been other shortages since then, caused by rumors of shortages, weather conditions affecting jalapeño crops, and disputes with suppliers. Weird History Food gives us the story of sriracha and the lowdown on why it might taste different from the way it did years ago.
An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object
Typhoon Yagi raged across Southeast Asia earlier this month with such force that it has been classified as a super typhoon. More than 700 people have been killed by the storm, thousands were injured, and the damage exceeds $15 billion. In Vietnam, floodwaters caused two sand dredgers laden with equipment to become unmoored on the Chay River in Vietnam on September 9. One was carrying a crane! Both barges struck the To Mau bridge. As you can see in this footage, the first barge was completely broken up, with the wrecked pieces passing under the bridge. That's some powerful flow. The second barge became stuck, although the crane was eventually toast as the dredger came apart underneath it. The bridge held up surprisingly well, considering the mass that hit it. (Thanks, Brother Bill!)
DIY Project Goes A Little Overboard
Went a little overboard with her creation.
byu/Ayato_jin inDiWHY
Isn't it cool when you can take natural ingredients from the wild and make something useful? I assure you there is no point in this video where you know what's going to happen next. The reactions to this project at reddit fall into two categories. Watch the video first and then and then continue reading and we'll discuss how you feel on the next page.
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Dinosaurs Evolved Feathers for Far More Than Flight. Fluff and fuzz helped the creatures keep warm, blend in and communicate.
“Iron Hand” – Meet Götz von Berlichingen, the Middle Ages’ Toughest Knight. (via Strange Company)
Nicholas L. Bostic saved five kids from a house fire. Video and discussion here.
Rhino Undergoes First-of-Its-Kind Leg Surgery, Is Very Cute.
98-Year-Old Mel Brooks ‘Very Involved’ in Production for Spaceballs 2. We don't yet know when to expect the finished movie.
The 30 Best Fall Movies For A Snuggly Night In.
7 Animals That Can Change Their Sex. In the animal kingdom, it’s not that unusual to start out as one sex and end up as another.
A Farmer Explains Why You Should Sing To Cows. (via Metafilter)
My Car Plays Jazz With His Glove Box
Duncan de Heusden has a squeaky glove box in his car. It’s more than that. When the glove box is opened, it plays a little riff that sounds a bit like a French horn. So he recorded it. And then he started playing around with the recording. Soon, he was singing along and mixing in other sounds. Before you know it, he had a full-blown composition built around his squeaky glove box. You can hear it any time at SoundCloud. (via Laughing Squid)
Tweet of the Day
“You want a close up?” 😅 pic.twitter.com/neNncxNV1u
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 19, 2024
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
A classic from 1953, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century by Chuck Jones was named #4 on the list of the The 50 Greatest Cartoons.
Everyone Loves Turnip
Stargazer and Northstar (Nora for short) were wild mustangs in Utah who were captured when their herd was reduced. Melissa Tritinger adopted them together, knowing they were pair-bonded. You can read their story here. They live with another horse named Reuben. One day Stargazer spotted a kitten in the field that was obviously hungry and lonely. All three horses were fascinated, and welcomed the kitten into the barn. It took a little longer for Turnip to trust Melissa, but that came with a good meal or two. The family decided to adopt Turnip, but he'd need approval from the other two cats. That wasn't a problem, either, because everyone loves Turnip. No one knows where he came from, but Turnip isn't going anywhere. The Dodo shows us that first encounter when the horses decided they wanted this cat. You can see more of Turnip at Stargazer and Nora's Instagram page. (via Laughing Squid)
The Invention of the Snapshot
The rise of digital cameras changed photography for all of us, because it eliminated the cost of film, the cost of developing, and the wait to find out if the picture you shot was any good. A hundred years earlier, there was another revolution in photography, when we went from only having expensive portraits shot in a studio by a professional to cameras that anyone could use, and therefore, the invention of the snapshot. The century in between was dominated by one company that produced not only the cameras, but the film for those cameras, and the developing of the pictures. Yes, it was Kodak, who took control of the photo industry by making us all photographers, rode that century of snapshots, and then retreated when their film was no longer needed. (via Digg)
Bossa Nova Du Hast
The perfect thing to start a Sunday morning, a little Rammstein! But this isn’t like anything you’ve heard from them before. Is that Rammstein or Jazzstein? Andy Rehfeldt did all the music and perfectly synched it to Rammstein’s concert video. (via Viral Viral Videos)
Tweet of the Day
A three-year-old boy chased a cat and got lost in a cornfield last month in Wisconsin. He was found about a mile from his home with the use of a thermal imaging camera. (via Everlasting Blort)3-year-old lost in massive cornfield at night pic.twitter.com/y6o5FEJbhd
— curious side of 𝕏 (@curioXities) September 14, 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Aria for a Cow
A dairy cow named Aria is appalled by the behavior of a distracted and incompetent barn hand who not only treats the cows like objects, but also wastes the milk. This young man needs a lesson in respect. So they sit him down and Aria performs a song written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who composed the music for Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid, among other productions. "Aria for a Cow" was composed for Sesame Street, but was never used for the show. (via Metafilter)
The Toxic Lady
In 1994, Gloria Ramirez was suffering from late stage cervical cancer and went to a hospital for help. Staffers noticed off odors emanating from Ramirez, especially when her skin was pierced by IVs or hypodermic needles. Her caregivers, other patients, and hospital employees immediately began to shows signs of a mysterious disease or possibly poisoning. These serious illnesses were quickly connected with Ramirez, but what was it? Was it the drugs she was taking to treat her cancer? Some strange chemical reaction in her body? Had she been poisoned herself? And how could she had survived even her short hospital visit with such dangerous toxins? Some have proposed that the symptoms other people experienced could have been a case of mass hysteria. Despite a thorough investigation, the case remains inconclusive, although there are several possible explanations.
You Make Me Feel Like Stayin' a Rocket Queen
Who knew the Bee Gees could rock so hard? The latest mashup from Bill McClintock combines Guns N' Roses' song "Rocket Queen" with "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancin'" from Leo Sayer, although Sayer doesn't show up substantially until the song is half over. As McClintock often does, he sneaks in cameos from other artists for guitar solos, like Jimi Hendrix and White Zombie in this song.
September 21, 2018
Yeah, it's a special day. The equinox isn't until tomorrow, but Demi Adejuyigbe celebrates the 21st of September every year. In 2018 he went all out. (via Metafilter)
Do you remember? 🤔— Earth, Wind & Fire (@EarthWindFire) September 21, 2018