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Friday, August 02, 2013
One Second in Every Nation
Graham Hughes set out in 2009 to visit every country in the world without flying. By the end of 2012, he'd visit 201 countries and a couple dozen territories. You can find out more about the journey at the website The Oddysey Expedition. Meanwhile, here's the short travelogue, in which you will see one second from every country. (via b3ta)
First Driving Lesson
A Korean woman takes her first driving lesson. From the camera setup, this appears to be a professional teacher, who, in my opinion, is particularly restrained when he starts yelling just seconds into the lesson. This makes me feel much better about my teenage driving student, who has yet to fail this badly. Knock wood. (via Daily Picks and Flicks)
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What The Posters In Your First Apartment Say About You Now. (via Metafilter)
The Texas Legislature’s Sexist Little Secret. The good old boys still run things the way they did 50 years ago, with no shame.
Could You Survive on Fast-Food Wages? Try This Calculator.
The history and psychology of scary clowns. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-History-of-Scary-Clowns-217771511.html#Scary-Clowns-Halloween-parade-631.jpg
27 Brutally Honest License Plates. People will pay a premium for plates that do nothing but make us smile.
Watch pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist burn it up on his backyard MegaRamp. Keep watching, because the real action starts at about 6:30.
10 Great Filmmakers’ Top 10 Favorite Movies. There's some pretty goof recommendations on what you should watch this weekend.
An extended cut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is coming out this fall, with 13 minutes of extra footage. You can see one deleted scene already.
Making Good
This video takes the concept of Breaking Bad and stands it on its head. A notorious meth dealer confronts the fact that he has cancer and decides to make some changes in his life. Contains NSFW language. (via Unreality)
Thursday, August 01, 2013
Donald Duck Explains Family Planning
Disney produced this educational film for the Population Council in 1968. It's not so much how, but that you should plan your family. And the woman's sari-like costume makes it clear who this was targeted to. (via Dangerous Minds)
Orchids: Masters of Plant Pareidolia
Photograph by Javier DÃaz Barrera.
Big Rock Candy Mountains
Riley Brown tries her best to continue playing the song, despite an overly needy cat. I think I know the problem: she's in the bathroom for the acoustics, and cats know that when you sit on the toilet, you have nothing better to do than pet a cat. It's not the first time this has happened. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Polar Bear Cam
Tasul is a polar bear who lives at the Oregon Zoo. She is helping scientists test a new kind of collar that will track polar bears' location, movements, and behavior. These will eventually be used to study polar bears in the wild, to study their habits and monitor their conditions. Bonus: the collar has a GoPro Hero3 camera, which gives us a view of the world as seen through a polar bear's eye's We see what Tasul is watching and paying attention to …plus a bit of her ear. (via Viral Viral Videos)
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The Perfect Peanut Butter Jar. (via Fast Co Design)
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is on Iceland's southeast coast, and it is full of blue iceberg's that bob along and make the most spectacular sight. Juergen and Mike of For 91 Days went to see and photograph the lagoon and bring us back many lovely pictures.
Experiments in Yawning.
A map shows which countries of the world confer citizenship automatically on children born in the country. As you can see, if a New World concept. (via TYWKIWDBI)
Meet the Air Force's brony squadron. What started off as a My Little Pony joke is now an official training program patch.
22 Reasons Why The Octopus Is The Biggest Badass In The Ocean. And they probably think we are weird, too.
The ‘Forbes’ Highest-Paid Actresses List and the End of the Movie Star. Big names no longer sell tickets, but Hollywood keeps paying them as if they do.
What happens to a fast food company that pays their employees better? A few examples show how these companies tend to thrive.
10 TV Characters Who Actually Deserve A Spinoff Show. Which ones of these are you itching to watch?
Telling Daddy Off
Adorable Yerin Park loves running from daddy when he makes those sounds …up to a point. That point was caught on camera, when she tells him off in baby talk. It only lasts for a minute, though, and the fun is on again. She was around 15 months old at the time. (via Daily Picks and Flicks)
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