Friday, January 03, 2014
Disco Spider
A year and a half ago, Neatorama posted a great video from Jurgen Otto of the peacock spider and his strange mating dance. Now Dario Trovato·has taken that footage to the next level by giving those peacock spider disco fever! Watch them boogie down the "YMCA" by the Village People. (Thanks, Kim Kinslow!)
Thursday, January 02, 2014
The Biggest Organism on Earth
Blue whales are the biggest animal to ever exist -but it's an animal. But what's the biggest living thing? It depends… is that in width, height, mass, or weight? The crew from Minute Earth breaks it down for you. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Nikita Makes the Cutest Sounds
Nikita the kitten likes to talk, but you may have to turn the sound up to hear her. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Ice Fishermen Hand-Feed a Wild Fox
This wild fox walks across a frozen lake near Saratov, Russia, to approach some fishermen. For his curiosity, he's rewarded with salami. This fox must have some previous experience with people, since you just don't expect one to come right up to people unless they are starving. This one doesn't look like he's missed too many meals for a wild animal. (via Daily Picks and Flicks)
Miss Cellania's Links
Songwriter Woody Guthrie wrote down a list of New Year resolutions in his journal in 1942. He illustrated them with doodles.
Everyone’s a Biblical Literalist Until You Bring Up Gluttony. (via Bits and Pieces)
15 Fantastically Artistic Alternate Covers For Famous Books.
A federal judge has ruled that the character of Sherlock Holmes is now in the public domain. But what does that really mean?
Spandy Andy entertains a crowd with his street dance. But a cute little kid steps up and makes it a real two-man show.
The Most Extreme Explorers of 2013. They live lives the rest of us only dream (and read) about.
Sir Patrick Stewart Demonstrates How Cows have Regional Accents. Of course, American cows sound whinier than British cattle.
25 Things Nobody Tells You About Your First Apartment. I sent this to my kids so they'd know, and they think I'm hinting for them to move out.
Reasons Tom Hanks is awesome.
2013 In 4 Minutes
Just about everything that happened in 2013 is included in this 4-minute video from Ryan James Yezak. If you don't know what happened, you won't be able to follow it, but if you are acceptably in the know, you will recognize the short clips. (via Viral Viral Videos)
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
IKEA Heights
Family, betrayal, sex, murder, and lots of melodrama: IKEA Heights is a soap opera shot at the IKEA store in Burbank, California in 2009-10. No, they didn't have permission from IKEA to do it, and some of the filming was quite an adventure. At first, store employees just assumed they had permission, but later the actors found their pictures were posted in the security room.
There's a bit of backstory about the series at reddit, when one of the actresses showed up to explain. There are seven episodes of IKEA Heights, and you can find them here. There's more information at the series blog. (via Daily of the Day)
Cats and Bananas
Despite the fact that you never hear of two things going together "like cats and bananas," there are quite a few YouTube videos that involve both. Some cats are terrified of bananas, other are disgusted. Shorty and Kodi like to play with them, and a very few cats even like to eat them. Enjoy a compilation of the best cat and banana videos. (via Tastefully Offensive)
Year-end Lists: Looking Foward in 2014
As always, it's time to end the series of looks back at the past year and begin anew. I hope your 2014 is a wonderful year, full of fun, success, and blessings!
11 Reasons to Be Optimistic in 2014.
10 Quotes to Live by in 2014.
Mark Your Calendars: The Most Exciting Movies, TV, and Books Coming in 2014.
Flavorwire’s 15 Most Anticipated Books of 2014.
5 important political stories to watch in 2014.
The Daily Beast's Predictions for 2014 in Politics, Religion, and Tech.
Next Year’s Wars.
These Are The 5 Scary Health Threats The CDC Will Tackle In 2014.
Flying Tiare
Air Tahiti Nui is a French Polynesian airline (nicknamed Tiare) that not only takes tourists to "paradise" from France, the U.S., Japan, New Zealand, and Australia, but hops from tiny island to not-so-tiny island. This video makes use of GoPro cameras in the strangest places, even inside a jet turbine, to give us an up close and personal view of an Airbus and its routine. Plane maintenance between flights is included, and the views from above the islands are awesome. Do not miss the final shot at the end.
The video was not made by the airline, but was a project by fans with the cooperation of Tiare as a gift to the Air Tahiti Nui staff on the company's 15th anniversary. (via Boing Boing)
How to Be a Gangsta
Mr. Forthright leads a thug life. Oh, yeah, he belongs to a gang, the AARP. You may have heard of them- they start recruiting you on your 40th birthday, but won't let you join until you're 50. Learn how to be a gangsta with the most excellent Mr. Forthright's timely tips! Psst: Stay for the bloopers at the end. (via Daily of the Day)
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