Friday, May 22, 2020
Tweet of the Day
NHK conducted an experiment to see how germs spread at a cruise buffet.— Spoon & Tamago (@Johnny_suputama) May 8, 2020
They applied fluorescent paint to the hands of 1 person and then had a group of 10 people dine.
In 30 min the paint had transferred to every individual and was on the faces of 3.
pic.twitter.com/1Ieb9ffehp
(via Everlasting Blort)
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Erik Satie: Gymnopédies
How about a little classical music performed by the Cats & Friends Choir? Listen to Gymnopédies by composer Erik Satie, which you can hear in its human form here.
The three movements of this deep and soulful piece have been virtually recorded by more than 500 enthusiastic participants in isolation from their homes and farms.Meow, baa, moo, meow! (via Metafilter)
Error Types
We all make mistakes, the important thing is to learn from them. But first you have to figure out whether it's a true error or not. And which kind. This comic is from Randall Munroe at xkcd.
Working From Home
It's a good thing I've come to terms with these things years ago. Good luck to the rest of you. This graph is from Matt Shirley.
1987
Let's take a short trip back in a time machine, to 1987. Do you remember where you were or what you were doing? It will be easy while you're listening to fifty songs from that year, mixed down to three minutes by The Hood Internet. You might want to clear some room for dancing.
Miss Cellania's Links
Trump’s Plan Would End National Guard Deployments One Day Before Benefits Kick In.
Copy Cat.
Astronauts Could Use Their Own Pee to Build a Moon Base.
Come out, it's time. For the lottery. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
Bigfoot Sells His House.
The Tunguska Explosion Could Have Been Caused By An Asteroid That Still Orbits The Sun. (via Damn Interesting)
Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage. Order pizza from your own pizzeria and make money off Doordash's venture capitalists. (via Kottke)
Everyday things we got terribly WRONG as kids. (Thanks, WTM!)
A blast from the past (2017): 15 Fabulous and Famous Internet Pigs.
Tweet of the Day
Knew naming him Meownuel Neuer was a mistake pic.twitter.com/w3MrwH5Opn— Chris Dixon (@chrismd10) May 18, 2020
Playing soccer at home is not as much fun when your cat is the world's greatest goalie. (via reddit)
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Your Dad Teaches Loading the Dishwasher
This is a parody of the MasterClass videos, so I was all ready to fall in love with the art of loading a dishwasher. But alas, this is just the promo for such a class. Still, it's funny, and the outtakes at the end are the best. (via Digg)
Cat Sprinting and Pouncing in 4K Slow Motion
What do the Slow Mo Guys do during quarantine? Gavin Free grew a beard. Then he looked around at what was at hand to film in slow-motion with his ultra-high-speed camera, and saw his cat Smee. And so we learn that while cats might not be as graceful in slow motion as they would lead us to believe, they are pretty interesting to watch.
Warning, this video features time travel.(via Digg)
Weather
Confusion and disappointment is what I feel most times I check the weather forecast. The weather here finally got warm enough to plant tomatoes, then immediately rained for days straight before I could get them out. This comic is from Nathan Pyle's Strange Planet. I do not know what the countdown numbers at the bottom mean.
Learning French
Honestly, you can do this in every language, but you have to know the language. It's akin to "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo," which takes way too much bandwidth to parse. Meanwhile, your uncle mows your tuna. (via Everlasting Blort)
Miss Cellania's Links
Medicare for All Could Save Companies Millions. So Why Don’t CEOs Support It?
Were Nunchucks Ever Actually Used in Combat or are They Just Primarily a Hollywood Thing?
Antidepressant or Tolkien Character? If you've ever wondered how they come up with so many names for pharmaceuticals, this quiz is a clue that maybe they got them from Middle-Earth. (via Boing Boing)
The woman behind ‘Roe vs. Wade’ didn’t change her mind on abortion. She was paid. (via Gizmodo)
Dr. Seuss Meets Dr. Fauci. (via Everlasting Blort)
Lava-like mud flows on Mars. (via Damn Interesting)
A Bodybuilder/Nurse Shared A Shocking Photo Of What COVID-19 Did To Him After Six Weeks In A Hospital. (via reddit)
A blast from the past (2011): 10 Heroic Battlefield Medics.
Rise and Fall of the Nazi Dinosaurs
If the title isn't enough guy bait to pull you in, be aware that this is a stop-motion video made with toys. (via I-Am-Bored)
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