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Your Daily Commute Could Be Hazardous to Your Health [Health]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:56 +0000

Tell me the first thing that pops in your head when I say: yellow bottle sipping, shit look like a toupee and suicide doors. Got it? Now watch this MS Paint-created music video of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now”. It literally translates the lyrics into MS Paint graphics. I can’t stop laughing. [BuzzFeed] More »

The Massive Deep-Water Drill Rig That’s Searching for Cuban Black Gold [Video]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:51 +0000

Despite the Deep Water Horizon fiasco, deep-water drilling remains one of the worlds’ primary sources of crude. And among deep drilling rigs, this 56,860 ton Scarabeo 9 is king. More »

The Cure : Lovesong [Video]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:50 +0000

When I heard The Cure was playing a show in LA next week, I was so excited! …Until I also heard the show sold out in just under 45 seconds. Well shit, that’s staying on my bucket list. More »

That Weird Orbit Tower In London Is Now Completed [Architecture]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:49 +0000

Above, if you can see through all the weed smoke, you get a scene that’s something like the aftermath of a bad LAN party—clutter, shitty laptops, and monitors everywhere. But music’s being made in this budget-tech dungeon. More »

The Tegra 3 Is Naked [Guts]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:45 +0000

Here’s your feel good video of the day. A uselessly cute and furry little Ewok going head to head against the menacing Incredible Hulk. The Hulk does what George Lucas should’ve done to Ewoks. [YouTube via @kwameopam] More »

This Is My Idea of the Beginning of the End of the World [Video]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:41 +0000

If there’s something that I hate more than one of those freaking winged sons-of-dinosaurs known as birds, that’s a few thousand of them invading the entire sky, networked like a single individual. It’s a natural phenomenon called murmuration. More »

Genius Parents Are Organizing ‘Pox Parties’ on Facebook [Disease]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:39 +0000

Requiem for Dippin’ Dots [Dippin Dots]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:37 +0000

Watch a Crazed Fake Russian Taze, Shoot, and Pepper Spray His Biggest Fan [Video]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:36 +0000

Doing what FPSRussia does is dangerous. And to demonstrate just how dangerous it is, he sought out a fan on Twitter to get tazed; and pepper sprayed; and, um, branded? Look, things got weird, ok? More »

Lapse It, Eye-C Taglist, Volume Rocker and More [Video]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:33 +0000

Aquaria: Aquaria, the popular computer game, is now available on the iPad. You control the character in a magical underwater world by touch and use her singing ability to create music, affect creatures, move pieces and transform her. The app is impressive to play and gorgeous to look at. $5

Oink, Square Card Case, Gmail and More [Video]

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:30 +0000