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The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned in no other way.

Yesterday's nut August 14, 2012

Alright, larger update now, let’s see what all we have.

First up, P!nk covers Queen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLia8jCX9Lo

Not that I’m getting married anytime soon, but this looks awesome, hope it comes to Android soon, I so would have done this for my brother’s wedding!

In honor of the Olympics:

Here’s an awesome game, see if you can name the movie character from their famous wardrobe.  I only got one correct.

The answer is no.  I would not swim in this pool:

Awesome, (but confusing to view on a screen as opposed to a printed form) flowchart of alcohol.

Oreo has been doing some awesome ads, this one is no exception:

Pretty neat looking, and cheap, way to build a shelf.

This is just amazing, Edison’s Cradle:

And lastly from ManMadeDIY, a new bicycle that is built of mostly cardboard and very cheap.  Could be a gamechanger in developing nations.

Ceiling Cat is real!  See the proof:

This is what happens when toys get technology.  Lots of fun.

The Tetris light, I’d spend way too much time playing with these each morning:

Holy crap, we’re on Mars!  No seriously, we’re on Mars!

That’s it for now, have a great one!

We’re all on death’s door repeatedly ringing the doorbell, like maniacal girl scouts trying to make quota.

Yesterday's nut August 3, 2012

Quick update for everyone, hopefully I’ll be back with more soon.  First up, get ready for Bowtie Tuesdays, returning in September!  So for now, learn how to tie a bowtie with Bill Nye:

Apartment Therapy goes over how to disguise video games on a book shelf.  Seems like a lot of work, but I guess if you’re going for a certain look, go for it.

Yes, children should do their chores regardless, but I like this:

Man Made has a cool post up about using a sprinkler and paint to cover surfaces.  I imagine it gets clogged pretty quick, but still kind of cool.

BuzzFeed features two bizarre ads for a Philadelphia ice cream company.  The best comment, “IT PUTS THE ICE CREAM ON ITS SKIN OR ELSE IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN”

A hotel in England has replaced the Bibles in the rooms with…50 Shades of Grey.  An ingenious marketing stunt, I do have to say.

And Brandon Sanderson announced that he finished the final book (book 14) of The Wheel of Time.  There are still edits to do, but those will mostly be done by others.  It’s a great series, although I got distracted while in book 9, so I’ll be going back to get caught up.  I’m not sure what the status is of the rumored prequels and off shoots (three prequels and two off shoot trilogies), but I’m not really holding my breath.  Here’s the cover, and aside from “The Fires of Heaven,” it’s probably my favorite title in the series:

That’s it for now, but I’ll hopefully be back soon!

You cannot trust people who are happy all the time

Yesterday's nut July 21, 2012

Quick update for everyone, let’s see what I’ve found today.  First up, this pretty awesome wallet.  Although the guts of it are too simple for me:

 

Apartment Therapy has pics and vids of an amazing Star Wars barrel organ, check it out.

Here are the highlights from SpaceX’s Dragon’s dock with the ISS:

Buzzfeed has a list of six really cool pieces of street art, I’m a fan of numbers 2 and 4.

And this amazing promo item from Comic Con:

A very good, and heart-wrenching ad from the Clio’s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSMlXlIJSk

Okay, one more video, this is the lineup for the next rollout of The Nerdist shows on youtube, looks amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYmtIBfhrW8  

“We’re not here to do vengeance, we’re here to mingle.”

Yesterday's nut July 13, 2012

Quick update for everyone, first up, this trailer for a movie I didn’t realize was being made:

This made me giggle:

Pretty awesome, old pay phone booths will become free public WiFi in NYC.

Amazing shirts that play off of the “Plumber’s Crack.”

It may be crude, but it’s totally true.

This is pretty awesome:

That’s it for now, but I’ll be back with more soon!

everything is better when bacon shows up

Yesterday's nut July 7, 2012

Two quick videos for you, first up, the Youtube complaint department:

And the trailer for the 2012 Olympic Games (less than a month!):

There’s no wireless internet so I can’t get distr …. Look, a shiny object!

Yesterday's nut June 29, 2012

Alright, let’s see what I have today.

First up, a strange, and what looks like a very uncomfortable bike:

Also, what happens when someone else locks up their bike but you want to leave?

Apartment Therapy has a post up about surface computing.  I like the idea of being able to “create” a coaster, an area that is movable, that won’t interact with what is placed on it.

Aside from the fact that guys are reading Playboy while getting their hair cut (that seems odd to me), it’s a good ad, I didn’t see the ending coming at all, either:

In case you didn’t hear, CNN reported the ruling on the ACA incorrectly on Thursday:

Some of the Lebanese people are sick of protests.  So they protested.  But at least they didn’t get fined.

I saw this floating around Facebook, and The Good Men Project picked it up as well:

I didn’t order any vampires!

Yesterday's nut June 23, 2012

I somehow lost a post from yesterday, I’m going to keep searching and see if I can find it.  I’m thinking I may have hit ‘cancel’ instead of ‘save’.  We’ll see if I can recover it.  Until then, check out this awesome billboard for The Dark Knight Rises:

This is pretty awesome, and it has changable heads, so you can keep the handle:

And this was floating around before, but I thought it was neat, the best excuse note ever:

It’s impossible to be interesting without having most people dislike you

Yesterday's nut June 22, 2012

Quick update for everyone, I”ll be back with much more very soon as well.

First up, this is just adorable, so if you’re having a bad day, prepare for it to turn around:

Stunning art made from plastic water bottles, you can see more pics here.

Also from Copyranter, an awesome ad for seatbelts and an incredible series for Child Abuse Awareness.  He also has a cool ad buy for an S&M shop, but no one in Pittsburgh would have seen these, you don’t hit the bottom of the ketchup bottle, you smack the ’57’ near the neck with the heel of your hand.

 I never even thought of this, but of course, it’s amazing:

Slog has a great post, “Band Names that double as ways I would want to die.”  My favorite: Trampled by Turtles.

This chart is made from data collected this May (2012).  Sigh.

And finally from Nerdist and PBS, a primer on 8-bit art:

That’s it for now, be back soon!

 

“We’re just trying to live our normal lives. What did McDonald’s ever do except make delicious chicken nuggets?”

Yesterday's nut June 9, 2012

I was able to sneak away from camp on our day off (don’t worry, I’m going back to work tonight), but wanted to get through some of the cool stuff I’ve seen go past in my RSS feeds.

First up, we won’t be able to see it again in our lifetime, but here is the Venus Transit:

Here are some pics as well, pretty awesome!

Scientists are hosting bake sales for NASA!  Not to raise money, but to raise awareness.  Pretty awesome, and sad.

Most likely set up, but a fun video with the Pine-Sol lady:

Awesome ad from Copywranter, being driven around Colorado this summer:

Hide and seek, from the perspective of a baby:

Amazing art of saints as superheroes.  Pretty cool.

A brief history of video games:

I’ll hopefully be back soon, have a great one!

Rhonda the Immortal Waitress

Yesterday's nut May 27, 2012

Okay, a big update, finally really getting through a lot of old e-mails to myself, so let’s take a look.

First up, an awesome video of a lunar eclipse.  Check it out.

I’ve seen their stop-motion Tetris before, but never this video:

Want to make 3-D movies at home?  Lifehacker has you covered, but you need two identical cameras

I think I’m going to do this, I already have Twitter updated each day with a new background, so this would be nice to see as well on my desktop.

Awesome execution of an ad, and like he says, hopefully it works.

A strange site, but cool stuff.  I particularly enjoy the adjustable tables and the hoodie.

I think I’ve posted this before, but it’s really pretty.  Although I worry about removing the beer from the keg just to put into this system.

So, this is a real thing:

This seems just unnecessary.  Cats, let loose in IKEA.

Someone made CFLs look much better, I like them a lot:

Okay, that’s it for now, but I’ll be back again soon!

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