Today's Mighty Oak

“The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it…”

Yesterday's nut September 3, 2012

Note: This was mislabeled and unpublished from the back-end of the website, sorry about that!

Alright, let’s see what I have this time.  First up, some amazing ads from Greenpeace:

ABC has ordered a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot, to be written by Joss Whedon, which is so incredible to hear!  But don’t worry, Captain Hammer is ready to help!

It’s funny and cute:

Sadly, a lot of Facebook Brand pages look like this.

If you’ve ever wondered what the layout to the apartments from The Big Bang Theory are, here they are (although I can’t imagine an actual building would have these kind of layouts, they strangely work well for TV:

What if a t-rex fought in WWII?  Find out here.

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

 

Ladies, if a man says he will fix it, he will. There is no need to remind him every 6 months about it!

Yesterday's nut August 29, 2012

So many points to a great volunteer who had today’s title on his facebook earlier this week.

Let’s see what we have, first up:

Lifehacker has a cool post up about using paper bags as a floor covering.  I also like the idea in the comments about adding old maps mixed it.

They also cover how to make an emergency bracelet that conceals fishing equipment.  A nice hack on something very trendy right now.

Thank you, Bill Nye:

Kind of like the meme of placing photos in their real world space, this does the same with album covers, pretty cool.

This is so very, very true:

Wow, image heavy post today, but here’s one more for you:

That’s it for now, have a great one!

“After thunder there generally falls rain.” – Socrates afer his wife broke a chamberpot on his head

Yesterday's nut August 26, 2012

Alright, another update, let’s see what I have tonight for you.  First up, like this post.  Get it:

All of the books from The Royal Tenenbaums have been compiled.  Pretty awesome.

Apartment Therapy has a couple of old computers turned into coffee tables.  I like the one with the orange coil in the middle.

It’s almost time for the next season of American Horror Story, I’m super excited, and here’s one of the trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-Z-023hiY

This is astounding.  David Foster Wallace (and other authors) have left the word notes in the thesaurus on Macs.  Really neat, and a little sad in the case of DFW.

Awesome steampunk fan:

Apartment Therapy takes a look at the new IKEA catalog and pulls out the rooms which were created by a computer.

This is so meta, I don’t even know what to say, apparently 160 years of maps of hurricanes, makes a giant, globe-consuming hurricane pattern.

And finally, this goes out to all my over-caffeinated friends and family out there, a giant chart of coffee.

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

A man, a plan, a phone Banana.

Yesterday's nut January 8, 2012

Update for everyone, here we go:

First up, the new video from the British Heart Association:

Copyranter covers a Big F’in sale in Japan.  Really.

Possibly the most inane correction ever:

 

Joho covers the reaction to “Free Hugs.”  There are two, but the image posted is just awesome.

This video has been making it’s rounds, check it out:

Copyranter showcases this shower curtain.  I kind of like it, but could never see anyone actually paying money for it:

 

Unplggd takes a look at various types of light bulbs and their energy consumption.

And I Heart Pittsburgh finds this amazing cut map on Etsy:

 

That’s it for now, back soon with more!

Move out of the way children I’ve been waiting 11 years to see Toy Story 3…

Yesterday's nut January 1, 2012

Couple things for everyone:

Check it out, Lego Freddie Mercury!

Have you been defriended on Facebook?  Shatner is here to help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpwmDQ0NQY

Apparently, walking through doors makes people forgetful.  Strange.

Diary of a Part Time Monk, and awesome blog I read last year during Lent is being made into a book.  Pretty awesome!

Here are 15 songs you never knew the name of.  You’re welcome.

This is a cool reversal, a biracial performance artist uses whiteface to combat racism.

And finally, this amazing trailer.  Looks awesome, and again, I had no idea this was being made:

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

Yesterday's nut

Another fun update for you, let’s take a look at what I’ve found online for you.

First up, need an explosion?  Just use this link and click the button.  Thank you Old Spice.

And again, if you haven’t seen it, go see The Muppets:

Facebook has announced a new anti-suicide help tool.  Pretty awesome!  Although there are so many status updates that are just lyrics, this will be tough to work out:

 

Awesome article: Everyone should work a service job.  God how much did I hate folding the basic tee table at Bauer?

George Takai gets us all behind a common cause:

No words can enhance this amazing sign:

 

Check out this revisioning of the Dark Knight Rises trailer:

Check out the best wedding and engagement photos from 2011 here.

Pantone released their color of the year.  Eh, not impressed.

This looks amazing, I had no idea it was being made:

I love Google’s sense of humor, check out the instructions to walk to Mordor.

Occupy Wall Streets becomes Lego Sets!  Not really, but cool idea from Slate.

A fun Star Wars Video:

That’s it for now, back with more soon!

Call me old-fashioned, but to me, if a gift doesn’t say “creepy” it doesn’t say “Christmas.”

Yesterday's nut October 23, 2011

Bigger update for everyone, hope you enjoy.

First up, please don’t die:

 

A really good ad, it even made copyranter tear up a bit:

Check out the Earthscraper, an underground skyscraper.  On a related note, I’ve been playing SimTower, I forgot how much I love that game!

In case you didn’t see it before, Joey quits:

This comes from Hazeltown, Pa.  People disgust me.  And why did the editors think this was okay to run?

 

Apparently, there is a correlation (not a cause) between the number of Facebook friends you have and the size of parts of your brain.  Strange.

Amazing video for cover-up, featuring zombie-boy from the Born This Way video:

Here’s the “list of demands” for the Zelda Symphony Orchestra concerts, it’s funny.

Just a quick comparison for you:

 

And check out the Brewed on Grant response to Occupy Pittsburgh, it’s fantastic.

Do you knit?  Penguins need your help!

Need a hat?  And a beard?  Check it out:

A couple more things coming later, have a great one!

I like that, but there’s just not enough lasers.

Yesterday's nut October 20, 2011

Quick update, with a lot of pictures.  First up, happy fall:

 

This is what some people think the Occupy Pittsburgh protesters should be working towards.  And I don’t disagree:

 

It’s okay to laugh at this, it’s funny.  Honest.

And finally, I’m going to go ahead and say that Bachmann looks like Grand Admiral/Chief of State/Deposed Chief of State Daala.  Yes, from Star Wars.  I’m a nerd, and the comparisons are strikingly similar.  Except for the fact that Daala is a genius, and Bachmann is, well, not even close:

 

Okay, one more thing, watch this.  And be confused.  Oh, Shatner:

“No! Don’t! A sprinkle just went in my computer!”

Yesterday's nut October 8, 2011

Another fun update for everyone, hope you enjoy!

Amazing XKCD wedding cake:

XKCD web comic wedding cake 

And some other cook cakes from Nerdist.

I’m not sure if this is somehow connected to the book about the Subway system, but there is an indy documentary about the font “Helvetica.”  I need to find a way to see this!

Lifehacker has a good article about how to protect you stuff.  I especially like the idea of setting up a fake porn folder with your contact and reward information on a flash drive.  Genius!  And here is their article about free apps, check it out.

This is scary, there are squid that can jump out of the water.

Hardcore Gaming, which is a strangely very static, web 1.0 type of site, ran an article a while back about Myst.  Check it out if you’re interested, and haven’t heard enough about it from me before.

Here’s a cool video about what if Mozilla made a cell phone:

Need to mix up your board games?  This book will help.

Here’s the projected timeline of the death of newspapers around the world.  We’ll see how this plays out.

And finally, a week without Facebook?  MSNBC tries it out.

“The past is our heritage, The present our opportunity. The future our hope.”

Yesterday's nut October 5, 2011

This story is for all who love Randall, and if you haven’t, make sure you check out his horoscope hotline, a bunch of us call it every morning at work.  And by the way, Honeybadger doesn’t give a shit, just in case you forgot.

Remember the shooting spree at the summer camp in Europe?  Check out this string of text messages between a girl on the island and her mom.  Touching and amazing.

It’s a little late at this point, but here’s the Border’s closing bingo!

BuzzFeed has a collection of Harry Potter Tributes, (and  a list of HP inspired drinks) check them out, here’s a favorite:

 

Awesome hidden library hack for those with lofts.

Myths Retold is pretty awesome, although each one is long, so I sadly don’t read it as much as I should.  But here is one of my favorites, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Here’s a cool time-lapse of the front page of the New York Time’s webpage through the years:

Nook Books do this, but check out this cool trailer for a children’s book.

And winner of irony goes to this story.  I haven’t done much on Google+ because not many of my friends are on it yet, but this just makes me want to hug everyone at Google.

 

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