From the category archives:
Miscellany
- Apparently, the theremin was originally intended to be used as a classical instrument–now it serves a far greater purpose in radiating smooth electric vibes over this Daft Punk cover.
- The A&V office seems to be lacking a hide-away for our writers to surf the nets and brainstorm. The Ovei entertainment ‘egg’ looks like the solution…once we get $40,000…and an office.
- And while in the time capsule (I mean egg), how about cooling off with a laser cannon? (I mean Dyson’s new blade-less fan)
- And lastly, Claire wanted to share Tada’s Revolution with everyone: if you’re a fan of hand crafted stuffed animal figurines acting in 2-line plots, check it out.
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- Feeling depressed? You haven’t met misery until you’ve met the blobfish, a drifting mass of sadness from New Zealand. It’s face reads: ‘kill me, please’–and ironically, they are in fact on their way to extinction. Efforts to save them are strangely absent from the enviro-con scene.
- Ever wondered if the sounds of strangers’ pains could be remixed into album? Wonder no more: it’s the pain-pack.
- Want to cheer up after checking out the last two links? Try to find some patterns in these giant lists of beers and bell towers compiled by a dude with much too much free time and far to little sanity.
- Express your inner engineer without trading in your accessories for motherboards–it’s the gear ring. [via swiss-miss]
- And last but certainly not least: it’s a tub of mud…that controls a computer. Oh yeah.
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So, there’s this mayor in a small English town who got caught sneaking into some houses and rifling through some female underwear. No biggie right? I can forgive and forget that. MY quibble with the whole story is thus: what the fuck is with this guy’s head? Tell me that. [via The Daily Telegraph]
Just so you know: Nat Woodward has made a handy little table chronicling the different stages of Beatles facial hair from 1966 to 1969. Nat- my hat goes off to you. [via Beard Revue]
I am SO stoked about this: apparently I live about 10 minutes away from this cow. Kinda cool, kinda sad. Either way, I’m sensing a field trip really soon. [via The Daily Telegraph]
Let’s see Martha do this: Irish cook Prannie Rhatigan just wrote a book on cooking with seaweed. Check it out, there’s a video to boot! [via The Independent]
Pretty soon they’ll be freebasing Pringles: a 12 year old boy was suspended from school for “crisp dealing…” I do believe that carries some hard time in the clink. [via The Daily Telegraph]
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Remember 1998? That’s when Gary Coleman summoned ‘N SYNC to save Christmas. What’s really weird is that I have that same green vinyl suit at home. [via Jezebel]
Want more energy? Change your socks. Huh. [via Zen Habits]
Think the carrot clarinet is something? Meet the entire veg orchestra. [via John Lombard]
I live next door to a Noah K. But not this one. Noah Kalina has taken a picture of himself everyday for the past decade. [via Kitsune Noir]
Learning new words can be easy, if you use sex, drugs, and swearing in your definitions. NSFW, if people read small font over your shoulders. [via Buzzfeed]
Sure there’s a war and a recession on, but NPR isn’t afraid to tackle the REALLY big questions of our day. Gotta love ‘em. [via NPR]
And finally, it’s Christmas in Hollis and Jack Frost’s chillin’: Run-DMC has got the Christmas spirit. [via Jezebel]
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Visit Cândido Godói, Brazil the town with 44 twins located in a 1.5 mile radius [via National Geographic]
Meet Laura Lundquist, the 98 year old charged with murdering her 100 year old roommate. [via Boston Globe]
Confirmed: R2-D2 finally found in the new Star Trek movie. [via Gizmodo]
Get in the Christmas spirit with George Orwell’s Christmas Pudding Recipe. Shoot, what couldn’t he do? [via The Times of London]
There’s an Applebee’s in the Bronx where getting hired is tougher than getting into Harvard. Really. [via The New York Times]
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