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Archive for August, 2008

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats

Are you an engineer? Have you ever wondered whether you should get a cat? Refused to get that retarded “Dummy’s Guide to Cats” because, dammit, you are an engineer? Well look no further.

The guy who created this (user: klusmanp on YouTube; Paul Klusman) has a few other great videos if you have a bit of time.

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George Orwell Diaries

What if George Orwell (of 1984 and Animal Farm fame) was a blogger? Someone is testing the waters by posting his journal, day by day, as a blog. Fascinating reading. He seems really interested in measurements…

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Booze + Boobs = …

… The WineRack! And it’s SFW!

Surreptitiously smuggle spirits secreted near her splazoingas! Spiffy!

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Death Star Canteen

What if the Death Star in Star Wars had a cafeteria? And what if everyone, including Darth Vader, had to eat there? Eddy Izzard demonstrates, in Lego format.

Death by tray!

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The Upright Corpse

Unbelievable.

A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

It’s so weirdly ghetto it’s almost appealing. Not that I would ever do it, but dayam!

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Captain Disillusion!

Blend a little skepticism with a visual effects professional, add some YouTube goodness and humor, and you get Captain Disillusion! Champion of… well… letting people know they’re idiots for believing in stupid web videos.

Also available in high quality video!

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Awesome Lego Photos

By photographer Mike Stimpson. He’s recreated many iconic images with Lego. Very nice, and some are even kind of creepy!

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Dude Looks Like A Lady!

And a ladies’ lady at that!

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Hurray Gramma!

No one honks rudely at Gramma and gets away with it!

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Rat Brains Drive Robots

In this installment of the Rise of the Machines, researchers use rat neurons to control robots. Why not use human brains, you ask? Because according to boffins, the difference is a matter of “quantity, not quality.” Your killbot wants cheese.

Thanks to Adeliza for the link!

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