Rich Cronin, the lead rap-singer of boy-band LFO—you remember "Summer Girls," right?—died of cancer at age 35. He had been diagnosed myelogenous leukemia in 2005, and apparently passed away on Wednesday after suffering a stroke. More »
LFO Frontman Rich Cronin Dies at 35 [And Now He's Dead]
September 8th, 2010
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Biomechanical bug animation
September 8th, 2010
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Above are stills from a lovely biomechanical bug animation by Autofuss. It's titled "The Experiment" and you can watch it here. (Thanks, Stacey Ransom!)
How Many Dogs Did You Rescue Today? [Pic Of The Night]
September 8th, 2010
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[A firefighter rescues a dog during flash floods today in Arlington, Texas. Aw.] (Pic AP) More »
Death Star/TIE-fighter ear tattoo
September 8th, 2010
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Tattoo artist Jacob Walsh got this fabulous bit of space-battle tattooed on his ear: "I have the severed hand of Luke, still clutching to his lightsaber on my right arm. It needs a bit more work but I'd say it's about 90% completed."
Let's Hear It For This Cool Star Wars Ear Tattoo (via Geekologie)
Dupont cellophane ad, 1955: potato chips taste better in plastic!
September 8th, 2010
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What's better than fried potatoes? Fried potatoes in
Chips are better 'cause they're fresher in Cellophane
Fake unfinished concrete wallpaper
September 8th, 2010
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ConcreteWall is a Norwegian company that sells wallpaper silkscreened to look like unfinished concrete in a variety of textures. I guess it's more "street" than drywall over 2x4s?
ConcreteWall.no (via Beyond the Beyond)
Instant Elements: Tom Lehrer’s "Elements Song," with Google Instant (video)
September 8th, 2010
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Internet video memegenius Joe Sabia does it again: Tom Lehrer's paean to the periodic table, interpreted through Google Instant, which launched earlier today.
Watch: Video Link.
You may recall Joe as the guy behind Pulp Wave Fiction, a previous video riff on a Google product.
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Afghanistan Military Translators Were Just Making Things Up [Whoops]
September 8th, 2010
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According to ABC News, more than a quarter of translators working with soldiers in Afghanistan didn't know how to speak Pashto or Dari. Which explains the latest reports that put Osama bin Laden in a 24-hour Kabul diner. More »
Tea Party multi-level marketing scheme
September 8th, 2010
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The mellifluously named TeaPartyBizOpp.info (presumably the .com was taken?) is a pyramid scheme that recruits disgruntled wingnuts to "Get Paid To Stop Liberal Tyranny!" by "helping raise funds to defend our freedom."
TeaPartyBizOpp.Info is a for profit fundraising company - Our mission is to help raise funds to finance conservative causes, that defend our freedom, and help fight Liberal Tyranny. There are two ways we do this one is selling subscriptions to our monthly newsletter (Stopping Tyranny), and the other is our home based business opportunity - where you get paid to refer others to become subscribers to (Stopping Tyranny), your subscription comes with a home based business opportunity. You get paid on your efforts and the efforts of everyone in your organization. (The business opportunity is entirely optional), and you can make money just by selling subscriptions to our newsletter, you don't have to recruit others into the opportunity if you don't want to - it's all up to you).(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
Happy Birthday Peter Sellers
September 8th, 2010
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The great comedic actor Peter Sellers would have been 85-years-old today. Here he is seen as Laurence Olivier doing Richard III reciting a Shakespearean version of “A Hard Day’s Night” on the Beatles TV special, “The Music of Lennon and McCartney.”







