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Topics that don't neatly fall under other categories are covered here - humor, politics, and other miscellaneous subjects.What's On The Inside of Electronic Stuffed Animals?
Designer Matt Kirkland got curious and wanted to see what lurked inside of electronic stuffed animals and toys. After removing the fur, padding, and stuffing, he found that the innards ranged from simple voiceboxes to fairly-intricate robots.
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The Billy Letters - Thirty-Something Man Poses As Ten-Year-Old And Writes To Convicted Killers And Other Celebrities
Back in the late 1990s, then-unemployed Bill Geerhart had a ingenious idea - he would pose as a 10-year-old boy and write to both the infamous and the famous. He requested from convicted killers such as Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez, and the Unabomber advice on whether or not he should stay in school. He asked Larry Flynt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, and others for photos and a variety of questions, all from the viewpoint of young Billy. Most responded back, and the results are never less than entertaining. Courtesy of Radar Magazine, here are The Billy Letters.(Read More)
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Fake Skylights and Windows
Want a skylight or window in your office that gives a picturesque view 24 hours a day, 365 days a year? The Sky factory is a company that specializes in lighting that creates photographic illusions of real skies and landscapes. The realiistic-looking image tiles are backlit by fluorescent or LED lighting.
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Jeff Goldblum Apple Ad at Half Speed
Here's an Apple ad starring Jeff Goldblum from a few years back that has been slowed down to 1/2 it's original speed. It makes him sound like he's drunk as a skunk.(Read More)
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Guy Dresses Like DJ to Get Into Clubs for Free
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What Does the Black Sabbath Song Have to Do With Marvel's Iron Man?
Most movie buffs have seen the various trailers for the new Iron Man film, which will be released in a little over a week from this writing. The usage of the Black Sabbath song "Iron Man" in the trailers has had me thinking, does the hard rock masterpiece have anything to do with Marvel's metal-clad hero? It's certainly not a "chicken or the egg" case, as comic book aficionados know that the superhero came first. But was the tune influenced at all by the character? Josh Glenn has offered an in-depth study of the mystery surrounding the song's subject matter. (Read More)Permalink
Bizarre Music Video of Telly Savalas Doing "If"
Here's a strange video of the late actor Telly Savalas doing a spoken-word version of the song "If". The 1975 clip features the "Kojak" star lounging around, smoking a cigarette, and surrounded by a harem of beauties. I'm not sure what the camera is supposed to be looking through - is it a glass beer bottleneck? Nonetheless, something like this might have been considered sexy and even romantic (and that's stretching it) over thirty years ago, nowadays it comes across as simultaneously creepy and laughable.Telly Savalas - "If"
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Faces of Meth
See "before" and "after" mug shots of methamphetamine users and the effect the drug (and the associated lifestyle) has had on their physical appearance. Link
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Han Solo Carbonite Desk
Who wouldn't want this awesome Han Solo Carbonite Desk in their office or den? It was created by Tom Spina and Richard Riley of New York-based Tom Spina Designs.
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Classic Tex Avery Cartoons That Predicted the Future
If you're over the age of 30 (like me), you probably watched a LOT of the classic Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons when you came home after school. Ocassionally your local TV station would sprinkle in gems during those time slots that didn't feature the main animal characters, such as the hilarious Tex Avery-directed "Tomorrow" shorts. I haven't seen these in over twenty years, so it was a blast to see them again. Here are two of those cartoons that humorously prognosticated what television and automobiles would be like in the future:Tex Avery - TV of Tomorrow
Tex Avery - Car of Tomorrow
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Secret Video of Hillary’s 1996 Bosnia Visit
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Apollo 11 Moonwalk Area Compared to Soccer Field, Baseball Diamond
The Strangemaps website has posted links to a couple of extremely cool map graphics: the area where the Apollo 11 astronauts (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) walked on the moon in July 1969 compared to the sizes of a standard soccer field and a Major League Baseball diamond.Click on the images below to view the full moonwalk maps:
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Space Shuttle Versus Birdie
A bird runs into the space shuttle's fuel tank during a lunch:(Read More)
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot
John Heyn and Jeff Krulik's documentary film Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a classic celebration and good-natured mockery of partying hard rock fans outside of a Judas Priest concert in 1986. If you've heard about this (it's been floating around on VHS bootleg tapes for years) but have never witnessed these goofy characters, you're in for a treat. This is pure gold:If you want a better quality version of Heavy Metal Parking Lot, it's finally available on DVD at Amazon. (Read More)
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The Beatles Featuring David Lee Roth
You've got to hand it to the guys who think up these things and then construct them. Here's a nicely edited audio/video mashup featuring The Beatles and David Lee Roth performing "Drive My Car" and "Runnin' With the Devil":In case you were wondering, the Beatles footage was taken from their 1968 "Revolution" video, and Van Halen's from their "Runnin' With the Devil" clip produced ten years later. Audio was the naked David Lee Roth studio vocal track of "Runnin'" (that surfaced some time last year) inserted into the Fab Four's classic hit from Rubber Soul... (Read More)
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