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Where books come to life… insane stop motion h/t...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:32:08 -0500

Where books come to life… insane stop motion h/t @cflinnds/

A duet between lovely steampunk / insect musical...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:43:58 -0500

A duet between lovely steampunk / insect musical instruments

@drawonthewalls:

sedcxy:zsommand A duet

"Justifying Twilight by saying “It gets kids to read” is like justifying prostitution by..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:52:44 -0500

“Justifying Twilight by saying “It gets kids to read” is like justifying prostitution by saying “at least it gets them outside.” @faderjockey”

- Twitter @Faderjockey: Justifying Twilight

Unbelievable software turns average webcam into 3D scanner -...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:17:27 -0500

Unbelievable software turns average webcam into 3D scanner - @Core77

gservo: pepiberto:Gundam vs Optimus

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0500

gservo:

pepiberto:Gundam vs Optimus

yvynyl: Moleskine #75 - Stevie by firstladypatate

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:34:16 -0500

yvynyl:

Moleskine #75 - Stevie by firstladypatate

Cal Flame G5000 Is A Fireplace And Cocktail Table All-in-one -...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:30:19 -0500

Cal Flame G5000 Is A Fireplace And Cocktail Table All-in-one - Born Rich

Bendy Straw Giraffe (via spacesick)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:01 -0500

Bendy Straw Giraffe (via spacesick)

Cats for Gold!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:11:36 -0500

Cats for Gold!:

Turn your pretty into kitty, send in treasure and get the cheshire!

h/t @erinliszewski

Hell Explained, Via Chemistry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:42:48 -0500

Its like XKCD was taking a chemistry exam…

Via an Email From my Aunt

The following is an actual question given on University of Arizona chemistry mid term.

The answer by one student was so ‘profound’ that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving.

I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. There fore, no souls are leaving.. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, ‘It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,’ and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct….. …leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting’Oh my God.’

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.

Lost in translation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:54:51 -0500

clientsfromhell:

I once had a client call me in a panic from their annual holiday in France:

CLIENT: I have an urgent problem…

ME: Ok, what’s up and I’ll see if I can try and fix it

CLIENT: Well there’s something up with my site and I need you to fix it immediately. I’ve just gone onto my website from the villa and the whole site is coming up in English not French.

ME: That’s correct, it’s an English website.

CLIENT (at this point very irate) : I know, but I’m in France!!! Shouldn’t it be in French when I log on from France so that French people can read what I do?

Learning From Stupid: Podcamp Philly Petcha Kutcha via Vimeo...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:36:58 -0500

Learning From Stupid: Podcamp Philly Petcha Kutcha via Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Mustache Dog Toy! wonder if they have one the size of my tiony...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:35:53 -0500

Mustache Dog Toy! wonder if they have one the size of my tiony dog?

via drawonthewalls:

stephadelphia:

The secret life of unicorns, this is new ground for me, yet i...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:45:44 -0500

The secret life of unicorns, this is new ground for me, yet i still had to share

Reservoir Turtles

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:22:44 -0500

Reservoir Turtles

We’re all doomed. The bears have learned how to play...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:12:32 -0500

We’re all doomed. The bears have learned how to play hockey Skating with the Bears

Oh my word is this awesome. Let the wild rumpus commence! whose...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:17:09 -0500

Oh my word is this awesome. Let the wild rumpus commence!

whose kid is this anyway?

drawonthewalls:

thedailywhat:[photo via.] …..!!!!!!!!!!!!

Non Starter

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:04:44 -0500

Non Starter

Union Bullies Boy Scout for Dastardly Good Deed I’m not a...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:36:00 -0500

Union Bullies Boy Scout for Dastardly Good Deed

I’m not a supporter of unions by any strech of the imagination, but i’d like to think that anyone with a brain in their head could see a good deed and treat it as such.

But no, not the case. As an Eagle Scout myself i know how hard it can be to find a good project, its supposed to be something you can look back on years later and hope you made some small difference.

But this union has taken this kid’s attempt to better his town and drug it through the mud

a website with a-peel… badump chunk Two things came to me...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:38:00 -0500

a website with a-peel… badump chunk

Two things came to me with this. first off my fruit has more of a social media presnce than the candy i eat. Hershey’s Fun sized bars have nothing but the logo, and secondly i think its awesome that a banana company took the time to create a crazy flash world just to promote and sell bananas.

Eat A Chiquita

Update: Apparently its VERY social fruit, @ChiquitaChatter contacted me on twitter about the site… crazy stuff