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Imploded Teddies
This is one of the coolest ideas I’ve seen in a while: “Bears, is a series of portraits of the most unusual sort: ordinary teddy bears that have been turned inside out and restuffed. Each animal’s appearance is determined by the necessities of the manufacturing process…” Go check out the whole gallery.
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The Origins of Kaiten-zushi (Conveyor Belt Sushi)
Envisioned in 1933: Mechanical grocery store walks around the customer Substitute raw fish and vinegared rice for the “groceries,” lose the wrapping option (mawarizushi is one of the few things the Japanese don’t wrap), and add self-pouring draft beer vending machines, and then you’ve got a recipe for a winner (that sounds a lot like Kura Zushi near KIX, but I digress) (via)
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Hot coffee, comrade!
Holy crap, does this real life GTA show in Russia sound like fun or what? I would totally kick ass at this. (via)
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Japanese Bug Fights
Um, just what it sounds like. Somehow, I think the purity of the fights are ruined by the narration. I like the insect equivalent of MMA, though. (thx BRYDE)
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Jungle Cruise Tees
Sometimes it’s nice to know that others feel the same as me. Real men shoot hippos (or at least pretend to with cap guns), indeed. (via)
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Quick reading links
The 7 Missing Wonders of the World over at the Wall Street Journal American Lawbreaking over at Slate, a “five-part series about the laws we are allowed to break in America and why.” The Year’s 10 Craziest Ways to Hack the Earth over at Wired ////////////// BTW I’m listening to Al Jazeera News in English in the background here and they just announced that Japan has officially taken Humpback whales off the hunting list this season. Yay, Japan. Or something.
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Not-So-Usual Photos
English Russia has the scoop on a Russian online community, members of which enjoy making staged photos such as: “A Cheating Wife: You need to make a photo of a man, “a lover”, hanging outside the real window. The window should be not lower than a 3rd store of a multi-stored building. “A husband” should lean out from another window with a gun, aiming at “the lover”. From yet another window “the cheating wife” should look out in despair.” “The Waiter: A man dressed like a water should crawl out of a refuse chute in some multi-stored building, right from the disposal opening. He should hold a tray with some…
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CNN taught me a new phrase today
“dogfighting conspiracy” It sounds much more sinister than all those petty homicides, domestic abuse cases, and war deaths today in this fine world. Thank you, CNN Breaking News.
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Yo, Grig.
Since it can’t get much nerdier around here than posting theremin videos, I might as well put this one out there as well: Has there ever been a game released based on the (awesome) 80’s movie, “The Last Starfighter?“ Long answer: There were plans to release an arcade version with vector graphics like the Star Wars arcade game but this never got beyond early stages… (link to full history) Short answer: Go download it (thx kenji)
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Say what? The customer reviews seem favorable. (thx k)
