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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Lightning Storm in Wisconsin



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Lightning Storm in Wisconsin

Appleton, Wisconsin on Sat. June 7th 2008.



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Aww... So sad:


(image credit: Shorpy)

Possibly a replacement for the above vehicle? - "The Brass Lion":




Read more and visit builder's blog

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Warning signs for the near future
(especially after Large Hadron Collider goes live)

We already mentioned this flickr set inside our sign series: but now it's updated with more geeky and spectacular hazards:



or on the contrary -



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Cheese grater can be Art

If it is sufficiently BIG:


(image credit: Mona Hatoum)

If the previous picture is a legitimate art item - by Mona Hatoum - then the next image... we are not so sure:


(image - via)

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Unicorn Found

This deer has only one horn... Spotted in Italy. Read more.
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(AP Photo/Center of Natural Sciences)

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Mixed fresh links for today:

Imaginary War with Canada for the Upper Peninsula - [fascinating]
The wonderful world of early computing - [vintage]
Never heard of these diseases - [weird]
Awesome tornado photo - [weather]
An interesting discussion about modern music - [thought-provoking]
You can animate your photo and more - [cool sites]
Soccer Squirrel - [fun/cute video]
Girl does parkour & urban acrobatics - [wow video]
This stunt did not end well - [car video]

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Vacation, how it supposed to be

For some spectacular pictures of French Polynesia (Tahiti, Bora Bora) head to this page




(images credit: John Miranda)

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Urban Scream



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The Device

Can you guess what this simple device is for?



Perfect addition to our "Suicide Gadgets" article, this device is for people "who enjoy closing electrical circuits with their own fingers.". Read more here.


(image credit: artlebedev)

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This should work

Still, don't try it in real life:



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Pens to Give Out

As souvenirs... or just to your friend who asks "Can I borrow your pen?" - He will never look on you the same way again.



If you want this shocking accessory - you can order it here.
It may ruin your reputation, but you already knew that.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Joy said...

wow I love the pens. reminds me of the viagra pen my friend stole from one of our teachers (her husband worked in pharmacuticals)

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Blogger Cosmo said...

I'm pretty sure the car jump went exactly as planned. You'll notice there was no down ramp on the other side, and the guy's extensive safety gear.

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  • The squirrel with the Canon rangefinder is Spottina; she's a member of ACORN (American Camera Organized Rodent Network). The members are mostly squirrels, with a few chipmunks. Scott Alan Johnson, the only human member of the group, is also the only one of them who can operate a computer, so he puts their photos up on the net for them. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosquirrels/sets/72057594128554742/

    (He'd appreciate a courtesy e-mail if you use his pics; his address is on that Flickr page.)
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  • Thank you so much, great info - credit included.
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  • i really want to see what was on the other end of some of those camera angles....
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  • The large Canon lens is a 1200mm - produced in amazingly small numbers, I believe that Getty and National Geographic have one a piece.

    Having lugged around a 600mm F4 more times than is good for me I'd hate to take that on a shoot!

    The really little one was produced to celebrate 30 years of Canon EOS equipment.
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  • Great collection, I might add this picture of underwear photography:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gantico/899874474/

    :-)
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  • That GINA BMW's really cool, although it's far from revolutionary... these babies've been roaming the streets of eastern europe for decades. Comes with real leather too :o)
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  • Some crazy random chit as usual.
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  • I don't think those aliens look cuddly. I think they look like the government squad guys in Brazil.

    If you want them to look cuddly, paint them in pastels.
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  • Let me introduce your blog on my blog.
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  • Bambee... thank you for the link
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  • The manga-aircrafts are from Ace Combat 6 ;)
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  • Wow. This is a cool collection. I love creative stuff.
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  • Ace Combat indeed.. No photoshop needed.
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  • The photo of the eggs with faces that says 'original unknown is by Elise Marie. Here's the photo in her deviantART gallery: http://nocturnalmoth.deviantart.com/art/Enjoy-your-breakfast-77445089
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  • Thank you Jam Master Ghislaine - credit added.
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  • About creativity with chinese characters: You might be amused by webcomic "Sinfest" by Tatsuya Ishida. In his case he sometimes makes his cartoon characters turn into kanji characters. Granted, you have to dig deep into archives, but for those of you with enough free time it might prove rewarding. I for one find this webcomic very original and having, ahem, character...
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  • I still have my
    weapon of choice
    from The Gulf War,
    a blue flyswatter made in Oman.

    Got a lot of use, it did!
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  • The food section made me think of this:
    http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/05/30/incredible-sushi-art/
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  • I don´t think the guns are papir mache but insted orgami.
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  • you implied that the japanese had a military by saying "the japanese military may have something like this"

    the japanese havent had a military since ww2.
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  • ''the japanese havent had a military since ww2''


    LOL and elvis lives XD
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  • Those trees look like something out of the Codex Seraphinianus.
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  • Amazing blog. Fun blog. Great.
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  • DRB is the best jigga!
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  • What's actually strapped to the top of that little red compact is a replica of World War 2 V-1 'Buzz Bomb' (a sort of early cruise missile). Obviously no engine, though. Just a road flare or something stuck up the exhaust.
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  • re: the girls pushing out cars.

    i think these are maybe from a fetish site called 'car stuck girls' where girls get their car stuck, then push it out.

    a friend told me about it......
    thats how i know
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  • The girls pushing out cars are from a German late night show on a sports channel (you can see the German license number on the first picture).
    Rather stupid but nice girls :-D
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  • The picture with the ladder in the car was taken in Houston.
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  • Shocked! I am shocked that on such a blog, correct terminology is not used.

    What you call "a horse/car hybrid" should be known as a "Bennett Buggy"
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  • @ #2: http://www.carstuckgirls.com/gallery_jeep_stuck.htm
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  • More my style of horse car hybrid:

    http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20007183.html

    Steve Z
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  • Haha, I was there @ Leiden after it happened.. quite funny. =P
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  • Re: the dumpsters. My guess is that the car was there first, and the dumpsters were left there by an annoyed refuse hauler to indicate to the car's owner that his parking directly in front of the large dumpsters, where he needed to back in with his truck, was not appreciated.
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  • In highschool, we pulled a prank similar to those cars between the trees. If it's a small enough car, and you have enough (strong :-) friends, it's easy enough to pick up the car and move it sideways.
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  • another space saving parking :)
    http://zpravy.idnes.cz/foto.asp?r=krimi&c=A080523_151212_krimi_dp
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  • You forgot a classic Paris one : http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Joest_Jonathan_Ouaknine/Parking_paris.jpg
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  • The fork stuck in the car is from Royal de Luxe visiting Iceland. There's quite a few more here... (including the knife through a bus, nails through the bonnet, and various other destruction)

    http://www.tweak.net.au/pics2/2007/May/rdluxe2/page_1.html
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  • the picture of the red jeep on top of the sports car looks like the jeep just wanted a hug and a new friend.
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  • also check these
    http://everypictures.blogspot.com/2008/12/oops-weirdest-accidents.html
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  • it was taken from our site - see here... oh the irony of the internet...
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  • I notice the website that sends an email to the future, is planning to put them also into a book. And are claiming copyright on what you write.
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  • Have a look at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long-living_organisms

    There are many, many organisms that live longer than 200 years.

    Perhaps you meant "animal"? Some koi fish have lived to be over 200, and one mollusk was dated between 00 and 410 years old when it died.
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  • GeoDuck? Looks more like a GeoDick.
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  • The creatures on the log aren't molluscs but goose barnacles, belonging to the crustaceans. An even more strange form of life. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_barnacle
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  • LOL, i had to do a lolpic, When can i get it installed?
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  • They're serious animals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_tSPkVpJI
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  • First time I went fishing I caught a clam - but it didn't look like those! LOL
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  • Great video of Mike Rowe and Geoducks on Dirty Jobs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpU6cKIde5I
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  • anyone else notice they look like giant penises?
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  • Wow, anonymous, now that you mention it...they do! They really do!
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  • Check out this Geoduck video on Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_tSPkVpJI
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  • And, remember, it's pronounced "gooey," not "geo."
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  • These things are ungodly tasty. My family went to the Pacific NW for vacation when I was a kid, and my parents dug their limit, 18each; you can do the math at $300 in Japan. The clams themselves they dredged in cornmeal and flour and fried in butter, the siphons were ground in a meat grinder and turned into chowdah. It was very sweet, like crab is sweet. Absolutely memorable.
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  • im very suprised that there arent an abundance of penis jokes on here
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  • I'm curios how does it tastes.
    George - http://worldonblog.com/
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  • i live in seattle, just up the street from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe where that picture of the geoduck in a jar was taken... as a kid, i remember my dad steaming vast buckets of these things out back. the yard would smell awful. but then, i'm not a fan of clams or any other mollusk. at least food-wise.
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  • Perhaps the 2nd longest living ANIMAL, not Organism. Bristlecone Pine trees and other things come to mind...
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  • "Anonymous said...

    im very suprised that there arent an abundance of penis jokes on here"

    im not, its too easy.
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  • I prefer to call them "Phalliclams".
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  • That's insane. I've never seen one of those before.

    Phinds!
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  • i stumbled upon this and clicked the stumble button again because i was about to pass over the page but quickly clicked the back button because i thought i had seen a giant penis on display
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  • нифига себе улитка у америкосов
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  • Those things are creepy looking. Thanks for all of the info on them, very interesting read:)
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  • Geoducks are out of this world when it comes to eating them. They do not taste anything like clams or anything else with a shell. Just like scallops, there really is no wrong way to eat them. Cooked or raw, geoducks are insanely delicious. I am a big sashimi fan and for the longest time, I was eating these without ever learning the English name for them. In sushi bars, they are known as mirugai. So some of you sushi fans might have already tried it without knowing. If any of you ever plan to try this in a sushi bar, make sure you ask the chef when they will get a fresh shipment of them in because it is best raw when absolutely fresh. They have a very nice texture and flavor when raw. Think scallops with a bit of a crunch to it. Yummy!
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  • Thanks Leo, now I know what to look for.
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  • The Ronald McDonald horror drawing is by an artist that goes by *sachsen and lives in the Philippines. I just know this because I know their deviantart.com page. http://sachsen.deviantart.com/
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  • Ronald McDonald is horror art anywhere. We had one just like that (ok, not that pose) on a bench outside the McDonald's in Wal-mart and and a mother was trying to get her child to sit next to it so she could get a picture, and the child wanted nothing to do with it. That wide, fake grin... those empty, staring eyes... *shudder* I should have taken a picture for the nightmare playground series.
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  • The house is called the "six shell bubble house/ “Bulle“ à 6 coques" by french architect Jean maneval. Some 30 were made and located in a village in the French Pyrennes, I believe that a few have been rescued and renovated. They were easy to transport, breaking into six parts, and being designed to be transported on one truck. It is one of my favourite pieces of architecture. See www.designboom.com/eng/archi/maneval.html - 3k
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  • Hey cool. Thanks for blogging my rocket. I got a lot of inspiration for my retro space stuff from this very blog so it means a lot to me. There's a few of us having fun with the theme.
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  • Great, Gambort! We love your LEGO creations. Send us a tip when something cool comes up to feature in next installment of this article.
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  • the lady on the bag in the ronald mcdonald picture is the president of the philippines.
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  • The turtle monster is Gamera, I believe the asparagus-squid thing is Viras.
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  • I agree with tangle, the "regular" Ronald Mc Donald itself is creepy my two children never loved him either.
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  • Sorry Avi, I only just saw your response. You should check out Brother's Brick for cool LEGO models. We do our best to keep up with the coolest stuff out there.
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