Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Futurama as an 8-Bit Video Game

I am a huge fan of Futurama and I am so happy that the tv show has been brought back from the dead. This is an animated hommage to the Season 2 episode The Lesser of Two Evils.



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Midnight's Prosthetic Leg

A miniature horse, in Texas, was born with only three legs. After being neglected by his original owner, the horse was close to being euthanized before being adopted by Ranch Hand Rescue. The organization fitted the horse with a prosthetic leg and the horse can now stand and run naturally.



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Aurora

Terje Sorgjerd of Norway captured Aurora Borealis near the Russian border. He has created a time-lapse video of the beautiful natural occurrence.

The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd



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Staypuff Marshmallow Legoman

Who ya gonna call?



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Hobbes In A Box



 

How To Ask A Girl To Prom

Jason asks Lianna to the prom during third period with a little help from his friends.



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Baboon Criminal To Be Killed

A Cape Town baboon that has been terrorizing people by opening car doors and robbing tourists is to be killed. He is motivated to enact a crime when he sees food. The baboon prefers human food to a natural diet. In 2010, he physically attacked three individuals. The city has tried several attempts to deter his behaviour, but feel euthanisation is the only course of action.

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Sponge Atlas Conveys Water Use

Artists Matthew Laws and Hal Watts created an art installation to convey countries water use by 2030 using kitchen sponges. But can the planet support the Western world's increasing water usage, while other areas of the globe go dry?



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Warmth and Competence:

Do You Perceive Warm Person as Less Competent?


Social psychologist Amy Cuddy, of Harvard Business School, and her colleagues in a study about warmth and competence discovered that people prefer warmth when assessing others, but choose competence when assessing ourselves.

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Subway Stair Art

An artist painted a optical illusion in a Toronto subway of floating stairs.



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Word Map of Dating Profiles

Do you ever wonder what words are used most in dating profiles across the United States? I wonder more so what words are most popular and marketable in Canada, but this map by R. Luke DuBois is very interesting.

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Stingray X-Ray



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Ice Fishing Kitty



 

Listening to: Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good

 

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