Things Christian Tom Finds Bomb

Reddit touched up this WWII Royal Navy vet’s picture

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:15:57 -0400

Reddit touched up this WWII Royal Navy vet’s picture

theamericanprospect: “I really like your idea. If we had guns...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:21 -0400

“I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate. You are a good boy.”

Joe Biden wins at constituent services. This letter, to a Wisconsin second-grader, is so sweet and sad and just right.

Video

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:12:31 -0400

This Is What One Half Second of High Speed Trading Looks Like

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:11:39 -0400

This Is What One Half Second of High Speed Trading Looks Like

Neil Patrick Harris describes his scavenger hunt birthday from...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:26:01 -0400

Neil Patrick Harris describes his scavenger hunt birthday from his fiance

Guy battles his own hand “Street Fighter Style”

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:24:55 -0400

Guy battles his own hand “Street Fighter Style”

@dickc gave the commencement address at Michigan this year....

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:45:14 -0400

@dickc gave the commencement address at Michigan this year. Great talk.

Making a pen by hand

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:09:21 -0400

Making a pen by hand

Animator Kevin McShane has drawn himself in the style of more...

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:18:36 -0400

Animator Kevin McShane has drawn himself in the style of more than 100 different cartoons over the last two years

LeVar Burton bloopers from Reading Rainbow

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:30:01 -0400

LeVar Burton bloopers from Reading Rainbow

Obama as Daniel Day-Lewis as Obama in Spielberg's Obama

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:19:28 -0400

jkottke:

Steven Spielberg is doing a sequel to Lincoln called Obama and he got Daniel Day-Lewis to play the lead. I knew Day-Lewis was good, but this is bonkers.

Excellent 6 minute video on the future of wearable computing...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:13:26 -0400

Excellent 6 minute video on the future of wearable computing from PBS

Will Arnett and Andre from The League reenact Bill...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:44:02 -0400

Will Arnett and Andre from The League reenact Bill Clinton’s 1992 appearance on the Arsenio Hall Show

Video of the roundest thing in the world (with a free science...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:22:30 -0400

Video of the roundest thing in the world (with a free science lesson!)

NASA Heliophysics

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:49:59 -0400

NASA Heliophysics

Kimmel makes up fake band names and tricks Coachella attendees:

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:28:45 -0400

Kimmel makes up fake band names and tricks Coachella attendees:

Separating out the water from Coca-Cola

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:24:38 -0400

jkottke:

Burn this guy at the stake because he’s a witch! You can’t separate out the water from Coca-Cola with a simple water filter. Coke is elemental, inviolable. It’s The Real Thing. Coke Is It. A Coke is a Coke.

(via digg)

Dove’s Campaign for real beauty asks women to describe...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:18:57 -0400

Dove’s Campaign for real beauty asks women to describe themselves and have a sketch artist render them. Then asks a stranger to describe the same women and the same sketch artist to re-draw. Highlights women’s self-perception

Robot evolution

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:47:42 -0400

jkottke:

Starting with cubes of four simple materials (bone, tissue, 2 types of muscles) and one simple rule (faster bots have more offspring) results in a surprising amount of complexity among walking robots.

(via buzzfeed)

Usain Bolt tells you how to win the 100M

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:08:34 -0400

Usain Bolt tells you how to win the 100M