Baby bangs. // The clap-off bra. When time is short. // The $6 foot-long black hotdog. // Ways to say “beer.” // A brief history of wiretapping. // Swing of note. // Japanese schoolgirl with an electromechanical exoskeleton. // How to make slime. // Waterspout, Florida. // How clothes should fit. // Cat wedding, 1914. // Alfred Hitchcock explains the MacGuffin. // It’s a law, like gravity. // Attention UFO enthusiasts. // New York’s summer of ’69. // A stylish radiophonograph. // Frank Zappa plays the bicycle. (h/t, Coudal) // Piglet, ice cream and parasol. // And Kate reminds us why San Francisco’s public transport is second to none.
The baby wigs are slightly disturbing. It's the thought someone out there buys them.
Posted by: mlrosty | July 19, 2013 at 05:53
Japanese schoolgirl with an electromechanical exoskeleton.
Why does that make me laugh? And why do I expect "Rule 34" to be invoked?
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 19, 2013 at 06:34
mlrosty,
The baby wigs are slightly disturbing.
But they’re “the perfect choice for casual or dressy occasions.”
Spiny Norman,
And why do I expect “Rule 34” to be invoked?
Hey, I just compile these things in a spirit of high-minded curiosity and/or mild bemusement. I leave the fetishistic subtext to others.
Posted by: David | July 19, 2013 at 06:44
Puppy cam.
http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/service-puppy-cam
Posted by: carbon based lifeform | July 19, 2013 at 07:30
The clap-off bra.
Not to be worn at concerts then. Or anywhere people clap.
Posted by: Sam | July 19, 2013 at 09:03
Did The Clapper ever make it to the UK?
Posted by: Ted S., Catskill Mtns., NY, USA | July 19, 2013 at 14:15
Something for the ephemera:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/07/what-happens-when-you-mix-ammonium-chromate-mercuryii-and-set-it-on-fire/
Posted by: Tim Newman | July 19, 2013 at 14:25
What does Laurie Penny think about the Clap-off bra?
Posted by: rxc | July 19, 2013 at 14:28
Something for the ephemera:
WTF... is it Cthulhu?
Posted by: Sam | July 19, 2013 at 14:29
The $6 foot-long black hotdog.
No. Just no.
Something for the ephemera:
"Kraken! Kraken!" :D
Posted by: Anna | July 19, 2013 at 15:17
SCIENCE!!! http://youtu.be/L6dzUOYTQtQ
Posted by: Jason | July 19, 2013 at 23:33
Printed sugar...
http://www.ignant.de/2013/07/18/3d-printed-sugar/
Posted by: Bgc | July 20, 2013 at 04:51
Frank Zappa plays the bicycle.
Wow. In return, Jimmy Page plays skiffle. Aged thirteen.
Posted by: cm | July 20, 2013 at 19:23