Friday Ephemera

Canyon of fire. // DIY cuttlefish incubation. // The making of the Coca-Cola sign, Piccadilly Circus, 1954. // I’m not entirely sure what this is. // Because you’ve always wanted to watch naked skiing. // Some bunnies are fluffier than others. // Lurking in the deep. (h/t, Julia) // The last word in treehouses. // Leaves, Turin. // What ants get up to underground. (h/t, Kate) // Mouse and cracker, a tale of perseverance. // Time travel made simple. // Mechanical insects. // Scroll down to Riker. // Experiments in the Revival of Organisms, 1940. (h/t, Coudal) // Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds, 1938. (h/t, MeFi) // Hey, don’t judge, it can happen to anyone. 

Comments

[Ted S., Catskill Mtns., NY, USA]

Rabbi-shaped dildo. (Probably NSFW.)

[Simen Thoresen]

Those skiiers looked cold.

Oh, and Halloween - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4poDtn73-h4

Regards, all.

-S

[Simen Thoresen]

...and do the Healthcare Mash - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaC1lk7KVzI

I'll have to watch Rocky Horror again soon, I think.

-S

[Sam]

Mouse and cracker, a tale of perseverance.

I was so happy at the end. Go mouse!

[David]

Oh, and Halloween

I did not see that coming.

[Col. Milquetoast]

I’m not entirely sure what this is.

I think that's the original ending to Prometheus.

[rjmadden]

Hey, don’t judge, it can happen to anyone.

I've dropped cutlery a few times at home and in restaurants but it's never landed in there.

[David]

I think that’s the original ending to Prometheus.

Heh. It all makes sense now.

[Rafi]

A real-time map of births and deaths.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/a-real-time-map-of-births-and-deaths/280609/

[David]

I’ve dropped cutlery a few times at home and in restaurants but it’s never landed in there.

You’re not dropping it hard enough. Obviously.

[sackcloth and ashes]

I'm struck by the fact that the US print press made up stories about the hysteria inspired by the 'War of the Worlds' broadcast because they were jealous of Welles' programme.

Not that that would ever happen today, of course.

[dicentra]

The slo-mo physics of cats always landing on their feets. http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-motion-flipping-cat-physics-with.html

[dicentra]

Ten rhetorical tropes as demonstrated by Monty Python's Flying Circus: http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2013/10/10-figures-of-speech-illustrated-by_31.html

[Simen Thoresen]

The Saturday morning cartoon;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7UnO66q9w

I sort-of miss the morning cartoon-shows.

Sigh, older...

-S