Upwards, baby. (h/t, wtp) // Bladder stone. // Bears in the wood. // Board-less skateboard of note. // Endlessly useful tiny drill. // An incompetent dog. // Robot dog funerals. // Scanning big cats. // An over-stressed CD. // “Corned beef sandwiches fall apart easily, especially in zero gravity.” // Signs of the apocalypse, #602. // Portraits. // Plexiglas Pontiac, 1939. // Super-powered post-punks. // Passing the salt may prove tricky. // Eight-year-olds versus Vivaldi. // What is this thing called? // How to make miniature cheeseburgers. // In tampon-related news. // And finally, Sister Rosetta Tharpe does her thang, 1964.
“Corned beef sandwiches fall apart easily, especially in zero gravity.”
Reminds me of the comment about the elderly admiral, who despite his crusty exterior, had the warm heart of a little boy . . . which he kept preserved in plexiglass, and used as a paperweight . . .
Russell Brand voted world's fourth most influential thinker
. . . from the bottom . . . Wonder who the next three below him were?
Passing the salt may prove tricky.
Bringing whole new meanings to tabling a discussion . . .
Posted by: Hal | March 27, 2015 at 01:03
When I saw the table, my first thought was of my Hot Wheels cars and the plastic looping orange track. Somehow, I don't think that's the effect the artists were going for.
Posted by: R. Sherman | March 27, 2015 at 03:01
Ye gods!: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/mar/26/hot-prospect-russell-brand-voted-worlds-fourth-most-influential-thinker
Posted by: mojo | March 27, 2015 at 06:28
Endlessly useful tiny drill.
I want one.
Also Morrissey Hulk.
Posted by: dw | March 27, 2015 at 07:19
Ye gods!
Bronwen Maddox, who edits Prospect, “the leading magazine of ideas,” tells us Mr Brand has made an “important contribution to conversation and ideas over the past year… and, given the platform [he] has been given on the BBC and the Guardian, we felt he should be included.” So their methodology may leave something to be desired.
Or as Tim Worstall puts it,
Apparently, Prospect magazine has a “reputation for intellectual rigour.”
Posted by: David | March 27, 2015 at 07:48
Robot dog funerals.
I buried my old iPhone yesterday. Very sad.
Posted by: sH2 | March 27, 2015 at 09:51
Sea stills.
Posted by: David | March 27, 2015 at 10:01
I love the enormous airborne catherine wheel.
"These are my people. I must go to them.".
Posted by: Custard Cream | March 27, 2015 at 10:27
Ah. I thought your tampon-related news might have been this:
God, he's going to be in for some stick now. I mean, it's actually quite a good idea, but don't tell everyone, dude.
(Yes, yes: towels != tampons. What do I know? I'm a bloke.)
Posted by: Sam Duncan | March 27, 2015 at 12:59
Nico Rosberg: “I put a woman’s... erm... what do you call them? The thing you put in your underwear.”
Craig Slater: “Tights?”
Posted by: David | March 27, 2015 at 13:05
Actually, the Prospect methodology thus explained shows the result is probabaly right: one doesn't have to be particularly original, profound or even coherent to be influential , one simply needs a big enough platfrom...
Posted by: TomJ | March 27, 2015 at 15:16
An incompetent dog does a very nice line in neck scarves.
Posted by: Paul | March 27, 2015 at 17:13
Sea stills: impressive photographs, by someone with attention-seeking top knot.
Posted by: Theophrastus | March 27, 2015 at 19:34
I'm not even going to research "Prospect Magazine"; looking at its list of "thinkers" tells me everything.
They could have just as easily asked their readers: Which people tick your ideological boxes, make you feel good about yourself, and convince you that you walk among giants?
Posted by: GP | March 27, 2015 at 21:49
I thought no product screw-up out of China could surprise me, but... How do you get radioactive contamination in sanitary pads?
Posted by: Rich Rostrom | March 27, 2015 at 22:45
June 11, 1940. "General Motors exhibit at Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco. Transparent Car with Pontiac Chassis and Body by Fisher."
http://www.shorpy.com/node/19380
Posted by: Matty | March 28, 2015 at 14:12
Heh. Thanks, Matty.
Posted by: David | March 28, 2015 at 14:25
Bronwen? For reals?
Posted by: mojo | March 28, 2015 at 17:07
by someone with attention-seeking top knot.
I use a top knot to keep my stupid hair out of my stupid face while I do yard work.
YMMV
Posted by: dicentrara | March 28, 2015 at 20:09
di,
Is it me or is your name growing in length?
Posted by: David | March 28, 2015 at 20:33
Shorpy has another original shot of the Pontiac today, full 3/4 front view slightly elevated: click on it for a large high quality image.
June 11, 1940. "General Motors exhibit at Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco. Transparent Car with Pontiac Chassis and Body by Fisher." 8x10 Agfa negative, originally from the Wyland Stanley collection.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/19390
These shots show the car in all its glory, no dulling or stress cracking, metal all clean, the car really does look like a ghost...
Posted by: Matty | March 29, 2015 at 23:07
How do you get radioactive contamination in sanitary pads?
I don't know about tampons, but many sterile bandages are sterilised with via irradiation. I'm guessing someone took a knob that was supposed to be set to something like 2 or 3 and turned it to 10 or 20. Or something like the following:
Location: The Corner Pub; Time: Friday 7:43pm
J: "Hey S, did you remember to turn off the irradiator with the wonky timer?"
S: "Umm ... Yep, definitely."
Location: Factory Floor B&C Feminine Hygiene; Time: Monday 9:03am
J: *glares*
S: "Look, I'm sure it won't matter. Let's just stick in the shipment for Lebanon."
Posted by: TimP | March 31, 2015 at 05:23