Friday Ephemera

That giant woollen cat head you’ve always wanted. // It takes brains to live in a technological world. (h/t, PootBlog) // Tiny computer. // Robot glockenspiel. // Kissy, kissy penguin. // Responsive sand. // Alaskan Dr Seuss house. // The Sun, its atmosphere and a passing Moon. // Simulacra. // Lenses. // Lab beaker wine glasses. // Tonic water lighting isn’t terribly efficient. // Marionette drummer. // Michael Douglas is shrinking people again. // A tiny English village with a tinier one inside it. // Today’s word is vertiginous. // Plastic bottle sculptures. // Passports. // Big rabbit. // Rapping while deaf. // Indian science fiction films. // The gluten-free museum. // Three-way hammock. // How to hold your smartphone. // And finally, behold the Guild of Evil’s luxury helicopter. 

Comments

[Hal]

Simulacra.

Reminds me of a house.

[Hal]

. . . the Guild of Evil’s luxury helicopter.

Hmmm. Bell doesn't state if any design credit should go to Syd Mead, but the lines are definitely there . . .

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

Christina Hoff Summers plans to give a talk at Oberlin. People go nuts.

[Simen Thoresen]

The hashtag for the brave, new world;
https://twitter.com/freethenipple

I'll do my part at the office today - are you with me?

-S

[Rich Rostrom]

"Rapping while deaf."

If the linked article is any guide, that should be "Rapping while Deaf."

Because, you must understand, "Deaf" is not just the inability to hear, it's an identity. With a culture.

[Jen]

Kissy, kissy penguin.

I'll sleep well tonight.

[David]

Christina Hoff Summers plans to give a talk at Oberlin. People go nuts.

Ms Hoff Sommers has some respect for reality, accuracy and actual data, and she isn’t too impressed by psychodrama, so obviously she’ll upset students at Oberlin, among whom different standards prevail, and some staff and faculty too.

[svh]

What, no Star Wars?

http://io9.com/luke-skywalker-is-back-second-teaser-for-star-wars-th-1698255293

[David]

What, no Star Wars?

Speaking of which…

[Lancastrian Oik]

Karaoke, with a happy ending.

Probably NSFW.

[David]

Karaoke, with a happy ending.

According to my browser’s translation, “The goal is that participants must know by heart the songs and not be distracted by masturbating.” Which, on reflection, is pretty obvious from the video.

It’s a pity we can’t actually hear how well they do. The singing, I mean.