Damn, sometimes you watch greatest unfold before your eyes. Such was the case with last night’s Adult Swim special. The skit was hosted by Jeff Probst and took viewers on a “behind the scenes” look at Jon Hamm and Adam Scott’s attempt to create a shot-by-shot remake of the introduction to the 80s CBS detective [...]
From Abraham Piper: Buttons the Jack Russell and Kitty the Kitten are both residents at the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home in London. Buttons was rejected by her mother because she was the runt of the litter and Kitty was brought in by the person who found her alone when she was a day old. Usually dogs and [...]
“The assassination is well-covered in classical texts, but until now, researchers had no archaeological evidence of the place where it happened. Now, archaeologists have unearthed a concrete structure nearly 10 feet wide and 6.5 feet tall that may have been erected by Augustus, Julius Caesar’s successor, to condemn the assassination. The structure is at the [...]
VICE Magazine sent Nimrod Kamer to London to mess with The Sartorialist, aka fashion blogger Scott Schuman. The hashtag part was probably my favorite park. This isn’t quite up to the level of, say, Sasha Baron-Cohen, but it gave me a good chuckle nonetheless.
Well played, Jimmy Fallon. Well played.
“A farmer sprayed milk on policemen during a protest against falling milk prices outside the E.U.’s headquarters in Brussels, where agricultural ministers discussed its policies at an emergency meeting.” It sort of looks like Dale Earnhardt Jr. was taking a break from NASCAR races to help with the protest, doesn’t it? [via clusterflock]
What is this voodoo magic? Josh Bechtel’s Bicymple prototype is an interesting evolution of the bicycle. By removing the chain, the number of moving parts and overall complexity is significantly reduced. A direct-drive, freewheeling hub joins the crank arm axis with the rear-wheel axis, shortening the wheelbase and minimizing the design. More than just a [...]
Lance Reddick, who you may not remember from The Wire or Fringe, now hosts Nice Try, IHOP, a fake crime-fighting show that “exposes the scumbags” behind old IHOPs pretending to be different businesses. Reddick isn’t fooled by those shenanigans and neither should you.
