Whoa Bitch Shave That Shit
12/31/08 - NSFW
“If you don’t like vaginas with goatees, watch this shit.”
Tasmanian Devil Vocalist
12/31/08 - Hilarious
“Putniburatnamima bunda burat Setma hamim-merada (while exhaling) pa-toom-radatmima Aruna vetna mura dina bur-rata Ah, a-simfaha Himahitha aintne-vera!”
Pothead Paradise
12/31/08 - Pretty Cool
“While the U.S. routinely locks up citizens for possession of marijuana, Canada takes a different approach.”
Fishing Spider Eats Frogs
12/31/08 - Amazing
“The fishing spider need neither rod nor reel to lure in tadpoles, fish or frogs. No catch and release program here!”
Drawing Tops
12/31/08 - Pretty Cool
“A spinning-top, that uses a pen as the spindle, represents many of the core ideas behind my current work. It is recognizable, un-intimidating, and invites people to interact with objects that can lead to unpredictable results, or an emergent property. Simply through indulging in the enjoyable process of spinning the top a bi-product is created. Where the pen marks the surface, a beautiful map of the experience and events that have occurred is produced.” w/ photos + video
Super-Efficient LED Streetlamps
12/31/08 - Pretty Cool
“New York City’s Department of Transportation is working closely with the Office for Visual Interaction to design these new street lamps. Rather than just designing a new bulb to replace the older high-pressure sodium light bulbs, OVI has completely re-envisioned the streetlamps from the ground up. The new LED lamps will use considerably less energy and will reduce the city’s power usage by 25-30 percent if all the streetlamps are switched out. As an added bonus, the lamps are expected to last 50,000-70,000 hours compared to the high-pressure sodium lights that last only 24,000 hours. As a result maintenance and energy costs will be considerably reduced, and the expected ROI on each lamp is 2-3 years.” w/ photos
Ex-Con Sues After Pet Parrot Dies
12/31/08 - Ridiculous
“An ex-con is suing a prison warder who he claims denied him a phone call that would have saved his pet parrot’s life. Thomas Goodrich is seeking a total of $500,000 in punitive damages from the Delaware Department of Correction Commissioner and a warden at the correctional institution, reports the Daily Telegraph. He was being held for 12 days over an outstanding arrest warrant and an expired driving license when he claims he was denied the chance to contact a friend to feed Freddie – a $20,000 gold and blue macaw which had been his beloved pet for 20 years.” w/ photo
Top 5 Drinking Myths That Can Kill You
12/31/08 - Top Lists
“Like everything else in life, getting drunk is something worth learning how to do right. Unfortunately, a lot of what we know about drinking and drunkenness we learned from our friends, while everyone involved was, you guessed it, drunk. So let’s take a moment to debunk some of these rumors while we’re all sober.” w/ photos
