Ever wonder what gun was used in that movie/tv show you just watched? Try the Internet Movie Firearms Database. Here's the extremely lengthy article on Predator. (A little disappointing that the current banner ad at the site is for Williams-Sonoma, though.)
I discovered the site from this interview with Neca's lead fabricator Brad Haskins - - he relies on the site when he's making toy weapons.
1. The charm of the Wieden + Kennedy Old Spice ads was lost on me, but supposedly sales of Old Spice bodywash products up a whopping 107 percent in the last month. Via.
2. Cory Doctorow on Amanda Palmer's uncanny knack for monetizing her loyal fan base.
3. Check out the Suicide Bomb Deterrent - - if Muslim suicide bombers blow themselves up near it, they'll get pork on themselves.
Spokane, Washington Parks and Recreation officials are under fire for their plan to use the Rodenator Pro to blow up squirrels. Above is the ad for the device. You really don't need a flashy campaign when your product is that awesome. There's a forum at the official site, which could really use more participants.
And I'm experimenting with something new. Here's a roundup of four more items I saw on Google Trends that seemed interesting:
1. 47-year old Susan Boyle appeared on Britain's Got Talent and blew everyone away with her incredible voice.
2. This is the dazzle rifle: It emits super bright light to blind adversaries. Here's a list and photo gallery of more nonlethal weapons that could be used against pirates.
3. 18-year-old high school student Samuel Valdivia was caught having an affair with his 48-year-old math teacher, Tamara Hoffman, by Hoffman's 20-year-old boyfriend, Sixto Balbuena, who was also one of her former students. Balbuena stabbed Validivia to death (accidentally). Story and photo of Balbuena here. The only site I saw with (what was alleged to be) a photo of Hoffman was so sleazy, I won't link to it.
4. Supposedly some study indicates there's a cure for kleptomania. True or not, this sentence is priceless: "Reuters India reporting out of New York states that there is a drug, naltrexone that can help people who have kleptomania."
Spokane, Washington Parks and Recreation officials are under fire for their plan to use the Rodenator Pro to blow up squirrels. Above is the ad for the device. You really don't need a flashy campaign when your product is that awesome. There's a forum at the official site, which could really use more participants.
And I'm experimenting with something new. Here's a roundup of four more items I saw on Google Trends that seemed interesting:
1. 47-year old Susan Boyle appeared on Britain's Got Talent and blew everyone away with her incredible voice.
2. This is the dazzle rifle: It emits super bright light to blind adversaries. Here's a list and photo gallery of more nonlethal weapons that could be used against pirates.
3. 18-year-old high school student Samuel Valdivia was caught having an affair with his 48-year-old math teacher, Tamara Hoffman, by Hoffman's 20-year-old boyfriend, Sixto Balbuena, who was also one of her former students. Balbuena stabbed Validivia to death (accidentally). Story and photo of Balbuena here. The only site I saw with (what was alleged to be) a photo of Hoffman was so sleazy, I won't link to it.
4. Supposedly some study indicates there's a cure for kleptomania. True or not, this sentence is priceless: "Reuters India reporting out of New York states that there is a drug, naltrexone that can help people who have kleptomania."
These are the logos to four of the fake companies Sacha Baron Cohen and his crew created. You can read all about how they were used here.
And a few more links:
1. Fascinating article by Pablo Torre about pro athletes squandering their money. This passage about basbeball player Torii Hunter is difficult to believe:
About five years ago, Hunter says, he invested almost $70,000 in an invention: an inflatable raft that would sit under furniture. The pitch was that when high-rainfall areas were flooded, consumers could pump up the device, allowing a sofa to float and remain dry.
2. And here's an article about the next young basketball player who has already been identified as a star. He's in the Sixth Grade.
3. Perhaps not fully grasping that the reason to have a clean Earth is for people to live there, one of Gordon Brown’s "leading green advisers" says "Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society."
4. To go along with the Orthodox Priest Warrior costume I posted yesterday, here's a fighting censer.
These are the logos to four of the fake companies Sacha Baron Cohen and his crew created. You can read all about how they were used here.
And a few more links:
1. Fascinating article by Pablo Torre about pro athletes squandering their money. This passage about basbeball player Torii Hunter is difficult to believe:
About five years ago, Hunter says, he invested almost $70,000 in an invention: an inflatable raft that would sit under furniture. The pitch was that when high-rainfall areas were flooded, consumers could pump up the device, allowing a sofa to float and remain dry.
2. And here's an article about the next young basketball player who has already been identified as a star. He's in the Sixth Grade.
3. Perhaps not fully grasping that the reason to have a clean Earth is for people to live there, one of Gordon Brown’s "leading green advisers" says "Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society."
4. To go along with the Orthodox Priest Warrior costume I posted yesterday, here's a fighting censer.
1. WW2-era design for a chocolate bar that was actually a disguised grenade.
2. Sports fans have probably heard by now that Dwyane Wade's wife has filed for divorce and is making all kinds of fun allegations including that he gave her an std and abandoned his kids. But you might not know that back in 2007, he was honored at the 66th Annual National Father of the Year Luncheon presented by the National Father’s Day Committee. Sharing the honor that day were fellow all-star fathers Hulk Hogan and former U.S. Senator John Edwards.
Pink camouflage "Sarah-Cuda" hunting bow by Lakota Industries Inc. in honor of Sarah Palin. Ten percent of the purchase price will be donated to a Down Syndrome-related charity. Via.
Approximately two dozen ravers suffered retinal burns and loss of vision as high as 80%. The damage is attributed to event technicians using too-powerful lasers, combined with the fact that the party was tented in due to rain. So, lasers that were intended to light up the sky instead reflected off the tent, with disastrous results. Link. Via.
The story reminds me of an issue of Warren Ellis' excellent Global Frequency - - inhabitants of a town are mysteriously struck dumb by a shared religious vision.
