Category: Weird

The impressive multi-functional business card you see above belongs to “Melvin,” a hacker who decided some years ago to design a piece of business identification that was both appropriate and unique. He scored on both fronts, but most impressive is the card’s dual purpose: as well as providing contact info for clients, the card can be easily dismantled – each individual tool can be popped out and detached – and cleverly used as a lock-picking kit. It’s a great idea.

Below is a similar example, this one belonging to legendary hacker-turned-security consultant Kevin Mitnick. He actually commissioned the design as a direct result of seeing Melvin’s.

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The abandoned Joyland Amusement park in Wichita, Kansas. Great, sad images. Tools…Canon 7D. Kessler Pocket Dolly. Lots of different glass. Graded with MB Colorista II and Looks. Really wanted to push the color on this since places like this are hyper-colorful in people’s memories.

Do you think that if zombies had enough presence of mind to cook, that they’d bake things out of brains? We can imagine there being zombie bakeries, where they whip up brain-shaped cupcakes with frosting made from blended parietal lobe. (Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. It really adds a certain zing to cream cheese frosting. Way better than nutmeg, IMNSHO.) And of course, there’d have to be chocolate chip cookies with chunks of medulla oblongata. OMG, delish.

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They are specters from our collective childhood, observed from behind half-finished sandcastles. They move purposefully along the beach, captivating young onlookers with the promise of magical treasure.

They are the metal-detector guys. The archetypal loners. Sealed off from the world by giant headphones, happy to reward young tagalongs with a bottle cap.

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The research team hope within the next two years to test a compound based on one which shields coral against harmful ultraviolet rays.

“We already knew that coral and some algae can protect themselves from the harsh UV rays in tropical climates by producing their own sunscreens but, until now, we didn?t know how,” said Dr Paul Long, head of the team.

“What we have found is that the algae living within the coral makes a compound that we think is transported to the coral, which then modifies it into a sunscreen for the benefit of both the coral and the algae.

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Buying a house seemed like such a great idea… until you realized that hours of your precious weekend video game time would have to be spent mowing a lawn. Putting on your crappy sneakers, starting up the cranky motor, pushing it around your yard. Edging. UGH. It’s enough to make us go back to apartment life, it is.

Robomower is the perfect solution! It’s the Three Laws Safe way to mow your lawn and play video games simultaneously. If you have a busy schedule, allergies, a disability, or you’re just lazy and don’t want to hire a landscaping service, you’re going to love the Robomower.

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