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Apocalypse Tomorrow: A Pin-up Calendar fit for a Cataclysm

prawn1 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:45:05 +0000

Illustrator Andrew Tarusov imagines that our world that has undergone a cataclysmic event and has designed a sexy pin-up calendar as a pick-me-up for the hard times. Each month of the calendar features a different type of apocalypse and pretty lass suitably (un)dressed for the occasion.

Check out Apocalypse Tomorrow after the jump, be warned some months may be NSFW.

[via Ufunk]

The Blue Marble Through the Years

prawn1 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:31:33 +0000

On December 7th in 1972, far far above our heads, Apollo 17 blasted off from the Earth on its way to the Moon. About five hours into the journey, the spaceship was 45,000 kilometres away and at the point where it was facing the Earth, the astronauts onboard took photos of our planet. One of those photos (AS17-148-22727) which showed a fully-illuminated Earth looked like a glass marble to the astronauts, and is famously called The Blue Marble.

NASA has continued The Blue Marble series with similar photos in 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, and the two most recent images date from just a few days ago. The initial image was captured by the Earth-observing satellite Suomi NPP and focussed on North and Central America. Due to popular demand NASA released a second image, this time displaying Africa, Saudi Arabia, and India to the east. Have a look at these two amazing images after the jump.

Western Hemisphere (Flickr)

Eastern Hemisphere (Flickr)

And here are some of the previous Blue Marble images.

2010 (Flickr)

2007 (Flickr)

2002 (Flickr)

2000 (Flickr)

1972 (Wikipedia)

[via Wired]

By the Light of Mother Mustang! It’s the Space Stallions!

prawn1 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:10:40 +0000

If you’re a fan of space westerns like Saber Rider, Bravestarr, and SilverHawks, I think that you’ll appreciate the cheesiness that is Space Stallions.

As a homage to their favourite cartoons from the 80s, The Animation Workshop from Denmark tells the story of Sun Ray and his fellow Space Stallions as they battle the demon of darkness, Destructo. Behold the horsepower, keytars, and cheesy 80s beats!

[via The Awesomer]

The Most Beautiful Sea Jellies

prawn1 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:26 +0000

It’s not the first time that we’ve posted about the Alexander Semenov. The marine biologist works at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS) in northwest Russia and photographs the most wonderful undersea animals as part of his job. After four years at WSBS, Semenov is now the chief dive master and a camera is always on hand when he journeys into the depths of the White Sea.

When I first began to experiment with sea life photography I tried shooting small invertebrates for fun with my own old camera and without any professional lights or lenses. I collected the invertebrates underwater and then I shot them in the lab. After two or three months of failure after failure, I ended up with a few good pictures, which inspired me to buy a semi-professional camera complete with underwater housing and strobes. I’ve spent the following field season trying to shoot the same creatures, but this time in their environment. It was much more difficult, and I spent another two months without any significant results. But when you’re working at something every day, you inevitably get a lot of experience. Now after four years of practice I get a few good shots almost every time I dive.

There are over 1500 known species of jellyfish in the world and Semenov has photographed quite a few, especially the Cyanea genus of stinging jellyfish. After the jump you will find some of the striking deep sea jellies that Semenov has encountered, more specifically photos of Cyanea capillata, the lion’s mane jellyfish.

See more of Semenov’s amazing undersea photography on his website or on Flickr.

[via Design Taxi]

8-Year-Old Juliet Sings Her First Hardcore Song

prawn1 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:22:43 +0000

Juliet is a long-haired 8-year-old from Brisbane, Australia. She loves her little Dachshund and her tropical fish, and at that age, loves nothing more than to sing about them.

With help from a producer friend, Juliet’s mother recorded her child playing about with her pet and toys, and timed the video to a piece of heay metal music. The results are violent and adorably cute. Check out My First Hardcore Song below.

Juliet’s music video has been viewed over 18 million times on YouTube, her single is available on iTunes, and the tiny rocker even has her own range of t-shirts.

[via Times Live]

Ooh Aah. Hello.

prawn1 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:28:03 +0000

Matthijs Vlot has become the darling of the supercut world. Vlot mashed together a multitude of scenes from other movies to create two of most cheerful mashups that you’ll see on the Internet today (if you haven’t seen them already that is). In Hello, he sources dialogue from a variety of films and syncs it to Lionel Richie’s love song of the same name. And in Ooh Aah, he uses exclamations from other film and cartoon characters to add to Meg Ryan’s fake orgasm scene from “When Harry Met Sally”. See Vlot’s masterful supercuts after the jump.

[via Live For Films]

Why This Kolaveri Di: The Tanglish “Soup” Song

prawn1 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:07:08 +0000

Translated from Tamil, “Why this kolaveri di” means “Why this murderous rage, girl?” The song is taken from the sountrack to an upcoming Tamil film and is performed by playback singer Dhanush. What is more interesting than the quirky title is the tongue that Dhanush sings the song in — Tanglish, a mixture of English and Tamil. Why This Kolaveri Di is also called the Soup song, where soup is Tamil slang for young men who fail at romantic relationships.

The music video has been viewed over 38,000,000 times on YouTube! For more about the song and its history, Wikipedia has all the details.

[thanks Salma!]

The Bark Side

prawn1 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:13:12 +0000

When I got married many years ago, I had a grand idea for my bride’s entrance. I imagined a pack of dogs — some small, others big — all dressed up in bowties, and in unison barking out the tune to the “Here comes the bride” march. My wife thought it sweet, albeit a bit silly. It never happened, but that didn’t mean that it was a bad idea.

Roll on 2012, and Volkswagen have created a super cute commercial with 12 dogs barking out the famed Star Wars Imperial March theme. An AT-AT walker appears in the video too, in an costume that looks similar to the one worn by our favourite AT-AT dog, Bones Mello. Check out The Bark Side below.

[via @jessjorgensen]

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He-Man: Sexy and I Know it!

prawn1 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:48:56 +0000

He-Man is sex on legs. He knows it, and now you do too. Watch as he shows you the passion in his pants as he dances to LMFAO’s Sexy And I Know It.

Nailed it!

[via Geek Tyrant]

Symphony of Science: Onward to the Edge!

prawn1 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:33:19 +0000

If you enjoyed John Boswell’s Ode to the Brain, you may like this too. Since 2009, the composer has been creating the Symphony of Science set of videos with the aim of teaching the fundamentals of science through the medium of music.

In Onward to the Edge, the twelfth installment in the series, a trio of auto-tuned scientists wax lyrical about space exploration and the wonders of the solar system.

For more info about the project, visit Symphony of Science.

[via Brain Pickings]

Heads Blowing Up

prawn1 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:15:13 +0000

Supercuts are a dime a dozen these days so you have to pick the ones relevant to your interests. Heads blowing up is certainly one of mine.

That bloody montage was brought to you by Cinemamassacre. Be sure to read the Your Head A Splode tv trophe, it’ll blow your mind…

[via Live For Films]

Batman Characters in the Style of Dr. Seuss

prawn1 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:29:56 +0000

There is a man who lives in a cave.
He is dark and broody and brave.
He wears a funny little hat.
And dresses up like a big bad bat.

If Gotham is in trouble
He’s there on the double.
All around there are nasties and louts.
But taking out the trash
Is what Batman is all about.

These wonderful Dr.Seuss-inspired Batman character portraits were done by Australia-based illustrator DrFaustusAU.

[via @eXCheez]

Bath Time for Baby Sloths

prawn1 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:28:52 +0000

OMG SLOTHS!

They are adorable aren’t they? In this little clip from Animal Planet, a bed of baby sloths get treated to a bath of tea and leaves. It is just too cute for words.

[via @LaurenBeukes]

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

prawn1 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:29:34 +0000

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics is a cute little animated short film that won an Academy Award in 1966. Based on the book of the same name, this short film, directed by Chuck Jones, tells the story of a line who falls in love with a dot. The love is not reciprocal, for the dot sees the line as too straight, and directs her affections toward the wild and rebellious squiggle. Despite the stern rejection, the line turns to unconventional methods to gain the attention of his love. Does the story have a happy ending? Find out below.

[via Infosthetics]

Beautiful Undersea Photography by Alexander Semenov

prawn1 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:58:42 +0000

Alexander Semenov is a marine biologist stationed at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS), a remote research centre that is located on the Karelsky Coast in northwest Russia. Semenov is part of the dive team at WSBS and during his excursions, takes close-up shots of the truly beautiful and bizarre fauna lurking in the depth of the White Sea.

Have a look at some of Semenov’s amazing undersea photography after the jump.

Clione limacina

Aglantha digitale

Beroe Abyssicola

Coryphella verrucosa

Cyanea Capillata

Limacina helicina

Sarsia tubulosa

Aurelia aurita

Caprella septentrionali

Tubularia indivisa

You can see much more of Semenov’s incredible undersea photography on Flickr.

[via Behance Blog]

The Lion King Rises

prawn1 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:45:55 +0000

This is brilliant! YouTube user moviemaestroten took the audio track from the latest trailer to Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises and skillfully matched it to scenes from the 1994 animated adventure, The Lion King. The results are amusing to say the least, and Scar makes for a wondefully incomprehensible villain. Check out The Lion King Rises.

The Dark Knight Rises releases on July 27th in South Africa. The Lion King, now 18 years old, was re-released in 3D in September 2011, and earned a whopping USD 30.2 million in its opening weekend!

[via The Awesomer]

The Best Bails and Fails of 2011

prawn1 — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:59:14 +0000

The human race is capable of a great many things. Failing is certainly one of them, and thanks to the collective efforts of TwisterNederland8, you can now see a glorious 12-minute compilation of the best bails, fails, and blood trails from the year gone by.

[via @6000]

Hilarious “Phonetic Punctuation” by Victor Borge

prawn1 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:49:10 +0000

The late Victor Borge was not only an accomplished classical pianist but a hilarious comedian to boot. In the early 1940s, Borge (originally Børge Rosenbaum) escaped the Nazi menace in Denmark, travelled to America, and started performing his now-famous routines. One of those skits is called Phonetic Punctuation, where Borge creates different silly sounds for the punctuation that he encounters as he reads a romantic story.

Borge also did duets and a particularly funny one involved singer Marilyn Mulvey who valiantly tried to perform Caro nome from Rigoletto, despite the many interruptions from the pianist. See that clip after the jump.

More of Borge’s comedy routines can be seen on YouTube.

[via @Fayyaad]

Cute “Game of Thrones” Sigils

prawn1 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:03:28 +0000

Unlike Tom Gateley’s serious set of minimalist posters, French designer Renaud Forestié takes a decidedly different look at the banners of the different houses in Game of Thrones.

See the adorably cute animals that make up Forestié “Game of Thrones” sigils, after the jump.

House Arryn

House Baratheon

House Greyjoy

House Lannister

House Mormont

House Stark

House Targaryen

House Tully

It’s an ongoing project, so further additions will pop up on Forestié’s website.

[via ufunk]

Fleeting Light: Striking Geminid Meteor Shower Time-Lapse

prawn1 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:30:09 +0000

Los Angeles-based photographer and film maker, Henry Jun Wah Lee camped out for three days in the Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, and during this visit in December 2010, the photographer witnessed a spectacular thing — the Geminid meteor shower. The meteors in the shower originate from the constellation Gemini and scientists have noted that the numbers seem to be increasing with each year, with sightings of 120 to 160 meteors per hour!

Not all of the light streaks captured in Wah Lee’s time-lapse video are meteors. They tend to appear in one or two frames, the trails that last longer than a few frames are slower moving aircraft. Wah Lee titled his most amazing video, Fleeting Light: The High Desert and the Geminid Meteor Shower, because as spectacular as shower may have been at the time, it is long gone now.

[via The Huffington Post]