A Quick Car Wash

Recommended for your car, not mine:




h/t The Daily What

Mitt Romney: Profiles in Cowardice

Romney Refuses To Take Position On Payroll Tax Holiday:

In two TV interviews today, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney refused to take a stance on the biggest issue in Washington today: the extension of the payroll tax holiday. A huge bipartisan majority in the Senate passed a two-month extension of the cut, but the House rejected that yesterday. A number of Republican senators have slammed House Republicans for blocking the extension, but on Fox News this morning, Romney wouldn’t say whether he sided with the House or Senate, dismissing the issue as an “internal battle.” “I’d like to see this payroll tax holiday extended,” Romney said, without saying for how long.





Oh what a leader. This man is a total empty vessel. Why he or any one for that matter thinks he can run this country is a joke to me.

The Hobbit Trailer

Yeah this should be pretty good: trailer here

Let it snow...

1. Go to the google home page.
2. Type "let it snow" in the search box
3. Enjoy.

How many construction workers does it take stop this machine?

The answer is apparently 18 if its a concrete buffer:

Wilco Weather

Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy does the local weather in his hometown Chicago:

Attenborough's wonderful world

In his farewell to BBC after an incredible career David Attenborough recites "Its a wonderful world":


 

It certainly is Sir David and we understand it all the better because of you wonderful documenting of it and its creatures.

Separated at birth: Jemaine and Young Newt

Separated at birth: Young Newt Gingrich and Jemain from Flight of the Conchords. I know which one id rather hang out with.




h/t VF Daily

The Dalai Lama and Mr. Rogers

From a great tumblr awesome people hanging out together. This is one my favorites yet:

The Dalai Lama and Mr. Rogers:

The Dalai Lama and Mr. Rogers

Mapping San Francisco's Past

Pastmapper is a cool new project which still needs some time to get on its feet. They've taken information from the 1853 San Francisco Directory and mapped them to a modern day map of the city. You can browse through the people and businesses that inhabited those spaces. Id love to see them add pictures to the mix. I also imagine they will be adding additional years to allow the user to watch the city develop.

Here, Im looking at the business located in the building at the location I used to live in.

How to spot a flip flopper by Mitt Romney

Mitt gives a very useful tutorial about why politicians flip flop and why its bad. Takes one to know one I guess:





What a douche.

Nigella Lawson talks dirty

This is my kind of cooking show. (NSFW)

Skiing and Snowboarding from the summit of Denali

The video is 15 minutes long but if you are into this kind of thing its pretty awesome:



The Denali Experiment from renan ozturk on Vimeo.


h/t gadling

How to Lose $2400 in Just 24 Seconds

How to Lose $2400 in Just 24 Seconds:


how to lose $2400 in 24 seconds from Kurtis Hough on Vimeo.



Kurtis Hough of Portland, Oregon made this informative step-by-step video on how you can quickly lose $2,400 in just 24 seconds. It was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II.

The Saddest Book Ever Written

The Saddest Book Ever Written:

Gabe Habash nominates Microwave for One:

The book is by Sonia Allison, who has quite a few publications under her belt. But she’s best known for her masterpiece of tragedy, a book whose title and cover is so rife with sadness that one almost has the urge to brush the invisible tears from Ms. Allison’s face as she leans over her microwave and her food spread. Very little is known about the contents of the book, except for the few that have been lucky enough to chance upon a copy. Let’s turn to these Amazon customer reviews for some insight. ...

“Buy this book, or don’t, I don’t care anymore” by Michael Pemulis:

It used to be that I got home from work and the only thing I’d want to put in my mouth was the cold barrel of my grandfather’s shotgun. Then I discovered Sonia Allison’s Chicken Tetrazzini, and now there are two things.

Beetlejuice on Community

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...

Baselining: The new Crazy thing for people to do

This video made me nervous just watching it...impressive though:


I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies). Trailer from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

The craziest thing you'll ever see on the web

From www.kottke.org:

Id have to agree with him here...

The craziest thing you'll ever see on the web:

I've been on the web for 17 years now, I'm a professional link finder, and I have never in my life seen anything like these guys performing on an Indian talent show. They *start off* by biting into fluorescent light bulbs and it just gets more nuts from there.

You never really see this much bleeding on American Idol... (via unlikely words)

Tags: video

A peaceful Tebow will not be tolerated

A peaceful Tebow will not be tolerated: Fired up my PhotoShop...:

A peaceful Tebow will not be tolerated: Fired up my PhotoShop and joined in on the Lt. Pike meme.

The World’s Smallest Wet Plate Camera

The World’s Smallest Wet Plate Camera:

Edward Kleindorf has a hobby of miniaturizing Victorian technology, and recently he made the world’s smallest wet plate camera using 1/32-inch plywood and other wood materials. The camera is only a little bigger than a quarter, and shoots miniature 1/2-inch square plate images.

Here’s a photograph Kleindorf made using the camera:

(via Wet Plate Collodion Forum)

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Thanks for sending in the tip, Jim!

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Image credits: Photographs by Edward Kleindorf and used with permission

Edible High Line

This guy has a bit too much time on his hands but its still pretty cool. Full set of images here

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The woman behind the subway voice

From second ave. sagas:

Video of the Day: The woman behind the subway voice:

This is the story of Carolyn Hopkins, the woman behind some of the prerecorded announcements that provide the soundtrack to our subway commutes. The CBS news story is perfect fodder for whiling away the final hours of work on a Friday afternoon. (Via WNYC’s Tumblr)

©2011 Second Ave. Sagas. All Rights Reserved.

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A year of the Sky in San Francisco

This one has been making the rounds online but I figured Id share it anyway.

Below is a video made by the Exploratorium. It is a compilation of the sky over San Francisco for each day of the year. Each tile represents one day and the video progresses from dusk to dawn. I love how you can clearly see the gradient of length of day and weather patterns. Also, I like watching the fog clear...

After 12: Too Drunk To Drive? Take A Pig

After 12: Too Drunk To Drive? Take A Pig:

Metalmorphosis: a Sculpture That Rotates

Not bad for North Carolina....

Metalmorphosis: a Sculpture That Rotates:

Swirling bands of polished stainless steel form a moving, morphing bust in this fantastic sculpture by Czech artist David Černý. Installed in the mirroring pond of Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, North Carolina, the massive 14-ton sculpture only takes the form of a head when all of it’s sliced pieces are aligned – the rest of the time they circle in mesmerizing 360 degree patterns. For more on Černý and the piece, titled Metalmorphosis, see his website davidcerny.cz, stop by flickr for more images or see this live webcam to see what the sculpture is doing at the moment.

thisiscolossal.com

Match booze to your music

Post the best ones you find in the comments...

From kottke.org:

Match booze to your music:

Drinkify matches up the music you're listening to with a suggested drink. According to the site, Daft Punk pairs best with 6 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin served neat, Philip Glass should be accompanied by a bottle of red wine, The Clash goes with 1 oz. cocaine + 1 oz. grenadine served in a highball, and you can probably guess what you drink while listening to Snoop Dogg:

(via coudal)

Tags: food music

The Manhattan grid extended worldwide

I apparently used to live on the corner of 15,949 Ave and S 14,342 St when I was in San Francisco.

From kottke.org:

The Manhattan grid extended worldwide:

ExtendNY extends Manhattan's street grid worldwide. Here's 64908th Street and 12,778th Avenue in Paris, France.

(via @bdeskin)

Herman Cain Literally has no idea what the hell he is talking about

Ladies and Gentleman, your leader in the GOP presidential polls:

Somehow he will try to make himself the victim on this. 

I cant believe the gaul of the interviewer asking him a question, with you know, substance. You know's he's just thinking cant I just answer this with "9-9-9" and I want to improve the economy!

At least he knows enough to be against Gaddaffi killing his own people.

How many times can you do this before you become THAT asshole?...

How many times can you do this before you become THAT asshole?...:

How many times can you do this before you become THAT asshole? Five? Yeah, let’s go with five.

Paris Métro Stations Interpreted Through Costume

Paris Métro Stations Interpreted Through Costume:

Taking a literally-minded ride through Paris’ huge metro system, artist Janol Apin’s photo series captures characters dressed to represent each stations name. The Paris metro contains 300 stations along the 16-line system, making it one of the largest in the world, but only the most literal names, like Stalingrad and Alexander Dumas receive his quirky photographic treatment. For more of this fun series, produced in 1990, see Apin’s website janol-apin.com.

“North Station”

“Bullets Street”

“Water House”

“Royal Palace”

“Our Lady of Lorette”

“Alésia”

“Town Hall of Clichy”

“Pigalle” – home of the famous Moulin Rouge

Gare d’Austerlitz – Austerlitz is a town that was defeated by Napoleon I