Ron Swanson is prepared for the coming Bacon Shortage

The Simpsons with real actors

Simpsons opening done with real actors. Very well done:




h/t kottke

Lightning at 7200 frames per second

So cool...





h/t PetaPixel

The Levitating slinky!

Cool to watch and cool to hear the scientific breakdown. I really need to get a high speed camera...




via Kottke

Burgers by Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra

I prefer Sinatra's but they both are pretty great.

Tim Burton Inspired Zoetrope Cake

Coolest cake ever....






 h/t The Colossal

Whiskey is in lots of movies

A supercut of whiskey references in movies and TV:

Cop Car Bohemian Rhapsody

I hope to never find myself in this guy's place, but if I do I hope I can belt out a great version of this tune like him:

Anchorman 2!

Last night on Conan, Will Ferrell Ron Burgundy announced a sequel to Anchorman:




Count me as excited!

Evolution in NYC

A very cool short video about how wildlife evolves in the context of the city of New York. I especially like the way that the fragmentation of the parks can cause subspecies to evolve that are specific to their homes.





h/t Discover Magazine

Fire-flavored Ramen noodles

Very hot ramen noodles in Kyoto:

High Resolution aerial panoramas

A project by a Russian Photographer. He has dramatic panoramas from all over the world taken from a helicopter or some other similarly high point. I particularly liked the New York (duh), San Francisco, Miami, and Victoria Falls series.

Some pretty awesome stuff in here:

Full list here.

Steve Martin is awesome.

The end of the Republican Party?

....or at least as we know it.

In a great, smart piece in New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait argues just that. Demographics are a strong force working against the G.O.P. and their intransigence may ultimately be their downfall should they not change their ways. This article really drives home the importance of the 2012 election. I recommend the read:

2012 or Never

As a side note New York magazine has really stepped up their political journalism in the last few years. Pieces of this quality have become quite regular.

Before and after the iPhone

A comparison of mobile phone designs before and after the release of the iPhone:



h/t Boing Boing

Rick Santorum's new advertisement

Tell em rick!

Chris Cornell's Whitney Houston Tribute

Chris Cornell covers 'I will always love you' at an Obama fundraiser in San Francisco last week:

Snowboarding with an L.E.D. suit

This has been making the rounds on the internets but I figured id share it too.

Snowboarder, Jacob Sutton, riding at night with a full body L.E.D. suit as his only source of light:

Wes Anderson from above.

A mashup of one of Wes Anderson's favorite type of shots:


Wes Anderson // FROM ABOVE from kogonada on Vimeo.

Ferris Bueller Sequel (sorta)

Yeah Im posting an advertisement, but its really well done....