Today is a little different because I’m not pointing to a specific show or YouTube series, but a single video featuring a ridiculous amount of talent. Below is a diagram I created that demonstrates the audience who would most appreciate it:
Now allow me to do what I do and provide a little context. Continue reading
Posted in bizarreness, Comedy, Fame Day, internet, religion, technology, television, video games
Tagged Beastie Boys, Bender, Dan Castellaneta, Dead Ringer, Fox, Fry, Futurama, Gentlebot Hell, GLaDOS, Hell Is Other Robots, Leela, MisterMulluc, Robot Hell, S1E9, Source Filmmaker, Spy, team fortress 2, tf2, The Simpsons, Valve, video games, YouTube
Anyone know what this alien-looking device is?
Any guesses?
That right there is the “Mine Kafon,” an ingenious device used to safely blow up land mines. Light enough to be blown around by the wind, the Mine Kafon is still heavy enough to touch off detonation when it comes into contact with a mine or pressure-activated explosive. While there’s some skill that goes into getting the weight right, the real beauty of it is it’s simplicity- anyone anywhere in the world could mass produce these. Definitely a blessing for areas emerging or dealing with long periods of conflict and militarization. Continue reading
Posted in design, Fame Day, Islam, technology
Tagged afghanistan, civilians, design, explosives, innocents, invention, Islam, Kickstarter, landmines, March, Massoud Hassani, media, Mine Kafon, mines, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Muslim, representation, The Netherlands
It is the year 2013, almost 150 years since the telephone was first patented by Alexander Graham Bell [a Canadian!]. I am 22 years old, which means that I can legally drink in the United States of America, as well as vote on important political decisions.
I do not own a cell phone.
Yes, I own a laptop, which is sitting on my lap in contradiction to the warnings that it is not conducive to the general health of “my guys,” so I’m not a complete and total Luddite. What I do not own is a cellular telephone, a device that I carry around with me everywhere and which would keep me constantly connected at all times. The following image is a pretty great reason for this [lots of scrolling up ahead]: Continue reading
Posted in America, bizarreness, Canada, internet, media, technology, Youth
Tagged An Sibin Pub, attention, aware, awareness, cell phone, cellular phone, communication, connected, conversation, distraction, email, Facebook, human, in person, Instagram, interact, interaction, internet, laptop, observe, online, phone, plan, talk, technology, telephone, text, Twitter
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