BREAKING: ANGRY IDIOTS, IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR, ANONYMOUS TROLLING … ON THE INTERNET?
STOP THE PRESSES. THE PEOPLE MUST BE INFORMED ABOUT ROAD RAGE ON THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY IMMEDIATELY.
What’s that? Oh, it’s just a violin and piano built at 50:1 scale and then turned into a building.
Opened in 2007, the Piano House can be found in Huainan City, An Hui Province, China. Inside are performance and practice spaces for music students as well as a bunch of plans on display for the public to view for newly developed areas nearby.
If the daytime shot wasn’t impressive enough, check out what it looks like after dark. It’s like if Stradivarius and the Steinways kidnapped an architect from inside TRON:
Taipei, Taiwan: A restaurant on the ground themed to look like the inside of an Airbus A380, except with better-than-airline food and no security.
Another (completely unrelated) A380-themed restaurant opened recently in Chongqing, China. As you can see below, it’s a bit classier looking.
George Lucas does something likable for a change by planning revenge on his rich neighbors
I don’t know if this makes up for Episode I, but it definitely makes up for Howard the Duck.
(via Movies.com)
Would you wear this shirt out? How about if you were going out to a taping of a TV show that’s broadcast in over 170 countries and watched weekly today by over 300 million people?
This girl from the UK has been determined to have the most scientifically perfect face:
The 18-year-old student is blessed with what is described as the perfect face. It matches an international blueprint for the optimum ratio between eyes, mouth, forehead and chin, endowing her with flawless proportions.
She beat out 8,000 other people and now the race is over. Can we all stop caring so much about looks now and move on with society? Probably not. :/
Q: How do you get people in Arkansas to care about the public library?
A: I’m not sure, but this is something they’ve tried.
Found in Craighead County, AR
“The pattern of results is consistent with findings for other complex traits. First, the estimated fraction of phenotypic variation that could, in principle, be explained by dense SNP arrays is around one-half of the narrow heritability estimated using twin and family samples. The molecular-genetic–based heritability estimates, therefore, partially corroborate evidence of significant heritability from behavior genetic studies. Second, our analyses suggest that these traits have a polygenic architecture, with the heritable variation explained by many genes with small effects. Our results suggest that most published genetic association studies with economic and political traits are dramatically underpowered, which implies a high false discovery rate. These results convey a cautionary message for whether, how, and how soon molecular genetic data can contribute to, and potentially transform, research in social science.”
If you’re the kind of person who thrives under pressure, you’re going to love this. Maybe. It is, by far, one of the smartest and most dastardly web apps I’ve come across in a long time.
According to their “how it works” section:
- Define a goal: Tell us what it is that you want to achieve and set a deadline.
- Put your ass on the line: Upload a compromising picture that will be posted to Facebook in case you fail to achieve your goal.
- Your Friends Decide: After your deadline expires, your Facebook friends will vote and tell us if you achieved your goal or not.
I rest my case. Can’t wait until they integrate with 37Signals API.
Internet’s over, people. Maurice Sendak just won. I’ll miss you, sir. (Image courtesy of @LettersOfNote)
Reblogged from amagicshow
A teaser trailer for the most incredible movie that will never be made.
(Source: youtube.com)
Go down the long hall/exit towards 57th street at the Columbus Circle subway stop and check out this enormous interactive installation (projected on the front glass of unused retail space) that lets you play virtual fetch with a dog. It’s for a campaign promoting playtime with your pet for Beneful dog food.
You think publishing is screwed? I just got a book contract sent to me from 10,000 years in the future.
Finally, some real innovation in retail: Brazilian retailer integrates real-time Facebook Like counts to their clothing hangers
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