Tumblr-er Let There Be Doodles created this series of Disney Princesses reimagined as dudes. They look… pretty. So let’s call it a series of Disney Princesses reimagined as really pretty dudes. There. Fixed it. Also getting fixed? My dog. Yep, they’re taking the coins out of his coin purse. Well, kinda. I mean, his balls [...]
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i Light Marina Bay in Singapore is Asia’s only sustainable light and art festival that showcases innovative installations, the intelligent use of lighting, and an international line-up of creative talents. This year the festival will feature more than 25 cutting edge and environmentally sustainable light art installations from around the world. The Marina Bay waterfront will be transformed into a magical space of light and color for the public to celebrate both public spaces and creativity. Check it out from March 7-30, 2014 in person, or keep an eye on the Marina Bay Facebook page for a peek at all the cool designs!

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An amazing post on Livejournal from Ilya "Zyalt" Varlamov gives a glimpse of life behind the barricades at the #Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, Ukraine. Zyalt's photos and text convey the diversity of the rebel lines -- "from students to pensioners" -- and the ingenuity they display in everything from homebrewed catapaults to morale-boosting drumming ("When casual stone- and grenade-throwing takes place, the knock is monotonous, in order to set rhythm and keep the morale. When Berkut attacks, drumming becomes louder and everyone hears that – for some it is a signal to run away, for some, on the opposite – defend the barricades.") At the end, we see the moment when the smoke clears and the truce begins. This is nailbiting, engrossing, terrifying stuff.

Here's hoping that all our readers in Ukraine are safe, especially Daniel, who wrote our first post on #Euromaidan.

I would like to dispel the most common myths about Maidan.

1."They destroyed the whole city" Not true. All of the action you see in the pictures are happening on a small square near the entrance to a Dinamo stadium. This is a government sector, there is no intereference in peaceful life outside of this area. If you make an analogy with Moscow, imagine that the barricades are someone in the area of Ilinka or Varvarka, near the president's administration. Sure, it's the center, but regular Moscovites wouldn't notice. There is dark smoke and fire on all pictures: those are mostly burning tires. There is not tangible damage to the buildings. Unfortunately one store burned down last night near the barricades, resulted from a poorly thrown molotov cocktail. Even the statue of Lobanovsky, located in the epicenter of fighting has been covered with cloth to prevent damage. Overall, the protesters are very careful regarding property. They've take apart fences and benches, but no windows are broken, noone is vandalizing, and all looters are caught and beaten. So the picture is pretty apocalyptic, but things are not so bad.

2. "This is not a revolution, nothing horrible is happeneing"

Also not true. This is a real revolution. Decide for yourselves: it's been two months since the center of Kiev has been in the hands of the opposition. Several government buildings are seized. The work of many government offices is paralyzed. The opposition has created barricades, which the authorities have not be able to take. Despite the freezing temps, tens of thousands of people are on the streets for the last two months. The system of defense and supply chain are established. There is perfect order at the protestor HQ, people are fed, dressed, people are pooling money to gather supplies. The most important thing: the people in power are unable to restore order. The police has failed several times at try to storm the barricades. I'll make a separate post about this, but trust me, the only way to dismantle this is with heavy artillery, or drop in commandos. Every day the opposition is securing more territories. What is this if not a revolution?

3. "The entire Kiev is paralyzed, there is no peaceful life for the regular people."

Kiev is living its own life. All stores and cafes are working, people are going to work, study in universities, get married, divorce and even die their own death. Most of the Kiev populace are not inconvenienced. Imagine if Navalny took over the Red Square and set up his camp there. What would change for you, Moscovites? Nothing. So the only people who are inconvenienced are toruists. A few stores and cafes had to close down in the very center. Also, those living in the center have troubles with logistics. But the entire Kiev is not paralyzed.

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Revolution in Kiev, Ukraine (via Hacker News)

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So, there’s this board at our school showing a bunch of amazing answers people actually gave in exams. It’s like a hall of shame.

Vote for your favorites at the Gifys. The above is one of many to choose from, sorted into helpful categories such as "cats".

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Texas and Mexico could soon have an improved connection across the Rio Grande with a new proposed high speed rail line. The line would connect San Antonio, Texas with Monterrey in northern Mexico as a way to reduce travel time between the two large metropolises. The high speed rail line would help improve trade, reduce travel time (and emissions!) and increase tourism to both regions.

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1 15 Reasons We Absolutely Have To Keep Books Alive – Distractify 2 Upworthy: Springfield – Upworthy Springfield 3 Jennifer Lawrence’s Stellar Career in Emoji – Mashable 4 The Definitive Ranking Of Dog Treat Flavors According To Humans – BuzzFeed 5 9 Unique and Amazing Streets – Oddee 6 Everyone has bizarre secret fears. Here [...]
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Every house has that drawer filled with kitchen tools you almost never use…and you know you can’t close it without slicing your finger on a random vegetable peeler. KEBONO’s multipurpose Kitchen Tool Kit solves this problem by cramming it all into one bottle. Its space-efficient shape makes storing the sometimes-used tools easy. It includes a funnel, [...]
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WARNING: Completely horrifying video if you’re even remotely afraid of heights. Seriously, hold on to your butts. Youtuber MustangWanted posted this video of himself hanging from super high heights by just his hands. Clearly the man is insane. Oh, nope! No, actually, it says right here he’s Russian, so I take it back: this makes [...]
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A research team from Virginia Tech led by Y.H. Percival Zhang just developed a battery that runs on natural sugar that could replace conventional batteries within three years. The sugar battery is cheap, refillable, and biodegradable, and it could be used to power cell phones, tablets, video games and other electronic gadgets in the future. “Sugar is a perfect energy storage compound in nature,” Zhang said. “So it’s only logical that we try to harness this natural power in an environmentally friendly way to produce a battery.”

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This is the Say Cheese Instant Slicer sold over at Gama-go for just $10. It’s a cheese slicer that looks like a Polaroid camera. Instead of printing out instant photos, it spits out cheese. Which, if you ask me, Cheese > Photos. Even photos of butts, my favorite kind of photo. My favorite kind of [...]
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After being suspended without pay for a couple weeks, it seems like John Tortorella is job hunting! This gem was posted on Craigslist on Tuesday.  The post, which is now flagged […]

The post John Tortorella Craigslist job search posting appeared first on Vancity Buzz | Vancouver Events, News, Food, Lifestyle and More.

3D Babies will print a replica of your unborn baby using the 3-D ultrasound from a doctor's visit (previously: these ones from Japan based on MRI scans). 3D Babies come in three sizes: a $200 mini, a $400 half-size, and a $600 full size (8-inch) version. They also come in three shades (light, medium and dark) and two poses: arms and legs crossed, or arms and legs flailing and penis staring right at you. Alternatively, just wait till the baby is born and take it to Sears Portrait Studio like a normal person. "That's not 3-D." YOU DON'T NEED 3-D. Keep going for a size comparison and a shot of the two poses in case you though I was joking about the YEP, DEFINITELY A BOY.

The Crausewell family of Dora, Alabama, had their lawn and trees toilet papered over the weekend by neighborhood kids. So what did they do? Clean up the best they could and wait for the next rain to dissolve the remaining toilet paper? NOPE, they decided to burn the toilet paper out of the trees. A little bit of Alabama ingenuity as I like to call it (I lived there for 10 years and have experienced it firsthand -- including the time a neighbor wanted to build a bigger garage and decided to try to demo the one he had by driving his truck through the walls). ROLL TIDE. Just kidding, WAR EAGLE. Kidding again -- let's go Hokies!

[Cheryl Crausewell] said they lit a piece of toilet paper on the magnolia tree with a lighter in an attempt to remove it, but wind blew the piece into the yard, setting the grass ablaze. "It just popped out into a little patch and we tried to put it out and it just kept going, so I was trying to keep it from going down the front porch and came down the bank and around the back of the house," she said. Within seconds, Crausewell said the fire spread to the backyard where the propane gas tank from a grill may have added fuel to the fire. "I just realize life is really precious. I mean, you know that already but it just brings it home how precious life is and all these things really don't matter," Crausewell said.

Heck yeah, there's nothing like burning your own house to the ground trying to set toilet paper on fire to realize just how precious life is. Reminds me of the time I realized how precious life is when I blasted myself off the shitter after dropping a match in there with a toilet bowl full of cleaning products. You ever tasted a towel bar before? Every time I swallow. Thanks to lilco, who agrees getting somebody to burn their own house down definitely ranks up there with the best pranks of all time.

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I’m going to get an education, mother

Designer Lorenzo Martone began a lifelong obsession with bicycles when he received his very first one at Christmas in 1985. Thanks to Santa, that day was permanently etched into his brain and so was the love of his first bike he called “Fina” (Portuguese for skinny). 28 years later, Martone Cycling Co. was born as a fashion and design driven bike company with city bikes that make a bold statement.

The first collection has been released, each with a signature red chain and basket – one style, available in a men’s or women’s frame, and each comes in five colors: red, gold, white, silver, and black.

The bike isn’t all about looks, though. Each bike is powered by their innovate duomatic gear system which adjusts automatically and changes gears based on the speed you’re cruising at.

PadHome launched the new brand in London at Home this month.

There are several car sharing services like Zipcar that offer access to electric vehicles, but vukee Car just announced the world’s first car sharing service to offer the Tesla Model S! This spring the Palo Alto-based company is set to launch the first Tesla car sharing service in the U.S.

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A small community of villagers in Guizhou Province, China refused houses that the government offered them, and decided to continue living in caves in the mountains of Anshun. The Miao ethnic minority group has developed a quasi-tribal society and built roofless houses, schools and a basketball court inside the 230-meter-long, 115-meter-wide and 50-meter-high cave.

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A pair of sexy rooftop penthouses designed by Shigeru Ban will soon be topping a historical building in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood. The 2-level additions appear to be quite modern in design, but still complement the striking architecture of the building, which dates back to 1882.

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Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski

Photo by Spencer Hansen at Ochi Gallery

Photo by Spencer Hansen at Ochi Gallery

Photo by Spencer Hansen at Ochi Gallery

Photo by Spencer Hansen at Ochi Gallery

Splayed across a giant paper canvas with pieces of charcoal firmly grasped in each hand, Heather Hansen begins a grueling physical routine atop a sizeable paper canvas. Her body contorts into carefully choreographed gestures as her writing implements grate across the floor, the long trails resulting in a permanent recording of her physical movements. Part dance and part performance art, the kinetic drawings are a way for Hansen to merge her love for visual art and dance into a unified artform. The final symmetrical patterns that emerge in each pieces are reminiscent of a Rorschach test, or perhaps cycles found in nature.

Hansen most recently had a group exhibition, The Value of a Line, at Ochi Gallery in Ketchum, Idaho which runs through March 31, 2014. All photography above courtesy the artist by Spencer Hansen and Bryan Tarnowski. If you liked this also check out the work of Tony Orrico. (via iGNANT, My Modern Met)

I was going to post this video last week but then I thought I would tape and upload a video of myself eating three cacti to show the world just how much manlier/stupider I am. Unfortunately, Home Depot didn't have any cacti that were spiky enough to satisfy my ass's lifelong dream of trying to pass nails. Maybe I'll eat a porcupine. This is a video of competitive eater L.A. Beast eating two prickly cacti. It's kind of painful to watch. I honestly don't know how much money you'd have to pay me to try something like this, but you can start by opening your wallet. "I've got $6." Done, tell my @$$hole I'm going to miss it. Keep going for the video, but check out L.A. Beast's Youtube channel for a bunch more insane eating, including 150 McNuggets, 5,000 calories in five minutes, the world's hottest peppers, etc. etc. Then there's always that nutjob Shoenice, who chugs entire bottles of liquor, drinks glue, eats deodorant and tampons, and should definitely be institutionalized.

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Every airline flight in the world over 24 hours.

São Paulo is currently testing trains for a brand new monorail system that is scheduled to open this March in time for the World Cup. The 17-mile Silver Line is designed to move 48,000 passengers every hour between two major suburbs in the city. The test runs come three years after São Paulo hired a consortium of contractors and suppliers to build the monorail, and it’s just in time for 3.6 million soccer fans to descend on the city.

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KITTY. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE