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Villa Escargot, Chiba, Japan by Takeshi Hirobe Architects. (Photography: Koichi Torimura)

sixpenceee:

VeinViewer: an infrared device that detects the location of a patient’s veins and projects them on the skin so doctors and nurses don’t miss. It was developed by the Christie Medical Holdings company. They mainly show surface veins

mostlysignssomeportents:

Guys! Guys! Radio Shack is going out of business, so this is your last chance to grab a VHS cleaning cassette before they’re all gone. by sfslim on Flickr.

Guys! Guys! Radio Shack is going out of business, so this is your last chance to grab a VHS cleaning cassette before they’re all gone.

mysterysquid:

pinchtheprincess:

weirdgirl42:

19962701:

alwaysbewoke:

"The system couldn’t be changed?!" So at this gym only MEN can be doctors. Omega level fuckery.

You don’t have to be a feminist for this to anger you. 

Yeah but if this angers you, then you are a feminist. That’s how words work.

They’re blaming it on a ‘bug’ in their system, but code is written by human beings. It isn’t a bug; they found out the code was written by archaic sexist shitheads.

Wow…

unicornfairylove:

micdotcom:

Stunning Australian street art shows the world the true face of LGBT people

Australian street artist Astrotwitch launched “Queer the Streets" last year based on the idea that, as they wrote on Tumblr, all the “queer community needs is simply for more people to know that they exist.” Their works are incredible — and every one has the potential to create a change.

Holy crap! I’m so glad the artists information is with this art, because it’s incredible. We need more people making art like this. It’s inspiring and thought provoking. Well done!

^^ I agree.
-Elliott Alexzander

Perhaps I am using the word character a bit too frequently to describe models lately, but the parrot built by Dicky Laban has it in spades. It doesn’t just want a cracker; it needs one. It looks so sad and yet adorable.

This is also yet another nice example of how you don’t need to build something ridiculously large for it to be cool and interesting, as long as it has mixels eyes.

Spring has only just started (on the Northern hemisphere), but the restaurant built by Snaillad already makes me long for summer.

This must be because it was inspired by the wonderful art deco buildings along Ocean Drive / South Beach in famously sunny Miami Beach. It looks very nice on the outside and also comes with a detailed interior. Normally I am partial to visible studs on a LEGO model, but I have to admit that this would not look nearly as good if it wouldn’t have such a clean and studless construction.

After yesterday’s foray into Classic Space, Chris Perron (thebrickbin) must have known that like a SpaceVampire – I needed more! So magically this jaw dropping atmosphere masterpiece popped up:

It’s a gritty scene where the brave men and women of the First Space Police patrol some cyber-punkish district. I’m not sure who they’re looking for, but with that heavy duty SP1Koma Think Tank backing them up, these boys and girls of the black, blue and trans red are well looked after!

And as a second bonus link, this beauty by Moritz (nolnet) was in my blog queue for awhile it’s just so damn fun and cool:

The model itself is top notch, but what turns this from awesome to #BennyAWESOME is the remote control action:

Microsoft has announced a relaxation of its "Secure Boot" guidelines for OEMs, allowing companies to sell computers pre-loaded with Windows 10 that will refuse to boot any non-Microsoft OS. Read the rest

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Efrem writes, "The Jersey Journal is doing some good work during Sunshine Week, trying to publish the pay information of every public employee in the county. The results have been hilariously depressing. To whit:" Read the rest

"Back in 1979, African-American men who dropped out of high school had about a 15 percent chance of ending up in prison by age 30-35. These days, it’s nearly 70 percent." [via]

The beams of blue spacewarp light on Thinkgeek's $35 Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Sushi Set detach from the Enterprise's nacelles to form chopsticks, while the saucer section unscrews to form a soy sauce dish. (via Geeky Merch)

HughPickens.com writes: In the world of Big Data, everything means something. Now Joe Pinsker reports that Cornerstone OnDemand, a company that sells software that helps employers recruit and retain workers, has found after analyzing data on about 50,000 people who took its 45-minute online job assessment, that people who took the test on a non-default browser, such as Firefox or Chrome, ended up staying at their jobs about 15 percent longer than those who stuck with Safari or Internet Explorer. They also tended to perform better on the job as well. Chief Analytics Officer Michael Housman offered an explanation for the results in an interview with Freakonomics Radio: "I think that the fact that you took the time to install Firefox on your computer shows us something about you. It shows that you're someone who is an informed consumer," says Housman. "You've made an active choice to do something that wasn't default." But why would a company care about something as seemingly trivial as the browser a candidate chooses to use? "Call centers are estimated to suffer from a turnover rate of about 45 percent annually (PDF), and it can cost thousands of dollars to hire new employees," says Pinsker. "Because of that, companies are eager to find any proxy for talent and dedication that they can."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

I have a very green, yet not very St. Patrick’s Day-themed recipe today. Maybe next year will be the year that I finally decide to revamp the shamrock shake (why don’t I think of these things earlier?). But for now, … Go to the recipe...

fuckyeahsociallyawkwardpenguin:

I demand sacrifices.

Hovertext:

New comic!
Today's News:

Why Are We Smug?

A few days ago the state of Alabama was briefly available for purchase on eBay.

"We loved this state for many years, but now that Alabama is subverting federal law by allowing officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages, it's time to let her go," the seller, Welsh91, wrote in the description. "Frankly, 49 states is enough." "Alabama became a state on December 14th, 1819. They have made no recognizable progress since," the listing says. According to the listing, attempts at private sales were made previous to the auction listing, but the potential buyers - Iran and Saudi Arabia - "thought it was, frankly, too backwoods and messed up." Even ISIS said Alabama was too fundamentalist, according to the listing. The seller did not seem to be particularly motivated to rid himself of the property. He seems to lay out things that would likely be found upon a full inspection. In fact, the seller seems to be quite bitter with the item. "Education - 49th out of 50," the seller wrote. "15% of the state is illiterate. So, upon purchase, you might want to invest a little money in dictionaries. A whopping 60% of Alabama believes in Creationism. 60%!!!! Bring a lot of bibles!"

According to the listing, Alabama is made out of wicker and proceeds from the sale were to go to "somebody like Lambda Legal."

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The Promark View Highlighter from Japan has a clear tip so you can see what you are highlighting. (more…)

A woman who goes by the online name Every Flavored Bean looks at how Disney's animated male characters and females are designed, and concludes that the men's faces come in lots of different shapes, but the women's are all similar. Read the rest