Christopher Lantz

Old Cops Discover The Internet, a quick and humorous film by 5-Second Films, shows two older cops who have newly discovered the world of internet memes. They each have a great time using them while fighting crime.

Delighted by hilarious, extremely current memes, or “may-mays,” as they referred to them, these two beat cops found their life’s work reinvigorated. Every time they badger badgered someone dealing mushroom mushrooms, every time a perp took an arrow (bullet) to the knee, it felt like a shoop da whoop was happening inside their souls. Unfortunately, they both died when they starting doing the Yuma Yuma dance during a tense shootout with the Crips.

Anthony Carboni of DNews provides a number of counter arguments to the FAA’s restrictions on the use of portable electronics during air travel. For more, see this recent post by Nick Bilton on The New York Times Bits Blog.

via Veronica Belmont

“Fallen Astronaut” is a 3 inch tall aluminum sculpture of a human figure was left on the moon in 1971 by Apollo 15 astronauts. Created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, the sculpture is a memorial for astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the pursuit of space exploration.

via Weird Universe & Boing Boing

photo via NASA

Alex Krasny demonstrates how to tie the incredibly fancy & quite unusual Eldredge necktie knot.

via Aaron Muszalski

Former Star Trek starship captain William Shatner sent a tweet to Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut currently living in space aboard the International Space Station as Flight Engineer. About an hour and a half later, Hadfield tweeted back to Shatner. Then, George Takei posted their interaction on Facebook and also had an exchange with Hadfield on Twitter. Finally, Buzz Aldrin got in on the fun.

@williamshatner Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we’re detecting signs of life on the surface.

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 3, 2013

With @georgetakei posting about our space comms, all we need is @therealnimoy to beam in and we’d have an away team! :) facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 4, 2013

.@cmdr_hadfield: I’m fine with beaming down with the away team, as long as I don’t have to wear the red shirt.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 4, 2013

@cmdr_hadfield @williamshatner Neil & I would’ve tweeted from the moon if we could have but I would prefer to tweet from Mars. Maybe by 2040

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) January 4, 2013

via The Atlantic

Post-Interaction Smile Reduction Quantifier, a quick and funny film by 5-Second Films, shows two people’s facial expressions immediately being analyzed after walking away from one another. The lower the mouth corners drop during their smile reduction, the more full of hate and or crazy they are.

The highly scientific PISRQ (often referred to as “Piss Rock” for short) can analyze the fall of the mouth corners as a person turns away from a friend or acquaintance, and determine whether that person is full of sunshine and warmth or bitterness and a desire to choke things until the police arrive. Piss Rock is accurate to within a percentage point.

via The High Definite

Evolution of Bill F$%^ing Murray

Evolutions, an illustrated series by Los Angeles artist Jeff Victor, displays a great collection film actors, characters and musicians and how each has evolved in their roles throughout the years. Prints are available to purchase online.

Evolution of Tom Hanks

Evolution of The Dark Knight

Evolution of Rick Moranis

Evolution of Michael Jackson

Evolution of Johnny Depp

images via Jeff Victor

via My Modern Metropolis, TwistedSifter, Neatorama

For the past 3 years, British photographer Jonathan Andrew has been taking photos of abandoned World War II-era bunkers around Europe. He achieves a ghostly effect by photographing them in long exposures during the last minutes of daylight.

Thanks Lori Dorn!

Justice League Of America, a series of defaced US currency by German artist and designer Aslan Malik, shows Presidents on the $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills reimagined as Justice League comic book heroes.

images via Aslan Malik

via Obvious Winner

ai fink u mait liek dis goggie...

Cyoot puppehs and funneh goggies: I Has a Hotdog has 'em all!

Submitted by: Unknown (via Daily Picks and Flicks )

This stock character noted for being shallow, quirky and overtly feminine has been criticized by many for perpetuating offensive stereotypes toward women.

YouTuber Greg Benson gives a rather explicit tour of the various amenities aboard a cruise ship.

Robots play Motorhead. Loud.

via http://www.google.com/imgres?q=who%27s+awesome+you%27re+awesome&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1406&bih=728&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=t2rf_2IuYI5rNM:&imgrefurl=http://greatseaurchinceviche.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/thanks-gifs/whos-awesome-youre-awesome/&docid=vl4thKtZOSYApM&imgurl=http://greatseaurchinceviche.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/whos-awesome-youre-awesome.jpg&w=319&h=400&ei=0TkXUPK4I4G09QTbhYHoCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1158&vpy=115&dur=2835&hovh=251&hovw=200&tx=165&ty=161&sig=112143588563971583337&page=1&tbnh=123&tbnw=97&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0,i:96

via http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=34570&page=278

artemis-gg:

wane,

Wingsuit pilots from Adrenalin Base, Phoenix-fly, and Team Need 4 Speed recently took part in Mountain Trails, an amazing synchronized flying demonstration.

via Geekologie

In the fascinating short film “Overview,” five astronauts describe the mind-altering experience of seeing the earth from space—a phenomenon known as the Overview Effect. The film was directed by Guy Reid and produced by Planetary Collective.

The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

via http://25.media.tumblr.com/e202bccb6b6837bfbe83b85f21884f1e/tumblr_meqrt3iTI01qbn6s0o1_500.jpg

Submitted by: Unknown

via http://musselsoppansvanner.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-09-01T22%3A09%3A00%2B02%3A00&max-results=1

Italian illustrator and graphic designer Ale Giorgini created an illustrated group portrait series of cult film characters that are designed in a wonderful minimalist style. Shirts, prints, iPhone cases, pillows and more are available to purchase online at Society6 and Ale’s personal t-shop.

images via Ale Giorgini

via ANIMAL New York

The spectacular DJ Earworm has published his annual mashup of the year's top-40 hits, combining them into a single, synthesized earworm, with visual accompaniment.

DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2012 (Shine Brighter) (Thanks, Rob!)

From NASA's Image of the Day blog: "This face-on galaxy, lying 45 million light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Fornax (The Furnace), is particularly attractive for astronomers. NGC 1097 is a Seyfert galaxy. Lurking at the very center of the galaxy, a supermassive black hole 100 million times the mass of our sun is gradually sucking in the matter around it. The area immediately around the black hole shines powerfully with radiation coming from the material falling in."