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Astronaut Reid Wiseman Captures a Beautiful Shot of the Earth’s Atmosphere From the International Space Station
Astronaut Reid Wiseman recently captured a beautiful shot of the Earth’s atmosphere from the International Space Station (ISS). Wiseman used a three-second shutter exposure at night to demonstrate “how crazy our atmosphere really is.” Reddit user smsmkiwi broke down what the image is actually showing in an incredibly informative comment.
The orange and green arcs are layers of glowing gas are called airglow. Each layer glows at a specific wavelength or band of wavelengths. The broad orange layer at the top is due to atomic oxygen from ~250 km altitude. The narrow green layer is also atomic oxygen and that originates from near 96 km altitude. Just below that is another orange layer due to atomic sodium from meteors burning up in the upper atmosphere at ~90 km altitude. Maybe a contribution in that layer by hydroxyl from 87km also. This images was taken from the space station (ISS) during the night portion of it’s orbit. The earth’s surface shows cloud lit by moonlight.
3 second shutter exposure at night shows how crazy our #atmosphere really is. pic.twitter.com/iujEqpjQqT
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) August 18, 2014
photo by Reid Wiseman
Drowsy Cat Uses Petite Round Watermelon as a Pillow
A very drowsy orange tabby uses a petite round watermelon as a pillow upon which to rest his weary little furry head. This shouldn’t come as any surprise however, as this kitty has also been known to fall asleep while hugging an onion.
Don't You Dare Wake This Cat Up Or Else It'll Yell At You Real Bad
It’s like when anything at all wakes you up before your alarm is set to go off. You will literally lose your mind.
youtube.com / Via sizvideos.tumblr.com
You Need These Chili Mac 'N Cheese Fries In Your Life
You need them in your life YESTERDAY.
Are you drunk right now? OR: Do you want to feel like you're drunk without actually going to the trouble? In either case, these chili mac 'n cheese fries are HERE for you. They're better than chili cheese fries. They're better than mac 'n' cheese. They're everything you need, together forever at last.
Serves 8 as a snack
INGREDIENTS
Chili:
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon powdered cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
one 15-oz can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
one 15-oz or two 10-oz. cans diced tomatoes with green chiles
Fries + Assembly:
2 bags (about 50oz) ready-to-bake frozen French fries
1 box stove top mac & cheese (Annie's or Kraft)
1 tablespoon minced fresh chives (optional garnish)
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 450°F (or to the temperature recommended in instructions on frozen fries).
Chili:
Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add beef, onion, and garlic and sauté, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until the meat is browned and the onions are soft. Stir in chili powder, cumin, oregano and salt and cook for another minute. Add beans and tomatoes, stir well, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Fries + Assembly:
While chili cooks, bake frozen fries and prepare macaroni and cheese according to package instructions.
To serve, divide fries between dishes or baskets lined with waxed paper. Spoon chili and mac and cheese, to taste, over fries. Garnish with chives. Serve with forks (you'll need them).
Beautiful Bits: Real-time Face Tracking & Projection Mapping
Rambunctious Kitten Playfully Attacks A Very Tolerant Pit Bull
A rambunctious 2-month old kitten named Earnestine playfully attacks 4-year old Gertrude, an accommodating pit bull who patiently tolerates the kitten’s inflated sense of self.
video by Carla Zanoni
Blanky the French Bulldog Can’t Reach His Beloved Tennis Ball Because His Arms are Too Short
In 2013, a very cute little black french bulldog named Blanky, really, really wanted to get at the beloved tennis ball that lay on the couch. Despite his fierce determination, each retrieval effort put the ball further and further out of the reach of Blanky’s short arms. Hopefully his human, Piotr Nowak, was eventually nice enough to fetch Blanky’s ball for him.
The Strikingly Bizarre Patches of the Drug Enforcement Administration
In addition to enforcing U.S. drug control policy, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also happens to produce all manner of patches — many of which feature strikingly bizarre designs — for its various units. The World’s Best Ever has assembled a gallery of some of the most remarkable patches. Ghoulish skeletons are a common element, as are eagles attacking various illicit substances. Patches can be viewed and purchased at Fred’s Patch Corner and on eBay.
photos via The World’s Best Ever
HyperLip, Wearable Plastic Lips That Force the Wearer’s Face Into a Bizarre Toothy Grimace
HyperLip is a set of wearable plastic lips that contort the face into a bizarre toothy grimace. French designer Sascha Nordmeyer created the lips back in 2009 as an art project entitled “Communication Prosthesis.” The lips are intended to help insecure people communicate more easily by forcing them to make a single silly facial expression. HyperLip will soon be sold by Los Angeles design company Artecnica. They will also be available for use at the traveling exhibition, Olympus Photography Playground — the next event takes place in Cologne, Germany, September 11th to October 5th, 2014.
photos via Dezeen
via Dezeen
World Yo-Yo Contest Champion Gentry Stein Performs Amazing On-Stage Maneuvers
Hong Kong company C3yoyodesign captured video of California yo-yo expert Gentry Stein performing some truly impressive maneuvers on stage at the World Yo-Yo Contest in Prague, which would help him go on to secure top prize in the competition.
Inventor Demonstrates How to Fill Up Metal Sheets Like a Balloon With a Modified Pressure Washer
British inventor Colin Furze demonstrates how to transform sheets of metal through hydroforming by using a pressure washer to fill them up like a water balloon. Furze makes all sorts of interesting shapes, including a cone used to amplify the engine sounds of a riding mower and a square resembling a small metal pillow.
We’ve kind of made…a metal pillow… Check that out, ladies. It’s quite cool. I don’t know what you’d use it for, but…
Furze has made a number of cool projects in the past, including a pair of automatically extending Wolverine claws.
"Better Call Saul" Will Premiere In February 2015
Mr. Goodman will see you now.
The long-awaited Breaking Bad spinoff is getting closer: AMC has confirmed to BuzzFeed that Better Call Saul, centering on lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), will make its debut in February 2015.
Here's Saul — best known as the attorney for Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on Breaking Bad — kicking ass and taking names.
Ursula Coyote / AMC
AMC first revealed the news in this short Better Call Saul teaser.
"Lawyers. We're like health insurance," a younger Saul says in the first footage from the prequel series. "You hope you never need it but, man. Oh man. Not having it? No!"
And though the premiere may be seven months away, you can get your Saul Goodman fix on this newly-launched website, complete with videos and a Los Pollos Hermanos ad.
Police: NASCAR's Tony Stewart Hits, Kills Fellow Driver
Mrdesplainescrazy!
Video of the crash shows Kevin Ward walking toward Stewart's car before being hit at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York on Saturday. Police say Stewart is cooperating in the probe.
A Bar In Milwaukee Is Serving A Bloody Mary With An Entire Fried Chicken In It
Next up: A cow?
Blood Marys, by nature, tend to invite grand gestures in the garnish department.
Sobelman's Pub & Grill, a bar in Milwaukee, is already the undisputed leader in this field.
According to the bar's website, the "Bloody Masterpiece" involves 13 garnishes. The one that probably *stands out* would be...the pickle?
JUST KIDDING, it would be the bacon cheeseburger.
But, not content to rest on their celery sticks, the team at the bar has just debuted a brand new garnish: AN ENTIRE FRIED CHICKEN.
This creation is entitled the "Chicken Fried Bloody Beast."
The official description: "It includes the standard Sobelmans garnish (cheese, sausage, pickle, olive, onion, mushroom, asparagus, scallion, shrimp, lemon,brussels sprout, tomato & celery) for 4 regular Bloodies, two Baconadoes (skewers of bacon-wrapped jalapeno cheeseballs) & a whole fried chicken, fresh from Ray's Butcher Shoppe in Greenfield, Wisconsin!"
Creepy Portraits of People Covered in Frosting and Junk Food
British artist James Ostrer covered himself and some intrepid models with thick layers of candy, frosting, and other junk food in a rather unsettling portrait series. The photos are on display in his exhibition “Wotsit all about” at the Gazelli Art House in London through September 11th, 2014.
photos by James Ostrer
via The Guardian, Junk Culture
Antiques Roadshow Appraised My 2008 Toshiba TV
In June, Antiques Roadshow visited Birmingham, Alabama, my home for the last three years. I don't own a Tiffany lamp or a 19th century Chesterfield sofa. I do, though, have a flatscreen television that's ancient by consumer electronics standards. So that's what I brought to be appraised.
A Pair of Transit Maps Detailing What Rail Transport Might Look Like in the Lands From ‘Game of Thrones’
Designer Michael Tyznik has created a pair of transit maps detailing what rail transport might look like in the lands from Game of Thrones. Specifically, one map covers Westeros, and another covers both Westeros and the rest of the known world. Both the Westeros and Known World maps are available for purchase online from Tyznik’s INPRNT store.
images via Michael Tyznik
via Kotaku
The Super Bowl Halftime Show Needs Weird Al
There Is Now A Gadget For Men To Wear On Their Penis During Sex To Improve Their Performance
It measures pace and, er, thrusts per minute.
Bondora
The product description says: "When the centre light is lit, the user is hitting peak performance and matching the rhythm set by the training programme. Too many lights and the user will need to slow down, and not enough lights will advise them to pick up the pace. A "+/-"speed button on either side of the gadget can also be used to adjust the speed of the training session 'on the go'."
The device will also be able to record key statistics such as calories burnt and thrusts per minute, and will even be able to share those metrics on social media.
Bondora
This Man's Failed Backflip On Top Of A Building Will Make You Afraid Of Heights For The Rest Of Your Life
BRB, just going to lie on the ground and never let go.
This is a video of a man doing a backflip on a narrow beam while 150 metres up a building.
The man is OK afterwards, and videos are continuing to be uploaded to the channel, Sergey Jumping Buddha, so he also doesn't appear to have been put off from further activities.
And here is a GIF of the incident, in case you wanted to see it continually repeated.
Comedy Central / giphy.com
We Made a Virtual Girl to See What Tinder Had to Say to Her
Vintage sweatshirt from Beyond Retro
PHOTOS BY ғ ʀ ᴇ ᴇ ʟ ᴀ ɴ ᴅ ɢ ᴏ ʀ s ᴇ 人間 キャプチャー
STYLING: KYLIE GRIFFITHS
Hair Stylist: Leire Barrenetxea
Illustrations: Johnny Ryan
Beach Riot bikini, Adidas pants, Freedom choker
Armani dress, bandana from Beyond Retro
Vintage T-shirt from Beyond Retro, Woolrich pants
Steven Black T-shirt, Nordic Poetry overalls
Armani dress, bandana from Beyond Retro
DKNY sweatshirt, Urban Outfitters pants, Dr. Martens sandals, Freedom choker
Vintage T-shirt
There's A Petition For Weird Al To Play At The Super Bowl
Because why not?
The problem with the Super Bowl has always been too much football and too few nerds in Hawaiian shirts playing the accordion. One man hopes to fix this imbalance with his petition on Change.org for "Weird" Al Yankovic to play the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show.
The man who made the petition, Ed Ball, admits that he was drunk when he wrote it. "Yes, I submitted this after enjoying a few drinks," he wrote in an update to the petition, "and while I enjoy imbibing on occasion, I would get the same gratification seeing Weird Al perform at the Super Bowl even if I was sober."
People who signed the petition have commented things like "Weird Al brings out the best in us," and "The Super Bowl is a cultural icon. Weird Al is one of very few artists in our time that has a similar level of cultural influence."
Weird Al's latest album, Mandatory Fun, was his first album to hit #1 on the Billboard charts. Currently, the petition has 30,00 signatures. Everything's coming up weird.
For decades Weird Al has entertained fans, young and old, with his popular clever parodies and unique sense of humor. Having him headline the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show. would not only be overly accepted by the millions of views, but it would remain true to the standards and quality of the show business we have come to love and respect out of this prestigious event. The songs of artists that he is parodying could join him on stage to accompany, as well as other surprise appearances from well-known actors/actresses, adding more prestige and star power. The theatrics alone would be hilarious and a welcoming change, and draw a wider audience of fans that typically would not tune into the championship game or half-time show.
‘Ultimate Close Call Compilation’, A Tense Video Collection of Near Collisions
“Ultimate Close Call Compilation” from FailArmy is three-and-a-half minutes of nail-biting close collisions between pedestrians and cars, cars and motorcycles, skiers and dogs, and a number of other combinations. In every case, things could have been much, much worse, but that doesn’t make the whole thing any less tense.
Here's Jon Stewart Interviewing the Whole Wu-Tang Clan
Nearly the entire Wu-Tang Clan (R.I.P Ol' Dirty Bastard) appeared on the Daily Show last night to promote their 20th anniversary reunion album, A Better Tomorrow, setting up one of the most uncomfortable Jon Stewart interviews imaginable.
Daewoo Begins Testing Robotic Exoskeletons for Shipyard Workers in South Korea
The Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering facility in Okpo-dong, South Korea has begun testing a prototype version of a robotic exoskeleton that will let dock workers lift 220-pound objects in its final form. The 62-pound prototypes have a three-hour battery life and allow their wearers to walk at a normal speed.
image via New Scientist
via New Scientist
Sounds From a Fight Scene in ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ Replaced With Old School 8-Bit Video Game Sounds
Actor and video editor Phillip Raupach took a fight scene from the 2003 sci-fi action film, The Matrix Reloaded, and replaced all of the sounds with old school 8-bit video game sounds.
Look At This Woman Freaking Out About Whale Penis
The best part of this clip from last night's finale of PBS' Sex in the Wild is when anatomist Dr. Joy S. Reidenberg, standing a few yards away from a dead beached sperm whale, shouts, "Can you see the penis?!" Penis ahoy!