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New in the store: What If Frasier Joined the Fantastic Four? fridge magnets!

Well, that's one way to dodge an interview.

At 16, Rosalee Ramer is the world's youngest professional female monster truck driver. Following in the footsteps of her monster-truck-driving dad, Kelvin Ramer, Rosalee has risen to the top and is highly acclaimed in her sport.

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The world’s biggest red wine drinking country isn’t France, Italy, or the US. According to a report released by Vinexpo and International Wine and Spirits Research (IWSR), China now guzzles 1.9 billion bottles a year—more red wine than any other nation on the planet.

As recently as in 2008, the Chinese were only the world’s sixth-largest drinkers of red wine, but they have since jumped to the number one spot, passing France—now the world’s second-largest consumer—Italy, the US, Germany, and Argentina. China’s red wine intake surged by 146% between 2008 and 2012, while leading European drinkers scaled back their imbibing of red wine, as you can see in the chart on the left.

Part of China’s growing appetite for red wine is the country’s taste for certain French varietals. China is, for example, the world’s leading importer of Bordeaux. And French now wine accounts for nearly 50% of Chinese wine imports.

But China is also simply producing more and more red wine—and drinking it, too. The country is on pace to eclipse France as the world’s largest producer. More than 80% of the red wine China consumes is made domestically (paywall).

How’s 4chan’s mission to dismantle modern-day feminism going? Terribly.

The latest piece of the desktop Linux stack that Ubuntu developers are planning to replace with their own home grown solution is a file manager...

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The defense ministers of Norway (Ine Eriksen Søreide), Sweden (Karin Enström), Netherlands (Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert), and Germany (Ursula von der Leyen).

Timewalk Games, a company that specialized in reproducing classic video games from the pre-HD era, has blown the dust off a cartridge for the last time. For those unfamiliar with Timewalk's work, you may remember them as the company that crafted the ...

Yes, Benedict Cumberbatch will be on Sesame Street.  No word on exactly when, though. Let's count the ways we're excited for this! (Via PBS)

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Rincewind stumbles upon a discworld book. And then proceeds to give Terry Pratchett a piece of his mind. From Run Rincewind Run.

You know you’ve made it when you have your very own gif set. So proud.  :)

Oh great.

(Grade Inflation In The Maple Syrup Aisle: Now Everything Is An ‘A’ : The Salt : NPR)

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A British Webley revolver decorated with Navajo silver and turquoise.  Complete with leather rig. Late 19th century.

In the Japanese anime movie ‘5 cm per second’, the main character (Takaki Tōno) is seen writing some code (he is a developer). The code doesn’t have any purpose in the movie. The code is PHP and appears to be part of a simple blogging platform (currently unidentified). 

The code uses mysql_query and it prone to SQL injection :-)

“… it’s always February 2nd and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

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this gif just made my day lmao

Yeah, this pretty well sums it up.

A year's worth of hard work, sweat and tears has led to this moment.

The world has experienced all kinds of cats. We've seen house cats, lolcats and Aristocats -- but since the time of Cleopatra we've never seen kittens thrust into head-to-head football battle. Until now.

Sunday gives us the Kitten Bowl. A chance to see four teams take out their aggression on balls of yarn, stuffed mice and feathers, all while running up and down a small-scale faux football field. That's not all folks, the rosters are chock full of some of the best player name puns you'll ever see.

There's a little more to the event than simply watching cats run around. The event is meant to support animal adoption, with all the competitors being rescued animals.

North Shore Bengals	Last Hope Lions	Home & Family Felines	Cedar Cove Cougars
Bear	Bandit	Butters	Tomcat Brady
Dandy Dalton	Brett Furve	Catnip	Terry Bradclaw
Ferrell Owens	Marbles	Catony Fasano	Pickles
Manti Meow	Maverick	Checkers	Patches
Meowshawn Lynch	Milo	Cowhide	Mocha
Mittens	Mr. Whiskers	Crawlin' Cat-PurrNip	Hairy Rice
Muffin	Oscar	Feline Manning	Dan Furrino
Snowball	Peanut	Jat Catler	Crazy Legs
Shadow	Smokey	Midnight	Catvin Johnson
Tim Teepaw	Socks	Troy Paw-Lamalau	Chase
Rudy	Tabby Romo	Lucky	Calico Purress

DANDY DALTON!

No we've established you're watching the Kitten Bowl, you need to know how. Luckily we've got you covered.

Date/time: Sunday, Feb. 2, 12 p.m. ET

TV: Hallmark Channel

Streaming: Hallmark.com offers video content from the event, as well as a live Kitten Cam that you can tune into right now.

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"Inside the Watch" from Questions and Answers about Everyday Science, 1961

From Carnation’s Easy-Does-It Cookbook, 1958

Alright, you sad excuses for athletes, listen up.

If you were expecting some uplifting, motivational bullshit, too fucking bad. Go cry to your goddamn mom. What’s that? You’re all orphans? Go fuck yourselves, this isn’t a pity party, this is a fucking Bowl game.

This is my tenth goddamn year coaching the championship game, and I came here to win. Each year I’m stuck with a fresh team of you rookie assholes, chasing your tails and sticking your taints in the end zone water dish like it’s fucking playtime at the doggie day care. Well, not this year.

I’m fucking sick of listening to this ref call penalties for excessive cuteness year after year. If you came here today to be called “cute” and get on TV, you can walk out of this fucking locker room right now, move to L.A., dress in drag and model for goddamn page-a-day puppy calendars.

We came here today to play the game, and we came here to win. I don’t give a damn if you’re only ten weeks old—when their linebacker hits you in the face like a bag of dicks, you need to get up, nip him in the belly, and run the ball down the fucking field.

There’s no excuse to roll over and give up a single goddamn touchdown today. Are you scared of the Bernese Mountain Dog just because your whole body could fit in his fucking mouth? Suck it up, candy ass. You still have your balls, act like it. If I have to get the Bissel out here to vacuum your tears off the field, I swear I will neuter you myself during the next time out.

I know those fucking petting zoo cheerleaders have shit for brains and can’t spell a goddamn thing, but what they’re trying to tell you is to be fucking A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E.

Let’s make one thing clear: the only pussies on the field should be the stars of the Kitten Halftime Show. You want a fucking forever home? Bring home that championship ring.

Now let’s go out there and beat those sons of bitches.

Honestly, money. To launch a brand you need to market yourself; designers need to pay for events to showcase their clothes in the right light. Speaking of lighting– that’s expensive too! So all that is pretty much the main challenge I face.

Tell me the story of how you first became interested in fashion…

From a young age, I was inspired by my late grandfather, the old man always dressed in suits and shiny shoes and would tell me, “my son, fashion is what you adopt when you don’t yet know who you are, make sure you are always well-dressed”. So I grew up loving fashion from childhood.

Where and how did you learn to design clothes?

I learned from local tailors in Namibia as well as some friends I made from Japan. But I do believe the ability to design well is a God-given talent. I didn’t go to school to study it but I do have plans to further improve my skills and go to fashion school one day soon. For now, I have a very small workshop, I’m an emerging tailor and get training from professional tailors. I often use their workshops where they assist me in bringing my pieces together.

In Namibia, if you like vintage shopping, do they call you a “hipster”?!

I define myself as a Hipster! For me, that just means I get to express myself and influence other people’s fashion sense– most of my clients at the moment are young adults. It also makes me an avant-garde of change; introducing new ideas, design and style in Namibia and across Africa.

Give us your take on your personal style…

I call my style sophisticated-punk, it’s a bit of a mixture, but I think true style is an expression of your day to day mood. I fell in love with vintage pieces, especially from the 1960s, and normally alter them to fit me and modernise them in my own way. Most of the suits I wear are actually my late Dad’s suits. I wear a hat with every outfit as well as vintage club ties– I think they’re both stylish and respectful.

And do you dress like this everyday?

YES! It’s my style– if i don’t dress like this then I will be home (naked).

Walking down the street, what kind of reaction do you get from your average fellow Namibian to the way you dress?

They love it, they like my style, especially when I get together with my friends from South Africa who share the same enthusiasm for fashion.

 

What is the general feeling towards the importance of fashion in Namibia?

Well, I think not only in Namibia, but in Africa as a continent, it should be taken more seriously so that we can inspire the next generation and so that we can have and dress in our own brands and collections that reflect African style.

How do you think the rest of the world sees Africa currently in relation to the fashion industry?

I think the world only thinks Africa is blessed with models. But that’s not the case. The fashion industry in Africa is growing and I advise the international industry to attend fashion shows like the AFF (Africa Fashion Festival) and you’ll see first-hand that the African fashion industry is on point.

You’re collaborating with a group called Khumbula, described as “young visionaries who advocate for a well cut Africa, the sartorial Africa”. What’s it all about?

The collaboration with Khumbula, a group of stylists and designers from Johannesburg, South Africa, is to show the fashion world that we can unite as one in the African continent. When we collaborate we call ourself LIA (Love is African) and we’re currently playing a big part by simply inspiring fashionistas around the African continent. We’re also all passionate vintage fashion lovers that pay tribute to the legendary vintage clothing era. Khumbula is a Zulu word meaning “Remember”.

Has the Congolese subculture of the sapeurs influenced you at all?

We are not part of the sapeurs but we would love to be. This movement of our colonial-era dandy predecessors embodies elegance, style and manners that became a means of resistance. It’s a movement that has influenced us in such a way that it made us discover our style and personality by reaching in to the depths of our past for the rich cultural heritage left to us by our ancestors.

Who are your style icons/ muses?

Mr Sam Lambert and Mr. Shaka Maidoh, the African and British-born design duo behind Art Comes First, a fashion collective that share the same fascination for taking old things and and grafting pieces together to find new expressions. You’ll also see them killing it on all the street style blogs during fashion week in Europe.

What’s next for Loux the Vintage Guru?

Next month I’ll be showcasing my designs at RVK (Retro VIntage Kollection) Fashion Week in Pretoria South Africa, and then in April I’ll have my fashion show in Namibia, before I fly to showcase at the AFF (Africa Fashion Festival) in Ghana in May. These are all big events for me. In the long run, I hope to show my brand one day in Paris or Milan and of course, I’d love it to be the dopest brand in the country with a shop in every corner of Namibia.

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