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Rick Astley on Rickrolling!

The LA Times Managed to Interview Him About it
For his part, Astley was nothing if not modest about his new cultural role. “If this had happened around some kind of rock song, with a lyric that really meant something — a Bruce Springsteen, “God bless America” … or an anti-something kind of song, I could […]

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Animator vs. Animation

Animator vs. Animation

Animator vs. Animation by alanbecker on deviantART

High-Velocity Falcon

High-Velocity Falcon - ok, this is awesome. They take a Peregrine Falcon up 15k feet with a little embedded computer to see how fast it can dive. The falconer who owns the bird dives out with it. The verdict: 183 mph.

Shot by Shot remake of Journey’s “Separate ways”

Shot by Shot remake of Journey’s “Separate ways”
Journey “Separate ways” from patsevc on Vimeo.
For comparison, here’s the original:

Google Has a Cool New Chart API

Google Has a Cool New Chart API

Dice Stacking

Dice Stacking - this is why the internet is the greatest invention in human history.

Flame Amplification

Flame Amplification - this looks pretty awesome; I think I maybe need to burn down my apartment try this over spring break

Shoots, Kills, Seasons

Shoots, Kills, Seasons
Season Shot is made of tightly packed seasoning bound by a fully biodegradable food product. The seasoning is actually injected into the bird on impact seasoning the meat from the inside out. When the bird is cooked the seasoning pellets melt into the meat spreading the flavor to the entire bird. Forget worrying […]

Arrested Development in Internet Syndication

Arrested Development in Internet Syndication

comparing apples to oranges and oranges to racecars

comparing apples to oranges and oranges to racecars - Decide what the Best Thing is. For example:
Which is better?
Cartoons or Peeling off a price tag without leaving any residue
Good time-waster, and some of the juxtapositions are really funny.

Amazing Etch-A-Sketch Drawings

Amazing Etch-A-Sketch Drawings - I love when people have lots of time and strange obsessions.

And the funkiest year ever was…

And the funkiest year ever was… - oh yes. Hip-hop plus geekery. I love it.
Because the Sample FAQ lists the year of the original songs that have been sampled by hip hop producers, we can construct a simple frequency count of the number of samples that used material from a given year.