The brain: immensely complex, endlessly mysterious and totally easy to fool. Exhibit A: Nothing in this picture is actually moving. Thanks to a phenomenon known as ‘peripheral drift‘, your brain only thinks it is. Chances are, I totally just blew your mind or made you nauseous. Either way, a fun Wednesday morning. Via Make.
And just like that, another piece of my innocence has died. Steven Page, portly and somewhat goofy lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies, has been busted for drug possession in Fayetteville, NY. He was charged on July 11, and released on bail. The drug? Good ol’ fashioned cocaine. Page’s manager won’t comment on the charges, [...]
Well, it’s the end of the line for Robin Long. The US Army deserter is set to be deported after a long legal fight to stay in Canada. Fearing he would be sent to Iraq, Long fled to Canada in 2005 and applied for refugee status. Yesterday, a Canadian judge made the call: there is [...]
Amidst the irritating blather of insipid American local news, witness the rise of a champion: an iPhone fan who will not put up with this idiot reporter: We are fanboys, hear us roar. Via BoingBoing.
In addition to being annoying, over-reliant on glowsticks and populated almost exclusively by tools, raves can also make you blind. As many as 29 people were blinded by lasers at a recent rave in Moscow. Apparently, the event used lasers less suited to a party and more appropriate for, say, the Death Star. The giant energy beam was made [...]
Fireman in Germany were alarmed (see what I did there?) when they discovered their ranks had been infiltrated by a fully equipped, totally drunk man. When the 38 year-old man heard the alarm, he apparently raced to the local firestation. There, he was helped into firefighting gears by firefighters, who somehow managed to miss the [...]
It’s hard to think of a single thing missing. It has zombie Soviet apparatchiks, busty proles, and a Conan-the-Barbarian-esque Mikhail Gorbachev, all set to some groovy Russian metal. I predict instant success: Thank you, Russian band I have never heard of (they’re called ANJ). Thank you. Via Accordian Guy.