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The Health Benefits of Bacon!

frankie23 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:56:00 +0000

Oh, I do so love infographics, and this one is close to my heart. Bacon, the candy made of people swine, is probably one of my favourite things in the world, as it goes with anything and everything. However, for years it has been demonized as being Bad For You ™. Now, science (sweet science!) gives us reasons why it is, in fact Good For You ™. And so the internet rejoices!

Bacon Is Good For Me, The Infographic [Geekologie, via medicalbillschool]

Retrosized Star Wars!

frankie23 — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:32:37 +0000

Star Wars as if it were a silent picture from the 1900s. Simply brilliant.

This Is Your Grandfather’s Star Wars! [The Stranger]

1939 Square Dance

frankie23 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:38:09 +0000

A Sight to Make You Smile [Slog]

The Tenth Doctor… As A Stripper

frankie23 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:37:53 +0000

She’s… pretty cute, actually. The hair’s perfect Tennant, the trenchcoat is good, sonic screwdriver, glasses… You could even imagine him…

I think I need a little bit of a lie-down, I’m feeling all funny and confused inside.

The Doctor Ditches the TARDIS to Work the Pole [Topless Robot]

Chainsaw Rocket Launcher, I ♥ You

frankie23 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:17:48 +0000

Truly an idea whose time has come. When the zombie apocalypse comes, when your back is to the wall and you have only seconds to clear a path through a horde of slavering undead ghouls, only a rocket-propelled chainsaw is gonna get your ass out of that fire. Just think about it; hot grinding death coming out of a tube at hundreds of miles an hour, ripping through necrotized flesh and bone as if the horde was a cloud of rotting cotton candy. From certain doom to sweet sweet freedom… at least until the next time you fuck up. Seriously, you let them corner you? Bah.

Die, Zombies!: A Rocket-Propelled Chainsaw [Geekologie, via unrealitymag]

Peter Pan Peanut Butter

frankie23 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:33:37 +0000

This commercial for a brand of peanut butter I only half-remember from my childhood is a freakish snapshot of how things were, or at least how things were supposed to be. Witness the perplexed look on the mother’s face, her buck teeth jutting out of her pouty mouth like a cartoonish beaver. She nods, smiles slightly because that’s what you’re supposed to do when a man tells you what to do, even if that man is a stranger with unkept hair, dressed like a pedophiliac Robin Hood. The children too, behave properly, tearing into the sandwich with approving gusto, exaggerated nods of approval as he knocks over pots and pans on the counter to make his escape. This was the 70s, my friends; let us remember, so it never happens again.

The 1970s Were Strange [The Stranger, via WOW Report]

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Dalek Empire

frankie23 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:15:48 +0000

A wonderfully clever mash-up of the H2G2 and Doctor Who. Don’t Panic, you say? Fuck that, I’m gonna do my best Looney Tunes imitation and run through a damn wall if I see a freakin’ Dalek.

Though, it you throw your towel over their eyestalk, you will have a significantly better chance of surviving. Just a little hint there for ya.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide Reminds You Not to Panic if You Meet a Dalek [Topless Robot]

The New Sushi

frankie23 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:22:02 +0000

No, seriously, what the hell, Japan?

I never knew this was how sushi was made. Hmm. [I <3 Chaos]

An Evil Prank

frankie23 — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:14:30 +0000

Man, Venezualan prank TV is hard core! This actress apparently has a very deep-seated belief in ghosts, so prank show ¡Qué Locura! (What Madness!) decided to try to give her a nervous breakdown. I love it!

اقوى كاميرا خفية بالعالم روعه [YouTube]

experiment

chainsaw — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:26:15 +0000

this is chelsea, i’m in yer wordpress, fuckin’ up yer wordpress

In The Key Of E(wok)

frankie23 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:52:58 +0000

Yub nub, eee chop yub nub

Toe meet toe pee chee keene

G’noop dock fling oh ah

Great. That’s going to be going thorugh my head alllll day. Fucking Ewoks.

Ruining Your Afternoon [The Stranger]

American Psycho Awesome

frankie23 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:25:07 +0000

Do you like Miles Fisher? His newest EP marks a new peak of professionalism. This is his take on David Byrne’s “This Must Be The Place”. A great, great song, and a personal favourite.

I have watched this video every single day since I found it. It’s a perfect, perfect rendering of music to motion, a consummate point of music video mastery. It’s pure glory. I cannot say enough good things about it.

Of course, it’s about a serial killer. I have my weaknesses.

Miles Fisher – This Must Be The Place [YouTube]

Bacon AT-AT!

frankie23 — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:53:49 +0000

Oh god, they’ve finally managed to combine bacon and Star Wars. Look how huge that thing is! It contains over forty pounds of bacon! The singularity is nigh! Everybody panic!

Mmmm… baaaaaacon.

The Bacon AT-AT: ‘Star Wars’ And Pork, Together At Last [Huffington Post]

A New (Video-Gamey) Perspective On Driving

frankie23 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:33:17 +0000

Ever wondered what it’d be like to drive a real car like you were playing Grand Theft Auto? No, I don’t mean willfully mowing down pedestrians, I mean from a third-person perspective… while willfully mowing down pedestrians. No? Well, some guy at Rooster Teeth games sure did, and he made this video. It is both scientifically fascinating, and hilarious. What more can you demand?

Oh, piss off, Mr. Demandy-mandy-man.

Apparently driving a car from a third person perspective is much harder in real life [I <3 Chaos, via Joystiq]

I-U-D, S-I-S, Stay In School, Cuz It’s The Best

frankie23 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:31:43 +0000

Little know fact: This is one of my favourite songs in the world. Now I will never be able to listen to it without thinking of Miss Piggy gyrating on Rolf’s piano. Fuck.

Miss Piggy Sings “Fuck The Pain Away” by Peaches [YouTube]

Zombie Cats R Nu Lazer Catz

frankie23 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:20:19 +0000

When the undead are *this* cute, we truly are fucked.

MEOW

Cyber-Camoflage: Apparently The 80s Were Right

frankie23 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:43:20 +0000

Well, apparently those 80s cyberpunk films were correct; in the future, abstract tribal facepaint will totally be in. A student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program of New York University, Adam Harvey, has been experimenting with methods of fooling facial detection software. He’s found that abstract, asymmetrical designs work best; he then posits that, as privacy concerns increase, people will then start adapting such patterns into their personal style as a matter of habit. I like where this is going, personally.

That facial tribal tattoo still makes you look like a fucking idiot though. Seriously, what were you thinking?

Abstract, Cyber Warrior Makeup May Hide Your Face From Surveillance [Switched.Com]

Star Wars via 1970s Japanese Marketing

frankie23 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:02:28 +0000

Man, I know I say it a lot, but I just fucking love the Japanese. Especially back in the day when they didn’t give a flying fuck about American copyright. Ghetto Vader control panel, the bowing before the (interrupted) light saber battle, great jumpin’ wookiees? They’re a special people man. Damn special.

Star Wars + ’70s Japan + Sea Chicken – All Semblance of Sanity = This [Topless Robot via CNNgo]

The Late Night Wars, Explained

frankie23 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:04:12 +0000

For Taiwanese audiences through the usage of cheap CGI and copyright-infringing superhero metaphors.

Man, I love reality. I mean, seriously we are like gods. Gods who are easily entertained.

The Late Night Wars Explained for You [Slog]

Christopher Lee Is More Metal Than You

frankie23 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:57:09 +0000

Oh, hells bells, this is pretty damn awesome. Christopher Lee, the second-best Dracula of all time, is making a metal album, a tribute to Charlemagne. No, seriously, check this out

Christopher Lee, famed star of Hammer horror movies, Lord Of The Rings, and much, much more will be coming soon to some earphones near you. Videogum and The Guardian have the news that the 87-year-old actor plans to release a “symphonic metal” album about the life and career of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor and a direct ancestor of Lee himself. “To my surprise and indeed great pleasure, I have suddenly found that there is another string to my bow,” Lee announced.

This is, quite simply, one of the most wonderful things I’ve ever heard, purely on concept. If it’s half as face-meltingly awesome as it should be, we’re all going to be in for a good time.

Christopher Lee Will Rock Your Face Off [Topless Robot, via Onion AV Club]