You know what movie made gigantic floor pianos look fun? Big. Everyone who has ever seen the movie will, when walking by any toy store of sufficient size, duck inside to see just where the giant floor piano is. They might even attempt to play something on it. I’ve done this many times, yet I’ve […]
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Ferris Bueller’s Real Estate Sale
Posted 5/27/2009 12:11 pm by Ron HoganIf you’re a huge fan of the 80’s and you have $2.3 million dollars to spare, then you can buy a piece of history. The famous modernist house where Cameron Frye and his best friend Ferris Bueller steal Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari is up for sale. That’s right; you can own a piece of Ferris Bueller’s […]
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Neanderthal Man Was Delicious
Posted 5/26/2009 12:20 pm by Ron HoganThere are a lot of questions regarding Neanderthal man. He was our closest competitor in terms of survival in the ancient ecosystem, and he was also our closest relative in terms of genetic similarity. So why did the Neanderthal die out while humans flourished? Well, one theory is the Neanderthal went extinct because we humans […]
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Creative Coffee Creatures
Posted 5/21/2009 2:37 pm by Ron HoganNext time you get a big mug of coffee from your local coffee shop, don’t just give right into it and start gulping away. Not only will you spare yourself lots of mouth and tongue burns by taking your time, you might also get to see a little bit of creativity. If you’re a customer […]
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Has The Missing Link Been Found?
Posted 5/20/2009 1:04 pm by Ron HoganSee that little critter above? Paleontologist Jorn Hurum and the folks at National Geographic say that the prehistoric animal, nicknamed Ida, is the long-searched-for missing link in the evolutionary chain that connects the modern day human to our primate predecessors. Apparently Darwinius masillae up there has several human characterstics, including opposable digits, fingers with nails […]
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Cat Yodeling: A How-To Video
Posted 5/19/2009 1:02 pm by Ron HoganFrom the mad genius behind An Engineer’s Guide to Cats comes his latest video, An Engineer’s Guide to Advanced Cat Yodeling. I’m not sure where Paul Klusman gets his inspiration for these videos, but whatever combination of drugs he’s taking is really working for him. He puts out some of the funniest videos on the […]
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World Record Paper Airplane Pilot’s Crazy Dream Of Paper Spacecraft
Posted 5/19/2009 11:26 am by Ron HoganJust think about it. How many paper airplanes have you made over the course of your life? That number’s got to be thousands, right? And how far can you get them to fly? A few feet? Across the room? Takuo Toda scoffs at your paper aerodynamic achievements. That’s because the Japanese chairman of the Japan […]
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100 Epic WordPress Themes For The Frustrated Blogger
Posted 5/18/2009 12:56 pm by Ron HoganPeople ask me all the time, “Hey, you blog, right? How do I get involved with that? It seems like everyone’s doing it these days and I feel left out.” Well, the first thing you need to do is find a place to blog. There are all kinds of free places you can do it, […]
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Mega Shark, Giant Octopus, And The Internet
Posted 5/15/2009 12:00 pm by Ron HoganYou know, I love how strange the Internet world is. A few days ago, a friend of mine linked me to a trailer for a heartwarming movie about a shark and an octopus who become friends. Actually, it’s Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus and they’re more like frenemies united in their declaration that humans taste […]
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Living Sculptures
Posted 5/14/2009 9:31 am by Ron HoganOne of the most memorable scenes in Tim Burton’s movie Edward Scissorhands is when Edward goes around the neighborhood carving all the shrubs and trees into topiaries. Topiaries are those living sculptures or works of art made out of actual green, growing plants. If you’re like me and can’t even cut paper on a […]
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Pacman Roomba Eats Dust, Ghosts
Posted 5/13/2009 9:40 am by Ron HoganIt only took 448 yellow LED lights, but Japanese hacker “Ron” Tajima turned his Roomba into that vanquisher of ghosts and eater of pellets of yore, Pac-Man! This is quite possibly one of the best Roomba videos ever, even when you consider that video of the cat riding on top of the Roomba. I mean, […]
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Noobs Rejoice! Noob Could Become A Real Word Soon!
Posted 5/12/2009 9:17 am by Ron HoganThe English language, being free of all conventions and having no governing body, is a beautiful thing. French is a carefully cultivated garden, but English? As Shakespeare could tell you, all someone has to do to invent a new word is to get enough people to start using it. That’s how d’oh joined the official […]
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Hollywood’s Newest Blockbuster Is My Little Pony?
Posted 5/08/2009 5:30 am by Ron HoganObviously this isn’t a real movie trailer, just a spoof. But is there any time where movie trailers deserve spoofing more than in the summer action season? I mean, these are some of the biggest, dumbest movies you’ll see all year. Don’t you think that if someone could figure out a way to turn My […]
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Chilling Horror Photography
Posted 5/07/2009 10:04 am by Ron HoganI love a good creepy photograph, and artist Joshua Hoffine has a gallery of some of the most disturbing images of children in peril I’ve ever seen. From a giant black and white snake menacing a crying baby to the Devil emerging from a crack in the floor to drag a child off to […]
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The Story Of Emoticons :-D
Posted 5/06/2009 10:00 am by Ron HoganOdds are you use these every day. A staggering 82 percent of people use these in their online conversations. The most popular ones express happiness or flirting. They’re a great way to show people where the jokes are in your otherwise dry emails. They’re emoticons, and Neatorama has rounded up some incredibly fun facts about […]
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A Timeline Of Internet Memes
Posted 5/06/2009 7:40 am by Ron HoganI think the first one I remember is the dancing baby. While the Internet has been around since since the 1970’s, I’ve only been on it since about 1997 or so, and it took me longer to actually make friends and get exposed to Internet memes. A great way to tell just how long you’ve […]
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Dom DeLuise Deceased
Posted 5/05/2009 12:17 pm by Ron HoganSad news today as one of my favorites, the veteran comedian and actor Dom DeLuise, passed away last night at age 75 at an L.A. hospital. I had no idea Dom was even sick, because he stayed fairly active lately. I remember just a few months ago listening to his instantly-recognizable voice on an episode […]
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The Exam Crammer’s Prayer
Posted 5/05/2009 11:04 am by Ron HoganIt’s that time of year in which students, both college and high school, are trying their best to get ready for final exams. When I was in college a few years ago, I know the last week of any semester was spent in front of the coffee pot or in front of the computer, feverishly […]
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The Face In The Toilet Paper Roll
Posted 5/04/2009 12:37 pm by Ron HoganToilet paper rolls are pretty useful if you have pets. Dogs love to chew on them. Cats love to roll them around. Hamsters love to crawl through them and chew on them, too. You can even use them to hold toilet paper if you’re feeling reckless. But did you know you could make art out […]
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Surviving The Seven Bad Bosses Of Star Trek
Posted 5/01/2009 11:15 am by Ron HoganWe’ve all been in a working environment where our boss was just terrible. I mean, outright miserable to work for. They were moody, demanding, unreasonable, incompetent, and every other bad thing in the book. If you think your boss is bad, try serving under Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise, or any of […]
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