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Friday The 13th-Inspired Fashion

Posted 11/18/2009 8:00 am by Ron Hogan

Fashion designer Marc Ecko’s designs draw from a variety of inspirations, but there’s nothing as cool as his Black Rhino clothing articles.  After all, the Black Rhino collection is the home of the incredibly awesome Black Rhino Jason Hoodie, inspired by Jason Voorhees and the classic 80’s slasher movies in the Friday the 13th series.  […]

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Hungry Hungry Hippos Maul Crocodile Invader

Posted 11/17/2009 8:45 am by Ron Hogan

In some ways, the biggest mistake you’ll ever make is your last one.  That’s what a crocodile in Tanzania found out when he confronted a group of hippos in the River Mara.  The creature approached the group of hippos, but when they formed up defensive ranks to protect their babies, for some unknown reason, he […]

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Skin Implants, Corset Piercings, And Split Tongues

Posted 11/17/2009 7:00 am by Ron Hogan

Throughout history, there’s been one constant.  People are going to do whatever they can to make themselves more beautiful.  Whether it’s a tattoo of an Internet superstar like Tay Zonday, a tooth tattoo, an eyeball coloration, or even an amputation disguise, there’s no shortage of ideas on what people can do to the body to […]

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Filthy Computers

Posted 11/16/2009 11:30 am by Ron Hogan

The Register says they have assembled the world’s best gallery of the world’s filthiest computers.  That might not be hyperbole, as I don’t think I’ve ever seen a computer infested with spiders or with dead mice inside.  These images are truly impressive examples of how not to keep a computer in good working order.  Also, […]

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Light-Up LED Dress

Posted 11/16/2009 9:30 am by Ron Hogan

As lights get smaller and more powerful, you’re going to start seeing them in more and more places.  For example, check out the Galaxy Dress from CuteCircuit.  This formal-style gown made of crinoline, chiffon, 4,000 Swarovski crystals, and 24,000 LEDs is a pretty impressive combination of form and function.  Assuming you want to function as […]

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Spectacular Print Ads

Posted 11/13/2009 12:30 pm by Ron Hogan

There’s nothing quite as effective as a good visual.  If you’re trying to sell something, you need a hook to make your ad memorable, and the thing that tends to stick in my mind best is a really cool image.  That’s what makes these awesome advertisement images so effective.  They’re effective enough so that you’ll […]

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A Moment Of Silence

Posted 11/11/2009 11:11 am by Ron Hogan

Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Remembrance Day.
Tags: moment of silence, 11:11 on Novemeber 11, Remembrance Day, tributes, veterans

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Replica Pan-Am Plane Built In Garage

Posted 11/11/2009 10:00 am by Ron Hogan

 

Air travel is a lot of fun, but the process of dealing with the airport, waiting in line to get on the plane, getting through airport security, packing, dealing with annoyed travelers, waiting around with no wifi, and all the other stuff that happens before you get on the airplane is kind of a drag.  […]

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The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Posted 11/09/2009 9:30 am by Ron Hogan

Twenty years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down.  The wall, separating East and West Berlin, was a symbol of the Cold War between the free world and the Soviet Union.  Google has a great selection of images from Life Magazine detailing the history of the wall, and there’s also a […]

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Seven Wonders Of The Russian World

Posted 11/09/2009 9:00 am by Ron Hogan

The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago, yet the land of Russia remains a mysterious and strange place to most Americans.  I mean, we all hear about the funny stereotypical drunk Russian stories, and we’ve seen a couple of weird statues from there, but there’s a whole other world to Russia that remains underrepresented.  For […]

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The UK’s Tallest Schoolgirl

Posted 11/05/2009 10:15 am by Ron Hogan

From the outside, Emma Cahill looks like your average school girl.  She just turned 16 and attends St Mary’s Convent School in Worcester, England.  She is active in sports and has many friends, but there’s one thing different about Emma.  At 6′5, she is the tallest teenage girl in the UK.
Fortunately for Emma, her unusual […]

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Bald Bespectacled Bears

Posted 11/04/2009 10:15 am by Ron Hogan

We’ve seen a lot of unusual animals with odd medical problems, like the naked penguin and the world’s ugliest bird.  While both those critters are pathetic in their own way, there’s nothing quite as sad (in a silly way) as the plight of poor Dolores and the other spectacled bears of Leipzig, Germany, who are […]

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Cool Costumes At The ING New York Marathon

Posted 11/03/2009 2:34 pm by Ron Hogan

The New York Marathon ran this weekend.  Surprisingly, the winner was an American; in fact, Eritrea-born Meb Keflezighi is the first American citizen to win the marathon since 1982 (the year after I was born).  However, with an estimated 42,000 runners in the marathon this year, not all of them are hardcore professionals.  There are […]

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China Causes Snow Storm To Fight Drought

Posted 11/02/2009 9:15 am by Ron Hogan

In its battle with nature, the Chinese government has once again decided to meddle in forces they do not understand.  They spent most of the time leading up to the Olympics seeding clouds to make it rain and lower pollution, and now to fight an unseasonable slate of dry weather, they’ve decided to take to […]

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World’s Largest Reclaimed Wood Treehouse

Posted 10/29/2009 11:56 am by Ron Hogan

It’s the world’s largest treehouse, and it is made of nothing but reclaimed, recycled, and reused materials.  God told Horace Burgess, of Crossville, Tennessee, to build a treehouse and promised that he’d never run out of materials.  Ten stories, 100 feet of height, and $12,500 in nails later, he still hasn’t ended up short of […]

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Halloween-Theme Store Display Windows

Posted 10/28/2009 9:20 am by Ron Hogan

Part of the fun of Halloween for me is decorating.  I love putting out pumpkins and ghosts and all that kind of thing (even though I hate having to take those decorations down come November).  While I never worked in retail during the winter holiday season, I can appreciate a good Halloween window display, and […]

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Shark Vs. Mega Shark

Posted 10/27/2009 11:40 am by Ron Hogan

In a real-life version of Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus,  two colossal beasts squared off in the Pacific Ocean near Queensland, Australia.  However, unlike the movie, this wasn’t a Mega Shark versus a Giant Octopus.  This was a Mega Shark versus a slightly smaller shark.  Like the movie, this fight to the finish was caught […]

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Hyper-Realistic Tiny Sculptures

Posted 10/26/2009 2:08 pm by Ron Hogan

Lots of artists have been inspired by real people, but sculptor Adam Beane takes it a step farther.  Despite having only been a sculptor since 2002, he produces some of the best, most photo-realistic toy-sized sculptures I have ever seen.  Take a look; these things are incredible!  Just look at that detail!
From the lines on […]

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Take A Bite Out Of The Chocolate Skull

Posted 10/23/2009 7:00 am by Ron Hogan

It’s a deliciously creepy treat!  Made from your choice of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, or a “human bone” blend of white and milk chocolate, these incredible-looking chocolate skulls are full-sized and made from an actual mold of a human skull.  You can order them from the Chocolate Skulls website.  While they’re pretty expensive […]

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The Kitchen Of Tomorrow, Circa 1950

Posted 10/22/2009 3:06 pm by Ron Hogan

I absolutely love those weird old “glimpse into the future” promotional videos that Philco Ford, RCA Whirlpool, Frigidaire, and those sorts of companies used to produce.  You know the ones I’m talking about:  some hair-helmet early 1950’s model highlights things like electric blenders, kitchen computers, and steel appliances and we laugh because not only do […]

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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Pork Chop

Posted 10/22/2009 11:45 am by Ron Hogan

It’s quite possibly the greasiest random food item to ever sport an image of beloved Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.  Sue Church, a woman in North Carolina, discovered her pork-chop Rudolph while cooking (or while eating, at least) and rushed over to her local television station to show off her weird, delicious discover.  I […]

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Burger King’s Windows 7 Whopper

Posted 10/22/2009 9:15 am by Ron Hogan

Today is the launch date of the latest Microsoft operating system, Microsoft 7.  To celebrate, MS is undertaking a lot of inventive marketing campaigns.  If you thought the first Microsoft stores in the US and Windows 7 launch parties were crazy, just look at some of the things Windows is doing internationally.  They’re giving free […]

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Chinese “Cat Girl” Growing Fine Gray Fur

Posted 10/21/2009 11:38 am by Ron Hogan

It started out as a normal birthmark on the back of a 6-year-old girl.  Li Xiaoyuan, like most of us, had a little mole.  Unlike most of us, Li’s mole started growing.  Well, the mole didn’t, but the hair inside the mole did, and now she’s become the “cat girl” of Fengkai, China.  Poor little […]

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World’s Largest Matchstick Model

Posted 10/20/2009 11:21 am by Ron Hogan

It might have taken him 32,000 man hours over 15 years, but David Reynolds has finally accomplished his dream.  Using over 4 million matchsticks, he has built the world’s largest matchstick model.  His inspiration wasn’t a F1 racer, Viking longboat, or Middle Earth, but the Brent Bravo North Sea oil rig.
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Time To Play “Find The Lizard!”

Posted 10/16/2009 8:24 am by Ron Hogan

Can you spot the leaf-tailed gecko in the picture above?  How about if he didn’t have his mouth open?  It’s not so easy then, is it?  The Daily Mail has this and many other impressive examples of natural camouflage on display, and they’re all just as good or better as the one above.  It’s amazing […]

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The Day The Earth Caught Fire

Posted 10/15/2009 2:50 pm by Ron Hogan

If you’re in the mood for some stirring photography, there’s no greater example of the power and fury of planet earth than the volcano (AKA nature’s pimple).  To promote the upcoming book Earth on Fire: How Volcanoes Shaped Our Planet by Angelika Jung-Hüttl and photographer Bernhard Edmaier, Treehugger has published a slide show of awesome […]

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Dream Man

Posted 10/15/2009 12:55 pm by Ron Hogan

Every night, this man is in someone’s dreams.  If you’ve seen this face, you’re not along.  Since 2006, more than 2000 people around the world have had dreams in which they claim to have seen his mysterious face.  Read about his unusual history, see other portraits, and explore the theories behind the most common dream […]

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Meet “La Bella Principessa,” da Vinci’s Lost Painting

Posted 10/14/2009 12:30 pm by Ron Hogan

Imagine walking into a gallery in New York City and buying a painting.  An obscure work, thought to be 19th Century German.  It’s a well-made portrait, but nothing special.  Then, after careful analysis and the lucky uncovering of a fingerprint, the truth is uncovered:  for $19,000 you could have bought an original work of Leonardo […]

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Super Pumpkin Carvings

Posted 10/14/2009 7:42 am by Ron Hogan

It’s not the most unusual list of pumpkin carvings I’ve ever seen.  Aside from a few surprises, it’s your standard assortment of horror movie characters, sci-fi monsters, robots, and that kind of thing.  However, it’s the details that went into these 130 creative Halloween pumpkins passed on via Neatorama that gets me going.  These pumpkins […]

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The Frozen, Bloody Self-Portrait

Posted 10/12/2009 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

Artist Marc Quinn had an unusual idea.  Using 4.5 liters of blood collected from his body over a 5-month period, he has assembled a self portrait.  He didn’t mix the blood with clay, or paint with the blood, or anything of that sort.  He took it one creepy step further and made the self portrait […]

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