Wednesday, June 29, 2016

BREXIT - UK ON THE RUN

As a British ex-pat I have been tempted to weigh in on Brexit but so far I have resisted the temptation. That said I found this meme from express.co.uk particularly amusing.

Brexit - UK On The Run

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Monday, June 27, 2016

THIS KANGAROO IS DOWNRIGHT CREEPY

I cannot say that the Kangaroo has ever made my list of animals that might be described as "creepy". Perhaps I should rethink that!

Sunday, June 26, 2016

REFLECTIONS - AN AWESOME REVERSIBLE IMAGE

No idea if this photo was planned to be what it is, if so the photographer has an incredible eye and mind, or if it was just something discovered afterwards but either way it is pretty impressive!

Why? Flip the image 180° to find out!

Awesome Reversible Image 1

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

AN FDA APPROVED REMEDY FOR OUR OVER PC SOCIETY

Posted to the Facebook page Fsensitivity we have Growacet, a potential answer to our ever more PC society where the only minority that has no special rights is the majority and where democracy has been redefined to mean "minority rule"!

Growacet - Fsensitivity

Monday, June 20, 2016

LYFE - ZERO GRAVITY PLANT GROWING SYSTEM

This very cool looking planter system, LYFE, is described on its Kickstarter page [fully funded] as consisting:

"... of a planter that hovers over an oak base via magnetic levitation. Designed to gently rotate during suspension, LYFE nourishes life with 360 degrees of sunlight exposure, 365 days a year."

Sunday, June 19, 2016

CHAMELEON BY JOHANNES STOTTER

Awesome fine art bodypainting by Johannes Stötter. The first time I saw this I thought I was watching a Chameleon. Other works by Johannes can be found on his Youtube Channel.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

CAT THE GOAT RIDER

Goats! Perfect for when you have to get somewhere, you are just not in the mood for walking and you happen to be a cat.

Friday, June 17, 2016

THE WINDOW THAT MORPHS INTO A BALCONY

No idea if this would work out cheaper to build than a conventional balcony and it seems to me that it has a disadvantage over a conventional balcony in that there is no door and the apartment is "open" to the elements when it is used as balcony. So in the heat of summer you are letting hot air in and in the winter cold. All of that said it does look like a rather awesome piece of tech/architecture.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

HARMONY OF THE SEAS - ONE MINUTE HYPER-LAPSE TOUR

Royal Caribbean's Harmony Of The Seas is the world's largest cruise ship. This video is a very cool "hyper-lapse" tour of the ship during construction at the STX Shipyard in France.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

VW KOMBI - EXTREME VARIATIONS

The VW Type 2 or Kombi, known by many names both officially and informally including the Transporter, Bus or Camper, has a loyal and eclectic following and has "spawned" many and varied customizations ranging from simple to complex to downright extreme.

A few days ago I posted a photo of a "high rise" VW Kombi and that prompted me to look for other examples of "custom" Kombi's; a few of my favorites are shown below. Google searches will bring up many more examples.

Photo Credits [Top to bottom, left to right]
VW Extreme Kombi - 1

VW Extreme Kombi - 2  VW Extreme Kombi - 3

VW Extreme Kombi - 4

VW Extreme Kombi - 5  VW Extreme Kombi - 6

VW Extreme Kombi - 7

Monday, June 13, 2016

CRISTINA RAMOS - FROM OPERA TO ROCK AND HOW!

Simon Cowell's "Got Talent" franchise was named the world's most successful reality TV format in April 2014 by Guiness World Records with shows airing in 58 countries.

This video shows an audition by Cristina Ramos that aired during the 2016 season of the Spanish show. The audition started out as, to me at least, an extremely accomplished operatic performance that then provided one of the "wow" moments the shows are noted for, when Ramos transitioned into a spectacular rendition of "AC/DC's "Highway To Hell".

Sunday, June 12, 2016

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' - AWESOME TIME LAPSE VIDEO

This combination of the natural beauty of California and the technology of time lapse photography produces truly breathtaking results.

Friday, June 10, 2016

OPENING A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE WITH A GOLF BALL!

Very cool no doubt but I have to wonder how many times she was hit with a golf ball or how many bottles of champagne were wasted before they got this footage.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

FROG JUMPING LAWS - WHAT DO OUR LAW MAKERS SMOKE?

Sometimes I wonder what our legislator's smoke! Take the California Fish & Game Code Sections 6880-6885 which pertain to "frog-jumping" contests.

First off it applies only to "frog-jumping" contests open to the public AND advertised or announced in a newspaper. So presumably a contest not advertised, or private, or both is an unregulated "free for all".

Then we get a section that seems to say if you seriously injure a frog in the process of taking a frog for a "frog jumping" contest then the assumption is you were not actually taking the frog for a "frog-jumping" contest!

Next we read that anyone can take as many frogs as they like for "frog-jumping" contests but if they die [or are killed] they must be destroyed and cannot be eaten!

And finally if you take frogs but do not keep them in a manner reasonable to preserve their life they are outside of these rules. By implication this means it is perfectly OK to keep them in a manner that is not reasonable to preserve their life, it simply means they are not covered by these regulations.

I will resist the "animal cruelty" aspect of this as the law appears to indicate cruelty is fine and simply removes the frogs from being covered by these rules and speak only to the fact that to me these seem like utterly banal and pointless regulations that some group of legislators one day unaccountably actually thought their crafting was a good use of people's time. I have to believe there are "bigger fish to fry" [or frogs].

California's Crazy Frog Jumping Contest Law

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

MUHAMMAD ALI - GREAT BOXER - GREAT MAN

Muhammad Ali passed a few days ago. He was a great boxer and perhaps an even greater man and certainly a loss to the world at large.

Though I am not religious by nature and despite the fact that my beliefs have changed many times over the course of my life this quote spoke to me. Whether I personally "believe" or not it has always seemed to me incredibly sad and dichotomous that a large number of the wars our species has fought, and continues to fight, have been conducted in the name of religion.

Ali's words from his autobiography "The Soul Of A Butterfly" certainly ring true to me!

Ali On Religion

Monday, June 6, 2016

BUILD A HOME IN JUST 3 DAYS - GREEN MAGIC HOMES

Cool Green Magic Homes that can be built in just 3 days. They remind me of Futuro in the sense that they use prefabricated sections that can be assembled easily and quickly with limited tools and personnel.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

CENTRAL PARK - CRUISE SHIP STYLE

You could easily be forgiven for thinking this is a photo of a rather cool land based outdoor atrium, perhaps associated with a large hotel, a mall or other complex.

In fact it is actually one of the "neighborhoods" on board the Royal Carribean cruise ship Oasis Of The Seas taken during a 2015 cruise. Sometimes technology has its issues and perhaps progress is not always for the good but I have to say that in this case that is not so; the Oasis is simply an awe inspiring technological, design and construction marvel.

Oasis Of The Seas - Central Park

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THAT ANYMORE - PART 2

Following on from yesterday's post "They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore" today sees "Part 2", this awesome looking 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado Limo based on the Oldsmobile Tornado two door Coupe [more info can be found here].

338 Oldsmobile Toronado AQC Jetaway 7.07 (1968)