Dan's Thoughts

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." -Oscar Wilde

[rollinrabbit]

Pokemon Crossing??

[gamechangershow]

Student Solves Physics Problem With Godzilla

It’s OK, Godzilla attacked the negative in front of the 7 after.

[latenightseth]

Life lesson from Larry King: If Brooklyn Decker wants a selfie, don’t ask questions.

[gamechangershow]

Whhhyyy are you holding someone else’s child…?

Finish reading The 8 Types Of Profile Pics That Should Be Illegal

[huffpost]

Oh Ser Davos….

(Source: Imgur)

[newyorker]

A cartoon by Emily Flake. Take a look at more cartoons from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/1nCSl5n

[dimension20official]

The Correct Way To Enjoy ‘Game of Thrones’

[georgetakei]

Stormbunny with Death Egg. http://ift.tt/1i4wiix

[whitewhine-blog]

Probably because it’s not a name store.

Like the site? You’ll love the book (probably)

[mapsontheweb]

Cool map of the world showing population per capita.

[patagonia]

Maxwell Sterling Silver slacklines the Classic Lost Arrow Spire line In Yosemite after a late March Snowfall.  Photo: J.R. Racine @jrrrr

[pleoros]

Nick Meek - Sony Bravia, 2014

Artist’s statement: "Sony Bravia has been a bench mark in quality advertising for years now and I’m very happy to have been chosen by McCanns Worldwide to shoot this campaign for them. We flew to a volcano in Costa Rica where It took the inhabitants of an entire village a full week to pluck all the flower petals…. enough to fill two huge lorries! With the help of a special effects team the petals were blown and exploded through our landscapes creating hugely detailed vista which echoes the extreme detail of Sony’s new 4k tv." (via behance) (via facebook)

[huffpost]

Nutella+Mentos+Coke+Condom=EXPLOSION

[mapsontheweb]

Europe: How many people never exercise?

[beppski]

War Cat

[shortformblog]

An Open Letter to the Creators of 2048-Related Clones

A short while ago, a simple game called 2048 entered my life, like many lives before mine, through a link on the internet. The game asks not much of its users—combine blocks, one at a time, multiplying numbers quickly. Most people aren’t very successful at the game at first, though it’s beatable with a specific strategy. (Hint: Always keep the highest number in the bottom right corner, then use the top right corner to feed numbers from the top to the bottom. You will win almost every time if you use this strategy.)

This game is more addictive than a Flappy Bird Think Piece.

But there’s a problem. 2048, itself a clone of a number of other games, was open-sourced on Github and made known on Hacker News, one of my favorite sites. Since then, we’ve seen variations of the game that have somehow made the game even harder. we’ve seen clones parodying obscure jokes on British television or even honoring well-known British television shows.

The kicker for me? Oh, the kicker? This. Fucking. Variation. I have a hard enough time dealing with squares, and now you’re going to hand me a hexagon? I don’t know how you sleep at night.

Please stop, developers. I have some self-control, but not enough to avoid a game which is available in a Tetris-style version.

I won’t ask again. I will be too busy defeating a Bitcoin-themed version of the game that is so addictive that it will make me forget to go to work every day for an entire month, because I’ll be busy trying to play the game in an effort to mine Bitcoins for myself. I hope you’re happy, developers.

[photojojo]

We’ve come across some bizarre ways of exposing film, but zapping it with electricity is definitely a first. 

Phillip Stearns made use of a transformer that powers neon signs to run electricity through Fuji Instant Film, and the results are spectacular. 

When You Run Electricity Through Instant Film

via Wired