For your daily dose of “Holy cow we are small and the world can sometimes be beautiful” look no further than these videos of the Aurora Borealis from the International Space Station. Oh yeah. Time to watch this on repeat with some Enya on in the background and just…like…ponder life and stuff.
via Geekologie
Cougartown has always amused me, but what I love most about the show is how it gently leans on the fourth wall paying tribute to characters from the now cancelled Scrubs, and even featured a cameo by Abed from Community (which was referenced in Community)
Of course the show features both Courtney Cox and Christa Miller (both Scrubs alumni) but has had a bevy of supporting cast members like the odd man out and neighbor Tom Gazalian (Bob Clendenin), who also happens to be a doctor (He played a reoccurring role on Scrubs as Dr Zeltzer) and Ken Jenkins (Bob Kelso on Scrubs) plays Jules’ father in the show.
It seemed we were going to be treated to one appearance after another when Sarah Chalke joined as a guest star and love interest to Bobby Cobb and just this past week Ted shows up with his Scrubs A Capella Band.
But the floodgates burst and it looks like they have decided to just get all chocolate in your peanut butter in this closing scene during the credits when Ted realizes he has seen these people before.
So we now know that Cougartown and Scrubs co-exist in the same universe and proves that everyone out there has a double. An awesome double.
That last scene features ONLY characters who were on Scrubs, as Bob Clendenin, Ken Jenkins, Sarah Chalke, Christa Miller, Zach Braff, and The Todd himself Robert Maschio freak out Sam Lloyd.
But there are still plenty of Scrubs Alum who could yet appear!
From Tumblr user Pathetic Peripatetic:
I was bored and made this. Its a Police Box based ring with a tension set 1CT Princess Cut center stone. The three round stones is the Police Box sign, the two sets of four baguettes symbolize the windows, and a small princess cut below that to symbolize the instructions found on the front of the Police Box.
So ladies, would you say “Yes” to a guy who proposed to you with a ring like this?
Tommy Edison, who has always been blind, was asked by some of his Youtube subscribers if people who have been blind since birth actually see in their dreams. Here’s his answer:
So I’ve bee blind since birth, so I’ve never seen anything in my life, so one of the things that you guys wonder about, is if I can see in my dreams. I think because I’ve never seen in real life, my sub-conscious doesn’t know what it’d be like to see, either, so, no. I don’t see in my dreams
[Tommy Edison | Via]
Today I tripped over this very cool remix of a scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that will forever be my soundtrack piece in the back of my head if I ever deny someone something.
Check out “You Get Nothing” with Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Featuring Grandpa Jo (unaccredited shocked looks from Charlie included)
Now just about anyone with Windows Movie Maker and a bittorrent client can mash together a remix, but this is very well done and all kinds of entertaining. (Like the Unexpected Game Boy Music Video we saw earlier)
I’d put this on my iPod!
From year to year, the moon never seems to change. Craters and other formations appear to be permanent now, but the moon didn’t always look like this. Thanks to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we now have a better look at some of the moon’s history. Learn more in this video!
If you really loved the Neo Geo, it’s time to rejoice: you’ll soon be able to take it everywhere with a new handheld version. And there’ll certainly be plenty of room in your pocket once you’ve emptied your wallet to pay for it.
For younger readers the Neo Geo was a series of gaming devices released in the 1990s that, despite being highly regarded by some gamers, failed to successfully complete with Sega and Nintendo. The home console version (pictured) had some pretty bad-ass specs by the standards of the era and stood out for the fact that it could run exact copies of the games that were available on Neo Geo cabinets in arcades.
Given the home console originally retailed from $600 to $650, and games cost around $200, it’s not really surprising that all but a few hardcore gamers decided the Neo Geo experience was more affordable with a pocket full of quarters. A handheld version was later released at a more affordable price, but it proved something of a flop.
The brand is being revived by Blaze, a company that specializes in combining retro gaming with modern tech. For example, it produces joysticks that plug into a TV set and house a mini games console (built into the joystick’s base) that plays 10 built-in Sega Mega Drive Games.
The new gadget, the Neo-Geo X, is a handheld console with a 3.5 inch screen, though there’ll also be an audio-video output. It will ship with 20 games built-in, including Fatal Fury. There’s also an SD card slot so it’s possible other games will be released later on.
The release is expected some time between April and June, though the pricing is still unclear. The MCV news site insists Blaze has confirmed a £500 (approx $800) price tag is at the very least the current working plan, though Eurogamer says Blaze has told it this is not the case.
If the price is anything close to this, it will be a rare case of Blaze specifically targeting an ultra-niche market (albeit it in a very authentic manner). Most of its existing products cost no more than $50.
(Image credit: 0xFE @ Wikipedia, based on image by Cirofono @ flickr)
EaTheremine (Eat + Theremin) is a fork-type instrumen that enables users to play various sounds by eating foods. These sounds are changed, according to resistance values of foods attached on the fork.
[tsukalab]