Weird Universe Archive
February 2010
February 10, 2010
Bodyspasm
Ah, those wacky Dutch rockers.... More Bodyspasm here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 10, 2010 -
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Category: Art, Outsider Art, Performance Art, Body, Stomach, Music, Europe
February 9, 2010
Cross species cooperation
It's encouraging to see different species cooperating.
For more squirrel and Star Wars interaction go to this link:
http://www.webofentertainment.com/2010/02/star-wars-chipmunk.html
Posted By: gdanea - Tue Feb 09, 2010 -
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Category: Animals
Tiny The Tiger
A tiger sculpture the size of 1/10 of a grain of rice. In the world of miniature artwork this is pretty impressive.
updated: video added with many thanks to Dumbfounded.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 09, 2010 -
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Follies of the Mad Men #87
Musical gorilla = humorous.
Relevance of musical gorilla to candy bars: uncertain.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 09, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Music, Candy
The Yellow Line
The city bus public transit system in Atlanta, referred to as MARTA has recently reorganized the routes with color coding. Not a bad idea at first blush but, choosing to call the route that runs into an area with a largely Asian community the Yellow Line seems ill advised. Some complaints have been raised, but according to one member of management, those complaining don't ride the bus anyway. I don't think they would have gotten by with calling the route into an African-American neighborhood the black line or the one to a largely gay neighborhood the brown line, but they seem to think the Yellow Line is perfectly acceptable. Let the lawsuits begin.http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/marta-yellow-line-to-294162.html?imw=Y
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 09, 2010 -
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16 More Things I Learned Last Week
16 More Things I Learned Last WeekA supplement to News of the Weird/Pro Edition
February 9, 2010
(datelines January 30-February 6; links correct as of February 8)
Even after years of ridicule about "zero tolerance," a New York City principal still almost suspended a 9-year-old boy for having a 2-inch-long toy "gun." New York Daily News
Switzerland set for referendum the question whether animals deserve public defenders in legal proceedings. (Don't roll your eyes. In the United States recently, the Supreme Court ruled that a notarized piece of paper associated with a set of books and a bank account has the same free-speech rights as the human being(s) who own the paper, books, and bank account.) The Times (London) /// New York Times
The Haiti earthquake (200,000 dead) was terrible, just terrible! We're all in a tizzy over the inhuman suffering. Meanwhile, in the Rwandan civil war, the death toll (the vast majority no more deserving of their fate than were the earthquake victims) climbed to 6,000,000. New York Times
"Amy," star of a seminal child porn series that has appeared in the collections of at least 800 convicted pervs, has demanded restitution from the uncle who originally took the pictures – and from everyone who had copies. Psych professionals estimate the damage done to her at $3.4 million, and some courts have begun to go along. New York Times
In other child porn news, the queen of the Viardouro samba group (one of 12 groups in the top-class competition at Rio's Carnaval) is 7 years old. She's supposed to be really good, but even in Brazil they have a problem with this. (Not her dad, though. He couldn't be prouder.) And here's something that could really confuse pedophiles: A rare ailment (lipodystrophy) makes this 13-year-old girl look like she's 50. Associated Press via ABC News /// MSNBC
More in extended >>
Posted By: Chuck - Tue Feb 09, 2010 -
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February 8, 2010
Robots designed after nature
Using insects, salamanders, geckos, water striders and cockroaches, scientists are designing robots for various purposes. At the end, the self-rearranging robot climbs up a suitcase and does the limbo.I'm officially requesting the beta for the foot massaging robot who also trims toenails -- maybe designed after a caterpillar? Maybe not.
Posted By: gdanea - Mon Feb 08, 2010 -
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Category: Robots
Robonaut
One small step for robots one giant step for robot-kind. Brought to you by NASA and GM, R2, the next generation in robots with space travel applications. Oh, and GM also hopes to use them to replace humans in car plants as well. Public funds involved in screwing the working man, where have I heard of that before?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/02/gm-and-nasa-build-new-robot-astronaut-a-robonaut/1
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 08, 2010 -
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More Miniatures
Mui-Ling Teh has been doing miniature origami since the age of 9. As a child she used candy wrappers now she uses paper and scissors and tweezers. Her creations are about 3mm tall. Teh says the hobby calm her and helps focus her mind.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/812140-artist-wows-with-miniature-origami
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 08, 2010 -
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Door-to-Door Maniac
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 08, 2010 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Scary Criminals, 1960s
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