The last kids of the season at Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine are ready for their first outing with their mama. It's time for them to learn the trademark move of adorable baby goats worldwide: being bouncy! And that they do. They're on their way now. Via Laughing Squid
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This video by ThingsAndStuff gives the comic backstories of every Suicide Squad member in under five minutes. Just the primer for anyone who is interested in seeing the upcoming film yet has not read the DC comics upon which it is based. Via Design Taxi
Commodore Amiga 2000 | Image: Trafalgarcircle
The Amiga 2000 was released by Commodore in 1987 and discontinued in 1991. By computer standards, the system is ancient history. Yet in Grand Rapids School District in Grand Rapids, Michigan, an Amiga 2000 has run the heat and air conditioning of its schools day and night, without incident since it was installed in the 1980s. As of now, 19 schools rely on the nearly three-decades-old machine. The system's 1200-bit modem and wireless radio signal enables it to communicate with the district's schools.
Read more and see a video news report on this story at Geek.com.
Milo the baby fennec fox and his baby skunk pal Flower became fast friends as soon as they were introduced. Now inseparable playmates, the duo is being raised as educational ambassadors with Amazing Animal Ambassadors, a Massachusetts-based educational organization that facilitates animal encounters with humans. See more footage of their adorable play sessions below. Milo appears to be extremely active and agile, preferring to pounce on his mouse toy; Flower seems lovably subdued. Via Laughing Squid
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The more beloved and visible pop culture characters are, the more we seem to see creatives invent variations of them. Here, illustrator Josh Lynch has created a series of Marvel superheroes presented as dogs. It's certainly a fun study, since matching the dog breed to the character is a large part of the exercise.
See more of these illustrations here and at Lynch's website. How do you think Lynch did with matching the character to the breed and overall feel of the illustration?
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Feast your eyes on this great Mario Kart 8 nursery that dad, Nintendo fanatic and Redditor troymcklure built for his baby boy, Grant. The Mario driving on the ceiling was created with a handmade silicone mold and lit with remote-controlled LED lighting. Mario's ride is chasing 3D-printed gold coins that hang from the ceiling, mobile-style. The nursery cost approximately $1,500 to build and took about a year and a half to complete.
See this clever DIY dad's previous project, a Yoshi's island nursery, in the video below. Watch him explain his DIY projects on YouTube channel geeksmithing. Via Daily Dot
The inimitable Gemma Correll was one of the artists asked by A.V. Club to illustrate "Loser Superheroes" for their Comics Week series. Correll responded with Possum Girl. And this is one doozy of a Loser Superhero. Don't miss the remaining panels of Possum Girl at AV Club, and see more of Correll's work at her Tumblr and website.
Lexi the Corgi and Australian Shepherd mix is ready to pack it all in and go back to bed after a few seconds of Monday consciousness. Who's with her? I'm right there, Lexi pup. Not exactly expecting the birthday cake pass to make it back to me. Via Arbroath
Villa Pisani labyrinth, Stra, Italy | Image: DesignCurial
The terms "maze" and "labyrinth," while often used interchangeably, have slightly different meanings. The pathways of a maze are designed with the purpose to confuse and challenge those who enter. Though exceptions exist, for the most part, labyrinths are simpler, with single pathways intended for use in meditation or pondering while walking through. John W. Rhodes, the former president of the Labyrinth Society, explained to Outdoor Magazine,
“A maze is designed for you to lose yourself and a labyrinth is designed for you to find yourself."
This wonderful article at Quartz elaborates on London-based Design Curial's selections of the "most beautiful and iconic mazes in the world, uncovering some of the more exotic and unexplored labyrinths.” Follow the link and add them to your list of places to visit.
Leo Moracchioli's studio in Norway, Frog Leap Studios, is the place where his magical metal cover songs happen. Here he takes on The Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive," from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Pretty cool, is it not? The ice cream mic is a sweet touch as well. Confused? Ask yourself what J.T. (John Travolta) would do. Via Digg
Jeff Daniels in Arachonophobia | Image: Amblin Entertainment
Frank Marshall's 1990 dark comedy Arachnophobia used hundreds of spiders during filming. Three hundred Australian huntsman spiders alone were flown in every two weeks. But as with all film work that's done with untrainable species, film delays are numerous while everyone waits for the critters to do what they're needed to do. Sometimes it takes trial and error. Sometimes it takes creativity. Even creativity in the form of Lemon Pledge!
Steven Kutcher, spider wrangler for the film project said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly,
“You can’t actually teach them to do anything,. You just watch what they do, then figure out how you can apply it to what you want them to do.”
While working with the spiders, Kutcher discovered that they hated Lemon Pledge, because it made their feet sticky. He used that fact to his advantage, applying it in lines on the set to get them to move in the direction he wanted. Wires were also strung and hairdryers used to guide the arachnids. In times that called for more exacting movement, according to the New York Times,
"To keep spiders in a relatively contained area, they are put to sleep with carbon dioxide, and tiny monofilament ''leashes'' are attached by wax to their abdomens. And for really complicated shots, minuscule steel plates are glued to the spiders with wax; electromagnets behind a wall then move them to the places where the script calls for them to be."
Read more fascinating facts about Arachnophobia at Mental Floss.
In this footage, a shark knocked professional surfer Mick Fanning off of his board as he competes in South Africa's J-Bay Open Final on Saturday. Luckily for Fanning, he survived the harrowing ordeal and escaped without any serious injuries. -Via Daily Dot
Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Image: Universal Pictures
The 1980s was a decade that brought film viewers a plethora of teen comedies and dramas. John Hughes, Amy Heckerling and others served up the stories and the breakout stars, and certain demographics of filmgoers embraced it all wholeheartedly. It came with the territory: some viewers coming of age (or already of age) during that time developed die-hard crushes on actors and actresses of the day. This article gives updates on what happened to some of the more popular heartthrobs of the era.
Photographer Stasha Becker’s captures of her son Julian, his Newfoundland dogs Max and Bruce and an Arabian named Vizon are full of fun and personality. Becker posts her ongoing series to Instagram. She says,
“Long time ago I began to take a photo of my son often in the same spot in front of our garage door. If you scroll through my photos you can see our child growing up, our dogs getting older and our garage door getting dirtier. For me it has become an essential part of my family’s story and an evolving record of our happiness together.”
See more of Becker's sweet photos of Julian and his furry entourage here.
Via Design Taxi | Image: northwestmommy on Instagram
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See the creativity of both women and men at work in this collection of online dating profiles, obviously designed to get attention by the virtue of being funny, or unusual at the very least. These aren't your usual "I like sports, camping and nature" types of advertisements, and that just might be a good thing; although it would be interesting to see the responses they elicit.
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