Feb. 25, 2012
Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day: Looking back on it now, the taxidermied badger theremin was really just an obvious idea waiting for someone to think it.
Luckily, for it and us, electronic artist and sculptor David Cranmer did just that.
Cranmer, who apparently was in possession of a dead badger looking for a purpose, stuffed the stuffed weasel with a fully functional PAiA Theremax theremin to create the mythical hybrid known as “Badgermin.”
Listen to its siren call below. Mass production is undoubtedly forthcoming.
Feb. 25, 2012
From The Archives: A 29-year-old Steven Spielberg, fresh off directing his first blockbuster, Jaws, watches nervously as the 1976 Oscar nominations are announced.
[videothunder.]
Feb. 25, 2012
TV Show Promo of the Day: The epic series returns: HBO’s Game of Thrones finally gets a proper trailer and, boy oh boy, just watch.
The second season premieres April 1st.
[bleedingcool.]
Feb. 24, 2012
Lights Out: And I wonder / When I sing along with you / If everything could ever feel this real forever / If anything could ever be this good again.
[foofighters.]
Feb. 24, 2012
Ephemeral Art of the Day: So intricate and labor-intensive are Sonja Hinrichsen‘s Snow Circles and Snow Spirals that their uplifting beauty is only rivaled by their disheartening transience.
More photos here.
[fubiz.]
Feb. 24, 2012
TV Show Promo of the Day: IGN has just released a brand new trailer for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon’s long-awaited follow-up to Avatar.
The new trailer is chock full of new footage, including a scene of Korra destroying a 2,000-year-old treasure that probably shouldn’t have been used for airbending training if they didn’t want to risk it being destroyed jus’ sayin’.
Though no official premiere date has yet been set (coming soon? Thanks for nothing), it has been confirmed that the first episode will air sometime in 2012 — possibly as early as this summer.
[ign.]
Feb. 24, 2012
Adorable Animal Being Adorable of the Day: If you can get past the background noise, you’ll be rewarded with a snoring hummingbird.
(As for the background noise, it’s a generator attached to a machine measuring how much oxygen the bird is consuming. In case you were wondering.)
[reddit.]
Feb. 24, 2012
Badass Bridge of the Day: Residents of Slovakia’s Bratislava Region are inching ever closer toward naming a newly erected pedestrian bridge linking the capital to Austria after action movie star Chuck Norris.
An Internet poll set up by the regional assembly will be used to decide on a name for the foot-and-cycle bridge that spans the Morava river. So far, the iconic tough guy is leading the pack with 74% of the vote.
Norris really has no competition to speak of: Austro-Hungarian empress Maria Theresa is currently in second place with a pitiful 8%.
Regional governor Pavol Freso will have the final word on the bridge’s official moniker once the poll closes in April, but he has already vowed to bow to the will of his constituents.
[guardian.]
