Sourcing footage from almost 300 movies (295 to be precise); here is Sir Mix-a-Lot’s classic romantic ballad in ‘spoken verse’.

Science/Tech stuff:

• From MIT: Scientists successfully map the mathematical computations of certain brain cells
• From NZ: Further understanding of how the brain allows for free will
• Awesome new tech: radio-wave based wireless power for the price of a penny
• I’ve always hypothesised drunkenly mused this: Scientists claim dark matter surrounds the sun

Arts-ish Stuff

• Woohoo: the potential for a third Bill and Ted movie
• A comic book based (but widely applicable) thought: When do you give up on a creator?
• Drinking has been covered, here’s how to eat like some of your favourite authors
• Editorial note to self: Writing under the influence of ourselves
• Random trivia: selling for US$4.3 million, Rhein II is the worlds most expensive photo (and it was photoshopped)

The rest (I suppose)…

• Fascinating read (even if it’s about Insane Clown Posse): The History of the Gathering of the Juggalos
• Even more ‘what the shit?’: A Mississippi county runs a ‘school-to-prison pipeline’
• Some photo portraits of ‘Preppers’ (people who actively prepare for ‘the end of the world’)
• Website: the Infographics Directory
• Video: The Wonder Years without voice-overs involves a lot of awkward silences
• This guy’s underwater GoPro footage of dolphins is pretty neat-o (music mix aside)

But this video of a dog attempting to steal some cabbage is just plain fucking adorable.

With a section dedicated to Nicolas Cage? You betcha.

Featuring a view that is both very nice and absolutely terrifying.

Fuck you heights.

First modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1894 – via

Two very interesting Olympics based items popped up today. The first is a collection of photos from the Olympics of past that goes all the way back to the very first games. That can be found here.

And also, this video that profiles just what professional photographers will go through to cover events like track and field from every angle to get that one shot.

• Woah: Some unknown disease is causing a woman to grow fingernails instead of hair
• Tumblr: Famous album covers recreated with my socks
• Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch left some instructions in the advent of his death
• New favourite web comic: The Monkey’s You Ordered
• Drinking at work is good for creativity (not so much for productivity)
• Mitt Romney Sure Does Lie a Lot, Doesn’t He?
• Scary: Google to include your own Gmails in search results?

Also, this amazing 3 year-old bucket drummer… is only 3 friggin’ years old!

Hands down; Greatest. Version. Ever.

Using high speed cameras, this video explains the dynamics of how cats are able to rotate themselves in the air when falling, while conserving their angular momentum.

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