A community created remake/mod of the original Nintendo64 masterpiece. How the hell have I not heard about this till now and why the shit am I still at work right now?

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Celebrity Make-Unders via my modern met

• In 1989: a couple set out for a 18-month road trip and 23 years later, they’re still going
• Nostalgia: The making of Warcraft I
• via individual atoms: Researchers observe chemical reaction on the quantum level
• Scientists create basis for quantum processor chip
• Scientists also achieve single photon transmitter for quantum computing (thanks science)
• Force of Habit: Stress Hormones Switch Off Areas of the Brain for Goal-Directed Behaviour
• Whoa: US House of Reps overwhelmingly pass Federal Reserve Audit Bill
• The insane junk-food diets of high-endurance Olympians
• 9 of the Coolest Secret Subway Stations in the World

And then er… yeah, Russia.

• It’s ALIVE! First ever software simulation of an entire organism
• iPv4 addresses: The UK is predicted to run out sometime this weekend
• Meet: the ‘bots’ that edit Wikipedia
• Ha! Good Luck! YouTube urges it’s users to start using their full names when commenting
• At the Olympic opening ceremony: The US will probably not ‘dip’ it’s flag and here’s why
• Will London Really Erase Banksy’s New Olympics Art?
• Damn! Some unlucky guy dropped a $77,000 bottle of Connac
• Sometimes, sometimes a man’s gotta track down The Big lebowski filming locations
• Christopher Nolan’s farewell letter to the Batman franchise
• Trivia: Why we don’t consume dairy products from mammals that aren’t cows
• Infographic: How the internet shat all over the music industry
• Is it a subconscious fear of space exploration and the universe that explains NASA’s budget cuts?
• How networks try to trick viewers into thinking their awful shows are critically adored (spoiler: lying)

Also, a downward lighting negative ground flash: at 7,207 images per second. Awesome.

Photographer Nick Moore is in the midst of various sound experiments, recording the effects of different audio frequencies on materials and played back in slow motion. The effects can be quite hypnotic and totally cool to see in action.

This first one shows off the rythmic behaviour of match flames next to a speaker running at 60 Hz.

And then there’s this one displaying what happens to a blob of mercury, which at normal speed doesn’t seem like much, but when slowed down, forms intricate ‘dancing’ geometric shapes.

This phenomena is called Cymatics and turns out, it has been around for a significant period of history.

One figurative example is the ‘musical’ boxes of Scotland’s Rosslyn Chapel; where a sequence of 213 cubes protrude from the pillars, with each displaying a selection of geometric patterns. The meaning of these were unknown until a hypothesis in 2005 by Thomas Mitchell identified these as cymatics and correspond to the Chapel’s carved angels that are depicted playing musical instruments and each pointing to a certain note on a musical staff.

Though not upheld scientifically or historically, it sure is pretty damn cool math.

Yeah, looks good.

• Awesome: European Agency Backs Approval of a Gene Therapy
• The ‘chemputer’ that could print out any drug
• Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
• The Artist’s Lens: What It Means to See the World With an Eye Toward a Facebook Update
• Silicon Valley Warns That Their Products Are Addictive
• Oldest record in the world: recreated from photographs
• The most polite cease and desist letter ever
• The ‘feasibility’ of gun control in the US
• A man’s penis stolen by thieves in his sleep
• Website: An ermahgerd translator/generator
• Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps
• Pretty visualisation: Prime number patterns
• Chart: Distribution of colours in movie posters between 1914 and 2012
• 30 Awesome Behind The Scenes Photos From Old Movies
• 15 Hacks That Will Make You Life A Whole Lot Easier
• 10 of the Most Doomed Expeditions in History

• Roger Ebert on the Aurora Shooting
• How a 70 year old and a 7 year old bonded over the loss of their legs
• The story of Jay-Z’s most obsessive fan and his ‘correspondence’
• Pennie Smith’s historic Clash photo: The greatest rock ‘n’ roll image of all time?
• Author Denise Mina predicts fiction revolution
• John McCain to Appear on Parks and Recreation
• Lowest crime rate in decades. Is Britain behaving better?
• Why Pot Is Illegal Everywhere in the World
• Traffic signs in New Zealand destroyed by prostitutes performing stunts
• 18 Chinese Police Officers Dispatched to Rescue Sex Doll From River
• Stephen Gough, ‘Naked Rambler,’ Allowed To Walk Home Nude From Scottish Prison
• Tosher Work: Quite Likely the Worst Job Ever
• Tumblr: Onion-like headlines in real life
• Meowbify a website
• How a 70 year old and a 7 year old bonded over the loss of their legs

Also, will have to try this sometime…

Hooray! More stuff from Bird Box studios and this funny animated short of two wildebeests contemplating crossing a river is really great stuff.