June 2012
121 posts
For Every iPod, There Is A Pair Of MC Hammer Pants... →
Some of the country’s most classic designs share a sensibility with its most grievous offenses.
Museum of Endangered Sounds →
The Museum Of Endangered Sounds is owned and operated by me, Brendan Chilcutt (handle: kidpeleus99@aol.com).
I launched the site in January of 2012 as a way to preserve the sounds made famous by my favorite old technologies and electronics equipment. For instance, the textured rattle and hum of a VHS tape being sucked into the womb of a 1983 JVC HR-7100 VCR. As you probably know, it’s a...
“‘Some days I want more tattoos because it’s the easiest, most self-directed form...”
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The Touch-point Collective: Crowd Contouring on... →
Women under thirty and retired men might have surprisingly similar tastes for gambling. Natasha Dow Schüll explains how casinos have created a new kind of crowd.
mental_floss on tumblr: 11 Wars People Forgot to... →
mentalflossr:
Thanks to lost paperwork, diplomatic technicalities, or just plain forgetting they had declared war in the first place, many countries remained in a state of war long after the actual fighting had stopped.
1. Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Republic – 2,134 years
After two Punic wars,…
Yes, yes a million times: Bed makes itself in 50... →
It’s here. The self-making bed. Whether it is because you don’t have time to make things tidy, or you can’t be bothered to do it yourself it doesn’t really matter. This bed will make itself in a mere 50 seconds.
Spanish furniture maker OHEA is behind the bed that makes itself. The bed looks unassuming enough, but once activated it looks like one of James Bond’s...
Men Think About Sex Less Than Women Think About... →
I hope women don’t have to take pills to restore their fashion drive.
